WTF? West has to be one of the people Lucas was referring to, the other being Reeves, when she said the council had been given incorrect information about the performance of ACL. If I made a mistake like that in my job I'd be in a disciplinary trying to save my job not getting a huge pay off.
Same as how they were all getting worked up about social media abuse when a few people have a pop at Gilbert for doing Wasps PR but aren't in the slightest bit interested in accounts linked to the Trust abusing fans.
He worked for the council and ACL, not sure how the obvious conflict of interest was sorted but this is Coventry City Council, they do what they like with a supine local media lapping it up
Same as me. Come on here umpteen times a day hoping to see that a Ricoh deal has been done. It seems obvious that both sides want a deal. Just do it!
Surely something has to be said soon, the longer we don't hear a ricoh deal has been agreed the more i think we will be at St Andrews
I'm the opposite. If it was going to fall down there have been plenty of reasons for it to have done by now. That they're still talking is a good sign and maybe even that they are working on something more than a simple rental. Ideally They would just announce a 1 year extension on the same terms while negotiations continue so we can get season tickets on sale and sort out these details.
It just needs to hurry up so we can start selling season tickets therefore giving robins more money to spend
I would have thought so too Clint. The Fixture list is published on 20th June. I presume the EFL will be working on the assumption that we are playing at the groundshare (i.e. to mesh with the host team's fixtures, policing constraints, etc), which can then simply be moved back to the Ricoh if the talks reach a successful outcome.
That's nothing to do with the EFL though. The rugby fixtures aren't released until early July, so let the buggers work around US if we end up in their nest
Which is why it was outrageous that they didn't even attempt to play opposite weekends to us last year and just pushed us to Fridays and Sundays.
I dont think it really works like that unfortunately, maybe if we actually made money from drinks/food etc then you could see them try something like that. Most clubs our size have a core fan base that buy season tickets the rest is a gamble, would doubt we would double the uptake if we halved the price
Thing is we’re not guarenteed 10k. I’m thinking more of gettong people to buy while the stadium issue whilst rewarding those willing to go to St Andrews.
Part of the Bradford model is to fill the stadium and then make revenue from food/drink /parking etc which is something we haven't been able to take advantage of.
You mean like the other Premiership Rugby teams who play at a ground also used by a football club managed to do?
It's just as likely to be the opposite. We have to have it agreed by x date, St Andrews we've already agreed. Give us what we want or lose the £2m.
I’m only suggesting a limited time. It’d bring in some funds whilst the uncertainty is happening.
I do get what you mean though. I'll be buying one wherever we are next year so if they bought some out for £250 now saying it might be at another ground I'd snap their hands off.
The more obvious consideration is that they would need to know soon because they would have to ensure that ours and Blues home games didn't clash.
That's the point i was trying (inelegantly) to make. Agreed!
That's the obvious approach. We don't clash with any other EFL clubs when playing in Coventry so switching back to the Ricoh doesn't create any problems. After all, we came back from Sixfields only two or three games into the season.
