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Stu, I'm not pretending for a moment to understand it, but how could that work? If IEC is 70% owned by ACL, and in turn owns the right to all of the F&B etc., then surely ACL gets access to a large proportion of what IEC makes? If I've read this right, Compass did indeed pay £125m for a ten...

Sid, go read Wasps forums. It's not acceptable, they're horrified. As for London teams relocating out of town, consider London Welsh who moved to Oxford. Attendances are falling off a cliff.

I'm still trying to get my head around this. I think it works a bit like this. Joy is saying that she doesn't want to buy into ACL. One of the concerns appears to be that the catering and functions deal with IEC has been front loaded, meaning that ACL have received the cash, but presumably...

I'm not sure it would. The council have a statutory duty to get the most for their assets, and whether SISU are involved in legal proceedings or not, if they suggested that they might like to be a party to any potential sale then it would be hard for CCC to legally justify keeping them out of...

Write to them anyway. You don't need to live here to point our their hypocrisy, if that's how you see it. And you're investing in the City via the club - you're entitled to your say.

I think it's fair enough to complain to the Council on the presumption that the deal proposed involves Wasps taking ownership of ACL. That's what has been widely reported, and as yet has not been challenged. If you wait until the vote is made, then it'll be a little late to do anything about...

Undoubtedly it is. However even with all of that going on, a clear request from SISU to be engaged if there is an opportunity to buy into ACL could not be easily denied by the council. The council have a statutory duty to maximise their return from any assets that are sold, you can't do that...

I couldn't agree more. It's unbelieveable that Councillors and others who made so much of the outrage of moving Coventry to Northampton can now advocate doing the same to another club. For what it's worth I've made that point directly to Ann Lucas and my local councillors. The simple fact is...

Don't get me wrong mate, I'm dead set against this move as you know. But I couldn't give a monkey's about who might or might not be behind it, what I want to see is for SISU to step up and say that they want to be involved too. At that point, the Council have a problem and people will start...

Well, I've fired off mine to Ann Lucas and my three ward councillors. I've tried to point out the moral and financial issues, and the impact on our existing clubs. I don't know if it will work, and I don't know if it's a done deal. I do know that SISU aren't helping themselves by sitting back...

And it could have been spiked had SISU shown any interest in buying in. It probably still could.

Plant or not, which bit would you differ with Rob? Do SISU want a longer term deal, do you think? Would they like to buy into the arena? Are they dropping the threats of legal action?

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If this deal means that Wasps are franchised away from their fanbase, then it's wrong. I don't care if it's better for CCC, ACL, CCFC and Cov RFC, if it tears Wasps away from their supporters then it's morally wrong, and we should all stand against it. SISU have dropped us in the sh*t with...

Erm... this sounds a lot like we're doing now, except with a different keeper! ;)

I'm glad it's not just me struggling to remember things. Maybe they'll let us have adjoining rooms in the care home. ;)

Honest question here, because I genuinely can't remember - wasn't Daniels actually played in a wide position when he broke into the side? If so, I'm not much encouraged by the thought of shoehorning another wide player into a narrow three. But maybe memory is playing tricks on me...

I think that points to the fact that in terms of the club's turnover it wasn't seen as a huge issue. If we could have bought the ground directly, instead of renting it, the interest on the loan would have been substantially more. SISU, as we know, weren't bothered about it for a fair while...

I know that's just bitterness speaking, but in truth if we're going to retain these owners and their current grand plan for improving CCFC's fate, then for an out-of-town stadium 15k might be too big. I doubt I'd bother to go very often if the limit of our ambition is to struggle along in L1...

So in that case the covenant (if it existed) wasn't actually broken, was it? A suitable alternative had been found (and indeed occupied) before the HR land had been built on. As for a new covenant on the Ricoh, who could have foreseen the club choosing to move out?