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To be honest mate, I'd say nobody should be punching anyone and we shouldn't kid ourselves that some of our lot are beyond kicking the crap out of people when they're down, tooling up, or taking advantage of age, size, or numerical differences. There's no honour in hooliganism - never has been.

And there's your problem, Nick. If a bunch of lads roll up to a bar, start sticking all the flags up, get pissed, pile into the usual offensive (and often racist) 'banter' and songs, and then behave like this then they're going to draw attention to themselves. It doesn't mean that they should...

I'll start the chant... "Gimme an 'F'".... :)

Absolutely - from a purely business perspective it makes good sense to take the option. It also very clearly screws the club over. It wouldn't make quite as much sense if people were willing to stand up for the club against Wasps for doing it, but who's going to trouble themselves to do that...

If you think CCFC have been genuinely offered space for the academy at the AEHC, then you certainly haven't been reading very well. Go have a look at those ins and outs again, especially the clauses like 'exclusive use'. I'm not going to let my dislike of SISU cloud the picture. Higgs, CSF...

The HIggs 'don't sell to SISU' clause, combined with the termination of the lease by CSF, and the refusal of Wasps to look for their own academy site but instead to take over ours, surely does spell the end for the academy in its current form. Let's be clear here: No one is forcing CSF to take...

So rather than being outraged at the fact that Wasps are now looking to take over our academy as well as our ground, the Trust are now saying the only way forward is to do a deal with them? I really try hard not to swear in writing, but forgive me when I say that this sounds utterly fucking...

Forgive me, but I believe that you're simply making this up. On one hand you've got Wasps and CCFC at complete loggerheads over the stadium, the academy and the legal action - and on the other you're telling us that you believe they're going to offer to sponsor our kit. In essence, I think...

Those are the stats for 2014/15 - attendances dropped off significantly for 2015/16. Anyone who thinks that Wasps being on their doorstep, knocking out free tickets to all and sundry and moving to play on Saturdays (despite the assurance from the Council that they'd continue to play on...

I'm not aware that the sale of the Ricoh to Wasps was the central plank of JR1, so I don't think that has been fully looked at yet. That's to come in JR2!

Why - when it impacts Wasps not a jot? Who are they, you or anyone else to deny someone their right to pursue matters through the court just because your opinion is that they're wrong. SISU will eventually exhaust all legal avenues, though it may yet take a few more years. It's likely going...

The answer is, most of them really don't care. As long as they can pin enough of the blame on SISU, there's no great threat to their majorities. That's what they do care about.

It's pretty clear to me. The Wasps and the Council are hand in glove here. There's no threat to Wasps from JR1 or JR2 because the Ricoh deal can't be unwound now it's all been paid for, but the Council clearly is at risk (even if it's seemingly a pretty low risk). Wasps want planning...

Mate, every one of your posts is something along the lines of 'cave in and do a deal with Wasps'. I understand that suits your self-interest, but I just wondered if you ever thought beyond that. Did you ever have any fight in you or love for the club, or does making a few bob simply trump all...

I think that the simple truth here is that having sold the Ricoh to Wasps, the council will do everything possible to support them because if it fails they will look incredibly stupid. So there's no way this falls over at planning stage, because the council will support it via fair means and...

You know what I do, when it comes to anything legal with the possiblity of confusion or a dispute - I send a letter via registered post with a polite request for a written reply. That gives me both confidence and evidence of what the other side are going to do. You don't need to do that at...

Thoughtful analysis as ever, OSB. Just a couple of things. Wasps: They are a threat to CRFC. The supporter demographic at CRFC is quite old, and younger rugby fans are being drawn to Wasps through a combination of factors, not least the fairly remarkable dumping of large numbers of free...

Simply because that may be the only realistic option on the table.

So then, it seems that pretty much everyone, regardless of opinions, accepts we're not going to get a deal out of Wasps. Can we now put to bed the idea that we're somehow 'partners' with them or that selling the Ricoh to Wasps was in any way good for the club. Anyone, especially anyone from...

Just to add, that's not the official website - it's a blog written by a supporter who attended a supporters' forum. I'm not sure that CRFC would've wanted this news to break in this way.