Does a Stadium Solution exist? (1 Viewer)

[CCFC54321]

I’m told they scraped a win last week against a shit team and whacked this week. Early days but I predicted a long hard season for them.

 

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[Irish Sky Blue]

It will be interesting to see how loyal their fan base will be if they start losing. If they were in the third tier of English rugby would they have our average of 10kish? I don’t think so. They need to go home to their own fans.

 

[clint van damme]

I would also worry about where we are playing if the court case isn’t settled. The guy from Wasps was pretty definite that no deal would happen if the legal action continued. It is hard to see where we would play if the Ricoh is closed to us. Nuneaton is perhaps the likeliest place but a lot of work would need to be done I would think for it to meet League standards.

I'm not sure that's right mate, (see my post 53 in this thread), though I'm not saying it's incorrect either.

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

I'm not sure that's right mate, (see my post 53 in this thread), though I'm not saying it's incorrect either.

Good if there is a loop hole then.

 

[Hobo]

Wasps go out of business and we buy the Ricoh

Wasps are potentially on the verge of a £20-£30 million windfall.

 

[Warwickhunt]

Wasps are potentially on the verge of a £20-£30 million windfall.

That Premiership Rugby deal is virtually dropping out of its arse according to news yesterday

 

[Hobo]

That Premiership Rugby deal is virtually dropping out of its arse according to news yesterday

Good. But they have got several bidders.

 

[ccfcway]

Wasps are potentially on the verge of a £20-£30 million windfall.

They sold Maddison as well ?

 

[GaryJones]

Not sure who I dislike the most
Sisu for screwing up the opportunity they had to buy half the stadium right at the start and mismanaging the club and everything else they touched or The Council for selling the stadium to an out of town sporting franchise thus undermining the existing Coventry rugby club & football club or Wasps for simply existing!

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Not sure who I dislike the most
Sisu for screwing up the opportunity they had to buy half the stadium right at the start or The Council for selling the stadium to an out of town sporting franchise thus undermining the existing Coventry rugby club & football club or Wasps for simply existing!

 

[fernandopartridge]

Not sure who I dislike the most
Sisu for screwing up the opportunity they had to buy half the stadium right at the start and mismanaging the club and everything else they touched or The Council for selling the stadium to an out of town sporting franchise thus undermining the existing Coventry rugby club & football club or Wasps for simply existing!

There was never an opportunity to that extent. The council intention until 2014 was that they'd retain their stake in ACL.

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

Not sure who I dislike the most
Sisu for screwing up the opportunity they had to buy half the stadium right at the start and mismanaging the club and everything else they touched or The Council for selling the stadium to an out of town sporting franchise thus undermining the existing Coventry rugby club & football club or Wasps for simply existing!

Without Sisu and the way they went about things, there would be no Wasps at the Ricoh. They were and continue to be at the heart of our problems.

 

[GaryJones]

See Wasps are now looking at moving the training base to Old Leamingtons ground now.
Not surprised that they are looking outside Coventry - that's their usual MO.
Who are Wasps anyway London Wasps, Coventry Wasps or will it be Leamington Wasps?
I cannot abide these franchise sports teams!
Revealed: Where Wasps hope to build new training ground

 

[Magwitch]

Who are Wasps ? they are a business running that business as they think is best for them

 

[Nick]

Isn't that old news?

 

[GaryJones]

Yeah

Who are Wasps ? they are a business running that business as they think is best for them

Yeah yeah yeah blah blah blah - they are a sporting club that have no historical link to the city where they ply their trade.
They expect to just slot in to Coventry and hope everyone accepts them. Riding roughshod over a club in the Butts that have been here for generations in the process!
To make matters worse they were facilitated and helped by our very own Coventry City Council!

 

[clint van damme]

Not sure who I dislike the most
Sisu for screwing up the opportunity they had to buy half the stadium right at the start and mismanaging the club and everything else they touched or The Council for selling the stadium to an out of town sporting franchise thus undermining the existing Coventry rugby club & football club or Wasps for simply existing!

Probably best to hate them all equally. Just to be on the safe side.

 

[fernandopartridge]

Who are Wasps ? they are a business running that business as they think is best for them

Making an annual loss and £30m+ in the red, fair play to them
(No CCFC whataboutery in response to this I'll just ignore it)

 

[David O'Day]

Best solution is to wait until London Wasps go bust and then but the stadium of the administrators

 

[CCFC54321]

Best solution is to wait until London Wasps go bust and then but the stadium of the administrators

This training ground issue has gone on for a long time with the Leamington rugby club (best part of a year) so it’s not new news at all. Wasps can’t afford that either by the looks of it hence the delay?

I’ve also heard from a very good source that the Ricoh could/is open to offers. I think wasps are putting in contingency plans for the worst.

 

[David O'Day]

This training ground issue has gone on for a long time with the Leamington rugby club (best part of a year) so it’s not new news at all. Wasps can’t afford that either by the looks of it hence the delay?

I’ve also heard from a very good source that the Ricoh could/is open to offers. I think wasps are putting in contingency plans for the worst.

Not by it from them mate, pick it from their rotting corpses as they slide into liquidation

 

[Otis]

Most idiotic comment of the year award goes to

No, he has a point and they are all equally as bad as each other. Racism, sexism, fascism, Waspism.

 

[Sbarcher]

Best solution is to wait until London Wasps go bust and then but the stadium of the administrators

Wasps do not “own” the Ricoh, merely rent on a very long lease. If Wasps reneged on their tenancy agreement then it would revert back to CCC. We would then need to negotiate with them.

 

[shmmeee]

Wasps do not “own” the Ricoh, merely rent on a very long lease. If Wasps reneged on their tenancy agreement then it would revert back to CCC. We would then need to negotiate with them.

Your first mistake was expecting the frothers to make sense. Wasps are SBTs own Poes Law: as the thread length increases so does the chance of them being mentioned and as soon as they are mentioned the thread is a write off.

 

[ceetee]

Who are Wasps ? they are a business running that business as they think is best for them

I have been wondering if you were Italia in disguise, but obviously not.................................................

 

[Grendel]

Wasps do not “own” the Ricoh, merely rent on a very long lease. If Wasps reneged on their tenancy agreement then it would revert back to CCC. We would then need to negotiate with them.

It also reverts back to its original lease and would bleed money. It’s unlikekybti happen but if it did ACL would be a very cheap purchase indeed.

 

[Grendel]

Your first mistake was expecting the frothers to make sense. Wasps are SBTs own Poes Law: as the thread length increases so does the chance of them being mentioned and as soon as they are mentioned the thread is a write off.

Surely it’s Poe’s law?

 

[Colin Steins Smile]

It also reverts back to its original lease and would bleed money. It’s unlikekybti happen but if it did ACL would be a very cheap purchase indeed.

If that's the case then SISU's continued use of pursuing legal challenges makes perfect sense. Distress the owners of the lease to the point they fold & be the only option for the Ricoh to have any resident sporting club.

 

[fernandopartridge]

If that's the case then SISU's continued use of pursuing legal challenges makes perfect sense. Distress the owners of the lease to the point they fold & be the only option for the Ricoh to have any resident sporting club.

Where have you been for the last 5 years?

 

[Simonlawrence]

It also reverts back to its original lease and would bleed money. It’s unlikekybti happen but if it did ACL would be a very cheap purchase indeed.

How much would you think it would cost CCFC or our owners, also do you think the council would now do business with SISU.
Why do you think it wouldn’t happen?
Sorry lots of questions

 

[CCFC54321]

Whilst Wasps finances show signs of serious fracture and looking like they could potentially fold/move back to London etc etc I think this will give SISU more appetite to stay around. There like vultures in the sky over Wasps ready to pick the bones of anything left over.

 

[covcity4life]

Wasps go out of business and we buy the Ricoh

I was told by a leicester tigers player that within the sport many feel that wasps are in money trouble and will be out of coventry soon

 

[Ricketts]

Surely it’s Poe’s law?

What is Cole's law then?

 

[clint van damme]

I was told by a leicester tigers player that within the sport many feel that wasps are in money trouble and will be out of coventry soon

Just because someone you meet on Grinder tells you they're a professional rugby player doesn't mean they are.

In all seriousness, hope you're right, did he elaborate?

 

[covcity4life]

Just because someone you meet on Grinder tells you they're a professional rugby player doesn't mean they are.

In all seriousness, hope you're right, did he elaborate?

not really we were pissed but he said that many dont think they will remain in coventry long.

what that means for ccfc i do not know. league 2 promotion took my mind off the shit situations we are in but now we back to being crap again i worry lol