CET: Ricoh talks back on "It's what the fans want us all to do" (6 Viewers)

[dongonzalos]

And many fans said they didn't want SISU having the stadium anyway. They even wrote to the Council saying just that. So they, at least, will be happy if that is the outcome of all this.

I would imagine some would have done that, as in theory a council and a charity have to consider the best interests of the football club and the city as a whole.

SISU as you expect will only consider themselves in any decision.

It is a tough one however I can see why some people would be very concerned about SISU getting control of the whole lot.

I would also imagine that they way they have conducted this recent business would also make the council very warey.

The council could end up eith SISU as nearly equal business partners. They won't want that.

Look at what SISU do with the leverage they have now

 

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[torchomatic]

True. SISU/CCFC are joined at the hip. If one fails, so does the other. If one is successful, so is the other. If one saves money, so does the other. This is why I hope the brokered deal is the best possible for Coventry City Football Club.

They are the club. The good of Sisu is the good of the club. The only way to get their money back is CCFC either being profitable or having assets that make it sellable. Either of those outcomes are good for fans.

 

[cyril]

If SISU turn the club around by playing tough then they deserve 50% of the Ricoh. At the end of the day what could go wrong :0

 

[blueflint]

Agenda isn't about selling but getting a valuable asset in the Ricoh for next to nothing

spot on you got it there if they get ricoh we will be sold for a profit to sisu. not necessarily for the football clubs benefit

 

[cyril]

spot on you got it there if they get ricoh we will be sold for a profit to sisu. not necessarily for the football clubs benefit

Sorry, why hasn't someone just bought the lot for peanuts ??

 

[oldskyblue58]

I cant help the nagging doubt that nothing has really changed.

Seppala has a reputation for playing hard ball, and will take this to the wire. In reality there has been nothing much happen to change her plan and objective. Certainly do not buy into the notion that she has listened to the fans and is prepared to soften her stance. Why would she when she knew all along ACL would have to take action, that hasnt been a surprise to her...... it wont have changed her approach, it is what she has engineered after all. So would she be prepared to compromise her position and settle the matter now ? 11th hour deal maybe, but I suspect there is some stuff going on in the background we are not party to that she feels gives her the advantage

I would expect that attitudes have hardened at ACL, Council & Charity against SISU (not CCFC). Probably a greater sense of unity between the three than ever.

Who will blink first if at all ?

Also because of the Xmas break I wouldnt expect action on Boxing Day it is more likely to be 2nd january. There is still a very real chance of a winding up order.

Hopefully I am wrong, but right now it doesnt feel like it to me. There are going to be a lot of bumps in the road yet. Sorry for not being very optimistic

 

[aodea]

well both sides need each other. the Acl need Coventry to be in the stadium and this is why there willing to drop the rent as some rent is better than no rent. Also SISU are aware they need to be playing in the Ricoh. Both sides are posturing but the fact that they have got a place were a deal of 400kish is on the table is good. Long term it is hard to deem what affects are in SISU owning the stadium but cutting 800,000 a year from our expenses is massive. When a club starts to get there finances right in terms of wages and rent they can start again.

I want SISU out but currently they are doing there bit for CCFC not saying that wont come back to haunt us but nobody wants a winding up order issued.

 

[Jack Griffin]

I cant help the nagging doubt that nothing has really changed.

Seppala has a reputation for playing hard ball, and will take this to the wire. In reality there has been nothing much happen to change her plan and objective. Certainly do not buy into the notion that she has listened to the fans and is prepared to soften her stance. Why would she when she knew all along ACL would have to take action, that hasnt been a surprise to her...... it wont have changed her approach, it is what she has engineered after all. So would she be prepared to compromise her position and settle the matter now ? 11th hour deal maybe, but I suspect there is some stuff going on in the background we are not party to that she feels gives her the advantage

I would expect that attitudes have hardened at ACL, Council & Charity against SISU (not CCFC). Probably a greater sense of unity between the three than ever.

Who will blink first if at all ?

Also because of the Xmas break I wouldnt expect action on Boxing Day it is more likely to be 2nd january. There is still a very real chance of a winding up order.

Hopefully I am wrong, but right now it doesnt feel like it to me. There are going to be a lot of bumps in the road yet. Sorry for not being very optimistic

You are correct about Selappa's reputation.. I believe she is the sort of person who would not flinch at destroying the Higgs Trust or bankrupt the council if it made money for SISU.

Frankly I hope ACL pull them down.. they are in the right & we need SISU out of here and for (socially and financially) responsible owners to take over the club, our club.

 

[torchomatic]

Well, I hope they don't. And neither should you as there is no one else.

Frankly I hope ACL pull them down.. they are in the right & we need SISU out of here and for (socially and financially) responsible owners to take over the club, our club.

 

[mattylad]

The only good thing is they are all back at the table. I guess Sundays meeting between Seppala and Reeves was the precursor to that happening it certainly wasnt because thats what the fans want although neither side was getting any good press were they! Apart from that nothing has changed and we will still all have to just wait and see what the outcome is.

 

[sky blue john]

Well, I hope they don't. And neither should you as there is no one else.

you know that for a fact ?
If there are people waiting in the wings they are hardly going to show their hands until sisu have hung themselves.

Do you really see a future with sisu ?

We lurch from one crisis to embargo and then from embargo to crisis again. Its just one continious cycle with downward spirals !!!

 

[Otis]

True. SISU/CCFC are joined at the hip. If one fails, so does the other. If one is successful, so is the other. If one saves money, so does the other. This is why I hope the brokered deal is the best possible for Coventry City Football Club.

They may be joined at the hip but that doesn't mean that one is acting in the best interest of the other.

 

[torchomatic]

Well, who else is there then?! Who is going to take on a mid-table team with a dwindling fan-base who play in a massive stadium with an extortionate rent? Cloudcuckooland.

you know that for a fact ?
If there are people waiting in the wings they are hardly going to show their hands until sisu have hung themselves.

Do you really see a future with sisu ?

We lurch from one crisis to embargo and the

 

[Otis]

Well, I hope they don't. And neither should you as there is no one else.

Yeah, Torch worded this wrong.

It 'appears' that there is no-one else. Probably true there isn't, but the bottom line is that none of us know for sure.

 

[Grendel]

you know that for a fact ?
If there are people waiting in the wings they are hardly going to show their hands until sisu have hung themselves.

Do you really see a future with sisu ?

We lurch from one crisis to embargo and then from embargo to crisis again. Its just one continious cycle with downward spirals !!!

Good to see one thing never changes...you posting complete rubbish.

 

[covmark]

Now I'm not any more of a fan of SISU than the next bloke, but all this talk of bring them down and get them out is ridiculous, who else is there, I don't see a queue of multi millionaires/billionaires banging our door down to take over the club.
Hoffman can kiss my hairy arse

 

[torchomatic]

And we should take the risk then, should we? What would attract a big investor to Coventry City?

Yeah, Torch worded this wrong.

It 'appears' that there is no-one else. Probably true there isn't, but the bottom line is that none of us know for sure.

 

[Jack Griffin]

Well, I hope they don't. And neither should you as there is no one else.

Coventry City Football Club isn't something that will evaporate if it is wound up.. something will rise take its place, even if it has to start in a lower legue like Rangers.

We need a football club, but we don't need to be held to ransom by Sepaala & Co.

Get rid of SISU and run the club on sensible financial lines.

 

[sky blue john]

Torch there are plenty of investors out there that will come forward when the time is right.
I would take admin today!!!
Sisu won't liquidate because it would devalue their investment !!!
The sooner admin comes the better then Sisu will have to except a realistic loss on their investment.
Sisu have only themselves to blame why are you always their torch carrier !!!

 

[torchomatic]

So, you'd rather we went bust and started from the lower leagues then? :facepalm:

Coventry City Football Club isn't something that will evaporate if it is wound up.. something will rise take its place, even if it has to start in a lower legue like Rangers.

We need a football club, but we don't need to be held to ransom by Sepaala & Co.

Get rid of SISU and run the club on sensible financial lines.

 

[torchomatic]

"Plenty of investors", eh? Who are they then?

A fan wishing for their own club to go into administration is absolutely unbelievable.

I would say, be careful what you wish for.

Torch there are plenty of investors out there that will come forward when the time is right.
I would take admin today!!!
Sisu won't liquidate because it would devalue their investment !!!
The sooner admin comes the better then Sisu will have to except a realistic loss on their investment.
Sisu have only themselves to blame why are you always their torch carrier !!!

 

[The Reverend Skyblue]

It 'appears' that there is no-one else. Probably true there isn't, but the bottom line is that none of us know for sure.

The bottom line, we know FA what is going on, but still some people on here think they are in the know. All we can do is sit tight, and hope to god they sort something out, we will be the last to know what the outcome is.
I hope all this shite flying about does'nt start to affect the players and manager.

 

[Otis]

And we should take the risk then, should we? What would attract a big investor to Coventry City?

Who is saying take the risk? People are just saying they do not trust Sisu and when lots of people wrote to the council that time it was at a time when many people were led to believe there was a credible alternative waiting in the wings.

I still don't want Sisu to have the stadium but I want the best for CCFC. It's a rock and hard place!

 

[valiant15]

How the hell are people going to know if theres any potential investors out there?? I can't stand this bullshit that its sisu or nobody. Are sisu going to own us for the next 100 years?

 

[torchomatic]

Contradiction there. A club should own it's own stadium, even if it makes us more attractive to a future investor/owner. Without it, we will stay as we are - in hock to ACL.

I still don't want Sisu to have the stadium but I want the best for CCFC. It's a rock and hard place!

 

[covmark]

How the hell are people going to know if theres any potential investors out there?? I can't stand this bullshit that its sisu or nobody. Are sisu going to own us for the next 100 years?

No, but we make no money from the Ricoh whilst losing millions a year, why would anyone invest atm, if the club and the stadium were to come as a package it would make us much more saleable.

 

[Otis]

Contradiction there. A club should own it's own stadium, even if it makes us more attractive to a future investor/owner. Without it, we will stay as we are - in hock to ACL.

I know it's a contradiction. That's why I said it's a rock and a hard place.

I don't believe every club should own a stadium anyway. Not if the owners are not fit and proper to run a company they shouldn't. Surely they need to fit a certain criteria to warrant being owners of a stadium if it's not already in their possession.

 

[sky blue john]

The one thing that is strangling our club is the Sisu debt !!!
What is it currently 40-50million wow we are in worse shit and a division lower than when they took over!!!!
Torch i can't believe you want them to have
the stadium !!!

 

[valiant15]

Yes let sisu buy the ground so they can sell it on at a huge profit,who knows,our new landlord might charge us 2 million rent a year.

 

[skyblueman]

No, but we make no money from the Ricoh whilst losing millions a year, why would anyone invest atm, if the club and the stadium were to come as a package it would make us much more saleable.

Whilst I firmly believe someone would come with SISUs debt mountain out of the way I do not want to take the risk

 

[Tobias Fünke]

I still don't want Sisu to have the stadium but I want the best for CCFC. It's a rock and hard place!

The Rock and a Hard place Arena. Sounds like a fortress to me. Let's re-brand! :thinking about:

 

[torchomatic]

And I can't believe you want your team to go into Administration. Actually, yes I can believe it. You were probably one of the busybodies begging to the local council. I want the club to have the stadium because we instantly become an attractive investment.

Sometimes, I think with the attitude of some fans we actually deserve administration.

The one thing that is strangling our club is the Sisu debt !!!
What is it currently 40-50million wow we are in worse shit and a division lower than when they took over!!!!
Torch i can't believe you want them to have
the stadium !!!

 

[torchomatic]

Well, you don't mind ACL ripping the club off. In fact, you seem to get off on it.

Yes let sisu buy the ground so they can sell it on at a huge profit,who knows,our new landlord might charge us 2 million rent a year.

 

[valiant15]

Why are they ripping the club off? Why didn't the club do something about the rent years ago? Why weren't you lot screaming for a rent reduction last season? Sisu relegated this club to the 3rd tier and people like you are effectively slapping them on the back. Classy.

 

[LastGarrison]

And I can't believe you want your team to go into Administration. Actually, yes I can believe it. You were probably one of the busybodies begging to the local council. I want the club to have the stadium because we instantly become an attractive investment.

Sometimes, I think with the attitude of some fans we actually deserve administration.

No it doesn't it gives SISU greater leverage to recoup their money, which they have lost through bad business.

The last thing in the world we want is SISU to get their hands on the arena.