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  1. chiefdave

    New stadium meeting with RBC

    Fisher and Waggott had a meeting with RBC. Specific sites were discussed but are block out of the meeting minutes. RBC appear to be interested and have told them to get something more formal submitted by September so they can consider it for inclusion in the Rugby city plan.
  2. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    You would certainly hope it is a silly conspiracy theory. One easily ruled out by the CT asking the question of the council. Best to do that before the rumour spreads. You know how these things go!
  3. chiefdave

    Top goal scorer charts this season

    The turnover of players is ridiculous. How you can build a team when there's a complete new set of players every few months is beyond me. Don't think it helps retain fans either. Its hard to feel a connection to players when most of them are here a season at most.
  4. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    Think you might be hearing from SISU's lawyers to reveal some user details. Intheknow could be their star witness!
  5. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    In general that would be the case but if it turns out CCC have purchased them then there are some serious questions to be asked. Surely they wouldn't be that stupid.
  6. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    I was on tour when they want on sale. Was going to send my Dad up to get them until I saw people were queuing overnight. Decide to try my luck by phone but being on tour I had to use my mobile. Ran up a £50 bill repeatedly getting through to the clubs answerphone! Eventually got through and got...
  7. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    You are Les Reid and I claim my prize :D There are many who claimed that was the case, Reid being one of them. The council refuted all suggestion that it was in any way a bail out and that the loan was made on a purely commercial basis. They claimed that commercial lenders were happy to lend...
  8. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    Well I guess that depends on if you think the council were telling the truth or it was another lie to justify making the loan and allowing it to stay in place following the sale of ACL.
  9. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    Not according to the council. Nellist raised this very issue as the amount made in cuts was approximately the same as the amount loaned to ACL. The response to him was that the money was from council reserves and assigned to specific things so even if the loan was called in the money could not...
  10. chiefdave

    When do we expect to hear about Mowbray ?

    The CCC / ACL / Wasps side of things is all financial. Mowbray has said he is not asking Sepalla for more money so I can't really see how it will be down to anyone but SISU if he doesn't return. He seems to be more concerned with being able to structure the club in the way he feels is best...
  11. chiefdave

    Marketing Club

    We know there's a big chunk of support that is very fickle and will turn up for big games. We also know PL tickets are not cheap. I would suggest that the lost ticket revenue for Wasps when those fans decide to watch CCFC instead of Wasps will far outweigh any additional F&B revenues they make...
  12. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    Because when people objected to the loan being made the reason we were told it was such a good idea was how much the taxpayer would make in interest over the term of the loan. That interest will now not be received. Interesting to hear that from your position of being 'intheknow' you confirm...
  13. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    I just ignore the franchise side of it. It makes no sense to me. Lived in Ottawa for a while and they're a relatively new team, at least in the modern era, having joined the NHL in 92. Being in between Toronto and Montreal the majority of their fanbase are people who have switched from one of...
  14. chiefdave

    When do we expect to hear about Mowbray ?

    No news is good news in a way. If they were miles apart with no chance of agreeing we'd have heard by now so the fact they're still talking is a positive. Remember we all thought SISU had blown it as it took a long time to agree the initial contract. That said how long can it really take...
  15. chiefdave

    Marketing Club

    You could easily make the argument that Wasps PR is ineffective as they are having to give out huge numbers of free and cheap tickets. We'll really see how good a job they've done in a few years time. I suspect they will be hoping our fortunes don't improve, the worst thing that could happen to...
  16. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    You can't really use ice hockey in the UK as an example as they vast majority, if not all, do not own their rinks so are reliant on where facilities are built. Hence you have some big cities, London being the prime example, without a team. They also don't generate enough money to be able to...
  17. chiefdave

    South Stand for home fans?

    The trouble was outside wasn't it or am I thinking of the wrong game? Whilst no one wants to see trouble we're hardly the only team that have ever experienced crowd trouble and its not like it was a regular thing so why are we still being punished so many years later. Doesn't see to be the same...
  18. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    So we can add the council and taxpayer to the list of people who haven't done as well out of this as was made out would be the case when the deal was done.
  19. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    A fool and his money :D If you took what was in the prospectus at face value it sounded like a fantastic deal. Realistically how many people investing know the history of ACL inside out like many on here do.
  20. chiefdave

    buying and selling a house

    One thing to remember when picking an estate agent is a lower fee is not necessarily better. If they're making less money off selling your house they'll be less motivated to get on with it and get it sold.
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