This is the worry. We seem to be struggling with reversing fixtures so surely there's a limit to how many games the EFL will allow to be called off before there's a huge problem. Its not like there's a plan and a date when the pitch will be ready.It is, but if it’s constantly in an unplayable state at some point they’re going to say enough is enough
This is the worry. We seem to be struggling with reversing fixtures so surely there's a limit to how many games the EFL will allow to be called off before there's a huge problem. Its not like there's a plan and a date when the pitch will be ready.
I got blocked for asking him how we were supposed to build a new ground on a site that was already having houses built on it.I got blocked over two years ago..
Hey that's business, Sisu fucked ACL about, so can hardly cry about fair play.You only wonder about the lease extension??!!!!!!
Competitively marketed to attract who exactly?
It was public knowledge that the arena was empty and for sale, anyone could have expressed an interest or made an offer.
It was costing ACL thousands of pounds a week to maintain, with no income streams.
Exactly how long should they have sat on it for while waiting for some mythical fairy godmother to come crawling out of the woodwork?
There is a Rugby League World Cup match scheduled for October 17th it’s it’s an absolute certainty the pitch will be okay by then, from the Wigan game and then there are 7 home games so it’s a case of how soon the pitch will be safe to use for football, and that will be a EFL decision.This is the worry. We seem to be struggling with reversing fixtures so surely there's a limit to how many games the EFL will allow to be called off before there's a huge problem. Its not like there's a plan and a date when the pitch will be ready.
I wasn't privy to the discussions around a lease extention. In theory that would of significantly added to a value, but a value and a sale price are not the same thing.
As I've said, you need at least 2 bidders to achieve anything like a decent price.
As a tax payer you can…. They excluded a potential bidder and therefore didn’t get best value for the tax payerHey that's business, Sisu fucked ACL about, so can hardly cry about fair play.
But the best value for the tax payer isn’t always the highest offer.As a tax payer you can…. They excluded a potential bidder and therefore didn’t get best value for the tax payer
It's over mate, give it up, move on.It most certainly wasn't public knowledge that the Ricoh was for sale. In fact the complete opposite.
The council did the deal with Wasps in complete secrecy whilst actually saying in public that they wanted to "build trust with CCFC before discussing ownership". What you're saying here is factually incorrect.
They get to Lord Mayor based on the number of consecutive years they have served as a councillorHow could this clown get to Lord Mayor of a City the size of Cov when he mortally offended a significant portion of its population with shitting all over its primary sports team. What are his credentials ?
How’s the wasps sale working out then? Apparently SISU would have took out loans against the arena… good job they didn’t sell to them.But the best value for the tax payer isn’t always the highest offer.
google Andy matchett - he was a former lord mayor aswellThey get to Lord Mayor based on the number of consecutive years they have served as a councillor
Basically they don't have to care because they wear the right colour rosette.They get to Lord Mayor based on the number of consecutive years they have served as a councillor
Not so, even if it’s a ruling Labour or Tory council in Cov it is normally Labour the Lord Mayor is the one who is longest serving consecutive councillor regardless of what party they are from.Basically they don't have to care because they wear the right colour rosette.
Not so, even if it’s a ruling Labour or Tory council in Cov it is normally Labour the Lord Mayor is the one who is longest serving consecutive councillor regardless of what party they are from.
Think they might.They alternate, don't they?
they didn’t have the “capitulate to SISU”, they just had to not sell the fucking stadium built for the 130 year old football club to a London based rugby teamMaton needs to own up to the reality that the Council’s Wasps project is in tatters. It’s easy to understand why capitulating to SISU was politically impossible, and how it became ‘anyone but SISU’. And with Wasps’ initial promises of investment and top-class sport in Coventry, I can see why there was cross-party support for going down that route. The illusion was maintained for a while, with marketing and freebies, a bunch of big names on the pitch, and plenty of floating day-out rugby followers.
But the risks were huge, the promises were all broken and it’s going down the pan very fast. The debts are insurmountable and the ‘product’ they are offering now looks shit, so I can’t see a future for them in Coventry.
But is that good news for the city or for CCFC? Some people assume that if Wasps go bust and/or leave, we’ll somehow gain by snapping up the stadium for next to nothing, but how would that happen, who would really own it, and where would all the debts go? And does much money in football come from owning and maintaining a stadium anyway? Isn’t it supposed to be a white elephant? I imagine CCFC could prosper under a decent landlord, just paying a sensible rent, investing in the playing side and aiming for the promised land. But for SISU football seems to be a sideline, it’s all about the real estate. Even in the arguments about the pitch, that agenda is lurking.
Doesnt matter what party they are.They all piss in the same potNot so, even if it’s a ruling Labour or Tory council in Cov it is normally Labour the Lord Mayor is the one who is longest serving consecutive councillor regardless of what party they are from.
Fair comment Robbie, and I agree with the sentiment, but in practice if Wasps had been rejected on those grounds, SISU’s track record suggests they would have continued their distressing tactics until they got whatever they wanted. The interests of the Council, the charity and even the football club probably wouldn’t have come into it. Unfortunately Joy and Tim assumed they were the only game in town, and woke up way too late to the fact that they weren’t trying to batter a normal defenceless company, they needed to deal with politicians. If they’d had any sort of nous or political awareness, they would have stuck to buying the charity’s share back at the right price. IMO if they’d played fairly and generously with everyone (not in the DNA of a hedge fund I know) both they and the club could have been in an infinitely better position now. I do think they saw the light later, but bridges had been burned, and as we are seeing now some Councillors continue to bear the SISU grudge with a vengeance and shamefully don’t care about the effect on CCFC.they didn’t have the “capitulate to SISU”, they just had to not sell the fucking stadium built for the 130 year old football club to a London based rugby team
Most of them have retired.1) city of Rugby
2) hotel on car park C
3) won’t harm the football or rugby team
4) won’t load debt against the Ricoh
this is going swimmingly well…. Great decision to sell to them.
when this fails people at the top need to lose their jobs and apologise
Slightly optimistic.The lord major is just a glorified host.
Has no say and no influence therefore just take him for what he is nothing.
What sort of favours thought those days were overSlightly optimistic.
Local politics is just another version of the old boys network. Lots of influence is peddled and favours traded.
Maton still moves in those circles.
Who’s gonna be Monika Lewinsky then?What sort of favours thought those days were over
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