Is it not time to stop this childish crap? (7 Viewers)

[skyblu3sk]

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-city-fc-academy-groundsman-8766124
A good news story about a lad getting his life back on track used to have yet another pop at the club in the media.
Is there any need to mention it? just congratulate the lad surely.

Peter Knatchbull-Hugessen, chair of the centre’s trustees, said: “Congratulations to John and his team. It is excellent that since we have had control of the pitch maintenance John has been able to maintain them to this high standard.
“It was always depressing to see the sub-optimal care of the pitches when maintained by CCFC.
“Even though the academy is only going to be at the centre for a short time it is important that, where we can, we provide the best training and playing surfaces.”

 

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[wingy]

Agreed don't understand the need to hijack this lads moment In the spotlight to have a dig

 

[steveecov]

Good job Poole never wrote it. Probably wouldn't of even mentioned the lad's name.

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Good news for the lad.

Shame that PWKH can't help himself but have yet another little shit-stir......

 

[covcity4life]

PKWH is a twat. to think some one here worshiped him.

 

[chiefdave]

Just posted similar in the academy thread. Just no need for those comments from PWKH. Should have just congratulated the lad and thanked him for his excellent work.

If he wants to get into a debate about standards of pitch maintenance maybe he could login on here and tell us why the club were responsible for the pitch at the Ricoh and Higgs Centre when they were tenants and didn't benefit from others using the facilities?

 

[torchomatic]

Yeah, weird he doesn't come on here anymore...

 

[Nick]

Co incidence the same day as the other article?

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Maybe I'm a conspiracy theorist/paranoid but I can't get rid of the idea in my head that they are getting ready to move in the Wasps academy to replace the CCFC academy at the Higgs centre

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Maybe I'm a conspiracy theorist/paranoid but I can't get rid of the idea in my head that they are getting ready to move in the Wasps academy to replace the CCFC academy at the Higgs centre

"Even though the academy is only going to be at the centre for a short time it is important that, where we can, we provide the best training and playing surfaces.”....

...its worrying with quotes like that....

 

[Nick]

Both that and the other article is just pr crap. Why not just say well done to the lad?

Both article on the same day?

 

[skyblu3sk]

Shows a total lack of class spending more time talking about the club than the lad they should really stop him doing press on their behalf...

 

[Moff]

Oh good old PWKH, the narcissist.

Now he cant get his self obsessed likes on this site, his only means of being a childish twat is doing it in the ocassional news article where someone actually wants to speak to him.

He is to the Higgs trust what Waggott and Fisher are to SISU, all complete muppets.

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

Just posted similar in the academy thread. Just no need for those comments from PWKH. Should have just congratulated the lad and thanked him for his excellent work. If he wants to get into a debate about standards of pitch maintenance maybe he could login on here and tell us why the club were responsible for the pitch at the Ricoh and Higgs Centre when they were tenants and didn't benefit from others using the facilities?

That wouldn't be the failure to pay a contracted rent for over a year in which fees for upkeep of said Ricoh pitch was included would it?

 

[Ashdown]

Oh good old PWKH, the narcissist.

Now he cant get his self obsessed likes on this site, his only means of being a childish twat is doing it in the ocassional news article where someone actually wants to speak to him.

He is to the Higgs trust what Waggott and Fisher are to SISU, all complete muppets.

Probably about right but you can't help but wonder also if dear Ann and associates wouldn't rather have their new baby in situ ? Reputations have been staked on Wasps succeeding and for that to particularly take off, it would help for them to be the big team in town now wouldn't it, with all the best facilities and doing deals with the likes of Higgs !?

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Maybe I'm a conspiracy theorist/paranoid but I can't get rid of the idea in my head that they are getting ready to move in the Wasps academy to replace the CCFC academy at the Higgs centre

Didn't you know they are building a new one next to the new ground?......

 

[steveecov]

Maybe for Nick, newish here...PWKH?

 

[lordsummerisle]

Maybe for Nick, newish here...PWKH?

Prick Wank Knob Hardon.

 

[lewys33]

Both that and the other article is just pr crap. Why not just say well done to the lad?

Both article on the same day?

To be fair to Simon, he has made his own comments (on twitter) about PWKH's statement on that.

Why PWKH had to go there I really don't know. On the verge of moronic.

 

[steveecov]

Prick Wank Knob Hardon.

So I take it he's an old poster? Genuine question.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

So I take it he's an old poster? Genuine question.

No, he was a director of ACL on behalf of the Higgs Charity.

He did sometime post on here

 

[torchomatic]

And was treated like a God.

No, he was a director of ACL on behalf of the Higgs Charity.

He did sometime post on here

 

[Nick]

Maybe for Nick, newish here...PWKH?

Pretty sure you know

 

[steveecov]

No, he was a director of ACL on behalf of the Higgs Charity.

He did sometime post on here

Thank you.

 

[italiahorse]

Isn't saying he is doing a better job than the CCFC groundsman did, a compliment ?

 

[tisza]

trust & the club have fallen out before over the centre and runming costs. sorted it out fairly quickly. sure they can do the same again. bit of a storm in a teacup.

 

[chiefdave]

That wouldn't be the failure to pay a contracted rent for over a year in which fees for upkeep of said Ricoh pitch was included would it?

I was talking more about when were paying £1.2m a year in rent and also maintaining the pitch yet receiving no remuneration when ACL hired it out for other uses. Happy to be corrected if that's not the case but I seem to recall a big song and dance being made by ACL when they took over the cost of maintenance.

Similarly unless I have missed the story where we are no longer paying rent to use academy facilities why is it being suggested the club supply the funds for Higgs to then rent out the facilities and make money.

 

[torchomatic]

Exactly. People like SBK can't have it both ways.

I was talking more about when were paying £1.2m a year in rent and also maintaining the pitch yet receiving no remuneration when ACL hired it out for other uses. Happy to be corrected if that's not the case but I seem to recall a big song and dance being made by ACL when they took over the cost of maintenance.

Similarly unless I have missed the story where we are no longer paying rent to use academy facilities why is it being suggested the club supply the funds for Higgs to then rent out the facilities and make money.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Isn't saying he is doing a better job than the CCFC groundsman did, a compliment ?

No not in the way he is saying it, as he's saying CCFC did a crappy job, it was an unneeded snipe.

It's like saying a manager is better than Andy Thorn, that wouldn't be a compliment.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

No not in the way he is saying it, as he's saying CCFC did a crappy job, it was an unneeded snipe.

It's like saying a manager is better than Andy Thorn, that wouldn't be a compliment.

Yup, all you have to do is say the groundsman's done an excellent job in improving the pitche to the standard they're at now, which is excellent.

 

[James Smith]

Just posted similar in the academy thread. Just no need for those comments from PWKH. Should have just congratulated the lad and thanked him for his excellent work.

If he wants to get into a debate about standards of pitch maintenance maybe he could login on here and tell us why the club were responsible for the pitch at the Ricoh and Higgs Centre when they were tenants and didn't benefit from others using the facilities?

When did we start/stop being responsible for the Ricoh pitch? I thought ACL were responsible in later years for keeping the pitch playable on when it would have been damaged by other events held in the stadium bowl? I was always concerned that the concerts would cause serious damage to the pitch. So when did the change occur?

Joy has no limits when we look to the sky.

 

[chiefdave]

When did we start/stop being responsible for the Ricoh pitch? I thought ACL were responsible in later years for keeping the pitch playable on when it would have been damaged by other events held in the stadium bowl? I was always concerned that the concerts would cause serious damage to the pitch. So when did the change occur?

This is from May 2013 http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/sky-blues-groundsman-defects-work-4031470

In that article it mentions that the CCFC groundsman getting praise for the Olympic pitches so it would seem the club maintained the pitch at the Ricoh until the point at which they moved out. The question of what, if any, compensation they received when the pitch was used by others was raised before and I seem to recall the likes of PWKH weren't too keen on answering which to me suggests we weren't on the best end of that deal.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22856508
"Whilst these sums may vary depending on attendances, it should be noted that policing, stewarding and pitch maintenance have historically been directly managed and paid for by the club."


http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/sky-blues-groundsman-defects-work-4031470

The decision of Coventry City’s award-winning groundsman John Ledwidge to leave the club and become an Arena Coventry Limited employee has added an intriguing new twist to the war between the Sky Blues and their landlords.

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sp...ws/ricoh-arena-bosses-accuse-coventry-4033513
Coventry City’s bosses have been accused of wrecking the Ricoh Arena pitch by starving head groundsman John Ledwidge of the funds he needed to do his job properly.
Earlier this week Ledwidge confirmed that he is leaving the Sky Blues to work for landlords Arena Coventry Ltd and last night Peter Knatchbull-Hugessen, an ACL director and clerk to the trustees of the Alan Higgs Charity which owns half of the stadium, claimed that the club’s cost-cutting was responsible for the barren playing surface that compromised the ball-playing philosophy favoured by managers Mark Robins and Steven Pressley.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

This is from May 2013 http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/sky-blues-groundsman-defects-work-4031470

In that article it mentions that the CCFC groundsman getting praise for the Olympic pitches so it would seem the club maintained the pitch at the Ricoh until the point at which they moved out. The question of what, if any, compensation they received when the pitch was used by others was raised before and I seem to recall the likes of PWKH weren't too keen on answering which to me suggests we weren't on the best end of that deal.

£1.2 million and they didn't even maintain the pitch, can't believe the club ever allowed themselves to get ripped off so badly.

 

[fernandopartridge]

The quality of pour of pints was better under Brown than when PWKH took over the former Browns.