jim20
Well-Known Member
I appreciate Sisu haven't acted the best way, and I am not a lover of sisu. However the rent was astronomical and the fact we weren't getting other march day revenue was a disgrace, sisu went the wrong way about trying to renegotiate this, but it did need to change.
When we came back to the Ricoh, sisu indicated they wanted to talk about a further relationship I.e. Buying it, but CCC had always been adamant they wouldn't sell, and with no warning at all it was sold to wasps, sisu didn't even get a chance to counter offer. The bid by sisu for the Higgs share was always going to loose out because of the power of veto, the charity were offering it for good publicity, an exercise in Blair style spin.
This leaves the club with nothing, and a shit pitch for the four years we are at the Ricoh. We won't have enough revenue to compete, we may get relegated this season, and then we could face the prospect of none league. CCC should have considered the club, it is a big part of the city.
Finally, I want to know what happened to all the money the club spent on the land for the Ricoh and the early planning etc, I know the club was bailed out by the council with regard to the Ricoh, but the club must've spent millions on the stadium before it was built, plus they sold high field road which the council wanted and rented it back at an astronomical rate. In my opinion the council picked it up on the cheap and have made a killing out of the club!
When we came back to the Ricoh, sisu indicated they wanted to talk about a further relationship I.e. Buying it, but CCC had always been adamant they wouldn't sell, and with no warning at all it was sold to wasps, sisu didn't even get a chance to counter offer. The bid by sisu for the Higgs share was always going to loose out because of the power of veto, the charity were offering it for good publicity, an exercise in Blair style spin.
This leaves the club with nothing, and a shit pitch for the four years we are at the Ricoh. We won't have enough revenue to compete, we may get relegated this season, and then we could face the prospect of none league. CCC should have considered the club, it is a big part of the city.
Finally, I want to know what happened to all the money the club spent on the land for the Ricoh and the early planning etc, I know the club was bailed out by the council with regard to the Ricoh, but the club must've spent millions on the stadium before it was built, plus they sold high field road which the council wanted and rented it back at an astronomical rate. In my opinion the council picked it up on the cheap and have made a killing out of the club!