Like I said, having met him and had quite a few chats with him about the issue, I know he’s got nothing but sympathy towards Cov fans and he absolutely hates Sisu. Never talked to him about wasps but can’t see how he’d be a fan of their decision to relocate away from longstanding supporters.
I think he’s trying to highlight the opportunities Sisu have lost to the detriment of the club and supporters, and someone else has moved in to take those opportunities and capitalise on them. I might be wrong, as I’ve said I’ve not read anything else he’s written about wasps, and can’t be bothered to at the moment as I’m trying to watch the apprentice
Interesting article and pretty much as I would see it pre sale to wasps (I agree Wasps are hardly setting the word alight and aren’t in a good shape financially). The facts are though Sisu fucked up, burned bridges etc etc. That’s not just the journalist saying it, it’s the judges involved confirming it. As I’ve said before, that’s not to say there isn’t fault from others for example I wish CCC and Higgs retained some element of control over the ground to ensure we could remain there, however, when selling to a third party that’s going to be nigh on impossible.
Sisu appear to have made some belated steps in the right direction recently but unfortunately it’s ten years too late and ultimately because of them we could end up homeless (unlikely) and/or have no chance of owning our own ground (under their ownership).
The Council have given up on the club entirely but get a free pass.
I would agree he’s disregarded the issues about wasps. However he is writing an article here on the mistakes made by the owners of Coventry City, not the owners of wasps. The positive slant in this one and the original article sets to highlight the massive missed opportunities the Ricoh represents. My understanding is that they only come close to filing the Ricoh when it’s a big game and they’ve given away thousands of free tickets- but as you say that doesn’t fit with the point he’s trying to makeHe might well be a decent bloke, but there's nothing in the tone of his article to suggest that's he's in the slightest bit bothered about what Wasps have done.
Plus the rather glaring factual error about them filling the Ricoh seems to point to a certain carelessness regarding the facts about their presence here - in essence I think he's disregarded the things about Wasps which don't suit his narrative.
I would agree he’s disregarded the issues about wasps. However he is writing an article here on the mistakes made by the owners of Coventry City, not the owners of wasps. The positive slant in this one and the original article sets to highlight the massive missed opportunities the Ricoh represents. My understanding is that they only come close to filing the Ricoh when it’s a big game and they’ve given away thousands of free tickets- but as you say that doesn’t fit with the point he’s trying to make
Why would he talk about wasps fiddling numbers etc in an article about Sisu losing another court case?!Nonsense. If that was the case he would be explaining why the club didn't own the ground pre SISU wouldn't he?
Why would he get somebody from the trust to say how great the Wasps game was? It's quite obviously a Wasps = good and ccfc / sisu = bad "slant" as you like to put it.
If he was highlighting the opportunities the Ricoh represents, surely he would have mentioned that Wasps had to fiddle the numbers to try to mislead investors and auditors?
You are now saying because something doesn't fit with the point he's trying to make he has just openly misled or bent the truth to make Wasps seem better than they are, that's a bit strange isn't it?
As you have jumped in to defend the article, your explanation now just seems to point even more to it being a PR piece as he is making things up / misleading to fit with his agenda / point due to a personal hatred. It's the issue we had with the local media.
Why would he talk about wasps fiddling numbers etc in an article about Sisu losing another court case?!
Yes he hates Sisu, absolutely. As does everyone with a brain. He hates what they have done to the club and the divisions they have caused. This is his area of expertise and he’s chosen to write a follow up about it.
Tried to find something else he’s written about wasps but cannot. Certainly not trying to encourage support for wasps if that’s what you’re getting at.
Anyway it’s clear we’re not going to agree about this, you think there’s an agenda behind it, not really sure to what end, I think it’s a good piece and the guy tries to help. Let’s just leave it at that.
My understanding is that they only come close to filing the Ricoh when it’s a big game and they’ve given away thousands of free tickets- but as you say that doesn’t fit with the point he’s trying to make
The bare facts are, CCFC has 7 months to play at the Ricoh and with nothing else in place. Wasps say cease litigation before talks and SISU continue with it. They are prepared to gamble with the football clubs future over another shot at legal action that they are almost certainly going to lose. The truth is CCFC need the Ricoh and Wasps need the footfall of the City fans and the goodwill of the local populace. SISU are the immediate problem whatever the rights and wrongs of history.
Why would he talk about wasps fiddling numbers etc in an article about Sisu losing another court case?!
Yes he hates Sisu, absolutely. As does everyone with a brain. He hates what they have done to the club and the divisions they have caused. This is his area of expertise and he’s chosen to write a follow up about it.
Tried to find something else he’s written about wasps but cannot. Certainly not trying to encourage support for wasps if that’s what you’re getting at.
Anyway it’s clear we’re not going to agree about this, you think there’s an agenda behind it, not really sure to what end, I think it’s a good piece and the guy tries to help. Let’s just leave it at that.
He gave air time to SISU in a previous article about the Sky Blues & SISU, he wrote
Fisher acknowledged the widespread scepticism at Sisu’s claim it will build a new stadium but said the company has recently made “giant strides” towards completing on land “on the outskirts of Coventry”, at a location yet to be revealed. Fisher said Sisu is not “playing a game” but genuinely planning to build the stadium, while enabling commercial development that will make it financially viable and produce year-round income.
“The scepticism is misplaced,” Fisher said. “We are moving the club to a self-sustaining model and are looking to grow, in a new stadium where we will have our own matchday and non-matchday revenues.”
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