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The stadium is being sold to all intents and purposes. A long leasehold is 'ownership' whatever way you look at it. Unless you think people who buy flats and apartments don't own them? Of course Wasps could sell on a stake in the future, but they doesn't mean they will. Why, after having...

I don't think anyone believes they will want to us out, it is more that WE will want out. How long will people tolerate the idea of subsidising a rugby club that has no historic links to the city? The idea of a team that (with the best will in the world) will only pull in 3000-4000 being part...

What, and your agenda is? Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem somewhat indifferent to the prospect that the city council may vote through a deal that closes the door on the prospect of CCFC ever owning the stadium that was built for it. How is that for the 'well being' of CCFC?

None of that really matters does it? That SISU are to blame for where we are now is indisputable. What is at stake here is the future of our club with and (hopefully) without SISU. Like it or not, the council's current actions could well engineer a situation where nobody will be willing to...

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.