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There are a couple of things going round that I've got to say just don't add up to me. First is the idea that Ashley would buy Wasps. That would make no sense at all. There is no money to be made from Wasps and he doesn't need to buy goodwill to purchase ACL; he's just got to have the best bid...

A remarkable reversal of the truth. Bit like "we won't sell to Wasps if it can ever impact CCFC", and, "we want to build trust before discussing ownership". He'd be better advised to just shut up, frankly, and stay well out of it. Nothing good ever comes of CCC involvement with CCFC. One day...

Where's that "Oh dear what a pity" gif got to then... 😁

Not telling you. You're going to have to go back to the beginning and read the whole thread just like everyone else.😁 (Basically though, looks like Ashley is the preferred bidder and allegedly hasn't spoken to SISU about buying the club. ACL to keep running in the interim.)

Funny that! I've obviously never lost enough money to make it to a senior executive position. Must try harder.

I was just building up to the insults; damn I hate it when people here are reasonable. Makes me look bad. 😁 We can certainly agree to differ on this - my personal prediction is that the phoenix club will look to rent a smaller ground in or around London. They'll recover more of their...

Politely disagree. Wasps had both the stadium and premiership rugby, they finished second in the league, had revenue from the p-shares and CVC, and had a £35m investment and they still couldn't set up to turn a profit! Not even close. They've got literally none of those advantages now. Wasps...

If Ashley isn't interested in us at the moment, then he'll definitely not be interested in Wasps. Wasps will continue to drain money in the Championship no matter if they're here or elsewhere. They'll just do it more slowly because the wage bill will be lower and they've got a ton of debt off...

I'm feeling a burst of "You've got to, know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run...", coming on...

I wouldn't mind, but my only real hope is that they'd leave Robins to get on with it for a least a couple of seasons - I think we owe him that much at least.

I can't get in the car now without going back to check that I've _definitely_ locked the front door of the house. 😂

Two questions: 1) Do you know where your glasses are? 2) Can you remember why you've just walked into the kitchen? Happens to us all mate, nothing to worry about. 😄

I don't think there's any great reason to be despondent. At the very worst, the club is in exactly the same position they were at the start of the season; renting the ground and with owners who are just about trickling in enough to keep us going. Now there is at least some reasonable hope of...

LIBOR's gone chap, we use SONIA these days. Insert own joke here. 😄

So having looked on the RFU site about 'phoenix' clubs, the regulations say this.... The primary considerations for the RFU if the Club wishes to transfer its membership and league position to a Phoenix Entity are: • Will the Phoenix Entity be able to play at its current ground next season and...

The council can't stop the reasonable assignment of the lease whomever buys it. And it looks to me like the admin process is intended to buy ACL as a going concern anyway. I'm yet to see a convincing argument that the Council, whether they wanted to or not, could stop a sale to SISU if SISU...

I think the only place I'd differ with that is that I'm not sure that the FA/EFL would be prepared to let us move again, given we've got eight years to sort it out. That will put SISU in a tight spot - build a new stadium, or sell to whoever owns the arena, or lose vast amounts on a new and more...

Just to make the point again though, the Council don't own ACL. I'm not sure how they could directly influence this process. I think it's much more likely that SISU were simply outbid rather than stitched up. All of the evidence points to them struggling financially. Is it possible that SISU...

Sub lease is protected in everything I've read about this so far. The only way it goes would be liquidation, which isn't happening now, it appears. It'll be hard for anyone to distress the club whilst the sub lease remains in effect. If it is Ashley, and there really isn't already a deal...

I don't wish the bloke ill. I've met or spoken to a few councillors and individually they all seem entirely pleasant (except Maton, he's a cock). However as a group they make terrible decisions, imho. Anyway, this is for another thread perhaps, sorry...