Time for Les!!! (4 Viewers)

[dongonzalos]

So the CET are unlikely to get an interview with the club in the circumstances.

It's time for Les to step up to the plate!!!!

The owners would like to sell our training ground to become houses.

Perfect time for Les to investigate.

Why do they want to do this?
Is it likely to happen?
What are the plans to satisfy Sports England for replacement pitches.
Is the CET story correct?
Where,how and when will we acquire a new training facility?

Come on Les we are all depending on you, it really is your time to shine and an opportunity to prove that you really are an investigative journalist seeking out the truth.

Not just a one man machine on a revenge mission reporting only on and against the people who you feel crossed you.

 

---

[ajsccfc]

I think Ferdinand was a fantastic striker, but we've signed enough.

 

[We'll_live_and_die]

Wow Don Gon and made shitloads of threads.

 

[rondog1973]

Was one of my favorite comedians, especially his mother in law gags and piano playing, but he's been dead about 20 years now.

 

[fernandopartridge]

The only les we're likely to have is miserable

 

[oucho]

I'm sure he will come up with a good excuse to cover them for the housing thing; he likes to point the guns towards the council as much as possible. He is "friends of friends" with Fisher and may be actual mates with him himself.

 

[Otis]

So the CET are unlikely to get an interview with the club in the circumstances.

It's time for Les to step up to the plate!!!!

The owners would like to sell our training ground to become houses.

Perfect time for Les to investigate.

Why do they want to do this?
Is it likely to happen?
What are the plans to satisfy Sports England for replacement pitches.
Is the CET story correct?
Where,how and when will we acquire a new training facility?

Come on Les we are all depending on you, it really is your time to shine and an opportunity to prove that you really are an investigative journalist seeking out the truth.

Not just a one man machine on a revenge mission reporting only on and against the people who you feel crossed you.

Yep, he the man and a great leader.

Up to the plate steps Les Boss.

 

[dongonzalos]

I'm sure he will come up with a good excuse to cover them for the housing thing; he likes to point the guns towards the council as much as possible. He is "friends of friends" with Fisher and may be actual mates with him himself.

Let's wait and see
I still have hope for him.
If he actually tries he is quite good at digging. However can he actually really do it if he doesn't fancy exposing the truth that he discovers?

 

[oucho]

Let's wait and see
I still have hope for him.
If he actually tries he is quite good at digging. However can he actually really do it if he doesn't fancy exposing the truth that he discovers?

I have never seen him produce a "smoking gun" that tells me the council have done anything particularly wrong. Lots of irrelevant / minor stuff which he has tried to trump up with a very anti-CCC tone, but nothing really earth-shattering.

 

[Generally Midfield]

Of all the different people mentioned on here Les Reid is the only one I've ever spoken to. It was during Sixfields 2 or 3 times and he seemed pretty pally with Tim Fisher but the main thing was he was obsessed with the council. To be fair he seemed to be a bit of a sad case.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Of all the different people mentioned on here Les Reid is the only one I've ever spoken to. It was during Sixfields 2 or 3 times and he seemed pretty pally with Tim Fisher but the main thing was he was obsessed with the council. To be fair he seemed to be a bit of a sad case.

That wasn't Les that must have been Torchamatic you had spoken too

 

[Generally Midfield]

That wasn't Les that must have been Torchamatic you had spoken too

From what I read on here Torchamatic seems like a 100% genuine fan. Les Reid did seem a bit odd.

 

[Captain Dart]

A man out of touch with the true feelings of the majority of fans.

 

[Brylowes]

Let's wait and see
I still have hope for him.
If he actually tries he is quite good at digging. However can he actually really do it if he doesn't fancy exposing the truth that he discovers?

Visions of him standing distraught on his allotment having
just unearthed potatoes, while fully expecting carrots.

 

[Johnnythespider]

I have never seen him produce a "smoking gun" that tells me the council have done anything particularly wrong. Lots of irrelevant / minor stuff which he has tried to trump up with a very anti-CCC tone, but nothing really earth-shattering.

The council sold the Ricoh to a rugby club from London, that was wrong


Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

 

[Sick Boy]

A man out of touch with the true feelings of the majority of fans.

How is it out of touch?

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

OUR SURVEY SAYS:

UH-UHHH!

Sent from my E5823 using Tapatalk

 

[clint van damme]

Of all the different people mentioned on here Les Reid is the only one I've ever spoken to. It was during Sixfields 2 or 3 times and he seemed pretty pally with Tim Fisher but the main thing was he was obsessed with the council. To be fair he seemed to be a bit of a sad case.

that's because they are fucking useless, forget the Ricoh, forget CCFC, just look at all the other fuck ups they have made over the years.
We are on the verge of a boom in Coventry, watch them fuck that up.

 

[skybluetony176]

How is it out of touch?

A wasps housing project that doesn't effect CCFC one iota isn't top of the vast majority of CCFC fans priority list at the moment. Why isn't he tweeting about the things that are?

 

[Sick Boy]

A wasps housing project that doesn't effect CCFC one iota isn't top of the vast majority of CCFC fans priority list at the moment. Why isn't he tweeting about the things that are?

CCFC is still being squeezed by all sides and has been treated appalling. All parties in this mess should be held to account, should they not?
The Telegraph working with the council to bury news stories are hardly in a position to start passing judgement either.

No doubt when SISU leave they'll congratulate themselves for getting rid of them like they did when the club moved back to the Arena. It's a shame that it has always been far too late. Any attempt to return to the Ricoh or to get SISU should have been done a long time ago.

 

[skybluetony176]

CCFC is still being squeezed by all sides and has been treated appalling. All parties in this mess should be held to account, should they not?
The Telegraph working with the council to bury news stories are hardly in a position to start passing judgement either.

No doubt when SISU leave they'll congratulate themselves for getting rid of them like they did when the club moved back to the Arena. It's a shame that it has always been far too late. Any attempt to return to the Ricoh or to get SISU should have been done a long time ago.

Why no tweets on the CCFC housing project that is going to effect CCFC and is nothing to do with anyone else at all? Why isn't he questioning SISU's long term vision for the club? Where does selling Ryton fit into this vision? Clearly selling Ryton is a means to an end. What is the end? Is it paying ARVO a lump sum and then renting facilities elsewhere? Is it part of something that is going to bring the club forward as part of a long term vision? All questions more pressing to CCFC fans than a housing project that doesn't effect the club in Whitley, yet he's trying to make out that it's the housing project that doesn't effect the club that's what is bothering our fan base. That's bollocks and you know it is.

 

[Brylowes]

CCFC is still being squeezed by all sides and has been treated appalling. All parties in this mess should be held to account, should they not?
The Telegraph working with the council to bury news stories are hardly in a position to start passing judgement either.

No doubt when SISU leave they'll congratulate themselves for getting rid of them like they did when the club moved back to the Arena. It's a shame that it has always been far too late. Any attempt to return to the Ricoh or to get SISU should have been done a long time ago.

Unfortunately for us the fans, SISU are "reaping what they sow"

 

[Otis]

Why no tweets on the CCFC housing project that is going to effect CCFC and is nothing to do with anyone else at all? Why isn't he questioning SISU's long term vision for the club? Where does selling Ryton fit into this vision? Clearly selling Ryton is a means to an end. What is the end? Is it paying ARVO a lump sum and then renting facilities elsewhere? Is it part of something that is going to bring the club forward as part of a long term vision? All questions more pressing to CCFC fans than a housing project that doesn't effect the club in Whitley, yet he's trying to make out that it's the housing project that doesn't effect the club that's what is bothering our fan base. That's bollocks and you know it is.

He does come across as another biased person in this whole saga.

We need to be questioning all sides, instead of just having a go at one single entity, be it council or owners.

Has Les Reid ever come out and had a go at Sisu at all over the past two or three years?

I don't pay too much attention to him, so that is an honest question rather than just a dig.

 

[skybluetony176]

He does come across as another biased person in this whole saga.

We need to be questioning all sides, instead of just having a go at one single entity, be it council or owners.

Has Les Reid ever come out and had a go at Sisu at all over the past two or three years?

I don't pay too much attention to him, so that is an honest question rather than just a dig.

Suggesting that a housing project that doesn't effect CCFC and actually is probably something quite positive for the city over a housing project that not only directly effects CCFC but is also being driven from within without being part of any known vision is what's bothering CCFC fans is a detachment from reality. I can't believe anyone on a CCFC forum would actually question someone raising that point let alone going on to argue the point. There really isn't any more pressing question regarding CCFC at the moment including league position and the academy IMO.

 

[Nick]

Didn't the Observer post the news a couple of years ago about the housing at Ryton?

I don't know who actually wrote it though. I can't find anything about it on the telegraph (so not saying they didn't report it, I just can't see it).

I personally find it stranger on a CCFC forum that people are going out of their way to try and kill CCFC to support a different football team, I guess it is just opinion.

 

[Brylowes]

Suggesting that a housing project that doesn't effect CCFC and actually is probably something quite positive for the city over a housing project that not only directly effects CCFC but is also being driven from within without being part of any known vision is what's bothering CCFC fans is a detachment from reality. I can't believe anyone on a CCFC forum would actually question someone raising that point let alone going on to argue the point. There really isn't any more pressing question regarding CCFC at the moment including league position and the academy IMO.

I don't recall seeing anyone on here "up in arms" over the wasps housing plans, a few murmurs maybe, and
If a proportion of fans are, you would definitely find some on here.

 

[skybluetony176]

Didn't the Observer post the news a couple of years ago about the housing at Ryton?

I don't know who actually wrote it though. I can't find anything about it on the telegraph (so not saying they didn't report it, I just can't see it).

I personally find it stranger on a CCFC forum that people are going out of their way to try and kill CCFC to support a different football team, I guess it is just opinion.

Pre Les and nowhere near happening at the time. Unlike now. Some people have a warped idea of what the best way of getting rid of SISU is that's for sure but when someone chooses to not understand why a journalist is out of touch considering the possible ramifications of what's happening regarding Ryton they're in the same class.

 

[skybluetony176]

I don't recall seeing anyone on here "up in arms" over the wasps housing plans, a few murmurs maybe, and
If a proportion of fans are, you wouldn't definitely find some on here.

Exactly. It certainly doesn't effect CCFC, why would we be concerned about it. It's rubbish and cheap journalism. If he said environmentalist were up in arms about it over green belt, fair enough. If he said that the community of Whitley were up in arms about it that might also be fair enough but to suggest what he did is nonsense. Sure there's a few crack pots on here who will shout stone them at the mere mention of wasps but even their concerns aren't really because they're CCFC fans and it's something CCFC should be concerned about. Because it isn't. Unlike the CCFC housing project.

 

[Nick]

Exactly. It certainly doesn't effect CCFC, why would we be concerned about it. It's rubbish and cheap journalism. If he said environmentalist were up in arms about it over green belt, fair enough. If he said that the community of Whitley were up in arms about it that might also be fair enough but to suggest what he did is nonsense. Sure there's a few crack pots on here who will shout stone them at the mere mention of wasps but even their concerns aren't really because they're CCFC fans and it's something CCFC should be concerned about. Because it isn't. Unlike the CCFC housing project.

Surely the link is that it is Wasps doing it, and it is at the Higgs. The same place as the academy that we might not be able to play in? The same if in some way it is to do with them being here in the first place, which does impact CCFC?

If Wasps had bought some land in Buckinghamshire and were working with their council I would agree it's not really much to do with us.

 

[skybluetony176]

Surely the link is that it is Wasps doing it, and it is at the Higgs. The same place as the academy that we might not be able to play in? The same if in some way it is to do with them being here in the first place, which does impact CCFC?

If Wasps had bought some land in Buckinghamshire and were working with their council I would agree it's not really much to do with us.

So what if Wasps are doing it. It doesn't effect CCFC any more than if Wimpey Homes were doing it. Is it at Higgs? I thought it was on land purchased from STWA?

So the latest conspiracy theory goes that Wasps owners purchased wasps Rugby Club so they could purchase The Ricoh so they could purchase some land in Whitley to build houses. Priceless.

 

[skybluetony176]

And either way Nick it still isn't as pressing as the potential and real danger to Ryton by the CCFC housing plan's.

At what point are you going to realise that the real and immediate danger to CCFC is coming from within. My guess is when we've dropped down a couple of leagues, are playing in a half empty BPA that's never been redeveloped and we're training at memorial park.

 

[chiefdave]

So the latest conspiracy theory goes that Wasps owners purchased wasps Rugby Club so they could purchase The Ricoh so they could purchase some land in Whitley to build houses. Priceless.

No its not that is it. There's two questions it raises for me. If Wasps, and I don't buy this its not Wasps its their owner and Chief Exec, own land right next to the Higgs why could that not be used for their training centre, essentially expand the Higgs. That would meet their promise of a new facility and increase the sporting provision in the city.

Secondly given that ST previously applied to build houses there and were refused there should be some digging by our press into what has happened. Appreciate its a different application and things change but its worth some further investigation.

And of course it goes to show that Wasps are about as truthful as SISU given that they outright stated they were not interested in property development.

 

[clint van damme]

Exactly. It certainly doesn't effect CCFC, why would we be concerned about it. It's rubbish and cheap journalism. If he said environmentalist were up in arms about it over green belt, fair enough. If he said that the community of Whitley were up in arms about it that might also be fair enough but to suggest what he did is nonsense. Sure there's a few crack pots on here who will shout stone them at the mere mention of wasps but even their concerns aren't really because they're CCFC fans and it's something CCFC should be concerned about. Because it isn't. Unlike the CCFC housing project.

I disagree, the way wasps hedge fund have strode into the city and started putting their mark everywhere should be scrutinsed, especially when their actions could have a potential affect on already established sports clubs in the city, (though I accept that that probably isn't the case in this instance).

Let's face it, the expansion of our two established universities has come under the microscope enough, so I don't see why wasps should be any different.

 

[skybluetony176]

No its not that is it. There's two questions it raises for me. If Wasps, and I don't buy this its not Wasps its their owner and Chief Exec, own land right next to the Higgs why could that not be used for their training centre, essentially expand the Higgs. That would meet their promise of a new facility and increase the sporting provision in the city.

Secondly given that ST previously applied to build houses there and were refused there should be some digging by our press into what has happened. Appreciate its a different application and things change but its worth some further investigation.

And of course it goes to show that Wasps are about as truthful as SISU given that they outright stated they were not interested in property development.

Apparently it is. And I quote "The same if in some way it is to do with them being here in the first place".

Surely who owns the land isn't too difficult to work out. It will be recorded as a matter of public record at the land registry office I'd imagine.

I'm not defending them but didn't the not interested in property development refer specifically to the Ricoh? Hence car park C wasn't included.

 

[chiefdave]

Apparently it is. And I quote "The same if in some way it is to do with them being here in the first place".

As in was this all agreed at the start in that secret meeting between the council and Wasps where suddenly it went from being a close vote to unanimous?

Certainly if there is some larger agreement at work which benefits Wasps then that would be something you'd expect the press to look into.

I'm pretty sure if Sepalla and Fisher started a new company and purchased land adjoining Ryton the CT would be digging around.