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Forgive me Simon, but that's not really clear in the article - he mentions rent, which he doesn't see as an issue - but not the lack of revenue. If he's suggesting we should focus on promotion, where's he saying the money should come from?

Can I just say that I always thought Stead was a pretty decent player. Not the best out-and-out striker I've seen, but a tidy footballer good at bringing other players into the game. I hope he has a stinker, obviously. :) My gut feel is that we'll lose, in truth. I think their players are...

Because no bid was invited. Let's not pretend that the same offer was made to the club as to Wasps, we all know that simply didn't happen. ACL wasn't even put up for a public sale; CCC decided they wanted to sell to Wasps, and did it behind closed doors whilst telling the club that time was...

Until we've some sort of figures for the new stadium, I'd agree it looks very unlikely. But staying at the Ricoh on a rental deal doesn't look good either. Maybe the best hope really is that Wasps fail.

Where are you going with this? The point here is that the so-called expert that the CET have put forward hasn't actually troubled himself to comment on this aspect of the rental deal - the lack of revenue. Whether it's the council's fault, SISU's fault, or someone else's fault isn't relevant...

Or you could align it with the possiblity that anyone who claims expertise, regardless of opinion, ought to be able to come out with a plan that stands up to more than a cursory glance to find its flaws.

Most notably when we first got relegated, when we were paying Bellamy £20,000 per week, and then again with 'Operation Premiership'. It didn't quite work out as planned. If you remember Speedie, then you've lived through those times - and we're still paying the price for them now.

An expert who conveniently ignores the fact that the "cheap" £100k rent doesn't include much by the way of revenue, isn't really an expert in my book. The truth is that whoever is in charge, the club has to be run sustainably. I don't see how the figures for the new ground work, but I also...

To go back to the pitch thing - I watched the second half of the Wasps game on TV, and it looked pretty well chewed up. I can't see it will have improved much by tomorrow night. As a small-ish team, supposedly set up to pass the ball, I can't see how this does us any favours.

The problem is that Wasps can't share the risks without sharing the rewards - and the evidence suggests that they need all the rewards for their operation (which loses 4m operationally p.a., currently). It's also not entirely clear what the reward is - which I think is probably key to SISU's...

The problem I see here is that we're already getting a share of the matchday revenues, if I've read the latest stuff correctly. I'm not sure that there's much more to come on that front, especially given how low attendences are now. And even if we had new owners, I don't see that Wasps could...

It would take a lot longer than that, in truth, when you take interest into account. I think TF's argument has always been that it wouldn't be that much debt, but until he comes up with at least some top line figures it's hard to see how it works even if you get the £25m down to say £10m...

Except that there is absolutely no scope for that whatsoever. If JR2 goes ahead, which would consider whether the council acted appropriately in effectively allowing ACL to have a £14m loan backed by Wasps, then Wasps might be named as an 'interested party' since they own 100% of ACL. But to...

Brian 'Harry' Roberts - "A Sideways Look at Football" (iirc). Out of print now, but a brilliant read. Obviously lots of CCFC anecdotes. A properly good bloke, Harry, and for a footballer a suprisingly good writer too.

Tony Mowbray said that he wanted to set the place alight. Who would've guessed that he meant literally. ;)

Bullshit. The fans in London were not behind the move. The club weren't 'nomadic'. Continually repeating a lie doesn't make it true. The point about the free tickets is obvious. It's unsustainable, and points to Wasps being at best a risky proposition. If people here are annoyed by it, then...

Just as an aside - as someone who used to work in this area I can tell you there's a fair bit of science behind credit risk, especially in retail banking and credit cards. Think of it like this, just because you've got a great credit rating doesn't guarantee that you won't take out a humping...

I see your point, but then we are at least still within a few miles of where we started.

MMM, appreciate what you're saying here, but let's look at the facts. Wasps had an operating loss of £4m last year. No matter how profound the change it would surely be truly remarkable if that suddenly became a profit on the back of buying a loss making ACL (especially with a £14.4m mortgage...

I had that fire in my stomach once, but Gaviscon took care of it. True story.