SISU, drop the case and prove you care

I, LIKE all Coventry City fans, am sick to death of SISU slowly leading the club to the edge of extinction. I refer to the comments made by the club’s chief executive in the match day programme last Saturday which were repeated in Andy Turner’s report (Oct 31). The chief executive called for all parties to come together to resolve the Ricoh row so that the football club can continue to play at the Ricoh Arena in the future. He knows Wasps won’t get involved until the court case is dropped, whether the football club is involved or not. His comments painted a very black picture of how the club would be affected if they were not able to play at the Ricoh next year and also intimated that the club could lose it’s Football League status. It wouldn’t be Wasps’ fault. Trying to divorce the football club from the court case and expecting Wasps to drop their objections to SISU carrying on with court case I feel is totally unrealistic. The chief executive surely can’t expect Wasps to waive their objection to the court case after all this time. Painting a picture of pending doom for the future of the football club to lure them to the negotiating table is a long shot indeed. Wasps are not the bad guys, SISU are. I know, the players know, the fans know, all SISU officials know, the local media know, elected councillors and MPs know, the Government minister knows, in fact everyone knows that the only way to get Wasps to the negotiating table is for SISU to drop the court case and prove they do care for the club and its fans. Chris Norman Stoke Hill community asset. Now is the time for cycle clubs and residents’ associations to set up a committee to apply for lottery and other grants to create a much larger system, ideally in place prior to the 2021 City of Culture year.

The proposed route could be extended at Charterhouse fields to connect to routes passing Whitley Technology Park, heading under the A45/46 to connect to the industrial estate off Rowley Road and the Lunt Fort at Baginton.

During 2021 and thereafter, tourists could hire cycles at Far Gosford Street and call in at the Charterhouse and the Lunt Fort. This would mean staying overnight in a Coventry hotel and eating out – so creating many more jobs.

Thousands could ditch their cars and cycle to work without the worry of being hit by a powered vehicle with far fewer traffic fumes to clog their lungs.

Not only this but the River Sowe valley could have its own route connecting to the Sherbourne route.

If any cycling or residents’ group is interested in getting this scheme in motion, email me at paulhillock@ hotmail.co.uk and with a suitable response I will arrange a public meeting. These two river valley routes will give young people and families no excuse not to keep fit, and some two-car families could reduce to a single car and cycle to work, saving cash. Paul Hillock Stoke Green