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It’s not a deflection it’s just a statement of fact. You can have multiple stadiums in reasonable sized cities. It’s not even uncommon. It might feel odd to have two stadiums but the only relevant factors are can we get it built. It’s not likely to compete with the Ricoh for the same events so...

JLR are severely financially distressed atm.

There are plenty of areas with more than one stadium. Think the worry of multiple venues in one medium city is the least of our issues tbh.

I don’t see many people on here saying it’s all SISU. Council and wasps are massive dicks too but we are where we are.

Then hope SISU are stubborn enough to build a stadium.

Yeah let’s hope that’s the case.

Looks like he’s a defensive midfielder so makes sense.

Unfortunately Nick the only way I can see out of this is if we build a new stadium or the same owner controls both clubs. I’m struggling to believe we'll build a new stadium.

If both are true then as I say it’s not as black and white as people sometimes make out and calls Boddys statement about wasps running down the clock into question. It would suggest, as I say in a reply to Nick above, a game of chicken with both sides trying to make the other blink to get more...

It does and probably means we’re stuck in a game of chicken to see which club gets distressed enough they need the other. In the mean time we both get dragged down.

One thing we need to drop as fans looking on is the conflicting idea that wasps are skint and need us at the Ricoh yet are hampering our ability to do so. People seem to concoct their theories believing both. Pick one or accept the issue is less black and white and the two sides are just falling...

They must want something out of it. I’d hope a track in the stadium isn’t part of it but as I’ve said multiple times we’re not in a position to be picky.

Yeah. That decision being to ask the council to fund the Ricoh as we couldn’t afford to build it...

This is exactly my point. The size needs to be suitable to our current standing AND sensibly financed. There’s no point saying we’d like 30k plus on the off chance we make it to the prem. Even if we did want to do the debt incurred will hold us back and we could end up with another Ricoh...

Completely irrelevant as they didn’t build it from scratch but no and they are now struggling financially.

We don’t and we don’t have the money to pay for it. Let’s be realistic here.

Why on earth would we need 30k? While in the champ at the Ricoh how many times did we have 30K+? Leeds and Chelsea in the cup are only two I can think of.

I might be wrong but I don’t think the intention of the OP was to discuss who we give a shit about them losing out. Forget all that, that’s just emotion. If we think rationally about who gains and loses, what motivations might be, it might help us understand a complex situation.

You could argue SISU benefit as it has galvanised the fan base against wasps and the council. Just saying... This is why moving forward on a new stadium is essential. If it’s just PR it will backfire eventually.

Agreed, or at least I hope it isn’t.