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Heaver saying it was sold for £2.2m and a new stadium would cost £5m makes no sense to me. That's £2.8 million extra Sandhu has to put in even though he had a perfectly good stadium in the first place. Brandon Estates claim the fixture and fittings belongs to them so I guess Horton rightly or wrongly went along with that.

I feel I will be one. Tempted to get a season ticket to watch Rugby League in the City but I've been holding off hoping for good news.

Horton leases off Brandon Estates who have a dispute with Sandhu. I've very much doubt Brandon Estates would want Sandhu operating at the stadium at this stage.

Horton will never sign a deal with Sandhu until he gets the ok from Brandon Estates which I doubt will ever come. I fear it's now the end but its interesting that Horton is in talks with Rugby Council.

It seems that way to me.

I certainly havent ruled out Sandhu having a part in Brandon Estates. It would make sense with what's gone on.

There won't be until the dispute between Sandhu and Brandon Estates is resolved.

They can use the manure you spout on here. What an absolute tool you are.

We have to wait to see if Sandhu and Brandon Estates can sort out their disagreement before anything can happen at the stadium.

Now the country is getting back to normality I guess we will hear this week whether any work on the stadium has/hasn't started

You don't have to be a fan of Coventry to be outraged, you just have to be a speedway fan who sees the bigger picture.

My original post did say 'IF' we run. We will need to improve our social media presence if we want to get decent crowds especially with new clubs being established in the City. Not sure why Poole fans are being all high and mighty about it, their social media presence isn't great either and the website is awful. To be fair your reply was basically look how great Poole are at doing it when in reality they are not so great.

Happy new year fellow Bees fans. Let's hope 2016 wasn't our last year and hope 2017 sees us running and maybe even successful.

Coventry city have far more supporters that AFC Bournemouth, we are just boycotting at the moment 😂, I'm shocked we still get 9,000 regularly. Wasps got 26,000 the other day and their next game will get similar numbers. Coventry Blaze attracted I think 2,600 last night and Cov Rugby got a similar crowd recently. Even Netball had 4,500 in attendance. This is why I asked about increased social media from the club because if they don't we will get swallowed up with the other sports now in the area. I know this winter is a little different with the situation we find ourselves in but if we do run we need to improve that aspect. I did get a reply from Robin Allen who does the twitter feed and he said his aim is to get more fan interaction but at times his hands are tied.

If we do run in 2017 the promotion need to do more to promote the club within the City of Coventry. There is virtually zero presence of the Coventry Bees IN the City. I've had several people wondering why that is. Also needs more interaction on social media. Cov Blaze (ice hockey) 19k followers on twitter, Bees 7.5k. Not good enough to be honest. Us and other speedway clubs really do not help themselves.

Fully agree with this especially when you see a rider make a perfect start but gets pulled back because the other 3 make poorer starts. If you don't touch the tapes then there is no infringement.

Changes are made at Championship level all the time so I'd be surprised if James doesn't get a spot at some point. Gives him an incentive to have a good start to the season.

To be fair I can't make my mind up on this Wolves side, reserves weak but good heatleaders. Much depends on Skornicki and Howarth, they've definitely gambled on Skornicki when they could've played it safe.

I think the local plan is longer than that. I'm quite sure Cllr Stokes has said the initial plans from Brandon Estates would fail any application due to planning laws.

Bad blood yet Sandhu managed to convince Brandon Estates to sponsor Coventry Bees.

This is why I have had this feeling that Sandhu was always wanted to take 'his' stuff out. Makes no sense for him not to negotiate a new lease unless he really did want out anyway.

Think he was implying that there would be zero chance of speedway next season without Horton taking on the lease. Same for Stox, without Horton going out and getting the lease there would be no chance of stox either as Sandhu had no interest in being leaseholder.

I think people are being highly trusting in what Sandhu and Heaver have said. They had zero interest in having the lease themselves, why? Why say they will pay for virtually everything and not be the leaseholder? They also said Horton had no intention of taking on the lease then a few hours later 'agreed' a deal. Why would he put all his stuff back into the stadium if he isn't leaseholder? Are the fixture and fittings actually his? Why cause that much damage removing items? They all need to answer questions about what has/is going on. Sandhu maybe our best hope but surely he needs questioning just as much (I'd say more so considering damage caused) as anyone else For what it's worth i don't trust any of the parties involved.

The story about it costing £1million is just scaremongering from Brandon Estates. Sandhu has most of the equipment he took in storage (shale included) so the prices banded about is no way near correct. The cutting in half of the floodlight pylons is just pure vandalism.

Some people seem to suggest the local papers are a bit behind and there is work (well welding anyway) going on there today. I know there are contractors ready to start in the new year. No statement from anyone confirming anything though so it's a case of what and see on that!