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Wonder whether the real issue is someone a bondholder maybe ?? 😂 😂 😂 Club finances are a stick Maton and his pals frequently used to beat CCFC but apparently not applicable to Wasps. Wasps debt seems worse than ccfc's ever was due to the larger % of external debt. It's an ill conceived tweet...

Slightly optimistic. Local politics is just another version of the old boys network. Lots of influence is peddled and favours traded. Maton still moves in those circles.

you've got to be kidding. Where was the potential sale advertised? It was a deal done behind closed doors. Legally CCFC's actions didn't disqualify them from being a potential buyer. Council's responsibility was to maximize any potential return on a "public" asset - not operate behind closed...

That's based on a huge assumption no-one else inc CCFC would have bought/taken on the stadium

Wasps finances were a mess when they moved here. Bankrolled by an individual who then raised the bond to pay himself back and cover the costs of the move. A move that seems likely to effect a lot of small investors who put their trust in him. There's no altruism behind Richardson and his...

But to a wealthy individual hiding behind another overseas holding company for tax purposes is okay?

How is it the best deal for the public when it did not go through an open market process? Done behind closed doors. Was there an agent's board outside the Arena saying "for sale"?

George Reynolds what a rascal!! Somebody picked up the stadium for not a lot when football club got into trouble as a result of Reynolds shenanigans.

Still think bondholders weren't particularly bright in investing. Fell for some spiel and glossy brochures. Nothing to suggest rugby is such a huge untapped market as Wasps claimed. So many large cities without a serious rugby presence. Premiership full of small city teams. None can sellout...

sounds like fraud. Moving an asset at less than market value (which they've set themselves in accounts and bond doc)

Also with a CVA wouldn't the management that have created this situation remain in place? Wouldn't appeal to me as an investor

Isn't this the "mistake" that EU made with Russia? A belief (mainly because it worked for Germany post WW2) that prosperous trade would trump political ambitions, temper aggression and oppression. A belief that everybody really wants liberal democracy and healthy trade is a part of achieving...

So the nay sayers. Are the University being led up the garden path? Or is there a reason the University would "collude" with SISU to mislead people? SISU have form on misleading people about a new stadium. There were pretty pictures flashed around years ago about how the then new stadium was...

You'd think the rent contract would have a clause about a playable surface (exc extreme weather)

think Watson has got lightly with 6 games. On a brighter note we're into camp and first game only 5 weeks away

Long weekend at Hungarian GP. First time in years temps have been cool - normally like an oven. Managed to catch the Citygame and women's final in various team hospitality areas. Ferrari's failures not a surprise - out with various team people before quali and they were joking about how Ferrari...

BritTV?

No interest in Championship here. I use an app to watch UK games. But patchy on ifollow but sky no problems. Or sports bars will show sky games except last year one clashed with rugby from memory.

So many Verstappen comparisons that it does seem like a Red bull/Marko production line. Was arrogant, aggressive, petulant when things went wrong, difficult teammate. Had one of the great championship battles with Alonso & Ferrari. Grown older and (with less pressure from challenging) has been...

Creating a load of "average" teams that can't close the gap to one or two teams at the front. Can't be a coincidence that Red Bull's dominance co-incides with Mercedes fall when a lot of key personnel (designers, engineers etc) moved from Mercedes to Red Bull 2 years ago. Maybe the only way for...