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No guessing required mate. At what point did the council admit that ACL wasn't profitable? When did they offer a deal to SISU along the same lines as the one offered to Wasps?

Off the top of my head, there are only two Prem Rugby clubs left in London, so they're not exactly competing for fans. It could be I'm missing your point here though. As for Swans and Ospreys - unless Swans are renting from Ospreys then this is a completely different situation. Are they...

In fairness, these analogies never work - but if you were selling your house, you probably wouldn't tell one party that it wasn't for sale, whilst dealing in secret with a completely different party. But of course this isn't about selling a house, it's about getting the most for a council asset...

I'm sorry, but like all other claims management companies, we're not allowed to publish the personal details of our customers. Or our success rates. Or how much we charge. Or the fact that you could manage your claim yourself, for free, and keep all of the subsequent rewards. Other than that...

The obvious fit here would be Wasps owners, surely. Now that they own ACL they'd get a substantial benefit by picking up and improving the club. Not that I'd trust them with the stewardship of the club either, but from a financial angle it would make sense, imho. Every season I think that...

I'm starting a claims management company for this: Are you owed money? If you've been hurt by your team's performance, then you need to claim. NOW! Mr CJ, Coventry. "I was promised quick, free-flowing, exciting football. But I went all of the way to Crewe and it was nothing like that. I...

In fairness I think that some of our kids will be on less than many people here - Sunderland's players are going to be on five-figures per week I'd guess. If our players had to pay refunds for every poor perfomance they'd all be broke by now. ;)

No worries mate. I'd say the key is to try to stay as calm as you can (not easy I know) and avoid confrontation. In my experience there's not much point in trying to be nice about it and talking to them - mostly it's a waste of time, and it just gives them a target when the police/council do...

See what you're saying, but in truth very low attendances at Wasps will be proof enough of what a crap idea it was for all involved, as far as I'm concerned. I'm reasonably convinced it was the low attendances at Sixfields rather than anything else that brought us back. But yes, personally...

I can't see how anyone can debate that this is a franchise team. Their owner admits they should be in West London, their fans come from West London and it's surrounding areas. Wycombe wasn't great, but it wasn't as far away from West London as Coventry. So for f*cks sake, if you're going to...

You've got a Rugby team to support - it's been there forever - Coventry RFC. If what matters is glory, rather than following a local team, then why are you supporting CCFC? If you're a CCFC fan, then the best thing that could happen to Wasps is that no one goes, and the whole thing folds. At...

It's a done deal mate, I really can't see the point in a protest now. The people who are against it, particularly the unhappy Wasps fans, simply won't turn up. That will be my plan too, kind of a #NOPM to Wasps, regardless of who or when they're playing. I trust that the people here and...

No one has to put up with this - but it's best to be aware that it can take a while to be resolved. For the anti-social behaviour and loud music etc., there's the council. You may have to nag them a bit, but they'll come around and eventually the worst offenders will be sorted out. For the...

If memory serves me correctly, the first game will be on Dec 21st. London Wasps, a franchise now based in Coventry, will face London Irish, a franchise now based in Reading. London Welsh, a franchise now based in Oxford, will no doubt be playing at the Coventry franchise location later in the...

Mate, you're not going to get any denial from me about TF being daft, but how long did the council actually give it to 'rebuild trust'. In reality, they were already talking to Wasps at the point that the Councillor made this statement. How much trust did that show?

Oh, right - you think the 2+2 deal isn't a lease. You're thinking it's a rent deal for a set period. The set period being 2+2 years. Possible, but either way, if Wasps broke it they'd be up before the court wouldn't they? So again, let's not pretend that the council have asked them to do...

Indeed. Remind me again when they turned down a 250-year lease? Here's a good quote too. "As for the future, I think we should take one day at a time and not get ahead of ourselves and use this period to rebuild trust." “All parties concerned need to learn to open doors the door for one...

I don't think you've understood how leases work... https://www.gov.uk/terminating-a-commercial-property-lease-early They actually aren't that easy to break. The tenant can sue to remain in the property, and not just for financial loss. Wasps had no option but to honour the contract, to...

The club don't have to sign up to any agreement - but the council could have insisted on a whole bunch of stuff that would secure CCFC's right to a tenancy under certain set terms for as long as Wasps remained. That would've been part of the deal to sell to Wasps, and would not require any...

And how would Wasps break the contract, exactly. Wind up ACL? How much help do you think Wasps will offer to CCFC in the future. Do you think they'll willingly let them buy the 50% that Higgs own, for example? What benefit is it to CCFC to simply remain as a tenant at the Ricoh?