If they do climb down I can see them ramping it up to circa £20k per match so over 500k..,......If Wasps genuinely don't think they have a case to answer though and that they will win any legal action then surely they just want a rise in rent, their legal costs paid by SISU and the continued footfall of about 200,000 football fans ?!
Open Letter to Supporters (41 Viewers)
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Nick
Administrator
Which is where our fans will be gloating that it has really shown SISU
Unless it’s Dale of course
ricohroar
Well-Known Member
You will be gloating? or are you not a fan?
Nick
Administrator
I wouldn't be gloating about it. People who push boycotts, rock up once a year for Wembley and think it is sticking it to SISU will be over the moon.
I should have added "some" to the start. My fault for typing too quick and pressing post!
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
Well-Known Member
If it's any consolation it won't be long till they are out of existence and there won't be many tears shed in the rugby world.
Nick
Administrator
There would probably be a few cheeky drinks flowing at the Butts.
ccfcrob
Well-Known Member
Do you ever have anything positive to say. Its getting quite boring now.
torchomatic
Well-Known Member
Trust Statement:
The Sky Blue Trust have this morning issued the following press statement
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"The Sky Blue Trust is in full agreement with the sentiments raised below by our fellow devoted Coventry City fans in The Jimmy Hill Way group.
We include ourselves in the "Sky Blue community"referred to, a group of people who care passionately about OUR football club and who continue to be dismayed that this saga continues and which now appears to have reached its most serious phase yet to the point that the very future of the club is now in jeapordy.
We have been saying for a very long time now that the Ricoh Arena is the only possible option, even when ridiculous talk of mythical new stadiums was being touted by Otium Entertainment Group director and Coventry City Chairman Tim Fisher.
Now the club,our football club, finds itself in a parlous state with desperation setting in as the clock ticks towards potential oblivion.
Sky Blues fans are rightly concerned but clearly that concern isn't shared by our owners SISU who are prepared to play "Russian Roulette" with the club’s very existence to pursue their legal challenges, however hopeless and damaging they may seem.
Like the Jimmy Hill Way group, we will join with the Sky Blue Community but not SISU, Tim Fisher or anybody connected with their group of companies, in calling for the owners of Wasps to agree a deal for Coventry City to stay in their rightful home at the Ricoh and appeal to their better nature despite their assertions, reiterated only yesterday by Chief Executive Nick Eastwood that they were not prepared to talk whilst legal action is ongoing.
However we also want to make it perfectly clear that this whole situation could and should be simply resolved by SISU doing the right thing and calling a halt now to their legal action."
The Sky Blue Trust have this morning issued the following press statement
.
"The Sky Blue Trust is in full agreement with the sentiments raised below by our fellow devoted Coventry City fans in The Jimmy Hill Way group.
We include ourselves in the "Sky Blue community"referred to, a group of people who care passionately about OUR football club and who continue to be dismayed that this saga continues and which now appears to have reached its most serious phase yet to the point that the very future of the club is now in jeapordy.
We have been saying for a very long time now that the Ricoh Arena is the only possible option, even when ridiculous talk of mythical new stadiums was being touted by Otium Entertainment Group director and Coventry City Chairman Tim Fisher.
Now the club,our football club, finds itself in a parlous state with desperation setting in as the clock ticks towards potential oblivion.
Sky Blues fans are rightly concerned but clearly that concern isn't shared by our owners SISU who are prepared to play "Russian Roulette" with the club’s very existence to pursue their legal challenges, however hopeless and damaging they may seem.
Like the Jimmy Hill Way group, we will join with the Sky Blue Community but not SISU, Tim Fisher or anybody connected with their group of companies, in calling for the owners of Wasps to agree a deal for Coventry City to stay in their rightful home at the Ricoh and appeal to their better nature despite their assertions, reiterated only yesterday by Chief Executive Nick Eastwood that they were not prepared to talk whilst legal action is ongoing.
However we also want to make it perfectly clear that this whole situation could and should be simply resolved by SISU doing the right thing and calling a halt now to their legal action."
Nick
Administrator
So loads of waffle, drooling over a bloke who is an extreme arm of them and a bit hidden away about calling for Wasps to agree a deal.
Also it looks like they are trying to push the "Fisher is an Otium director so it means they are the same" stuff. I do like how they will join with the sky blue community but not SISU because they also know that after years of pushing their anger at the club people get mixed up. Getting behind CCFC isn't getting behind SISU.
Will be interesting to see what else comes of it.
chiefdave
Well-Known Member
Is that a joke? Shockingly bad from the Trust if that is genuine.
After all the comments on here, suggestions of things that could be done to ensure we have a club next season to just use it as an excuse to have another pop at SISU, which won't even register with Sepalla, is a terrible response.
torchomatic
Well-Known Member
Unfortunately, that is it.
torchomatic
Well-Known Member
It was on that coventrymad site.
Nick
Administrator
Give it a week and it will be "we did mention Wasps" and it will be back to just aimless ranting. Will be pleasantly surprised if we hear any more from them with anything to do with Wasps.
Probably sat planning protests now. That's if any of the "devoted" city fans decide they want to go to home games yet. (bar a couple that do)
Probably sat planning protests now. That's if any of the "devoted" city fans decide they want to go to home games yet. (bar a couple that do)
King of the Lesbians
Well-Known Member
I honestly though Torch had knocked it up as a bit of a piss take...
Nick
Administrator
I thought he was taking the piss when I looked and couldn't find it on their site or social media.
Joy Division
Well-Known Member
I'm not talking about buying the club, its if somebody wanted to do a deal with the club. Just highlighting how your analogy doesn't work.
My point? I just want a deal to be done for CCFC to remain at the Ricoh, I'm not naive to think that this statement hasn't been signed off or has had no input from SISU, its quite clear that the recent distancing from CCFC of SISU has been done to help improve relations and that is a good thing in terms of getting what we want. Let's just hope it somehow works.
Nick
Administrator
They have started pointing out that CCFC isn't SISU recently, it has always been the case.
Other parties have tried their best to claim otherwise, that way people will get behind them bashing CCFC because they think it is bashing SISU.
Imagine the council saying:
"We will destroy SISU" - Fair play, hope you do it.
"We will destroy CCFC to try and get at SISU" - Total Opposite.
They should really have made it clear years ago when people were "starving SISU".
chiefdave
Well-Known Member
If somebody wants to do a deal with the club they'd speak to the club wouldn't they? I can't imagine for one minute Sepalla sorting out details of the retail contract with Just Sports or speaking to the company that does our programs.
NortonSkyBlue
Well-Known Member
I think you would find that many on here would enjoy sending Wasps to onblivion but the reality is our own masters are looking to send us there too!
Liquid Gold
Well-Known Member
I'm absolutely fucking fuming about that statement. The trust should fold now.
Hang their heads in shame claiming to represent city fans, disgusting behaviour, playing the anti sisu and anti Fisher cards when the future of our club is at stake.
Scum
Hang their heads in shame claiming to represent city fans, disgusting behaviour, playing the anti sisu and anti Fisher cards when the future of our club is at stake.
Scum
Joy Division
Well-Known Member
Would Just Sports do a deal with CCFC if owner of the club was simultaneously taking them to court?
Nick
Administrator
Not sure how that is relevant.
1. Wasps aren't being taken to court, it's the council.
2. Wasps have already shown they would do a deal with CCFC while the legals are ongoing.
NortonSkyBlue
Well-Known Member
And that is where you lose me at point 2
Why should it matter what Wasps previously did? They have been clear about what would happen if the legal s continued. I get and respect that. I don't like it but i don't need a Hubble telescope to see what could be the outcome of litigation.
Nick
Administrator
Because it shows that "you cant do business with somebody taking you to court" is nonsense.
chiefdave
Well-Known Member
I have no desire to see Wasps fold.
Would be happy to see them move back to London. The Brentford Community Stadium would be ideal, only just over a mile from where Wasps played from 1923-1996. That's the ground Wasps claim rugby was banned from, since shown to be false as in Feb 2017 Brentford council approved London Irish moving there alongside the football club.
NortonSkyBlue
Well-Known Member
I understand that but they drew the line in the sand and have stated what could happen.
That Trust statement shows that we need an alternative voice.
Nick
Administrator
Yes but they also said they wouldn't talk while legals were ongoing last year and stopped talks. So them doing that has already showed it can be done so that doesn't really stack up as a reason.
chiefdave
Well-Known Member
You'd have to ask them but its hardly unusual in the business world. For example Samsung and Apple still do business with each despite being involved in numerous lawsuits against each other around the world since 2011.
chiefdave
Well-Known Member
It matters because Wasps are claiming in their statement that they can't agree a new deal. Not that they have taken a decision that they won't. Its a subtle but hugely important difference.