CCFC in Parliament Today (3 Viewers)

[SydneySkyBlue]

Nice to see someone in his position speaking with passion on our behalf though.

I thought he was brilliant. Every City fan should watch it.

 

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[torchomatic]

Can't disagree with that. Good on him for doing something. I just think he should choose his words more carefully.

Nice to see someone in his position speaking with passion on our behalf though.

I thought he was brilliant. Every City fan should watch it.

 

[andyboy81]

Just a hunch, but that interview suggested to me if sisu put in a bid of £25m on the ground then it would be seriously considered by the council.

It would be naive to think Ainsworth and Ann Lucas don't talk.

Exactly what I thought when I watched the stream

 

[Nick]

Was everything he said there still protected by the privilege?

 

[Sky Blues]

Was everything he said there still protected by the privilege?

If he says it in Parliamentary debate, yes. If he says it in a radio studio, no.

 

[SkyBlue76]

I've just listened to the whole thing and I'm really disappointed with the Minister's response. She seemed to focus her attention on the financial difficulties that clubs face up and down the country - as though Coventry's situation was just one of those things. But Coventry's situation is far more than just another club struggling with debt. It's about the club's owners trying to screw down the value of a key asset within the city to get it on the cheap. And in doing so, they are tearing a football club way from its city and its fans. The government should take more interest in this sort of bullying tactic from big businesses. If SISU get their way, they will own the Ricoh Arena and some/all of the land around it. Who knows what they would do next - but their behaviour to date has led 99% of us to assume that it will not benefit the city (which is what the regeneration of that area was always meant to do). Is this just a football club debt issue? Far from it.

Bob Ainsworth has done really well securing the debate and constantly keeping this situation under the spotlight. He needs to keep it up - then, at least, one day someone might finally understand the issue and bother to do something about it.

Oh, and I also love the constant attacks on Paul Appleton's shoddy administration process - nice one, Bob!

 

[Sky Blues]

To be fair to the minister, SkyBlue76, she has only been in the job about two weeks. This mess is difficult enough for us to follow and we've been watching it unfold for years. Nevertheless, I am slightly surprised that her main suggestion regarding the administrator was that Mr Ainsworth take up the matter with the Football League given she had just heard concerns about the Football League...

The link to the written record of the debate has now moved from the link I posted yesterday and can now be found here:
http://www.publications.parliament....31022/halltext/131022h0002.htm#13102269000002