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But the NEC have a background in events and exhibitions, and are on the doorstep. Synergy, to use a buzzword. Where's MA's background in that business, and what are the chances that he's suddenly more interested in it than football?

Not an unfair point SBWM, but it doesn't seem an unreasonable assumption based on his past behaviour. Would ACL as a business without the club really be of interest to him though, is there anything in his past that suggests he's suddenly up for Arena/Entertainments as a business? Could be...

Mate, in fairness I wouldn't want to claim to be 100%, but given how insular and small the rugby world is, and how high profile MA is, I can't believe he wouldn't have been noticed at any ground had he turned up. He doesn't seem big on being incognito! (Also is literally too big to be incognito...

Err... because he's never been seen at any of their games perhaps? Or expressed any interest in rugby. Or used his massive wealth to pitch in and help at an earlier critical point in their history, say at Adams Park? Other than that it's entirely plausible. 🙂

I don't think there's any way that Ashley buys the ground without the intention to buy the club at some point. He obviously wants back into football somewhere. The only question is whether there's already been discussions with SISU, or whether he'll wait until the club is in enough trouble that...

Assuming there really hasn't been contact with SISU, that's the only way it makes sense to me.

There are a couple of things going round that I've got to say just don't add up to me. First is the idea that Ashley would buy Wasps. That would make no sense at all. There is no money to be made from Wasps and he doesn't need to buy goodwill to purchase ACL; he's just got to have the best bid...

A remarkable reversal of the truth. Bit like "we won't sell to Wasps if it can ever impact CCFC", and, "we want to build trust before discussing ownership". He'd be better advised to just shut up, frankly, and stay well out of it. Nothing good ever comes of CCC involvement with CCFC. One day...

Where's that "Oh dear what a pity" gif got to then... 😁

Not telling you. You're going to have to go back to the beginning and read the whole thread just like everyone else.😁 (Basically though, looks like Ashley is the preferred bidder and allegedly hasn't spoken to SISU about buying the club. ACL to keep running in the interim.)

Funny that! I've obviously never lost enough money to make it to a senior executive position. Must try harder.

I was just building up to the insults; damn I hate it when people here are reasonable. Makes me look bad. 😁 We can certainly agree to differ on this - my personal prediction is that the phoenix club will look to rent a smaller ground in or around London. They'll recover more of their...

Politely disagree. Wasps had both the stadium and premiership rugby, they finished second in the league, had revenue from the p-shares and CVC, and had a £35m investment and they still couldn't set up to turn a profit! Not even close. They've got literally none of those advantages now. Wasps...

If Ashley isn't interested in us at the moment, then he'll definitely not be interested in Wasps. Wasps will continue to drain money in the Championship no matter if they're here or elsewhere. They'll just do it more slowly because the wage bill will be lower and they've got a ton of debt off...

I'm feeling a burst of "You've got to, know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run...", coming on...

I wouldn't mind, but my only real hope is that they'd leave Robins to get on with it for a least a couple of seasons - I think we owe him that much at least.

I can't get in the car now without going back to check that I've _definitely_ locked the front door of the house. 😂

Two questions: 1) Do you know where your glasses are? 2) Can you remember why you've just walked into the kitchen? Happens to us all mate, nothing to worry about. 😄

I don't think there's any great reason to be despondent. At the very worst, the club is in exactly the same position they were at the start of the season; renting the ground and with owners who are just about trickling in enough to keep us going. Now there is at least some reasonable hope of...

LIBOR's gone chap, we use SONIA these days. Insert own joke here. 😄