The Sky Blue Trust are appalled at the latest turn of events. Liquidation poses the most serious threat to the future of our Club. Where today's liquidation leaves our club, we don't yet know. The Football League have not issued a verdict yet, but it has consistently failed to make decisions that have taken into account the views of the supporters and the community that sustain our Club. It has failed to stand up to the bullying and alleged legal threats coming from SISU, and it has still failed to investigate the role of Joy Seppala as a shadow director.
Today's publication of documents purporting to show that administrator Paul Appleton and SISU itself must have known all along where the Golden Share of the Football League lay all along is another area of deep concern for us which we call on the League to investigate.
We call upon all those involved to pause for thought before taking any further action. Please don't make a bad situation any worse. We urge the League not to take precipitate action to award the share to Otium. They must give full consideration to the detailed representations the Trust has made to them, in a detailed, evidenced dossier, before they take any decisions.
We would implore you all to finally look seriously at your responsibilities and act accordingly – what is needed now is the right action not a knee jerk reaction. The future long term viability of Coventry City must be the over riding criteria. Your actions will now be judged by thousands of Sky Blue fans and the world of football in general at a most critical time.
I wish they'd proof read these press releases first.
Have you got the one from about February when they said that the best thing to be done would be for ACL to put us into administration?
Wasn't that on Late Kick Off?
Does the trust know something we don't when asking for them not to give Otium the share? Surely that means no club?
Won't we need the share before we play a game?
The League can bend any of its rules at its own discretion since it's accountable to nobody.
Anyone else think someone seriously needs to investigate football from the top down starting with the FA and FL?
The League can bend any of its rules at its own discretion since it's accountable to nobody.
Does the trust know something we don't when asking for them not to give Otium the share? Surely that means no club?
Won't we need the share before we play a game?
Amazing how many people forget that there were other bidders for the club so swiftly..
Anyone else think someone seriously needs to investigate football from the top down starting with the FA and FL?
Amazing how many people forget that there were other bidders for the club so swiftly..
And FIFA...
The thing is, would it not be an old boys club like the Banking Situation where it slowly just gets swept away?
Would be great if the FL said that Ltd that there documentation shows the players are in Ltd along with the Golden Share.
Then because of the false information PA has to resell Ltd. Players and all.
Equally would be great if other documentation backed up that the arena lease was with Holdings and all the debt. (As is was ?)
So can they just give the "club \ league share" to any random person?
There could potentially be an even bigger choice of options if a free fight were allowed...
Well you seem OK with them giving it straight to the cunts who have put us in this position! And as for who SISU's investors are-betchya can't name some! Random enough for you?
I haven't said I am ok with it, I am just saying does that mean they can just give it to anybody? Would they not need to buy the trademarks of the badge etc at least? It was a genuine question.
Oh if only, but SISU have stitched the whole operation up in a bid to avoid such possibilities.
I haven't said I am ok with it, I am just saying does that mean they can just give it to anybody? Would they not need to buy the trademarks of the badge etc at least? It was a genuine question.
We don't even know what Joy looks like and thanks to the move to Sixfields we may never do so again.Well you seem OK with them giving it straight to the cunts who have put us in this position! And as for who SISU's investors are-betchya can't name some! Random enough for you?
Not just SISU, all the talk is of a Haskell/Hoffmann/Elliott superhero triumverate.
Open it up to more; a free fight, fairest bidder wins.
Isn't that what we should be campaigning for? No names, no privileged bidders, no politicking to maneuvre some into positions of strength ahead of others... just come and have a go if you want the club enough?
I haven't said I am ok with it, I am just saying does that mean they can just give it to anybody? Would they not need to buy the trademarks of the badge etc at least? It was a genuine question.
There could potentially be an even bigger choice of options if a free fight were allowed...
Except this has never been a fair fight since the ARVO debenture, NW. Being able to write off Limited's meaningless debt as SISU can is entirely different to providing hard cash to clear the group debt. Put Sky Blue Sports and Leisure up for sale and then it's a fair fight.
Except this has never been a fair fight since the ARVO debenture, NW. Being able to write off Limited's meaningless debt as SISU can is entirely different to providing hard cash to clear the group debt. Put Sky Blue Sports and Leisure up for sale and then it's a fair fight.
No, but they shouldn't be giving it to Otium on grounds of them not being "fit and proper" persons. Other options weren't given a chance in any case as the administrator is blatantly SISU's man (and with the way SISU had arranged affairs).
Don't think so, FL can only hand out the Golden Share can't they?I don't just mean the badge I mean all of the little bits like training ground etc.
For example SISU own the badge, training ground and players. Could the FL hand it to Haskell now if all he had was half the ricoh? Surely they need it back to be able to play tomorrow?
I agree it shouldn't just be handed back, but wouldn't the other parties have to show they had players, training grounds, academys etc?
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