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I don't think you can appeal against approval, SBT, only against failure to grant approval. I believe the only route would be, once again, a Judicial Review. I'd imagine we've got our own seats at the High Court now, and a season ticket for the parking facility.

My standard gags here: Swimming: Televised Foam. Golf: Televised Sky. Athletics: Would be a lot better if there was a ball. Any sport where there are marks for "Artistic Interpretation/Merit", is not a sport. :)

Precisely. Isn't that absolutely the nub of it. However when you've got the Head of Planning at CCC no less, saying to the Wasps side in an email, "‘help’ us ‘justify’ the application", it's patently obvious the fix is in. I don't care how crap SISU are and have been, that's undeniable...

I can see these guys are members of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), so from that point of view they look legitimate. I'd say the four key points here are: 1) Were they formally instructed to act 2) What specifically did you instruct them to do 3) What did they actually do 4)...

Mate, forgive me, but accusing a decent bloke you've never met or spoken to of spouting bullshit because it doesn't suit your little world view (one that involves you making money off a franchise club, let's remember) is pathetic. Reid won his tribunal against the CET, you might recall, and has...

To be honest mate, I'd say nobody should be punching anyone and we shouldn't kid ourselves that some of our lot are beyond kicking the crap out of people when they're down, tooling up, or taking advantage of age, size, or numerical differences. There's no honour in hooliganism - never has been.

And there's your problem, Nick. If a bunch of lads roll up to a bar, start sticking all the flags up, get pissed, pile into the usual offensive (and often racist) 'banter' and songs, and then behave like this then they're going to draw attention to themselves. It doesn't mean that they should...

I'll start the chant... "Gimme an 'F'".... :)

Absolutely - from a purely business perspective it makes good sense to take the option. It also very clearly screws the club over. It wouldn't make quite as much sense if people were willing to stand up for the club against Wasps for doing it, but who's going to trouble themselves to do that...

If you think CCFC have been genuinely offered space for the academy at the AEHC, then you certainly haven't been reading very well. Go have a look at those ins and outs again, especially the clauses like 'exclusive use'. I'm not going to let my dislike of SISU cloud the picture. Higgs, CSF...

The HIggs 'don't sell to SISU' clause, combined with the termination of the lease by CSF, and the refusal of Wasps to look for their own academy site but instead to take over ours, surely does spell the end for the academy in its current form. Let's be clear here: No one is forcing CSF to take...

So rather than being outraged at the fact that Wasps are now looking to take over our academy as well as our ground, the Trust are now saying the only way forward is to do a deal with them? I really try hard not to swear in writing, but forgive me when I say that this sounds utterly fucking...

Forgive me, but I believe that you're simply making this up. On one hand you've got Wasps and CCFC at complete loggerheads over the stadium, the academy and the legal action - and on the other you're telling us that you believe they're going to offer to sponsor our kit. In essence, I think...

Those are the stats for 2014/15 - attendances dropped off significantly for 2015/16. Anyone who thinks that Wasps being on their doorstep, knocking out free tickets to all and sundry and moving to play on Saturdays (despite the assurance from the Council that they'd continue to play on...

I'm not aware that the sale of the Ricoh to Wasps was the central plank of JR1, so I don't think that has been fully looked at yet. That's to come in JR2!

Why - when it impacts Wasps not a jot? Who are they, you or anyone else to deny someone their right to pursue matters through the court just because your opinion is that they're wrong. SISU will eventually exhaust all legal avenues, though it may yet take a few more years. It's likely going...

The answer is, most of them really don't care. As long as they can pin enough of the blame on SISU, there's no great threat to their majorities. That's what they do care about.

It's pretty clear to me. The Wasps and the Council are hand in glove here. There's no threat to Wasps from JR1 or JR2 because the Ricoh deal can't be unwound now it's all been paid for, but the Council clearly is at risk (even if it's seemingly a pretty low risk). Wasps want planning...

Mate, every one of your posts is something along the lines of 'cave in and do a deal with Wasps'. I understand that suits your self-interest, but I just wondered if you ever thought beyond that. Did you ever have any fight in you or love for the club, or does making a few bob simply trump all...

I think that the simple truth here is that having sold the Ricoh to Wasps, the council will do everything possible to support them because if it fails they will look incredibly stupid. So there's no way this falls over at planning stage, because the council will support it via fair means and...