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WASPS press conference from the Ricoh at 10am (21 Viewers)
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Rusty Trombone
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Agreed. Rent only deal confines us to a league one - championship yoyo club at best.
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That's simply not true.
torchomatic
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They bought the stake for £6.5M and selling for £2.77M. Those poor orphans....
All while the legal procedures went through and this fruitless pursuance is ongoing which has put a spanner in all talks and decent relations I don't doubt.
Hmm - not in any way my field of expertize, but wouldn't any money coming into a company being liquidated have to be split to all creditors?
James Smith
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To Sisu, It's not what could have been, It's what should have been. That was our home you numpties and you have let the council sell it out from under you to a Rugby franchise with a bigger distance to watch home matches than we did at Sixfields, which is another disgrace.
I looked at www.waspsnewhome.co.uk and got even more depressed as that should have been us. I hope that you will be communicating with us supporters about the plans for the new stadium as soon as possible, or whatever the master plan is for fixing this fecking mess you've gotten us into.
I looked at www.waspsnewhome.co.uk and got even more depressed as that should have been us. I hope that you will be communicating with us supporters about the plans for the new stadium as soon as possible, or whatever the master plan is for fixing this fecking mess you've gotten us into.
i think, and there it is in black and white, would-be sponsors look at the ambition of a club, and that's why I am so against CCFC's continued stance that they are moving to smaller premises somewhere near Coventry = no ambition. That was the pre- Wasps stance, so we cannot blame Wasps for that.
Moff
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I imagine this point is why Dongo isnt posting at present, he must be overcome with grief at how the charity are selling cheaply, and denying those poor children, still at least the Higgs Trust bought Browns Bar so the kids can get a pint in there to drown their sorrows
stupot07
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It pretty much is. I know I keep banging on about it, but relegation season, 9 clubs with lower attendances than us, yet our turnover was in the lowest 3-4 in the league.
Rent with no access to revenue restricts us massively, I don't get how you can deny it?
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James Smith
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If there is a chance you can buy the Higgs share off Appleton or anyone else at that price then get off your arses and do it. £2.77m sounds bloody cheap to me.
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stupot07
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Are they changing some of the seats?
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olderskyblue
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It's Browns bar i'm worried about, the price of a pint in there is going to rocket..!!
Yes right. Poor city too. Owners played their games - and continue to so. Claimed to have moved on and when CCC moves on, they write an open letter moaning about not being consulted. What tossers. They consulted the fans about Northampton, and then moved anyway. Also bollocks. Things will have to happen now, and the worst case is the official SISU stance of a new stadium. That will never happen IMO and so let's give the deal a chance. Oh, and Wasps fans have my empathy ...... PUSB
olderskyblue
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Grendel's been too busy deleting all his old posts that said no-one else will ever be interested in buying into the Ricoh...
Are they changing some of the seats?
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Check out the Wasps our home website and look under stadium, it indicates that it is highly likely !
Rusty Trombone
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It pretty much is. I know I keep banging on about it, but relegation season, 9 clubs with lower attendances than us, yet our turnover was in the lowest 3-4 in the league.
Rent with no access to revenue restricts us massively, I don't get how you can deny it?
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Well if you're saying that a deal where you pay rent but don't get any income is restrictive, then I'm in agreement. But a deal where you're renting does not in itself represent a bad deal with little or no hope. The main way to achieve the demise of the club is to build and finance a new stadium.
The CableGuy
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Shouldn't take them longer than 30 minutes to decide.
But this is SISU were talking about here.
Hobo
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Grendel's been too busy deleting all his old posts that said no-one else will ever be interested in buying into the Ricoh...
I think he has been working as Larry the Land Rover this morning, he did say it was in marketing and an unskilled post?
stupot07
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Can't be Otis was adamant that the Councillors made it a condition not to change the seats
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Rusty Trombone
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Are they changing some of the seats?
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No, it's just more unnecessary drama being created.
covmark
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Yep, didn't see that the first time I looked at the site. Its a fucking disgrace.
stupot07
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That's why I said a rent only deal in my initial post. I can't see wasps giving away matchday revenue to the club, they will be getting 3-4k crowds and will need all the revenue they can get.
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I don't know how much comfort it is but it looks like it's as well as rather than in lieu of, Wasps at one end of the pitch and Sky Blues at the other[h=3][/h]
The away end - surely.
chiefdave
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From the mock up looks like the colours are staying the same, one end spelling Sky Blues, the other Wasps with Ricoh on the longer stand (I can never remember which one is called what!).
Far better prospect than yellow and black seats. On the list of things I'm not happy about with this move that ranks pretty low.
chiefdave
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There's a Wasps fan on the board, before you know it Nick will be forced to change the forum to yellow and black
Do they have segregation in Rugby?
Rusty Trombone
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That's why I said a rent only deal in my initial post. I can't see wasps giving away matchday revenue to the club, they will be getting 3-4k crowds and will need all the revenue they can get.
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The existing contract agreed by the club and ACL will have to be honoured, so whatever the club were happy with before will continue. If the club want to stay longer they will have to renegotiate, but the latest statements say they want to move then, so there's no worries.
stupot07
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The seats won't stay sky blue forever.
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chiefdave
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I imagine not. No reason to keep them sky blue when we move out to our new ground in a couple of years.
You serious? That's a disgrace...
Does fisher know? Was that part of the deal or a sweetener
covcity4life
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The seats won't stay sky blue forever.
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yup, cant see it staying sky blue.
Sky Blue Dal
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Shame we don't have sponsors who feel the same way for CCFC.
xerxes
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A good move for Wasps. The Midlands has a strong rugby tradition and Birmingham has no first class team to support. It is also a good move for the Council and the City. A levelled Ricoh, which was a possibility would have been a shame. I think there is significant growth potential for Rugby in the right locations, and, if they get it right with a successful team I can see them getting 10,000 crowds and more or the games against Leicester and Northampton.
For CCFC, being the junior tenant offers no long term way forwards. When Leicester City and Leicester Tigers looked at doing a deal on the Walkers it broke down because the junior partner lost out.
Northampton Saints will look at this anxiously, as will Leicester Tigers. Both stand to lose attendances from floating support and new support.
The fundamentals remain unchanged. The deal which took us to the Ricoh was a lousy one, with us in the third tier it is even lousier.
For CCFC, being the junior tenant offers no long term way forwards. When Leicester City and Leicester Tigers looked at doing a deal on the Walkers it broke down because the junior partner lost out.
Northampton Saints will look at this anxiously, as will Leicester Tigers. Both stand to lose attendances from floating support and new support.
The fundamentals remain unchanged. The deal which took us to the Ricoh was a lousy one, with us in the third tier it is even lousier.
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