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Bloody hell, we've finally won something and there are still people here complaining. :)

Regardless of all of the ACL/SISU/CCC opinions, I hope West Ham fans don't end up in the same boat as us, wishing they'd never left their home...

I think you're missing the point here Noggin - as I understand it the second JR (if it happens) will be about the sale of ACL to Wasps, and whether it's appropriate to continue the loan to ACL with Wasps effectively as the guarantor, and CCC having no commercial interest remaining. Without a...

I'm not quite sure the Judge used those terms, but he certainly said the council had a right to protect their commercial interests. Funnily enough though, having sold their stake in ACL to Wasps I don't think that argument is quite as strong if there's another JR about that deal and the...

Possibly, CRFC will finish third in the division this time around (iirc). It's a hard league to get out of though, and only one team goes up. Average attendances are up significantly this year (on the back of a successful season, rather than the "Wasps effect" I suspect), and if CRFC can hang...

It would be nice if we could sign a moderately exciting player or two, too - though I appreciate this isn't easy in the early close season. I suppose the upside of having a rather average squad is that there really isn't anyone I'd worry about selling the week after the early bird discount...

There isn't a partnership to be had in ACL. Wasps have just confirmed that. Read the article. Can we stop bloody pretending that there was, just to justify supporting them moving here. I'm confused as to why anyone would want a long term rent deal locking the club out of any chance of...

What about if you were loaded and owned Wasps and ACL? I'm sure if you offered Wasps £100 million, they might change their minds. Ditto SISU. That doesn't alter the fact that it was a load of bollocks saying that all that SISU need to do is talk to Wasps to get a deal. Kind of awkward for...

Perhaps we're reading this differently Otis, because this is the line that jumps out at me... “The ownership is as it is. That’s the way it’s going to stay.” Happy, as ever, to agree to differ - appreciate you're offering an honest opinion here, but I can't see this as anything but negative...

It seems to be accepted wisdom because it actually makes pretty good sense. It certainly makes good sense for Wasps, which is presumably why they are not interested in selling it. FFP and SCMP clearly impose problems that require broader income streams than we currently have. Saying those...

C'mon Otis - it's there in black and white. I didn't believe Richardson when he said he wanted to work in partnership with CCFC, because it was obvious to anyone who cared to look that what Wasps wanted was the stadium and they'd have said anything to get it. It also suited the council to...

There's no doubt that Wasps are very good at PR, to go back to the OP. That's not always a good thing though - what they've done here is what every good PR company in the world wants to achieve, hide bad news behind good spin. Bad News I: For CRFC fans, Wasps want to start playing on...

We don't have to assume the worst, it's there in black and white - we're not going to get a share of the stadium. Everyone here who banged on about needing to talk to Wasps to try to get a share should surely accept that it's not going to happen. It seems clear that Wasps think they need the...

The football club might still get fixture priority (because Wasps are currently obliged contractually to provide that), but if you're a Cov RFC supporter this is worrying... http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/wasps-rfc-could-play-home-9059066 Wasps statement: "The club will...

You'd think that, but maybe the crowd provided the perfect cover via the discarded cigarette argument that the investigator accepted. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/15/bradford-fire-martin-fletcher-stafford-heginbotham I don't know the truth of it, I don't think anyone does, but...

But Torchy, I can't smile without you... :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebSYPnllFx8

I still think that we'll go to Crawley with a mathematical chance of relegation - but that it would take a remarkable set of results on the last day for it to happen, and therefore we'll end up safe. Being Coventry we won't do this the easy way, we have to have something to worry about on the...

It's a franchise. It's just embarassing that he'd pretend it's anything else. As for all of the other bullshit around "we looked at other areas", come off it, where else was there a 32,000 seater stadium available for the £5.7m Wasps paid? Wasps didn't have to move, it was all about money...

Naah, what's sad is pretending that Wasps isn't a franchise to justify getting one over on SISU. And then some even advocating that we sell the club to them because somehow Wasps have become model owners and champions of the city of Coventry at home and abroad. Or is that just embarassing...

As for Wasps paying off the loan in full, that's good news for the taxpayer I'd say - as long as the council aren't loaning them the money to do it. ;) I wonder if this means that there is some nervousness from CCC/Wasps about the next proposed JR by SISU. It's academic if the loan is paid...