City's MPs back campaign to #bringCityhome (9 Viewers)

Monners said:

Which is why dropping the JR has to happen in the first instance surely. If Sisu are genuine about any return to the Ricoh, then they have to give something. How can professional and thorough negotiation take place until the spectre of ongoing litigation is removed - it simply can't. ACL would have to do a deal then.
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They wouldn't. ACL wouldn't do a deal last year. They tried to put the club into administration. They made their best offer when they knew it couldn't be accepted.

You can't have your cake and eat it. ACL want the money from MM & GR (£300k) + £590k + dropping the JR without any indication whatsoever of their willingness to make a deal. They already have the bargaining power of support and the stadium etc.

SISU drop the JR and enter in negotiations without any sort of bargaining power. That's unless ACL are in a worse financial position than is made out.

fernandopartridge said:

They wouldn't. ACL wouldn't do a deal last year. They tried to put the club into administration. They made their best offer when they knew it couldn't be accepted.

You can't have your cake and eat it. ACL want the money from MM & GR (£300k) + £590k + dropping the JR without any indication whatsoever of their willingness to make a deal. They already have the bargaining power of support and the stadium etc.

SISU drop the JR and enter in negotiations without any sort of bargaining power. That's unless ACL are in a worse financial position than is made out.

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If ACL really think they can prosper in the long term without the football club, then the world really has gone mad. That is some kind of bargaining chip there. You cannot have proper negotiations with someone who constantly wants to drag you through the courts. We could argue about how the admin came about, but that is gone now (in my view it was SIsu's way of breaking the lease and dictating the admin process).

Agree, they can't have their cake and eat it. I put something on another thread that they have to accept whatever the FL decide is the appropriate amount, and then crack on with negotiations. But, Sisu need to demonstrate a willingness to return through removing the spectre of continuous litigation. Otherwise it's this time next again folks with the same conversion.

Monners said:

If ACL really think they can prosper in the long term without the football club, then the world really has gone mad.

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ACL and the businesses in and around the Ricoh can't prosper long term - or even short term - without the football club and the 300.000 punters it brings every year.
On the other hand the club can't prosper long term - or even short term - without a stadium and the revenue streams.

It's simple really, ACL and the club must become united under the same owner.
It's the only long term viable solution for both ACL and the club.

Godiva said:

ACL and the businesses in and around the Ricoh can't prosper long term - or even short term - without the football club and the 300.000 punters it brings every year.
On the other hand the club can't prosper long term - or even short term - without a stadium and the revenue streams.

It's simple really, ACL and the club must become united under the same owner.
It's the only long term viable solution for both ACL and the club.

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I couldn't agree more