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I note that you suggest that SISU would have no hope of a return if this deal happens, well surely that would apply to whoever took the club on then? What hope would there be for them? It is perfectly possible, that even post this deal, the club could be sustained as a lower league outfit on...

I'm not sure that's what he said. Of course it is a concern, it is a massive concern. While ACL is owned by the local council and a local charitable trust, hope remains that ownership will one day pass, at least in part, to the football club. The moment ACL is sold to a third-party sports...

No. Do you? Do you have inside information that suggests there is a link?

I think you have to be naive in the extreme to think SISU would just walk away. But let's say they did, the club would still be screwed. The Ricoh would be the home to Wasps RFC. It would belong to them. We would have no prospect of buying it. We would still have the same pitiful 25 day a...

Wtf. Of course, silly me, I was forgetting all those super wealthy individuals queuing up to buy a football club that plays second fiddle to a Rugby side in a stadium it has no hope of owning. Yep, they'll be falling over themselves to buy into that. Deal goes through, you're stuck with SISU...

That last bit says it all, some people are more interested in SISU 'losing' than they are the the future of the club. Do you think we're all blind to the fact SISU have fucked up? Do you think that means we should all give up and just allow this to happen? Said it in my last post, couldn't...

Again the point is missed. Of course SISU should be making a bid for the Ricoh, and I would call on them to make Ricoh ownership their stated intention asap. But this is SISU we are talking about, so we know that probably won't happen. Given that fact, who is going to stand up for the...

Well, quite. And yet if this deal goes through, you can safely say SISU will remain owners for a very long time. Nobody will buy a football club that plays second fiddle to a Rugby club in a stadium it has no prospect of ever owning. You do get that?

Missing the point spectacularly. Some people cannot see beyond their hatred of SISU. If it's SISU OUT you want, then you really ought to be screaming at the council not to sell to Wasps. If that deal goes through, we can wave goodbye to the prospect of anybody making a move for the club -...

Of course we are, because we have the most to lose, by a mile. This is our home, the stadium built for us, and it is being sold off under our noses without a thought for the long term implications.

Well yes, but they won't, because they're shits. That's why we, the supporters, should put as much pressure on the council to end this nonsense. If we don't, and this goes through, the club is fucked. Proper fucked.

Well yes, for the length of the lease (I suspect it will not be much less than 50 years), they will to all intents and purposes. Just because the council will retain ownership of the freehold, it doesn't mean they have any control.

We all cared. It was supporter action that brought the club home ultimately, and our actions were widely commended by the football community. Please let's not pretend otherwise.

I think you have taken leave of your senses Otis. I'm sorry, but we can be absolutely certain that closing the door on the prospect of the club owing the stadium will be a disaster. How can it possibly not be, short of Wasps stuffing brown envelopes through doors at Gallagher Retail Park. Not...

You know that Wasps want to buy a 90% stake in ACL, putting an end to the prospect of the football club you support owning the ground they play in and ending any prospect of the club being bought out in the near future. You know that, yet can't make a judgement either way. Seriously?

Don't understand why so many people are sitting on the fence until they know the 'details'. Why? We know Wasps are actively trying to secure ownership of the Ricoh. That's all you need to know, we don't any more 'details'. People should be screaming from the rooftops about this, it would be...

There is not a chance in hell that this 'deal' will ever be to the benefit of the football club.

Hope there is a late surge, but only 1600 tickets sold for this on top of season ticket sales, and only 300 sold in total today. Unlikely to be much of a walk-up given matchday price hike. The person I spoke to today, when asked what the ticket sales look like, simply said 'horrendous'. Could...

I wouldn't worry, the predicted gate for Saturday is only 8500.

There are very few customers because there is no stock, and didn't the club also say they were staying at Gallagher because footfall is better overall? I was in the club shop recently, some guy was trying to get a name put of the back of a shirt he had bought for his son as a present. They had...