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So rather than being outraged at the fact that Wasps are now looking to take over our academy as well as our ground, the Trust are now saying the only way forward is to do a deal with them? I really try hard not to swear in writing, but forgive me when I say that this sounds utterly fucking...

Forgive me, but I believe that you're simply making this up. On one hand you've got Wasps and CCFC at complete loggerheads over the stadium, the academy and the legal action - and on the other you're telling us that you believe they're going to offer to sponsor our kit. In essence, I think...

Those are the stats for 2014/15 - attendances dropped off significantly for 2015/16. Anyone who thinks that Wasps being on their doorstep, knocking out free tickets to all and sundry and moving to play on Saturdays (despite the assurance from the Council that they'd continue to play on...

I'm not aware that the sale of the Ricoh to Wasps was the central plank of JR1, so I don't think that has been fully looked at yet. That's to come in JR2!

Why - when it impacts Wasps not a jot? Who are they, you or anyone else to deny someone their right to pursue matters through the court just because your opinion is that they're wrong. SISU will eventually exhaust all legal avenues, though it may yet take a few more years. It's likely going...

The answer is, most of them really don't care. As long as they can pin enough of the blame on SISU, there's no great threat to their majorities. That's what they do care about.

It's pretty clear to me. The Wasps and the Council are hand in glove here. There's no threat to Wasps from JR1 or JR2 because the Ricoh deal can't be unwound now it's all been paid for, but the Council clearly is at risk (even if it's seemingly a pretty low risk). Wasps want planning...

Mate, every one of your posts is something along the lines of 'cave in and do a deal with Wasps'. I understand that suits your self-interest, but I just wondered if you ever thought beyond that. Did you ever have any fight in you or love for the club, or does making a few bob simply trump all...

I think that the simple truth here is that having sold the Ricoh to Wasps, the council will do everything possible to support them because if it fails they will look incredibly stupid. So there's no way this falls over at planning stage, because the council will support it via fair means and...

You know what I do, when it comes to anything legal with the possiblity of confusion or a dispute - I send a letter via registered post with a polite request for a written reply. That gives me both confidence and evidence of what the other side are going to do. You don't need to do that at...

Thoughtful analysis as ever, OSB. Just a couple of things. Wasps: They are a threat to CRFC. The supporter demographic at CRFC is quite old, and younger rugby fans are being drawn to Wasps through a combination of factors, not least the fairly remarkable dumping of large numbers of free...

Simply because that may be the only realistic option on the table.

So then, it seems that pretty much everyone, regardless of opinions, accepts we're not going to get a deal out of Wasps. Can we now put to bed the idea that we're somehow 'partners' with them or that selling the Ricoh to Wasps was in any way good for the club. Anyone, especially anyone from...

Just to add, that's not the official website - it's a blog written by a supporter who attended a supporters' forum. I'm not sure that CRFC would've wanted this news to break in this way.

Interesting this, because in truth I was starting to think that I was the only one who felt that the Trust are far too pro-Wasps. I'm not asking for them to boycott Wasps, I just want them to ignore them and quit lining up with the Council to demand that the club talk to them. Many of us do...

Yes. It's Les Reid. Trouble yourself to find out what went on at the CET when he tried to expose the Council bailout that was done in secret for the Ricoh, and then feel free to come on here and apologise for being sold a much bigger pup yourself.

I can't understand why anyone gets particularly bothered by SISU pursuing action through the courts against the Council. If SISU continue to lose, it doesn't cost the taxpayer any huge amount of money because they'll get their costs back. In the meatime there are still plenty of questions to...

He's not saying what I think mate. If the council gave a shit about the club they'd have done what they promised and given it some time to build trust rather than jumping straight into bed with Wasps. I'd rather he just shut up about the club and quit pretending to care - it's crocodile tears...

Properly exposing council decisions regarding £14.4m of public money to scrutiny has nothing to do with going to the polls - so that's a pretty easy straw man to demolish. What the council seemingly did here is pressurise the CET to the point of costing a decent journalist his job, just so they...

Nope, the outstanding questions are: How did ACL go from being profitable when the council wanted to support it (and not sell to SISU), to being unprofitable when the council wanted to sell it (to Wasps)? Why was public debate regarding the council loan subverted and bypassed? Why weren't the...