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On the bright side I got stuck in a big traffic jam on the M40 both going and coming back. Hopefully that will be what Wasps fans experience every game!

The part about the fans is from people in my office and mates and they seem pretty much unanimous so are either very unrepresentative of the fan base or there is actually dissenting voices. A look at Pompey forums and the Portsmouth News comments section would indicate they are not the only...

The Telegraph and / or Trust should send a (polite!) open letter to SISU and request that an independent person be shown all the information on the new ground. They can sign confidentiality agreements and won't share any details but can simply report back if they believe anything is actually...

Christie probably sums it up best. There was people on here saying he wouldn't even get another club let alone one at a higher level, now he's a regular for Derby (3rd in the Championship) and an international. Baker as well, not good enough for us, not good enough for this level, too...

After what I've been hearing on CWR and reading on here I was expecting it to be worse than it was. But before I get to the game it was my first time at the Ricoh since the Wasps takeover and it was thoroughly depressing. I know we were only tenants before but it certainly doesn't feel like home...

Their budget for this year is a 7 figure loss but the rumours down here are they are way over budget. Their business plan also relies on them getting promotion this year which is highly unlikely. There's an increasing number of fans wanting the club to be put up for sale as they aren't happy...

So there's 41 years on the initial 50 that cost ACL £21m, that's £420K a year so for the number of days we need rent should be under £30K a year. Then for the next 200 years the cost to ACL is £27.7K a year so we should be paying under £2K a year. Even then that's £1.05m + interest a year. Why...

Klopp is looking for a job, let's get him in! :p

The problem with believing anything from SISU is this: We know they talk rubbish yet people love to quote Fisher or Sepalla to 'prove' a point.

Very sad, always seems to be some sort of tragedy around Xmas. I don't understand how you can lose a plane without any mayday signal or any sign something is wrong. Are they just exploding with no warning or falling out of the sky?

There seems to be a lot of players in recent years that the fans were happy to see go, or at least not that bothered, who have gone on to do a lot better than their replacements. Not sure if that says something about our fans or the ability of our managers to get the best out of the players.

Also take a copy of the ground regs and your certificate with you to the game.

Look up the ground regulations on the website, it's in there somewhere. It's pretty easy to get a certificate, just ring or pop down to your local fire station and they'll help you out. Most places just need to witness you spraying it with a flame retardant coating and they'll give you the...

Before Compass got involved or anything like that ACL paid £420K a year plus interest for the whole of the Ricoh. They then charged CCFC £1.2m a year for very limited revenue access, does that seem fair?

Has there ever been any justification from CCC, Higgs or ACL regarding the £1.2m rent? If you look back ACL paid £21m for a 50 year lease, without interest that's £420K. If that's all they were paying for all of the Ricoh had did we end up paying £1.2m a year for the shop, some offices and using...

Looking at what Wasps paid for 250 years the going rate for access to all revenues from the Ricoh is £22,160 a year. Wouldn't the rent at HR have given the club all income generated, but at the Ricoh paying rent didn't give us access to any revenue.

What are the restrictions? Are we saying we have one of the lowest budgets in the league? If so then fair enough but if we have a competitive budget we should be up there. It was SP himself who said play offs this season. He didn't say we've got a small budget it's going to be a struggle.

What is classed as long term? SP is currently the 32nd longest serving manager in the country. Looking at those who are ahead of him, or even just below him, is there anyone with anything like as bad a record as he has?

I can't stand Warnock but he'd get the job done I think. Reckon he could at least get us up to the Championship. Once we get there it depends on the financial situation. If he was given a competitive budget I wouldn't bet against him getting us into the Prem. He's been there, done that and I...

Or we could be playing a local derby against Nuneaton.