Brighton's ground was sold by their owners for retail development and was thus unavailable. Our ground will always be there and it's total fecking lunacy not to use it.
To be fair......it's not our ground, it's ACLs...we just rent in.
Some on here were encouraging the club not to take the deal and push for more. Comedy gold.
Some ?? You mean half a dozen people who long ago nailed their colours to SISU's poisonous mast !!
For x number of yrs on every other Saturday people have travelled into Coventry to watch the football, in doing so have spent money in the local economy, decent example would be the casino, taxis, buses, shops extra who live off football fans visiting on a Saturday wouldn't any more if the club leaves! There's a bigger picture than just the council vs sisu!
True. Yet, ACL tell us they don't need the Club. I wonder if the casino, the buses, the taxis and the "local economy" feel the same?
Forced on Voice of Reason, who I'm guessing has little influence over the decision and so shouldn't be called pathetic and selfish.
Pretty darn certain that a Mayfair-based Hedge Fund don't care about those things..
All this talk of a ground share next season presupposes that there is a club within reasonable distance who would be prepared to do business with people who have defaulted on the rent at their own ground. If I was chairman of such a club the only way I would do business with SISU is by demanding that the agreed rent is paid up front in cash, otherwise no deal. I hope that these clubs show a sense of solidarity and refuse to deal with SISU. The fewer options SISU have the quicker they will be gone.
I'm pretty darn certain that neither side do. In fact you can forget the "pretty" part. All either side is interested in is "£".
Anyway, surely this is all academic? Didn't Bob Ainsworth "sort it all out" and say that all the Club was in administration? If true, it's only a matter of waiting for Hoff, JE and PH4.
Any company part-owned by the City's council has more of a stake in the local economy than a Hedge Fund.
Totally agree with the second point, not so convinced about the first.
How much tax do you pay to cc council?
Not as slippery as your hedgefund mates from 90 miles away.
Brighton's ground was sold by their owners for retail development and was thus unavailable. Our ground will always be there and it's total fecking lunacy not to use it.
Come on. So are you happy then with £14M of YOUR money being given to a Joint Venture Company?
And anyway, who says we're playing at St Andrew's next season? A bloke on a forum. Must be true.
If it stops the hedgefund getting their filthy hands on the ricoh then yes. I want the club to own lot,but not under sisu. Surely you can see why?
Homelessness, crime and poverty increases but that's fine because the politicians still have the Ricoh.
Our ground has got loads of houses built on it now, there's some place the council rent to us though wouldn't say it was "our" ground.
Ive changed my mind I am now pro Sisu give the Ricoh to Sisu as soon as you can because using your argument homelessness,crime and poverty will all decrease I just cant wait this is brilliant why didnt I think of this? To make it even better the council can carry on paying the mortgage write off the rent owed fuck me we'll have full employment in no time with the added benefit of CCFC back in the premiership and playing in the champions league with no debt but a surplus in the bank I love Joy and now I understand why you do. Im so sorry I had doubts but you you were so steadfast in your support of her and her friends I am trully humbled. To think that I was blinded by those lying devious money grabbing bastards in the council and the charity but you,you could see through all that thank you from the bottom of my heart
I believe you are deliberately missing the point.
By making cuts to bail out the Ricoh (if true), yes the Higgs/ACL benefit, however currently the following local charities are losing out:
The Salvation Army
Cyrenians
Age
The Recovery Partnership
The Swanswell Trust
YPDA
YMCA
Coventry Foyer
Open Hands
Will all have to work harder to provide the same service with less resources and support. That's just a few.
Also, to clarify, again - I believe no side in this is not to blame. The sooner SISU leave the better, but equally, the sooner we are rid of ACL the better. I cannot fathom why this bail out has not stirred more anger from the people of Coventry. Its completely unethical and immoral.
The interest paid back by ACL will deliver a profit to be reinvested?
It's the timing of it, though. CCC are already being choked by central government. They're telling near enough every service in the city that they have to curb spending as the city simply cannot afford it. Fuinding for these services are tight enough as it is. Had it been at a time where funding wasn't so tight, had they been less vague with how they were subsidising the £14m, I'd feel different, but from what I can see is, along with the rest of the country, Coventry's vulnerable are being sacrificed for the sake of a football stadium and conference facility.
All the homelessness services are going to tender in March and the criteria has changed from 60%quality 40%price to 20%quality 80%price. Meaning that those organisations, those cheaper organisations who barely provide a service for the socially margainalised will step in and offer bargain basement support from underqualified simpletons.
Come on. So are you happy then with £14M of YOUR money being given to a Joint Venture Company?
And anyway, who says we're playing at St Andrew's next season? A bloke on a forum. Must be true.
Come on. So are you happy then with £14M of YOUR money being given to a Joint Venture Company?
And anyway, who says we're playing at St Andrew's next season? A bloke on a forum. Must be true.
I believe you are deliberately missing the point.
By making cuts to bail out the Ricoh (if true), yes the Higgs/ACL benefit, however currently the following local charities are losing out:
The Salvation Army
Cyrenians
Age
The Recovery Partnership
The Swanswell Trust
YPDA
YMCA
Coventry Foyer
Open Hands
Will all have to work harder to provide the same service with less resources and support. That's just a few.
Also, to clarify, again - I believe no side in this is not to blame. The sooner SISU leave the better, but equally, the sooner we are rid of ACL the better. I cannot fathom why this bail out has not stirred more anger from the people of Coventry. Its completely unethical and immoral.
If it's a choice between the people of Coventry suffering or a hedge fund owning a stadium, I'd go for the people every time.
I believe you are deliberately missing the point.
By making cuts to bail out the Ricoh (if true), yes the Higgs/ACL benefit, however currently the following local charities are losing out:
The Salvation Army
Cyrenians
Age
The Recovery Partnership
The Swanswell Trust
YPDA
YMCA
Coventry Foyer
Open Hands
Will all have to work harder to provide the same service with less resources and support. That's just a few.
Also, to clarify, again - I believe no side in this is not to blame. The sooner SISU leave the better, but equally, the sooner we are rid of ACL the better. I cannot fathom why this bail out has not stirred more anger from the people of Coventry. Its completely unethical and immoral.
If it's a choice between the people of Coventry suffering or a hedge fund owning a stadium, I'd go for the people every time.
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