Questions For Tony (5 Viewers)

[Ricketts]

I'd say so yes, it's a difficult situation for the club assuming they are actually being serious about the new stadium which people aren't convinced they are. The council will do everything legally in their power to make sure we can't build in Coventry, and if they build even an inch outside the boundary people then claim the club would be dead to them.

what a load of bollox.

councils love any kind of building etc as they receive council tax from them,

 

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[Skyblueweeman]

I can't believe TM would be so open by lambasting JoB like that in public. I'm neither here nor there with JoB to be honest...just surprised a manager would be so honest about a player still plying his trade. Very interesting.

 

[fernandopartridge]

what a load of bollox.

councils love any kind of building etc as they receive council tax from them,

They also love politics and make decisions for political reasons

 

[shmmeee]

They also love politics and make decisions for political reasons

Come on, you know damn well CCC can't block a planning application without good reason.

 

[chiefdave]

Come on, you know damn well CCC can't block a planning application without good reason.

They can certainly delay it and make life difficult.

 

[shmmeee]

They can certainly delay it and make life difficult.

And, tinfoil hats aside, why would they?

I mean they get the business rates, development is almost always good all else being equal.

It's a fiction that's been snaffled up by the anti-CCC crowd, but it's nonsense. Sisu made the "not in Cov" decision and have been quite explicit about the reasons being their own personal issues with CCC rather than the other way around.

 

[chiefdave]

And, tinfoil hats aside, why would they?

Didn't say they would, just that they could. There's many things the council have done in recent years with regard to CCFC that don't make sense to me but they still did them.

It's a fiction that's been snaffled up by the anti-CCC crowd, but it's nonsense. Sisu made the "not in Cov" decision and have been quite explicit about the reasons being their own personal issues with CCC rather than the other way around.

And Maton confirmed in the CT that it was not possible for the new ground to be in Coventry.

 

[skybluetony176]

Maybe the better question would be why would anyone be interested in purchasing us when the likes of Wolves, Brum and Villa are up for sale?

Because we'd be cheap. Well we would be if we weren't ring fenced by a load of "not real debt".

Ground or no ground the only way anyone is going to buy us is if the majority if not all of the debt gets written of. As I believe has just happened with Bolton.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Come on, you know damn well CCC can't block a planning application without good reason.

You can skew things in favour of certain types of development however. Us being in the local plan would help immensely.

And as for all development being equal? I'd suggest that's certainly not true either. There are always elements that suit a political wave at any one time. hell, it';s why the Ricoh got built in the first place, as it suited regeneration of a local gasmark landmark.

 

[skybluetony176]

Come on, you know damn well CCC can't block a planning application without good reason.

CCC would love the photo opportunity alone. AL would be straight there with her spade, hard hat, hi vis and boots smiling for the camera. That's politics of the modern age and that is why they're unlikely to block it. Biggest issue I see is the size of a plot. BPA clearly to small and a 60acre site is not only mental but (conveniently for SISU) highly unlikely to be available anywhere in the city unless for housing.