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No need to apologise peeler, no offence taken. Rugby fans may not be as tribal, but in my fairly long experience as a Cov RFC fan they still want to support their team on their patch. Wasps trampled all over that when they moved, and I can't forgive or forget that. Plus it seems, forgive me...

Didn't you read the T&C's before you signed up? The member with the lowest points is sacrificed on the altar to the Football League at the start of each season, this in the hope that the Gods will finally return us to the promised land of the Championship. If I were you mate I'd start posting...

That's exactly how I read it too. Maybe it's just me but I don't think either Bigi or the agent come out of these articles particularly well. If Bigi needs some sort of father-figure to put him on the right path in life and football, he'd be better off looking beyond agents who are primarily...

You're right, CCFC is in a decidely dodgy financial state. But by your logic, it would be OK for SISU to move CCFC to London, or anywhere else where they could build or buy a stadium on the cheap to secure the future of the team. As long as the team survived and maybe even started to move up...

Absolutely. The CET will hold their feet to the fire on this, I've no doubt. Thank God we've got a press that can't be intimidated or bought into silence eh, or there's no telling what might go on.

Surely no one here is saying that Wasps are demanding that SISU drop their legal action against the council in order to win a favourable planning decision (and hiding behind a shadow company to do so)? Good Lord, that would be an outrage. Poor, loveable, nomadic Wasps and the upright, open...

Clearly you don't know their history if you're hiding behind this 'nomad' stuff. Perhaps you're not going to engage me because there simply are no facts anywhere to back up that assertion. Support Wasps all you will, but be man enough to admit they're a franchise if you want to earn at least a...

The Simpsons aced this in the Itchy & Scratchy land episode. No way this remake can be better than that. :)

Ah, the 'nomad' pretence again, you are Councillor Maton and I claim my five pounds. Go do your research and then come back - the furthest Wasps ever moved from West London was Wycombe. Their academy has always been in West London. The current owners, when they first took over stated...

That's the big news is it, 'SISU must go'? Tell us something we didn't know. The problem with the CET is this; it stopped challenging all sides some considerable time ago - around the time it let the council squash the legitimate reporting on the ACL bail out in fact. Once you've stopped...

Mate, you're in bed with Wasps because they make you a few bob. Your opinion is bought and paid for, get over it yourself. I don't want the club in the hands of another bunch of shysters who had to take out a £35m bond to kick-start their franchise here. We've had enough of people gambling...

The only thing I'll say is that this is pretty close to peak Wasps. Stacks of money spent on the squad, tons of publicity, big name players, a season or two of giveaways to loss-lead fans in. Even if Wasps win the Prem this year, there's not much more that they can achieve, so ultimately...

Bit harsh this. On the Royal Oak that is, they had a couple of decent players as I recall.

He's probably a decent enough bloke, but it's hard to see what's progressed since he's been here. I doubt he'll get a picture on the 'Legends' wall anywhere (if there is one). Having said that, dealing with Wasps and C.C.C. (and SISU for that matter) on behalf of CCFC isn't a job that I'd much...

Fwiw, the last thing that happened at our kids' school was some coaching with Gareth Southgate when the England u21s were in town. I was priming the daughter to ask him about the best way to take penalties, but the missus (not for the first time) told me off and foiled my plans. :) Fair play...

Just to come back to the facts of the matter though, even Wasps admit that the JR has nothing to do with them. David Armstrong, Wasps CEO, admits that (in the article Don linked to..) “... In a way, it’s none of our business if they want to have a legal action with the council." "We felt it was...

Forgive me, but in what way does the legal action affect Wasps? The stadium is fully owned by them, the loans are cleared, I can see no way in which the legal action can impact Wasps. It could potentially hurt the council in terms of damages, but there's no scenario I can see where the deal...

It's good stuff this. The club and SBiTC do some seriously good work, even though this is apparently a 'City of Rugby'. Ahem. ;)

OSB, if all this didn't make you cynical you'd some kind of saint, or possibly rather naive. Happy to recommend you for the former, though as I recall you'll need at least one witnessed miracle to qualify. Sorting this out would probably cover it. :)

Everything will be fine Nick, I don't know why everyone's getting so het up. The council promised that selling to Wasps wouldn't have a negative effect on the club, remember.