dongonzalos
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Then SISU or the council should buy Higgs share and co share with Wasps
What if wasps are buying the council share and not Higgs?
Keep fishing. I'm sure I'll bite eventually. Probably.
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When is the takeover likely to happen?
Why are you taking this off topic - what is your motive?
I suppose hypothetically if I was looking to sell and only had one likely party interested I would pick up the phone to my pet poodle and ask them to publish a story saying another franchise was interested.
Not that I am suggesting for one moment this is happening here.
This is clearly a real story as will be proved when wasps buy a controlling interest in ACL.
They won't deny it, it is applying pressure and it will still be spun to be SISU's fault
You were the one that started talking about SP going to Huddersfield and that was your post that I was replying to.
So I'll throw your question back at you. Why are you taking this off topic?
All I can say is that this is a thoroughly researched story and we will keep on top of it as much as we can despite some pretty water tight confidentiality agreements.
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A lot more researched that the Pressley of to Huddersfield story then.
Pretty sure they just reported that he was clear favourite.
It's the bookies who made him clear favourite.
Unless I am wrong and there is a CET article I missed saying he had signed for them?
No they didn't just say that
I couldn't tell you that, or indeed if it ever will be. But I can tell you talks are happening, as reported.
We could have waited until the deal had been completed and people would talk on the record. We probably could have even negotiated the exclusive.
But we felt the public interest was so great that supporters and the taxpayers of Coventry should be informed before it was "too late" so to speak.
If you feel that was the wrong way to handle this development, that's your opinion and you are entitled to it.
All I can say is that this is a thoroughly researched story and we will keep on top of it as much as we can despite some pretty water tight confidentiality agreements.
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Have I missed the article saying he has signed for them then........
I couldn't tell you that, or indeed if it ever will be. But I can tell you talks are happening, as reported.
We could have waited until the deal had been completed and people would talk on the record. We probably could have even negotiated the exclusive.
But we felt the public interest was so great that supporters and the taxpayers of Coventry should be informed before it was "too late" so to speak.
If you feel that was the wrong way to handle this development, that's your opinion and you are entitled to it.
All I can say is that this is a thoroughly researched story and we will keep on top of it as much as we can despite some pretty water tight confidentiality agreements.
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You clearly missed the article that made him favourite.
I couldn't tell you that, or indeed if it ever will be. But I can tell you talks are happening, as reported.
We could have waited until the deal had been completed and people would talk on the record. We probably could have even negotiated the exclusive.
But we felt the public interest was so great that supporters and the taxpayers of Coventry should be informed before it was "too late" so to speak.
If you feel that was the wrong way to handle this development, that's your opinion and you are entitled to it.
All I can say is that this is a thoroughly researched story and we will keep on top of it as much as we can despite some pretty water tight confidentiality agreements.
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Honest question, wasn't it reported in a lot of other places before the CET? Was a thread on GMK wondering why it wasn't reported on the CET but was in other places?
The CET managed to sway all the main bookies across the country and Internet?
Huddersfield were interested, we as usual were to the outside footballing world look like a club in real financial peril, the bookies played the safe bet. Turned out SP has more principles than most in the footballing world.
I dont seem to recall it being a laughing matter, I remember people looking at neighboring teams such as the Saints and the Tigers and ruling them out as possible tenants/owners of the Ricoh as they already have sufficient stadia.
No one could foresee any other clubs moving to the Ricoh, as people laughed at the notion of moving a club miles away from its home to the Ricoh, like a franchise, as this was exactly what had happened to us and people found it abhorrent. It now seems quite ironic really.
So what is your view on this then?
Your paper adopted a very strong stance that franchised sport is wrong. Wasps fans don't want it so will you continue this stance and oppose it in the CET?
The fact they were possibly looking to relocate there was reported elsewhere. The deal for an effective takeover of the venue / majority shareholding in ACL had not been picked up by anyone else.
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The CET managed to sway all the main bookies across the country and Internet?
Huddersfield were interested, we as usual were to the outside footballing world look like a club in real financial peril, the bookies played the safe bet. Turned out SP has more principles than most in the footballing world.
Did SP reject them?
That's the power you have as a newspaper when your tea boy has more twitter followers than a world renowned award winning journalists.
In the media he did before they got a replacement (the very paper that somehow made him bookies favourite).
Pressley told the Telegraph last week: "It's obviously flattering to be connected with such a job but I am truly happy at this football club.
"I've begun what I believe is a long journey developing the club and bringing through our young players, putting some pride back into the football club.
"I'm only scratching the surface in doing that so there's a lot of work to be done over the coming years and I certainly hope I'll be here to see that through."
Oh, I thought you meant they had offered him the job and he turned it down. Not just a generic comment in reply to a question about him being linked in the media.
It was a laughing matter to some I can assure you. A thing of great amusement.
ACL had absolutely zero chance of anyone coming in to the Ricoh if the Sky Blues left, according to some on here.
Whats this?
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...d=6&thread_id=38596+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
Or had they just not seen it? That post is 9am, your article is the afternoon.
That link doesn't work...
If it's to the thread on GMK, I did see it after we'd published, but the only media stories linked talked of a possible relocation - not control.
Neither did the articles categorically state that talks were ongoing as far as I can tell.
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Oh, I thought you meant they had offered him the job and he turned it down. Not just a generic comment in reply to a question about him being linked in the media.
That link doesn't work...
If it's to the thread on GMK, I did see it after we'd published, but the only media stories linked talked of a possible relocation - not control.
Neither did the articles categorically state that talks were ongoing as far as I can tell.
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I couldn't tell you that, or indeed if it ever will be. But I can tell you talks are happening, as reported.
We could have waited until the deal had been completed and people would talk on the record. We probably could have even negotiated the exclusive.
But we felt the public interest was so great that supporters and the taxpayers of Coventry should be informed before it was "too late" so to speak.
If you feel that was the wrong way to handle this development, that's your opinion and you are entitled to it.
All I can say is that this is a thoroughly researched story and we will keep on top of it as much as we can despite some pretty water tight confidentiality agreements.
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I haven't read the other stories to be fair.
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