Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020 (9 Viewers)

[Mild-Mannered Janitor]

Gosh, it’s been a busy afternoon.
Is it the right time to ask whether people want to raise funds again for next year to help out fans?

 

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[Nick]

Gosh, it’s been a busy afternoon.
Is it the right time to ask whether people want to raise funds again for next year to help out fans?

Course we do!!!! Well volunteered

 

[Gint11]

Quick one guys, might be said but I’ve not read the full thread. When talking about a 4 sided stadium was there any talk of the building design being anything like how Highfield road was? Such as having a west terrace type area etc?

I’d fucking love a modern day Highfield rd!!

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

This

Thank you again as always.

We did all of that many years ago and it resulted in the current Ricoh. And it certainly is fit for 21st century.

Peterborough's London rd ground I believe is nothing like the Ricoh.

We would love to see the city back but not for the first time the owners have taken our team out of Coventry.

Sorry if I offend but this is sisu's making and they need to sort this out especially as the team is doing so well.

Once again thank you for contacting me.

and the final one is


Sorry but I did respond to the statement.

My response seems inconvenient and factual not terrible.

What a complete banana

 

[TTG]

This new site identified recently. The idea location.

IKEA.

some could say it's ikeal

 

[The coventrian]

You’re either very forgetful or you have a bullshit agenda like your buddy.

The Council were tapping up Wasps before we went to Northampton.

Were wasps playing at the ricoh before we gave up our anchor tenancy? By breaking the lease who gift wrapped the franchise an empty stadium?

 

[The coventrian]

Think you’ll find efl have allowed St. Andrews for 3 years then it’s back to Coventry.

And what about if wasps say no? This is where people should be pressing sisu. They've had 6 years to build a stadium. Where is it?

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Followed up with


Dear George

Seriously? It’s a memorandum of understanding between the club and the council.

You haven’t commented on how Peterborough are willing to support their club and you’re not. You haven’t commented on the loss of upwards of £10m from the local community.

Is your answer that it’s sisu’s fault so they should be held responsible for the losses and the increase in council tax and cuts in service?

I’m not certain what you are saying.

Thanks again

Pete

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

And what about if wasps say no? This is where people should be pressing sisu. They've had 6 years to build a stadium. Where is it?

Absolutely and you’ll notice we did start that conversation. If there’s no progress we can ask again. How long should we wait before asking on progress my friend?

 

[Nick]

This

Thank you again as always.

We did all of that many years ago and it resulted in the current Ricoh. And it certainly is fit for 21st century.

Peterborough's London rd ground I believe is nothing like the Ricoh.

We would love to see the city back but not for the first time the owners have taken our team out of Coventry.

Sorry if I offend but this is sisu's making and they need to sort this out especially as the team is doing so well.

Once again thank you for contacting me.

and the final one is


Sorry but I did respond to the statement.

My response seems inconvenient and factual not terrible.

What a complete banana

This is what could be the headline in the local media. Let him drop himself in it line on cwr.

 

[chiefdave]

This is what could be the headline in the local media. Let him drop himself in it line on cwr.

If the Telegraph or CWR had anything about them it would be the leading story tomorrow morning. We all know the reality is it most likely won't even get a mention.

 

[chiefdave]

And what about if wasps say no? This is where people should be pressing sisu. They've had 6 years to build a stadium. Where is it?

Lets be realistic. Even if Fisher is on CWR tomorrow morning saying they've bought the land and submitted the planning application there's virtually zero chance of a new ground being ready in 2 years, I would say 5 years would be optimistic.

So the reality is the Ricoh is the only way we are returning to Coventry, therefore the indemnity demand needs to be dropped.

Everything else is secondary and something we can worry about later. Lets get back to Cov on something like a 5 year rolling deal thats fair to both sides and go from there.

 

[ccfclinney]

My biggest question is how is the new stadium going to be funded and who will own it ? Sisu or Coventry city football club..

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

This is what could be the headline in the local media. Let him drop himself in it line on cwr.

My biggest question is how is the new stadium going to be funded and who will own it ? Sisu or Coventry city football club..

One step at a time for me.

 

[Skybluefaz]

My biggest question is how is the new stadium going to be funded and who will own it ? Sisu or Coventry city football club..

Sure it's been answered by Fisher before, the 'new' stadium would be owned by a holding company

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

It’s been obvious for a while the council and the likes of Duggins are accountable for a lot. There’s so much history and bad blood that it clouds good decision making. Duggins needs to have the heat turned up on him.

 

[mark82]

Quick one guys, might be said but I’ve not read the full thread. When talking about a 4 sided stadium was there any talk of the building design being anything like how Highfield road was? Such as having a west terrace type area etc?

I’d fucking love a modern day Highfield rd!!

Don't think they've got to that level of specific detail yet. Mentioned Shrewsbury's new ground as an example (I've not been), although ours would be bigger and a better shade of blue. Reason for 4 sided was that it's easily expandable. Would be expandable upwards and could fill in corners to get extra capacity.

I'd love 4 sided personally. The idea quite excites me (any skepticism aside). I'd love us to do something innovative with the area around the stadium too (like making it a destination for nights out, etc). Innovation would be befitting of our history. Hopefully they'll allow some fan input if/when we get to that stage.

 

[Liquid Gold]

How do people with Duggins' level of intelligence get into public office?

I'm as left as they come but if I were in Cov I'd hold my nose and vote Tory to try and get something shaken up.

His arrogance shines through, you can see his contempt that Pete would even consider asking the questions. Why is the media not doing this job?

 

[mark82]

Sure it's been answered by Fisher before, the 'new' stadium would be owned by a holding company

I seem to remember something like that. I imagine it's a fairly common setup to protect against administration/liquidation (although I'm just guessing here).

 

[covmark]

Why is the media not doing this job?

And this is the most pertinent question. The media should be all over this, but it's left to Pete from Skybluestalk to grill the local council via email. It's one big joke tbh.

Fair play to you Pete, you and Mark have done a cracking job recently, it's most appreciated by me, and I'm sure the majority on this message board.


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[SeaSeeEffCee]

Coventry City Council do not give a single fuck about Coventry City Football Club

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Coventry City Council do not give a single fuck about Coventry City Football Club

Now that’s a press headline lol

 

[Liquid Gold]

Has anybody contracted sports journalists. Places like the Athletic and Mundial that really like to look into fan culture and not just the game itself? They might be interested in how a bunch of weirdos on a forum have managed to do more than all the local media combined?

Let me know if not and I will start looking at places to send things to tomorrow.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Gonna meet with Cllr Duggins he would like to leave me in no uncertain terms what he is saying as I don’t seem to understand

 

[Liquid Gold]

Gonna meet with Cllr Duggins he would like to leave me in no uncertain terms what he is saying as I don’t seem to understand

Can you get someone from the media to go along?

 

[Nick]

Gonna meet with Cllr Duggins he would like to leave me in no uncertain terms what he is saying as I don’t seem to understand

What's not to understand?

He is just baffled you haven't run off shouting sisu.

 

[covmark]

Gonna meet with Cllr Duggins he would like to leave me in no uncertain terms what he is saying as I don’t seem to understand

You fully understand, that much is obvious. Agree with LG, taking someone from the media would be helpful. Might also put the wind up him a little.

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[Sky Blue Pete]

I genuinely think there’s a story there look at Peterborough and you could add Swansea and Watford and Brighton too. Are we so flush with cash that we can pass up upwards of £10m economic impact for the sake of some bruised egos?

 

[shepardo01]

Coventry City Council do not give a single fuck about Coventry City Football Club

They do... oh yes they do. They go out of their way to try to do the club, but more specifically the owners over!!

 

[shepardo01]

I genuinely think there’s a story there look at Peterborough and you could add Swansea and Watford and Brighton too. Are we so flush with cash that we can pass up upwards of £10m economic impact for the sake of some bruised egos?

Rob Dorsett at sky? (I think...) On twitter, donr a bit about us recently???
Think it was him who did the interview with Joy.

 

[Liquid Gold]

They do... oh yes they do. They go out of their way to try to do the club, but more specifically the owners over!!

As much as they'd like you to think that they've never done anything that would remotely harm our owners. They have however done massive, possibly irreparable, harm to the club.

 

[The coventrian]

Absolutely and you’ll notice we did start that conversation. If there’s no progress we can ask again. How long should we wait before asking on progress my friend?

Havent a scooby tbh. It's all make believe so probably never!

 

[The coventrian]

Lets be realistic. Even if Fisher is on CWR tomorrow morning saying they've bought the land and submitted the planning application there's virtually zero chance of a new ground being ready in 2 years, I would say 5 years would be optimistic.

So the reality is the Ricoh is the only way we are returning to Coventry, therefore the indemnity demand needs to be dropped.

Everything else is secondary and something we can worry about later. Lets get back to Cov on something like a 5 year rolling deal thats fair to both sides and go from there.

I agree 100%.

 

[The coventrian]

Coventry City Council do not give a single fuck about Coventry City Football Club

I think they do. Its sisu they hate. I imagine if there was a change of ownership then the councils tune would change.

 

[covcity4life]

This

Thank you again as always.

We did all of that many years ago and it resulted in the current Ricoh. And it certainly is fit for 21st century.

Peterborough's London rd ground I believe is nothing like the Ricoh.

We would love to see the city back but not for the first time the owners have taken our team out of Coventry.

Sorry if I offend but this is sisu's making and they need to sort this out especially as the team is doing so well.

Once again thank you for contacting me.

and the final one is


Sorry but I did respond to the statement.

My response seems inconvenient and factual not terrible.

What a complete banana

What a stupid c**t. Hes admitting that this is personal and yet media rather run stories about coventrys terrible owners

They aint gonna greenlihht a new stadoum and i bet they tell waspa to hold firm and keep sisu out of coventry ib hope they leave or phoneix club is started