Wasps downward spiral... (2 Viewers)

Evo1883

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Also just seen its their best run of form at the CBS ( 6 Wins in a row ) in 5 years and the crowds are still shite .. nobody cares about them in Coventry

We all know they won't be here in 5 years
 

Grendel

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Also just seen its their best run of form at the CBS ( 6 Wins in a row ) in 5 years and the crowds are still shite .. nobody cares about them in Coventry

We all know they won't be here in 5 years

I doubt that. I would guess the next refinancing will be more standard and over a far longer period - it’s clearly not working and there is little local interest in the club but the cost of moving is worse so it will be a case of drifting on
 

Evo1883

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I doubt that. I would guess the next refinancing will be more standard and over a far longer period - it’s clearly not working and there is little local interest in the club but the cost of moving is worse so it will be a case of drifting on
Until what ? Liquidation

Well I hope they do eventually piss off .. the stadium besides 1 or 2 badges feels like ours .. wasps have practically nothing there anymore .. feels like they aren't here anymore already tbh 😆
 

fernandopartridge

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ironically it’s more the rent we pay them that’s the direct offset
They always said the spend per head for football matches was lower but the average number of heads has increased by significantly, probably not much worse off than they were 2014-2019 in relation to match day income across both teams but receiving a larger rent.
 

Grendel

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Until what ? Liquidation

they won’t be liquidated. The caring sharing council gave them a 250 year lease which is independently valued at £60 million. That’s an asset I’m afraid that lenders will let them borrow on

Despite a lot of bragging that the bond was a brilliant initiative it clearly failed and again the loan remains outstanding. A more traditional finance arrangement will allow them to pay down capital and spread reduced payments over a longer time period

They are not going anywhere. I’m sure in a perfect world they’d like to but they are trapped

I’d guess we are laying around £1.2 million to them in rent - that’s at £24 a ticket adding over a 12 game season is effectively adding 5,000 people to every game for them
 

Grendel

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They always said the spend per head for football matches was lower but the average number of heads has increased by significantly, probably not much worse off than they were 2014-2019 in relation to match day income across both teams but receiving a larger rent.

It is ironic but the Sisu master plan not only has failed but is now ensuring wasps survival
 

Tommo1993

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Don’t know how people find the attendances, they always seem impossible to find. I think there’s a reason for that though…
 

Grendel

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Don’t know how people find the attendances, they always seem impossible to find. I think there’s a reason for that though…

 

Liquid Gold

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I’m sure they’ll refinance but it won’t be through bonds and the interest will be punitive.

The total Will stay on their balance sheet and their annual losses will get worse.

I really don’t know how they get out of it.
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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I’d guess we are laying around £1.2 million to them in rent - that’s at £24 a ticket adding over a 12 game season is effectively adding 5,000 people to every game for them

Presumably the costs of running the stadium (assuming the football bit is covered by the £1.2m, or at least doesn't extend outside of our matchdays) are met by Wasps, in which case the huge hike in energy costs will have disproportionately hit the rugby club a lot more than us (add in their Henley operation, too)
 

Grendel

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Presumably the costs of running the stadium (assuming the football bit is covered by the £1.2m, or at least doesn't extend outside of our matchdays) are met by Wasps, in which case the huge hike in energy costs will have disproportionately hit the rugby club a lot more than us (add in their Henley operation, too)

our match day costs will I’m sure include bills as part of the lease
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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our match day costs will I’m sure include bills as part of the lease
our match day costs will I’m sure include bills as part of the lease

Fair enough, yet I still think I may be right at Wasps having been disproportionately hit with the increased costs for the non matchday running of the CBS. Come to think of it, a lot of other football clubs will have been similarly hit disproportionately compared to us.
 

Saddlebrains

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Heathen on their forum expects attendances to level out at 15,000….


Deluded the vast majority of that lot.

Almost 10 years 'building a fanbase in Coventry' and they mever muster more than 6.5k paid for tickets even for the big games.

Tigers and saints have more fans there when its meant to be an insects homegame.

Bar a very miniscule percentage of this city, literally no one in Coventry cares about them and thats surely not viable?
 

Grendel

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Deluded the vast majority of that lot.

Almost 10 years 'building a fanbase in Coventry' and they mever muster more than 6.5k paid for tickets even for the big games.

Tigers and saints have more fans there when its meant to be an insects homegame.

Bar a very miniscule percentage of this city, literally no one in Coventry cares about them and thats surely not viable?

it is viable it’s if there really is very much point to it and how long fans from the south are prepared to travel
 

Frostie

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Way less id say.

We were getting 6.5 /7k a week rattling around in league 2 and it was more full than that

Thats 4k at a push for me

They have announced it as 9,077 but that's obviously including season tickets & giveaways that didn't actually attend.

Even if it was correct, it's the lowest attendance in the Premiership this weekend.

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CCFC54321

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They have announced it as 9,077 but that's obviously including season tickets & giveaways that didn't actually attend.

Even if it was correct, it's the lowest attendance in the Premiership this weekend.

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I think the most stupidest person on the planet knows that they wasn’t 9,000 people at the CBS yesterday. 5,000 people never attended? Utter dribble Drabble from London wasps.
 

pusbccfc

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fernandopartridge

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They have announced it as 9,077 but that's obviously including season tickets & giveaways that didn't actually attend.

Even if it was correct, it's the lowest attendance in the Premiership this weekend.

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Interesting really, not sure how they calculate the spend per head at rugby matches (usually published with the bond reports) but they must use the actual rather than notional attendance figures? Otherwise they understate!
 

Grendel

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I think it’s less than 30 days before all bond holders need paying but still no news.
 

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