The blame game can go on for ever.
The club was condemned due to a number of factors;
- Richardson and his folly of selling the previous stadium
- The fool mcginnity. If he had out the club into administration when no penalties existed we wouldn't have had assett stripping and the nonense arrangement we now have
- sisu are to blame mainly for their idiocy. Ranson did a selling job and they sanctioned his clueless venture and profligacy. Then they appointed Duleiu a man totally unfit for purpose who had previously demonstrated incompetence at Southampton. They have arrived at the scene when the damage is done.
Hedge funds are organisations which thrive on helpless institutions and take advantage. The irony is sisu didn't - they just appointed ranson, had 3 managers on the payroll at one time and a squad that exceeded any incline it could ever make.
No, it was the council who excercised ruthlessness. It struck a "deal" which have the club no hope. A 22,500 break even figure was a road to destruction. An agreement to pay a mortgage to allow an infant management company to be supported. The consequence for the club had been insolvency under a "friendly" regime and bankruptcy and virtual oblivion under another.
Other councils have given far better support to their football clubs.
The interesting thing on here is the justification of such actions. What I cannot fathom is the interest in the council or ACL. Why even debate the point? The fact is we are homeless and we will not be returning as tenants.
Me, well as I have always said my only interest is the club and actually watching again. Lets be clear, I could go to Sixfiekds. It costs noire to me but the while notion is absurd so I abstain.
However, make no mistake - the point scoring and defence of this council is misguided at best and will do nothing to return this club back home.
My stance is clear. I will back the club back regardless of consequence for any institution. Sadly there are many on here who don't share that belief. They'd prefer to stand on a hill 35 miles away, tubthump and defend the council and management company over a stadium that only existed for one reason - for Coventry City Football Club.
Thanks for posting Grendel, an interesting read with some good highlighted points. Most of it though seems got reason to be annoyed at SISU. You seem to suggest they backed an idea and let idiots run it. In my book they take the blame for that. One thing I hoped is they would bring some financial sense to the club. Actually maybe they have and it's geared up for them rather than the club.
You rightly point a finger at the previous regimes pre SISU. But again SISU took it on, it was obviously a mess but it's their business to buy failing companies isn't it. Sorry but after six years you can't keep blaming the previous owners, at least they published accounts.
What I really struggle with about SISU, is if it was all about unfair rent. Why didn't they explain to the fans fully, sell them a vision. Then take on the council? We might all be fully behind them.
Instead they move us to Sixfields, which isn't any better economically than paying rent at the Rico. Unless you are trying to distress ACL.
Should the council be more supportive? My own take is they have and have found it almost impossible to negotiate further with SISU. That has eroded their confidence about what SISU motives are and are those motives really benificial to the club?
I appreciate your honesty about an allegiance to the club. Unfortunately I have a bit of both. I support the football club but also live in Coventry so I don't want the council to take a battering either.
Again if SISU had ever made an offer we might have more reason to be sympathetic to them.
The difference for me is, with CCC and ACL I can see the decisions they have made and can understand why they made them. May not agree with but can understand.
With SISU I have no idea what they are doing and the little bits I am able to find out makes no sense. So I am not confident they are here for the benefit of the club we both love.
At the moment SISU are in charge. They have taken us away from Coventry and only they can bring us back. So currently I feel ACL and CCC are no longer involved, all that is history. The focus is fully on SISU. So they can keep the farce of renting outside the city. Get on with building a new stadium. Or indeed they could buy one that already exists in Coventry. A starting point might be at least make an offer.
