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I'm not sure the PL would enact that rule if the club were to win promotion to the PL - it would be massively controversial. Also worth noting that both Wimbledon and Fulham played in the PL in in ground share situations where they did not have 'primacy'. It's a moot point to an extent...

Why does that even matter?

What really matters is what the supporters of that club think, because they ARE the club to all intents and purposes. Their fans are vehemently opposed to it. We are opposed to it (at least the sensible ones are) and you'll be hard pressed to find a single supporter of our local Rugby club...

Well they better find it. Wasps buy the Ricoh we have no future there, so a new stadium becomes a necessity. No way the council could block a new build in Coventry (over and above your usual planning considerations). Yes, I know we don't know all the details, but on the face of it this could...

But SISU will not make that decision, and therefore we are reliant on the council to block this takover or at least delay it for as long as possible so that we can put pressure on SISU or perhaps awaken any potential new owners that are biding their time. The moment that deal is done, it is the...

Oh behave, you know full well I didn't mean it would be given away. For me, the fact that Wasps want 90% is quite telling. Do you think then, that having secured 90%, Wasps would then be open to selling a chunk of it back to somebody else? Least of all a tenant that happens to generate them a...

I note that you suggest that SISU would have no hope of a return if this deal happens, well surely that would apply to whoever took the club on then? What hope would there be for them? It is perfectly possible, that even post this deal, the club could be sustained as a lower league outfit on...

I'm not sure that's what he said. Of course it is a concern, it is a massive concern. While ACL is owned by the local council and a local charitable trust, hope remains that ownership will one day pass, at least in part, to the football club. The moment ACL is sold to a third-party sports...

No. Do you? Do you have inside information that suggests there is a link?

I think you have to be naive in the extreme to think SISU would just walk away. But let's say they did, the club would still be screwed. The Ricoh would be the home to Wasps RFC. It would belong to them. We would have no prospect of buying it. We would still have the same pitiful 25 day a...

Wtf. Of course, silly me, I was forgetting all those super wealthy individuals queuing up to buy a football club that plays second fiddle to a Rugby side in a stadium it has no hope of owning. Yep, they'll be falling over themselves to buy into that. Deal goes through, you're stuck with SISU...

That last bit says it all, some people are more interested in SISU 'losing' than they are the the future of the club. Do you think we're all blind to the fact SISU have fucked up? Do you think that means we should all give up and just allow this to happen? Said it in my last post, couldn't...

Again the point is missed. Of course SISU should be making a bid for the Ricoh, and I would call on them to make Ricoh ownership their stated intention asap. But this is SISU we are talking about, so we know that probably won't happen. Given that fact, who is going to stand up for the...

Well, quite. And yet if this deal goes through, you can safely say SISU will remain owners for a very long time. Nobody will buy a football club that plays second fiddle to a Rugby club in a stadium it has no prospect of ever owning. You do get that?

Missing the point spectacularly. Some people cannot see beyond their hatred of SISU. If it's SISU OUT you want, then you really ought to be screaming at the council not to sell to Wasps. If that deal goes through, we can wave goodbye to the prospect of anybody making a move for the club -...

Of course we are, because we have the most to lose, by a mile. This is our home, the stadium built for us, and it is being sold off under our noses without a thought for the long term implications.

Well yes, but they won't, because they're shits. That's why we, the supporters, should put as much pressure on the council to end this nonsense. If we don't, and this goes through, the club is fucked. Proper fucked.

Well yes, for the length of the lease (I suspect it will not be much less than 50 years), they will to all intents and purposes. Just because the council will retain ownership of the freehold, it doesn't mean they have any control.

We all cared. It was supporter action that brought the club home ultimately, and our actions were widely commended by the football community. Please let's not pretend otherwise.

I think you have taken leave of your senses Otis. I'm sorry, but we can be absolutely certain that closing the door on the prospect of the club owing the stadium will be a disaster. How can it possibly not be, short of Wasps stuffing brown envelopes through doors at Gallagher Retail Park. Not...