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I can't believe the council would buy up Wasps bonds - it would be an absolute scandal, surely. It would have to come out too, I think, it isn't the sort of thing that you could do under the table. After the Icelandic bank fiasco, I doubt there's an appetite for this kind of risk at local...

Yes, for me. I don't expect much loyalty from players these days, so I don't get too disappointed when they follow the money - conversely we don't treat players that we don't want particularly well so it cuts both ways. He's a proven goalscorer, despite being a bit of an arse by all accounts...

SBT you could well be right on the airport thing, either way it always seemed a daft idea to me. As for the stadium, I'd entirely accept that SISU haven't put anything like a compelling plan together for it yet and I've absolutely no evidence that it would be Lawford Heath even if they were...

In truth I always thought the airport was planned for around Lawford Heath, where I worked for a while. That's a mile or so off the A45, near the old RAF Church Lawford base. Unlike Church Lawford (the village) that's a good few miles from the Avon and I don't remember us ever suffering from...

Indeed, although they're probably not as worried as the people needing to feed themselves from foodbanks because the 'irreplaceable' talent from the financial banks wanted to take crazy gambles to make themselves even richer. Still, it's not like a little austerity isn't good for the soul, eh...

On that note, I'd love to see CCFC in the championship, with a stadium in the city, and Wasps playing on the same day at the Ricoh. Guess who I think would have to give away the most free tickets. ;)

16/1 is piss-poor value for L1 champions, based on where we currently are. That's why bookies drive big shiny cars, I guess. :)

They did need each other NW, when the council owned the Ricoh. Now it's sold I think both sides are moving on. We always knew that SISU seemed impossible to deal with, but who would have guessed that the council could be so greasy. It has to put everything else that has gone on, and the...

There's a lot of sense in this NW, as usual. But I think the game the council played here when selling to Wasps, the simple breathtaking lies that were spouted at the time, might really have broken the relationship. I certainly wouldn't trust them again if I was running the club. Having said...

Noggin, the thing here is that you're taking your opinion that the new stadium makes no financial sense, and saying stuff like you can't understand the thought processes of those who would disagree. That's a bit of a cheap dig, imho, so I had a cheap one back. As for the meeting with RBC, it's...

Now that is entirely possible.

I think that they've sat on it for two years because there was always some hope of getting of the Ricoh. Now that's off the table maybe option (a) suddenly makes sense. I'm always surprised that people don't see how much selling the Ricoh to Wasps has shafted us, imho.

I like your plan, but everyone knows that key announcements have to wait until "Bullshit Thursday". It will have to be sorted by tomorrow, or expect to wait another week. :)

Great post, and that's the key question, OSB, absolutely - is building our own ground worth it? Can I reverse the question though, if it isn't worth it, why would SISU be so obsessed with the idea? Whatever we think of them, presumably they're not in this to lose even more money.

I don't think they're all like that for a moment, but they've got to justify it to themselves somehow. They've ignored two key facts that I can see - they had other options to stay in and around London, and they've proposed moving their fixtures to Saturdays (thus impinging even further on...

Because without income streams other than ticket revenue, we're going to suffer under SCMP in League One. In the championship the rules are even tougher. http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/financial-fair-play-league-one-8560150 So the likely scenario is that we stay...

It's hard to imagine anything worse than the current FL show on the beeb, but then I remember what ITV did to MoTD! Still, at least we'll be rid of Clem (hopefully). Can we just have a show that focuses on the game, rather than the chit-chat, please... As for all of this baldist stuff, I...

I think the bond is about paying back Richardson to the tune of at least £10m, and clearing the mortgage for ACL for another £14m or so. That would leave £5-£10m spare, which currently would cover Wasps operating losses for a few years. In fairness, you'd probably expect Wasps to make more...

I don't much like the idea, but if regular attendees and STHs like Torchy are prepared to accept it for the greater good, then who am I as a part-timer (these days) to quibble. Let's see how it works out, I guess. If we're in the hunt for promotion then I suspect it will become academic...