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There are two things at the CBS that could make money for a potential investor: The arena, if it's run properly. Coventry City, if they could get to the Premiership. No hard nosed investor would want to hang onto Wasps, or indeed any other rugby club, unless they had some kind of affection...

Yep. And to do it properly, Wasps ought to state in public that they've no intention of selling it because they want to "build trust", and that they care deeply about the future of CCFC. That would be the council way.

I'd call it honourable. Wasps should not be here, it's that simple, and there's no way that a club belonging to Coventry should be tied in with them. Any investor who doesn't get how strong that feeling is amongst a large section of City fans is in for a surprise when he tries to bring the...

There's literally nothing to go to court about. Our sublease remains in effect with whoever takes on the head lease. It stays on existing terms, so who gets sued here and for what? I'm not for a moment sticking up for SISU, but we've had commercial relationships with a number of other parties...

I've always liked Brian Moore, even more so now... https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/rugby/no-special-case-wasps-avoiding-25225039

Stop being so bloody precious. Who are you to tell someone whether or not they should clap the team off? If you want to storm off in a sulk when we lose, then feel free to do so. You asked why he was clapping, he told you; if you don't like the answer that's on you mate. I clapped them off...

Even then. That claimed attendance would mean that one in three seats were occupied. Watching on TV, behind one goal was completely empty. The North Stand behind the other goal looked about 10% full, and the East Stand, which was where most were sitting had huge empty spaces everywhere except...

In truth, I'm not sure about that. The bondholders have a charge on the lease, with ACL and Wasps Holdings as guarantors. Administration won't make that go away; I'm genuinely not sure how they wriggle off the hook without the potential investors paying bondholders off or negotiating some kind...

It sounds like madness, but Wasps have been heavily pushing the "it's not our fault" line regarding potential admin. Obviously that's rubbish, their accounts were a disaster way before covid (edit). And today, with a rallying cry, a boatload of free tickets, and a local derby, it's still...

There's a bit more on this here. https://www.mkfm.com/news/business/former-wasps-chief-spearheads-bid-for-stricken-premiership-rugby-club/ Interestingly there's a bit in that report that says... "People close to the auction of Wasps say a solvent deal to buy the club and its stadium, either...

Crap game. I transferred Tom White in last season. Cost me a bloody fortune in fees and wages but now none of the other players will pass to him and my fan rating is in minus figures.

If you can show me a business that would genuinely go bust because of workers demands that have been ignored for so long that they've reverted to strike action, then please do so. Unions aren't stupid these days Strange that Royal Mail are losing a million a day when the workers want more...

OK, so genuinely, let's work this through. I'm, say, a postman who's worked in my job diligently for a good few years. I've got job security, in that I can't be sacked on a whim or made to work on a ZHC, but my pay has lagged far behind inflation for a number of years, so in effect I've taken a...

So unless it's a "worthy" cause, in your opinion, you'd remove the right to strike entirely?

It was the flag that finally sealed the deal. Every man has his price. 😁

It'd be nice to see some of them in jail for a while. It shouldn't trouble them too much, everyone who reads the Mail thinks it's like a holiday camp anyway.

There's a fair bit about a Trustee's role in the link below, if you're interested. In essence though, OSB is on the ball as usual. The only place I'd differ, is that I'd have thought at this point the Trustee would be actively organising a meeting of bondholders to share information and gauge...

In fairness, apparently their 1,500 paying fans bring at least £11m into the city every week, whereas our 20,000 or so aren't really worth the hassle.

Fair play. SBT wins the internet. 😁

There's bad PR, and then there's _bad_ PR. There's no way kicking us out of the CBS when we've got a lease and we're paying the rent would fly. Even CCC aren't that daft. Probably.