Fisher bigs up Rotherham's new stadium (7 Viewers)

SonOfSnoz · Jul 12, 2013

Erm, The Ricoh Arena is next to the River Sherbourne, Coventry Canal, A railway line & on the A444 linking to the M6.
It has a casino, exhibition hall, had a gym, hotel rooms, conference facilities, huge retail area, ample car parking....catered for the Olympics, Rugby, Darts, Snooker & big name concerts!
Will the new stadium have all of these features?
Ricoh shames Rotherham's new stadium!

SonOfSnoz · Jul 12, 2013

The link didn't work for me. Was it a link to this Press Association story?

Coventry close in on potential sites for new stadium
The club are planning to share with Northampton in the short term
DREW WILLIAMS FRIDAY 12 JULY 2013

Coventry are closing in on exclusivity on two potential sites in the local area on which they intend to build their new stadium.

Chief executive Tim Fisher in May revealed plans to move into a new stadium claiming City had been given no choice but to leave the Ricoh Arena as their lengthy and bitter rent row with stadium management company Arena Coventry Limited (ACL) rumbles on.

Earlier this week, the Football League reluctantly approved the Sky Blues' application to play their home games at Northampton's Sixfields Stadium for an initial period of three seasons while their new ground is being built, although it could stretch to as many as five.

The groundshare has been met with anger from the vast majority of City supporters, but the League One club are planning for a brighter long-term future away from the Ricoh - and Fisher is using Rotherham's recently-opened New York Stadium as the blueprint for Coventry's new home.

Fisher told Press Association Sport: "We've got a small number of sites which we are negotiating with, we are looking to get into exclusivity. Within the next week for sure for one, and potentially the second within a week as well.

"It will be in the Coventry area, we've got a number of sites both in the north and all around the Coventry boundary. They are very, very close.

"Ideally I'd like to get exclusivity on two, simply because it gives you the right to exclusive negotiation to close them and, frankly, you don't go into the final furlong of a horse race (with one), you want to get two lined up.

"Then we'll have the whole development of the scheme, the masterplan and all the commissioning that will be required.

"On Friday, we've got the beauty parade of architects, we've got the highways consultant - we are pushing like crazy."

Fisher, who plans to bring Coventry fans on board for full consultation, added: "The model is Rotherham's New York Stadium, it's a great stadium. It's modular so it grows as the club grows.

"Attendance? Around 18,000, and I will argue that 18,000 is enough. Then if things go well over time, it grows.

"Also, all around the bottom of the site, we want to add a scheme and that is going to be where the real value is in this because there will be a mix of commercial, residential - again, depending on the final site we go with.

"And this is why I really like Rotherham United's model because it's set up so they're building a hotel, it's by the river Rother where it's designated as regeneration so built into the bottom of the stadium are retail units, cafes, you name it, it's brilliant."

The start of the new League One season is just three weeks away, with Coventry's first 'home' fixture at Sixfields then due to take place on Sunday August 11 against Bristol City.

And despite all the off-field distractions, Sky Blues manager Steven Pressley has been impressed with the attitude of his players during pre-season training.

"I know there's a lot of negativity surrounding the football club at this moment in time but in terms of my players and the way they're going about things, the professionalism they're showing is first class," the Scot said.

"Everybody's aware of it, it's far from the ideal situation just now but as a football department we must focus on doing all we can and that is remaining very professional during the course of pre-season, preparing in the correct manner and creating the right spirit and environment for players to prosper.

"That's all we can do, everything else is beyond our control."

PA

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...m-8705173.html

Evo1883 · Jul 12, 2013

i honestly hope his bollocks combust in his sleep ....wanker

valiant15 · Jul 12, 2013

So basically he's going to keep us league 1 level with a shitty stadium that size.

ohitsaidwalker king power · Jul 12, 2013

CraigSBA said:
i honestly hope his bollocks combust in his sleep ....wanker

Spontaneous combustion... Tim?... unlikely.. unless Joy says so?

DazzleTommyDazzle · Jul 12, 2013

valiant15 said:
So basically he's going to keep us league 1 level with a shitty stadium that size.

The way things are looking at the moment, I'd say aiming to keep us in League 1 was pretty ambitious!

RFC · Jul 12, 2013

And the Football Club came third or Fourth in the 'pecking order' of both the Council & ACL IMHO!

Recent case in point when the 'Davis Cup' took PRIORITY over CCFC's HOME fixture!!!!!!!!!!

Broken Hearted Sky Blue · Jul 12, 2013

RFC said:
And the Football Club came third or Fourth in the 'pecking order' of both the Council & ACL IMHO!

Recent case in point when the 'Davis Cup' took PRIORITY over CCFC's HOME fixture!!!!!!!!!!

How did it?

TheRoyalScam · Jul 12, 2013

More nonsense from Tim

Apologies if this article has been posted before, but it has some relevance in this thread: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...e-Tim-Fisher-dismayed-Ricoh-Arena-fiasco.html

Some excellent Fisherisms here:

'We could have turned the stadium around. As it stands, it's not a great business. We know that because we have done our due diligence on it.' :thinking about: If you think the stadium is 'not a great business', how would you describe Coventry City Football Club as a business under your tenure? And talking of 'due diligence', just why did you buy CCFC, if not to gain control of the Ricoh? And don't tell me it was to get us promoted - once you sold Dann and Fox that idea went out the window for a quick buck.

'...they tried to wrestle control of the club away from SISU by pushing for, and getting, an administrative order on the club. :thinking about: Nothing to do with you not paying the rent and threatening liquidation then, Tim?

And finally my favourite Fisherism from this particular piece of propaganda:

'It is unlawful in this country to wrestle control of a business that you don't own...' :thinking about:I wonder why the words 'pot', 'kettle' and 'black' spring to mind.

Interesting that, because it's in the right-wing Daily Mail, Timmy also manages to get in a dig at the 'socialist' CCCouncil. I would remind him that the decision to buy out the Yorkshire Bank mortgage was a unanimous decision by the whole council. Yes, we have a Labour majority now, however we've also been Tory run in recent decades.

CEO or Joy's spinmeister general?

TheRoyalScam · Jul 12, 2013

RFC said:
And the Football Club came third or Fourth in the 'pecking order' of both the Council & ACL IMHO!

Recent case in point when the 'Davis Cup' took PRIORITY over CCFC's HOME fixture!!!!!!!!!!

'RFC' Join date: April 2013 - draw your own conclusions everyone.

Jack Griffin · Jul 12, 2013

TheRoyalScam said:
'RFC' Join date: April 2013 - draw your own conclusions everyone.

Rotherham Football Club?

letsallsingtogether · Jul 12, 2013

Yea if it's that good why don;t they all move there and give us our Club back.....

:blue:

Jack Griffin said:
Rotherham Football Club?

Delboycov · Jul 12, 2013

Jack Griffin said:
Rotherham Football Club?

Exactly! At least True Sky Blue went to a bit of effort when choosing his user name! Got to say I don't believe for a second the new batch of posters who share Timmy's vision 100% are genuine Coventry fans. I don't even think they're 'plants' as such although I'm still of the view there have been a few on here...Maybe they're mischief makers from other clubs as I know there have been quite a lot on facebook who have been 'outed' as Leicester fans and they've come out with pretty much the same drivel as these jokers.

Nonleagueherewecome · Jul 12, 2013

Delboycov said:
Exactly! At least True Sky Blue went to a bit of effort when choosing his user name! Got to say I don't believe for a second the new batch of posters who share Timmy's vision 100% are genuine Coventry fans. I don't even think they're 'plants' as such although I'm still of the view there have been a few on here...Maybe they're mischief makers from other clubs as I know there have been quite a lot on facebook who have been 'outed' as Leicester fans and they've come out with pretty much the same drivel as these jokers.

Seems a rational explanation for the ones that can barely string a grammatically correct sentence together..

chiefdave · Jul 12, 2013

If Fisher thinks the Rotherham stadium is nice he's going to shit himself when he sees the Ricoh

Sky Blue Pete · Jul 12, 2013

RFC said:
And the Football Club came third or Fourth in the 'pecking order' of both the Council & ACL IMHO!

Recent case in point when the 'Davis Cup' took PRIORITY over CCFC's HOME fixture!!!!!!!!!!

Are you always finding that you are a lone voice in any discussion you take part of??

DazzleTommyDazzle · Jul 12, 2013

RFC said:
And the Football Club came third or Fourth in the 'pecking order' of both the Council & ACL IMHO!

Recent case in point when the 'Davis Cup' took PRIORITY over CCFC's HOME fixture!!!!!!!!!!

As you were asked earlier - how did it take "PRIORITY" (excellent use of capitals by the way) "over CCFC's HOME" (gosh, there it is again - very impressive) fixture!!!!!!!!!" (got to be honest, I think you overdid it a bit with the exclamation marks - sometimes less is more)?

Big_Ben · Jul 12, 2013

TheRoyalScam said:
'RFC' Join date: April 2013 - draw your own conclusions everyone.

Also on this page we have Son of Snoz: join date June 2013, and CraigSBA: join date May 2013. What was that conclusion again?

lifelongcityfan · Jul 12, 2013

craig sba is psgm...sole mission to discredit the trust

SonOfSnoz · Jul 13, 2013

Big_Ben said:
Also on this page we have Son of Snoz: join date June 2013, and CraigSBA: join date May 2013. What was that conclusion again?

Big Ben: just cos very few posters post on here, doesn't mean we're all related, like the Villa fans!
Why would I need to behave like a scitzo?
My views are my own!

I'mARealWizard · Jul 13, 2013

TheRoyalScam said:
Apologies if this article has been posted before, but it has some relevance in this thread: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...e-Tim-Fisher-dismayed-Ricoh-Arena-fiasco.html

Some excellent Fisherisms here:

By far the best journalism around in that Daily Fail article is when the narrative continues with

"... to cut a long story short" at the exact point where SISU were just about to stop paying rent then fast forward to the FL approving moving to an alternative stadium.

simple_simon · Jul 13, 2013

Open our eyes.

hill83 · Jul 13, 2013

TheRoyalScam said:
'RFC' Join date: April 2013 - draw your own conclusions everyone.

I've been called a Sisu rent boy and a scab on here in the past.
Look at my join date.
Draw a conclusion from that.

savosdad · Jul 13, 2013

I,m sure this guy fishface is totally fucked up in the head he definitely needs help maybe with counselling poor poor timmy what a c**t

Big_Ben · Jul 13, 2013

SonOfSnoz said:
Big Ben: just cos very few posters post on here, doesn't mean we're all related, like the Villa fans!
Why would I need to behave like a scitzo?
My views are my own!

SoS: I wasn't having a go at you in any way - just pointing out that the post that I was responding to had suggested that the Join Date of posters (e.g. RFC) somehow pointed to 'SISU plants' on the forum, and your name and Craig SBA happened to be on the topic and I used them as examples.
Sorry if I gave the wrong impression.

SonOfSnoz · Jul 13, 2013

Thanks for the apology too Ben
Tensions running high & aimed at the wrong people, let's stop having a go at our own fans!

Brighton Sky Blue · Jul 13, 2013

hill83 said:
I've been called a Sisu rent boy and a scab on here in the past.
Look at my join date.
Draw a conclusion from that.

You must own a 5 year old SHITSU then.

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