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Not that I want an appeal to happen but the judgement was so damning for Sisu they almost are forced to, just to try and take some of the heat out of it. However, if the JR really is 'a sideshow', it shouldn't stop people putting everything behind them and moving forward with offers...

Looks like the train is already wobbling ;-) But yes...I've not said much about the meeting because there's been so much other stuff going on and it would just add to the noise. Recently I think we've all seen the value of not sharing absolutely every last scrap of information online but I'll...

You could probably do with a bit of moderation & conciliation in your comments too. The dig at Les Reid is particularly tasteless and, to borrow a phrase of your own, bordering on libel.

Do NOT get your collective hopes up, but... Stuart & I (representing Get Cov Back to the Ricoh) had a meeting with Joy last week and spent a lot of time pressing for a return to negotiations. She did say that she would always be prepared to discuss a Ricoh return, but, she qualified that by...

I took this as the main point: “We are not in a position to disclose the terms of the agreement between The Football League Limited and Otium Entertainment Group Limited and any queries about payment to creditors should be addressed to David Ruben & Partners as Administrators of Coventry City...

*DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING* Ladies & Gentlemen, we have a winner. Also backed up by Rusty Trombone's post (#179) We don't know what the terms are so anyone saying things like 'they are late', 'they are trying to get out of paying', 'they should have paid...

From what I understand, £590,000 is sitting in an escrow account awaiting the final figure from the liquidator. Apparently it is the liquidator's figure that is key to what the final amount will be and there is still some work being done to finalise that. I don't think that there's anything to...

We're keeping well away from this utter train wreck!

Same here :-) We were ahead of our time...

Another week, another rental deal offer. It's Gary Hoffman again isn't it? Businessman known to supporters, convoluted terms...can it be anyone else? Ultimately the problem is getting the warring parties around the negotiating table and putting pre-conditions on that – e.g. you have to come and...

Oh Michael. And there was me thinking that you’d grown tired of all the spin and moved on from trying to misrepresent other people’s views. I am loath to write more as you do seem to have this habit of cherry-picking a few choice words of mine, removing the context and then spinning off and...

Heheh! It is indeed going off in Amsterdam...

I went to Amsterdam to watch the final four years ago and it was fantastic, right up to the point where Spain scored. Sounds like they're making up for it over there now.

The whole thing with ACL is based around a few things and we only have to look at the Higgs v Sisu case & this week's to see where things got stuck. The interminable wrangling over the value – with or without CCFC etc. – the Higgs's share & its value, the Compass contract, short lease etc. If...

Well, this speaks to my point about negotiations to get the ball rolling rather than preset deals and also answers questions as to why Sisu won't just make an offer for what they might want (freehold, leasehold etc.) You need to talk about what exactly the extent of a deal might be (the dreaded...

Well, there's...(cue Lyle Lanley-style music) Rent-only Rent with benefits (pies and parking!) Rent-to-lease (e.g. rental period converting into leasehold purchase over time if certain conditions are met) Short lease (50-99 years) Long lease (100+) Freehold (Plus a few variations of the...

Repeating myself here but there are many options in between 'rent only' & 'freehold'. (And 'new ground & 'new owners' for that matter.) Exploration by negotiation or some such trite phrase :-)

Make sure you use an ultra-compressed font for your signs :-) Being serious for a second, as someone who has a decent amount of experience in seemingly impossible & intransigent negotiations, there are always more options. (Just make sure you keep the accountants out of the way in the early...

Maybe I'm being a bit obvious here but doesn't the fact that Sisu don't want ACL to exist preclude any hope of a rental deal, which would ensure ACL's survival by giving them some much needed cash-flow? Why not go back a few steps and have the parties start negotiating on a more open basis to...

One thing I will add re: some stuff about Les Reid earlier. (And I will respect the 'discuss it elsewhere / PM' sentiment expressed after but there are some important points to make first.) shmmeee: To me your talk about the bloke looks more like a vendetta than reasonable discussion. He's had...