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If you were a fan of the club with millions to spare you would have already tried to buy it. If you weren't a fan of the club but fancied owning a team we would be right at the bottom of the list.

That worked well the last time they tried it. We ended up in Northampton with a huge points deduction.

CSF are a charity, wonder if there is any mileage in the trust opening dialogue with the Charity Commission? There's an argument to be made that the course of action CSF is pursuing is at odds with their charitable aims.

I'd like a meeting with Anderson, Breed and Duggins all at the same time. Would cut out some of the back and forth and contradictory statements. If one side claims something the other side will be sat there to either confirm or dispute it.

I'm guessing something that was sent in by CSF rather than a two way conversation as the obvious response if it was Reid / Gilbert actually talking to them would be to question why they are referencing statements made years ago but making no mention of the more recent dialogue with Anderson...

You've missed off a key part of that quote. Where he's saying part of the long term vision for the centre he's distinguishing between the centre itself and the academy based there. The suggestion being that the club allows its resources to be used for the benefit of the community in line with...

Think its very telling that the response from CSF makes absolutely no mention of any possibility of the academy remaining at Higgs. Said earlier in the thread who cares what happened last March. Since Anderson has been here, which was prior to CSF taking ownership of the centre, the message has...

Aren't they all connected though? Higgs, CSF and CCC all work together. Wasps are also involved with all three.

This isn't two blokes down the pub having an argument down the pub and refusing to speak to them. It should be possible for them to deal with each other even with a background of legal action. Happens all the time in business, apple have been taking samsung to court since 2011 yet samsung are...

Hopefully the trust are on the case with that. Although the Telegraph seem to be able to get a quick response from CSF generally so maybe they can get them on the phone and ask some questions.

Anderson was appointed in November wasn't he? News about a 50m pool at Higgs broke in March so I'd guess you'd be looking at that timeframe.

The Reid article says CSF have made no contact with the club to say they will be unable to continue using the centre. In fact the opposite is the case, Anderson says they were previously talking about a long term deal. That being the case its not surprising they weren't aware. Common courtesy...

Once again this thread shows that people are more concerned about finger pointing than the immediate danger to the club's academy. Who cares how he contacted them. The important point here he has now made it very clear he has contacted them and wants to extend the lease. So either CSF are...

Quite a few people apologised didn't they?

That would be a great way to announce a new signing. Just release a picture of a new player wearing the kit.

New piece up on the Observer. Some worrying quotes in there:

I wasn't doing a full financial analysis. Just saying its not a cut and dried financial argument. Based on the lifespan of the current pool we're looking at the next 50 years. I'm not sure over that length of time replacing the current pool with two new facilities is not going to cost more. A...

Pretty simple really. At the moment we have no ownership stake in any stadium. That means we are at the mercy of others, currently Wasps. There's nothing to stop them, believing they have a monopoly on a facility we require, to put the price back up to £1.2m or more. If we go in with CRFC on a...

Have I just walked through the cupboard in 11.22.63? Why are we going over this again?