doddisalegend Posted 13 December, 2016 Share Posted 13 December, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38291201 "Mark Venus: Coventry City in a 'sad state', says League One club's caretaker boss' Maybe the club should buy Coventry and use them play our under 23s in competitive men's football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxstone Posted 13 December, 2016 Share Posted 13 December, 2016 Back in the day, swivel eyed forum legend SaintRichmond was absolutely incandescent in CAPITAL LETTER RAGE that the deal with SISU never went through and berated the shareholders for months for not going with them. True story. Oh yes I remember him. Capitals and morse code bullet style of posting as I recall. Is he still here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 13 December, 2016 Share Posted 13 December, 2016 Oh yes I remember him. Capitals and morse code bullet style of posting as I recall. Is he still here? I think he pops up during the annual summer meltdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 13 December, 2016 Share Posted 13 December, 2016 Oh yes I remember him. Capitals and morse code bullet style of posting as I recall. Is he still here? Saint_Robbie writes in an incredibly similar style both in how he writes and what he writes. Richmond managed a conversation with himself once as well which outed him as having more than one accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 13 December, 2016 Share Posted 13 December, 2016 Does anyone know what exactly SISU were up to? I mean, they haven't actually made any money out of Coventry have they? What was the plan? Was it all contingent on getting some sort of cushty stadium deal? They should have bought West Ham! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxstone Posted 13 December, 2016 Share Posted 13 December, 2016 Saint_Robbie writes in an incredibly similar style both in how he writes and what he writes. Richmond managed a conversation with himself once as well which outed him as having more than one accounts. Saint Robbie is pretty unique and I doubt he has any aliases. His posts tend to veer from misunderstanding to misunderstanding while believing he is right all along. Funny that as we are on this thread, I think he was once sent to Coventry by the mods which effectively meant that he could post but nobody on the forum could read what he was posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 13 December, 2016 Share Posted 13 December, 2016 Does anyone know what exactly SISU were up to? I mean, they haven't actually made any money out of Coventry have they? What was the plan? Was it all contingent on getting some sort of cushty stadium deal? They should have bought West Ham! Their plan was get to the Premier League, pick up the stadium/training ground with the PL money, sell a Premier League spot and infrastructure to someone who actually wanted a football club; Enjoy the profit. They however didn't have the initial capital/staff/competence to get promotion, undermining the whole shebang. The Council at that point wouldn't sell the stadium to them as they (rightly) saw them as asset stripers causing the conflict of unsustainable rent and a fading football club, which saw the Ricoh Arena eventually being sold to Wasps RFC instead. So, SISU have run out of money, there's no point in selling the football club as all it really is now is a membership of League 1 and some player registrations. They have no home, no infrastructure and no worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 13 December, 2016 Share Posted 13 December, 2016 Their plan was get to the Premier League, pick up the stadium/training ground with the PL money, sell a Premier League spot and infrastructure to someone who actually wanted a football club; Enjoy the profit. They however didn't have the initial capital/staff/competence to get promotion, undermining the whole shebang. The Council at that point wouldn't sell the stadium to them as they (rightly) saw them as asset stripers causing the conflict of unsustainable rent and a fading football club, which saw the Ricoh Arena eventually being sold to Wasps RFC instead. So, SISU have run out of money, there's no point in selling the football club as all it really is now is a membership of League 1 and some player registrations. They have no home, no infrastructure and no worth. Cheers. So basically just "hope for the best" without actually having any plan to deliver value. A gamble essentially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 13 December, 2016 Share Posted 13 December, 2016 (edited) Cheers. So basically just "hope for the best" without actually having any plan to deliver value. A gamble essentially. If they had some infrastructure to work with they may have had a chance. Initially they went to Man City, then it was us and Cov. They ended up with the one of the three that didn't have anything of material worth and the income stream it could bring was utterly compromised. Edited 13 December, 2016 by Colinjb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliemiller Posted 13 December, 2016 Share Posted 13 December, 2016 Their plan was get to the Premier League, pick up the stadium/training ground with the PL money, sell a Premier League spot and infrastructure to someone who actually wanted a football club; Enjoy the profit. They however didn't have the initial capital/staff/competence to get promotion, undermining the whole shebang. The Council at that point wouldn't sell the stadium to them as they (rightly) saw them as asset stripers causing the conflict of unsustainable rent and a fading football club, which saw the Ricoh Arena eventually being sold to Wasps RFC instead. So, SISU have run out of money, there's no point in selling the football club as all it really is now is a membership of League 1 and some player registrations. They have no home, no infrastructure and no worth. All the above is correct , actually the shareholders voted against it at a meeting organised by two fans and the meeting room was paid for by them as well ......ironically held at the Runnymede hotel ....think it was the only time all the shareholders were in agreement and in the same room for about ten years ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 13 December, 2016 Share Posted 13 December, 2016 All the above is correct , actually the shareholders voted against it at a meeting organised by two fans and the meeting room was paid for by them as well ......ironically held at the Runnymede hotel ....think it was the only time all the shareholders were in agreement and in the same room for about ten years ! Yea got the minutes from this meeting which makes interesting reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 13 December, 2016 Share Posted 13 December, 2016 Yea got the minutes from this meeting which makes interesting reading Would love to have a copy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 14 December, 2016 Share Posted 14 December, 2016 [quote They should have bought West Ham! Lol...Oh I wish..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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