Sky Blue Harry H
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The worse they get, the more 'interest' I am taking in their results
More Wasps BS? (3 Viewers)
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Sky Blue Harry H
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Had a shandy or two Pipkin ?!? (although I echo the sentiments!)
HuckerbyDublinWhelan
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Can’t wait for the fickleness of the Coventry public to take hold. I hope they keep losing.
still surely somehow this is Coventry City’s fault... fingers crossed for liquidation for the wasp cunts
still surely somehow this is Coventry City’s fault... fingers crossed for liquidation for the wasp cunts
pipkin73
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How did you guess lol
clint van damme
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fair play mate
pipkin73
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Got 7 cans in the fridge with my name on, (had 6 whilst out) been working 16/17 hours a day lately so decided to have a blow out as my head is blown. Could be some fun posts later lmao
Skybluefaz
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They could. Very unlikely though as I think only one team goes up and it's usually the one that comes down from the premiership. Which is Newcastle I think this year who seem to be smashing it
christonabike
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If you have a shit team you need better players. This costs money and costs decent wages too. Wasps are in no position to spend any decent amount plus they would have to shift a few of the shit players they have.
Happy days long may it continue and I hope we don’t come back to the Ricoh to help them out financially.
Happy days long may it continue and I hope we don’t come back to the Ricoh to help them out financially.
higgs
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Wouldn't that be ironic if wasps were relegated and coventry promoted
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Skybluefaz
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Wouldn't we all just love to see it
duffer
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Exactly that, the team that comes down typically has many times the financial resources of the teams currently in the lower division. It's not exactly a level playing field at the moment, unfortunately, but Cov are pushing hard...
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They were founder members of the top flight, although it's changed format somewhat. They got caught out by the (over)ambition of Rugby Lions taking a number of their players at just that time.
FWIW, before league rugby was initiated, they were one of the best teams in the land for a number of years. They've got a heritage second to none.
higgs
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Hopefully get back to the top table one day
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bawtryneal
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Remember David Duckham playing for Coventry in the early 70s. Great player, used to live in Dunchurch.
Kneeza
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Yep. Spot on. Arguably the best side in the country in the seventies. A good friend of mine propped in the same Rugby Lions side as Steve Brain who was poached from Cov. There were several more.
Look where that got RL. Basically bankrupt and demoted to the bottom of the ladder.
Cov, even though they made some poor decisions under several management teams, are still there, and looking to take the next step.
Hopefully supplanting the cuckoo wankers in the process.
Wouldn't that be delicious?
I’d like to think we could have a party in car park A WHEN it happens. And it will...
letsallsingtogether
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Wasnt that supposed to be Sunderlands new owners?
Nick
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Nah it was Wasps.
Kneeza
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They're infighting again:
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kentwasp1
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Matt82
Agree with Shugs that we have plenty of good players in the squad. It's poor coaching that's the issue
Maybe Matt but rot stops at the top and Eastwood to me is the main man. A bean counter from the RFU now out of his depth with Wasps and as an architect of the £35m bonds and Ricoh plan has bankrupted Wasps
Take out the bloated useless management and then address the troops
UKMS
Firstly Wasps are not bankrupt
Was Eastwood the architect of the Bonds ? I’m not defending the guy but you make a very sweeping statement here with little basis.
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Morally bankrupt is a given.
Financially is perhaps moot. Not being a bankruptcy practitioner (or remotely near being one) I always thought it was a sort of 'debt over assets' kind of calc that could precipitate bankruptcy in theory?
Or is that too simplistic? Probably.
Whatever, unless they can somehow get the Ricoh valued pretty high now, it's certainly not looking good, and making one or two of them question things.
All grist.
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kentwasp1
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Matt82
Agree with Shugs that we have plenty of good players in the squad. It's poor coaching that's the issue
Maybe Matt but rot stops at the top and Eastwood to me is the main man. A bean counter from the RFU now out of his depth with Wasps and as an architect of the £35m bonds and Ricoh plan has bankrupted Wasps
Take out the bloated useless management and then address the troops
UKMS
Firstly Wasps are not bankrupt
Was Eastwood the architect of the Bonds ? I’m not defending the guy but you make a very sweeping statement here with little basis.
End quote.
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Morally bankrupt is a given.
Financially is perhaps moot. Not being a bankruptcy practitioner (or remotely near being one) I always thought it was a sort of 'debt over assets' kind of calc that could precipitate bankruptcy in theory?
Or is that too simplistic? Probably.
Whatever, unless they can somehow get the Ricoh valued pretty high now, it's certainly not looking good, and making one or two of them question things.
All grist.
OffenhamSkyBlue
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Yeah there were basically three sides in the amateur (pre-90) era that ruled the game: Cov, Tigers and Baaaaath.
RegTheDonk
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Never really got into rugby but during that era, as rugby was pushed at counden court as the preferred sport during games lessons, I went to Counden Road a few times with mates as it was a short walk. Had an autograph book with a few players in (including DD) but haven't seen that for over 40 years, obviously long lost. Don't recall Cov ever getting beaten and I believe we were often on Rugby Special or playing at Twickenham. My dad used to take me to HR whenever he could, so that was the main sporting passion.
skyblueinBaku
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I often went to Coundon Road in the '60s. My favourite player was Ricky Melville. What a great winger he was !
Speedies_Chips
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Like traffic jams, when you're already late.
Cov were architects of their own downfall failed to reconise and embrace the unstoppable march of professionalism, consequently Cov dropped down the rugby pyramid while local rivals Leicester Tigers and Northampton Saints filled their teams with internationals and got stronger.
OffenhamSkyBlue
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The vast majority of Tigers who played for England in the early nineties and beyond (i.e. at the start of the professional era) were home-grown or local - the likes of Rowntree, Cockerill & Garforth in the front row, Neil Back, Dean Richards, Martin Johnson, Ben Kay, Lewis Moody, Austin Healey (though he moved around a bit), Rory & Tony Underwood, Will Greenwood, etc, etc. It has only been since they started trying to get big-money signings (and coaches) that they have gone off the rails.
