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6 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

I also don’t understand why he wants to own Coventry. Just buy some Sports Direct advertising or sponsor a shirt FFS. 

 

Hassle aside, is there any doubting that his experiences in football club ownership have been anything other than extremely profitable for him? I'm not surprised he's spent half his time post-NUFC preying on vulnerable clubs. 

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45 minutes ago, TotalWar said:

Do you think the negotiations that are being hinted at will be along the lines of Ashley telling the CCFC owners that if they give him the club, or at least controlling interest in it, then they can continue to play at the stadium?

 

Based on his Rangers experience I wonder if he'll try and strongarm them into giving him some sort of cut of profits without having to properly invest in/make decisions surrounding the club regularly. 

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Either he wants to strong arm them into a shit deal to sell the club to him, or he wants knock the place down and build a massive SD retail park.

Either way pissing off your potential customers on step 1 isn’t the right way to go, then again his SD shops survived in Newcastle for 14 years of his NUFC ownership.

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11 minutes ago, Stifler said:

Either he wants to strong arm them into a shit deal to sell the club to him, or he wants knock the place down and build a massive SD retail park.

Either way pissing off your potential customers on step 1 isn’t the right way to go, then again his SD shops survived in Newcastle for 14 years of his NUFC ownership.

 

It's obviously not the way to go, but based on his experience with NUFC, he probably assumes the fans will show up and put money in his pocket regardless of how bad he treats them and their club, like so many of our fans did.

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Finally, people may start to realise what a monumental thundercunt this bloke is - all that happened at NUFC, the stunt he pulled with Rangers' branding, but this latest one is a belter, even by his loathsome standards.  If it is a plan to get CCFC on the cheap, then he clearly doesn't give a flying fuck about what damage is caused in the meantime.  You have to wonder whether he'd even pass the fit and proper owners test, although given the EFL's track record on that he'd probably sail through.

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49 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

Hassle aside, is there any doubting that his experiences in football club ownership have been anything other than extremely profitable for him? I'm not surprised he's spent half his time post-NUFC preying on vulnerable clubs. 


I guess, he might make some profit selling the club after another decade of hatred and hassle. I’ll never understand the bloke. 

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Club statement:

 

Coventry City can confirm media reports that it received an eviction notice from Frasers Group, new owners of the Coventry Building Society Arena, on Friday afternoon.

 

Following the Frasers Group acquisition of the stadium from administrators, Coventry City have been told that we must agree a new licence to play at the Arena.

 

We were surprised to learn of this intention by Frasers Group, given that discussions with Coventry City prior to the completion of their purchase of the Arena led us to understand the existing terms would continue unchanged with Frasers Group as the new owners of the Arena.

 

Coventry City Football Club has an existing long-term licence to play at the Arena, which was agreed in March 2021 to run until 2031.

 

Frasers Group have now presented to Coventry City a new agreement with new commercial terms, which have been presented to us without any dialogue or negotiations, and are less favourable to the Football Club. In addition, this licence would only run until May 2023.

 

Frasers Group have said they would negotiate for beyond May 2023, but this leaves us without the security and certainty that our current deal provides to us and our fans.

 

To confirm, Coventry City are happy to continue under terms of the current licence which we already have in place to play at the Arena.

 

Following Frasers Group’s purchase of the Arena, one of the great assets of the City of Coventry, they stated they were "looking forward to working with Coventry City Football Club".

 

Coventry City hope that they will act on those words for the good of the Arena, the Football Club, our fans and the City and community that they are now part of.

Coventry City had envisaged being able to deal with this situation internally, but following media reports this morning, we will continue to keep supporters updated regarding the situation going forward and hope that we will continue to be able to welcome our fans to our home at the Coventry Building Society Arena

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I’ve got nothing against Coventry City, never came across one of their fans. If anything I like them for griefing Sunderland fans, and have sympathy for their city as whole if we are to believe the stories about Coventry was sacrificed to the Luftwaffe during WW2. In saying that, Richard Keys, and Gary Hoffman can lap this shit up over and over.

 

In all seriousness though, I hope Coventry City’s new owners just go ahead with building their own stadium and leave Ashley and their everlasting stadium troubles behind.

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We were surprised to learn of this intention by Frasers Group, given that discussions with Coventry City prior to the completion of their purchase of the Arena led us to understand the existing terms would continue unchanged with Frasers Group as the new owners of the Arena.

 

Mike Ashley lying?  Never in the fucking world.

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Frasers Group have now presented to Coventry City a new agreement with new commercial terms

 

Wonder if despite owning the ground, he wasn't able to just plaster it with SD advertising, as that may have had to go through the club, hence this new agreement hes trying to force them to sign up to, probably includes it becoming another SD hoarding?

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Definitely an actual psychopath, this bloke. 

 

Item 1: Glibness/superficial charm

Item 2: Grandiose sense of self-worth

Item 3: Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom

Item 4: Pathological lying

Item 5: Conning/manipulative

Item 6: Lack of remorse or guilt

Item 7: Shallow affect

Item 8: Callous/lack of empathy

Item 9: Parasitic lifestyle

Item 10: Poor behavioral controls

Item 11: Promiscuous sexual behavior

Item 12: Early behavior problems

Item 13: Lack of realistic long-term goals

Item 14: Impulsivity

Item 15: Irresponsibility

Item 16: Failure to accept responsibility for own actions

Item 17: Many short-term marital relationships

Item 18: Juvenile delinquency

Item 19: Revocation of conditional release

Item 20: Criminal versatility

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51 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

We were surprised to learn of this intention by Frasers Group, given that discussions with Coventry City prior to the completion of their purchase of the Arena led us to understand the existing terms would continue unchanged with Frasers Group as the new owners of the Arena.

 

"discussions"..."led us to understand"...

 

Doesn't sound the strongest position, unless they had that nailed down in writing.

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