Is the noose finally starting to tighten around the neck of SISU/OTIUM (2 Viewers)

[stupot07]

Again tell that to AFC Wimbledon fans. They started in 2002, 2 years later in 2004 Wimbledon FC changed their name to Milton Keynes Dons.
AFC Wimbledon own the club's history and were given all trophies and memorabilia back in 2007.

Yes, but they were set up on the back of FA's confirmation and approval of the proposed permanent move to Milton Keynes, they were never going back and that's why afc Wimbledon was set up.

 

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[Snozz_is_god]

I wouldn't worry about a Phoenix club yet, there is a little way to go yet, but we'll get our club back, it might take a while, but it's gonna happen.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

I think I probably agree, but it was posted in response to someone saying that a Phoenix club would not be CCFC: it would, as every precedent I quoted prove. Add Nuneaton and Leamington to that list!

Yep, it would.

Some would take the occasion of a club dying to give up, that's natural, but there can still be a continuation in legacy, just as much as nobody really cared nor knew whether the 'club' we were all supporting was Ltd. or Holdings until recently!

 

[saltaire bantam]

I found this on the Cov Telegraph website, which spells out how much trouble SISU are in as a business, or failing hedge fund should I say.

I don't think those figures are right, there are a lot of sub-companies to consider, those say SISU had a turnover for 2011 of £3m, yet Coventry FC alone turned over far more than that in 2011.

 

[BurbageSkyBlues]

I don't think those figures are right, there are a lot of sub-companies to consider, those say SISU had a turnover for 2011 of £3m, yet Coventry FC alone turned over far more than that in 2011.

Dont think that Sisu turnover is made up of their invested business's turnovers. They are an investment fund management business. As an example, if you had a pension fund, and the fund company charged a fund management fee of 0.5%, then that 0.5% would be considered their turnover, not the value of your pension fund. In sisu's case, their investment in CCFC would not be part of their turnover, as it would only be the funds that they are managing (as opposed to owning) on behalf of their investors.

 

[Big_Ben]

Dont think that Sisu turnover is made up of their invested business's turnovers. They are an investment fund management business. As an example, if you had a pension fund, and the fund company charged a fund management fee of 0.5%, then that 0.5% would be considered their turnover, not the value of your pension fund. In sisu's case, their investment in CCFC would not be part of their turnover, as it would only be the funds that they are managing (as opposed to owning) on behalf of their investors.

Just to put that into perspective - if their turnover was 0.5% of the fund's profit, then the total managed fund for their investors in the year that SISU made £26M must have been £26M x 0.5%, which equals a fund profit of £5,120M for their investors - in just one year. That's serious financial clout!

 

[Chester FC Fan]

Getting sick of making this point but it has to be done: AFC Wimbledon ARE the same club that won the F.A. Cup: they hold the honour, as well as all of Wimbledon's other honours. If the present CCFC ceases to exist, the new Phoenix Club formed WOULD BE CCFC. That's how it works. AFC Newport ARE Newport County, the new Chester ARE Chester City, the new Aldershot ARE Aldershot Town, the new Telford ARE Telford Utd. You will not find a single solitary fan of those clubs who thinks that their club is in any way whatsoever disconnected from the club that was liquidated.

Absolutely spot on... I have not once
Thought the new Chester FC is a different club to the old Chester City... We still play in the same ground, in the same colours and the history of the old Chester City now belongs to Chester FC. The chant of 'Come On City' still can be heard every time we get a corner.... The old lady hasn't died, she's just got people who now care looking after her, and we've given her an arselift and a facelift and she's never looked better !!!

 

[Big_Ben]

I found this on the Cov Telegraph website, which spells out how much trouble SISU are in as a business, or failing hedge fund should I say.

Depends on how you analyse the figures.
You could say that in 7 years they have turnover of over £86Million and profits of over £45Million.
And if the turnover is based on a 0.5% management fee, you do the maths on how much their investors are ahead, so I would doubt that they would be in any hurry to pull the plug because of a blip in figures, especially as there seems to be a long-term game plan (if only we could work out what it is).