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I wouldn't want to comment on the specifics, because I don't know them, but the law says this iirc... You're allowed to use reasonable force to defend yourself or those around you (or as I understand it to detain someone who has committed an offence). However, you're not allowed to chase...

Thanks, I'm aware of the details. It might not be a 'breach' of the regulations, but it's not trivial either if it costs you £20k. It's also a bit embarassing if only a year or two ago your owner was quoted as saying something like... "We are strong supporters of the salary cap and believe...

Yep, reminds me of when we were offered an extension to 250 years for £1 million. Oh no, wait, I'm thinking of that rugby club from London, sorry.

I wouldn't want you doing my accounts. A 40k audit error leading to a 20k penalty would be considered very poor practice by any business that I know or have worked in, especially when it's combined with the bond 'oversight'. Put it this way, I work in a business that turns over an awful lot...

Time to join the Tom Tom Club, perhaps...

Interesting, because the coverage I've seen suggests that Cipriani choosing not to commit to Wasps is a bit of a story in rugby circles. The salary cap thing just shows to me that (like the Bonds) Wasps aren't entirely capable of keeping their administration straight. Not entirely reassuring...

Where's your evidence for it being a myth? I can show you a lot of proof that changing every time we have a bad run isn't working for us.

Maybe the problem is the endless lack of stability. The owners don't help but I'd like to see someone given a few years to build something, rather than the continual managerial revolving door.

If you go through as many managers as we have, and you're still struggling, then clearly the issue isn't with the manager. How about, just for once, we give someone a few years to build something before panicking?

We are what we've always been, consistently inconsistent. Losing Doyle was a big blow, but I still think there's enough in this team to win a few more games yet. As for Robins, he's neither world class nor a complete numpty and I don't see that continually cycling through managers has done...

Is he at Blackburn?

... since I rock n' rolled... Sorry, couldn't resist. Zep fans of a certain age will get it. But yes, brilliant if we can draw the kids in. Some chants are more appropriate than others mind.. "My old man, said be a Villa fan, I said..." :)

If you're not sure whether they're guilty or not, ask Otis. :)

Has anyone got his address?

I missed that one too. For some reason I just couldn't be arsed to go (despite having a season ticket). I think it was because I used to get cheesed off with all the plastic mancs (many, I suspect, from Coventry) that always seemed to be sat in our end cheering their goals. Probably a bad...

So the papers say mate. They may well be right too, but that can't matter to the defence lawyer - his job is to provide the best defence he can no matter how much he may dislike his client. We don't want to get to a place where public opinion decides guilt, else before you know it...

I can see what you're saying mate, but that's how the legal system is designed. The prosecution has to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt - it's not for the defender to make that judgement and it is his (or her) ethical duty to provide the best defence available to his client regardless of...

It's a pretty old chesnut this one, Otis. Here's a barrister explaining... Fundametally, the lawyer isn't there to judge their client, but to put the prosecution's case to the test whilst behaving ethically. The judge and jury get to judge!

What, no Star Trek "KHAAAAAN!" gif posted yet? The board's gone....

Really, really sad to hear this. Used to love watching him play, awesome in full flight and could pull the ball down from anywhere even with 6'4" centre halves climbing all over him. He played a massive part in one of the defining years of my life, 1986/1987, That was the first season I really...