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You're very welcome. In truth BBR, I can't even imagine what it must be like to go through - it must be desparate for the people directly involved, and it's obviously been hard on you too. Regardless of all of the politics and opinions about the team and the owners, and no matter how ticked...

Quite seriously BBR, that sounds a bit like PTSD to me. If it continues and it's intrusive I'd genuinely recommend talking to someone about it rather than trying to live with it - there are straightforward things that can help here. Think of it like you would a sports injury - if it's still...

It's going to take more than just a vicar to sort this mess out - in fact even the Archbishop couldn't handle it. It's time to appeal to a higher power...

It's very nice, but the pitch is a bit bobbly. Probably better for rugby. :)

Bournemouth have got, what, 11,500? They're in the prem. Straight question, not a trap, why do we need a 25,000 seater stadium?

Bugger. I'm the only one here who has no idea who Derek Acorah is, right? I've heard of Brian Blessed though.

In fairness I think that everyone is aware of SISU's history, and Jon Sharp's no mug - CRFC are heading in the right direction. I don't think that there's any risk of them losing control of the rugby club through this. Assuming there's any reality to the project, then the key for all parties...

That one is easy enough Otis, the covenant was suggested by the Council when they got wind of the possibility that CCFC might want to move in there. The stated reason was to "protect the Council's position". Regardless of all of the other issues, what does anyone think that "position" is...

In that case what you're really saying is that as long as something is commercially feasible then it should be accepted. The problem with that, is that if our owners say that something is commerically necessary, you've got to take it on the chin or (politely) look like a hypocrite. The...

Oh aye, yeah, and what exactly have you been doing then? Not going to games and shaking your fist in rage at the computer screen? Picture of Fisher on the dartboard? Mostly whining here? No need to answer, I can probably guess. You could always try organising something I suppose, but I'm...

Moving from West London to Wycombe does not make Wasps a de facto franchise. No matter how much you repeat it, it does not make it true. Please stop making excuses, I've got more respect for people who just admit that they don't care about it than those who try to justify it using a thin layer...

I think I'm as "anti-wasps" as anybody but I'm not about to join a march demanding that they leave. What I will do though is politely point out to any CCFC fan who I think hasn't understood, or indeed anyone else I know who goes there, why I think they shouldn't attend. It's their choice...

Congratulations HH, that's some going. Do you start wrapping the Christmas presents in January? :)

Where do you get the idea that objections to moving were feeble? It's a slightly different type of audience, much less likely to fight against the inevitable perhaps, but there were 3,000-odd signatures in the petition hastily done after it was announced. There were many Wasps fans who were...

Good spot, although in context I think it makes sense. Unlike a double positive which can never ever represent a negative. Yeah, right. :)

Even if that were true it's still only 2,200 of an average gate of between six and seven thousand. So where do you think the rest came from? And being a West London club would likely mean that they drew a proportion from Wycombe previously in any case. Wycombe is a pretty substantial commuter...

To start off with CRFC aren't going nowhere, they're trying to get out of the third division of rugby - it's not easy though because it's one up, one down and a competitive league. They are the best supported team in the division. There are big parallels here with CCFC. Trying to get out of...

Depends where you're starting from - but it's a lot closer to where Wasps were based than Coventry, that's for sure. The real point is that Wasps are and were a London club - indeed when their new owner took over he made exactly that point. They even re-branded as "London" Wasps. Until the...

Then with respect you've answered your own question. Wasps most certainly were not a franchise before they moved here. They'd moved around a few grounds in North/West London, were described by their owner when he purchased them as a 'London' club, had their base of operations and their academy...

Ooh, I can answer that. One. Coventry RFC (est. 1874, in Coventry) were a professional club well before London Wasps came here. They had paid full-time staff, their own ground, and a number of paid full-time players, and when Wasps arrived they still plied their trade in the third division...