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Me too. I'm so chuffed that we've dragged a club 70 miles away from their supporters that I can hardly wait to go and support them. Coventry RFC are delighted too, because having Wasps on their doorstep will obviously help them push forward with their ultimate aim of getting to the top level...

I think they're running out of people to sue. Saying that, I hope Wasps select 'legal cover' as well as 'accidental damage' when they come to insure the stadium. ;)

Basically it didn't sound like there was any chance of SISU trying to make a matching offer.

I don't think the chap on CWR is particularly well clued up on this - I'd go with the CET line, it's 100% and CCC will buy and sell the Higgs share to Wasps back-to-back.

Well argued as ever, Chief. As things stand, what we do know is that this deal spikes the chance of CCFC under SISU ever getting access to the Ricoh's revenue streams. Four possibilities that I can see: 1) SISU sell to Wasps. This is what I think the councillors have been told will probably...

Exactly. Wasps can't move lock, stock and barrel to Coventry because they need to pretend to stay in London to fulfil RFU criteria. I sense there has been some blagging when the Wasps owners met the Labour group yesterday. A few thousand fans every other Sunday for a few months of the year is...

I know Joe personally, and I really like him. He is a thoroughly decent man. But he's wrong on this. I'm giving you a like for 'gnomic reference' - there's a phrase that doesn't crop up here often. :)

She probably won't want to sit next to me at the football. "Ann, I've had a long meeting with a large number of people, and we've decided unanimously that it would be best if we crapped in your shoes. I'd like to explain why it benefits you, but unfortunately there are issues surrounding...

Not one.

More on the love of sport from Coventry City Council. Clearly they've never played on the dog-sh*t council pitches that junior footballers have to use. (Most rugby clubs, in fairness have their own club houses and facilities - they seem to manage pretty well without having a big franchise next...

Cllr Kershaw. Another one hanging his hat on the idea that Wasps can improve local sport (despite the fact that they aren't allowed to move their academy, ffs!). I've got a lot of mates playing junior rugby (Barker Butts, Old Covents etc.). I don't see those clubs struggling or in need of a...

Can't have it both ways - at the moment they can't move their academy, and there's no evidence that they'll be able to.

And no one has mentioned the franchise aspect yet...

Tories are 'strongly minded' to support resolution. Lot's of chat about sports development, completely ignoring the fact that Wasps will not be allowed to move their Academy or training facilities away from London if they are to stay within the RFU restrictions... so they can pretend not to be...

I'm sorry Hobo, but it's not a hollow protest - and those clubs mentioned other than London Welsh and Irish are aggregations rather than franchises per se. It's by far a done argument in English Rugby. Welsh are on their arses at Oxford, and Irish, despite being at Reading for a long time...

Most Wasps fans aren't happy. Let's not pretend otherwise, eh. And most rugby teams aren't franchised either - so let's not use that as an excuse.

Surely this represents 'ownership' of the Ricoh in its broadest terms. This is what SISU wanted, and it's a lot less hassle than building a new, smaller stadium further away. Tim, if you're reading - get a formal expression of interest in now and shoot down this Wasps abomination!

Maybe - but the evidence of London Welsh (franchised to Oxford), and London Irish (to Reading) doesn't suggest that. Even if everyone who supported the local rugby team, CRFC, attended Wasps too (they won't), that would be the massive boost to the Wasps of around 1,000 extra fans. Rugby, in...

Exactly that. It's a fait accompli - all that CRFC can do now is try to make the best of it. It's still a bit supine for my taste. In all honesty (even as a fan) I won't be going back up there as often if all I'm going to be doing is cheering on a team who's only ambition can be to achieve...

The fight's over Michael. Unless Wasps fall over on the funding, or SISU step in now that there's a value established for ACL, then it's done, over. As far as I can see it, the only thing we can do now is lobby people not to attend Wasps games, in the hope that they go under.