Well regarding the ground, we are still there. and like it or not when selling the stadium was done we were playing in Northampton with quotes from various football club management personnel including Joy Sepalla "we have moved on" and when the deal was on sisu were given the chance to stake a claim, you know that.Would it though? They bought the stadium without so much of a whimper from our fans, they're damaging out academy by moving and building at the higgs without so much of a whimper from our fans, they stopped negotiations on a longer deal without much of a whimper from our fans. And they can do all of this as 99.999999% of us all hate sisu and it gives them a nice easy deflection to stack all the blame on. (And no I'm not saying sisu are not to be also blamed)
If they said, sorry but we can't work with sisu, or we can't give what the club needs, the vast majority of the fan base would shrug their shoulders and blame the club/sisu and wasps would once again get away without a whimper from our fans.
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You have a vivid imagination. I have no loyalty to Wasps in fact I am not really a fan of rugby. Being a proud Cov Kid I take an interest in Coventry RFC and have watched them a few times at Coundon Road and the Butts mainly because friends were playing for Cov or I ended up on a day out as the BPA has many fine watering holes in close proximity.
Wasps coming here has been a massive nail in the potential coffin of CCFC, I blame them being here on the actions of SISU when attempting to acquire the Ricoh on the cheap.
You apportion blame towards CCC, you hate Wasps probably as much as I hate SISU but I am prepared to do something along the lines of protesting while the noise against CCC and Wasps is (so far) just the sound of the keyboard being hit hard. I am not so blinkered to not join any campaign against Wasps.
Well regarding the ground, we are still there. and like it or not when selling the stadium was done we were playing in Northampton with quotes from various football club management personnel including Joy Sepalla "we have moved on" and when the deal was on sisu were given the chance to stake a claim, you know that.
As for the Acadamy, again sisu, Chris Anderson at the time said they were actively pursuing other options. Is that no longer the case ?
Oh come on Rupert, the club never had a chance of staking a claim once wasps purchased the council half. Higgs were just following due process. And don't forget the deal wasnt signed until after we came back and after the council said they wanted to build bridges and work towards ownership (more bollocks).Well regarding the ground, we are still there. and like it or not when selling the stadium was done we were playing in Northampton with quotes from various football club management personnel including Joy Sepalla "we have moved on" and when the deal was on sisu were given the chance to stake a claim, you know that.
As for the Acadamy, again sisu, Chris Anderson at the time said they were actively pursuing other options. Is that no longer the case ?
I believe so, we haven't had an update, its also not guaranteed we will keep cat 2 status, the FL/FA only said it could be possible over split sites, not that it was a done deal.Aren't the club in talks with CSF about the academy?
Ah – “by definition”. A nice easy black and white statement that no doubt gives you a warm feeling of moral superiority inside. But simplistic bollocks.
There isn’t a single one of the 92 (?) league clubs that anyone would contemplate allowing to move to a different area. They all clearly represent a very specific place, and moving would spark universal condemnation and 100% resistance from fans.
Wasps should never have moved out to Wycombe. It was a totally unsuitable location, it diluted and fragmented their fan base, and IMO made them a de facto franchise, ripe for the picking.
People (including their own fans as well as vehement “anti-franchisers” on this site) say they should have moved anywhere from Oxford to Upton Park in the East End of London! Would such people “by definition” support moving Everton over to Warrington in the Merseyside area? Of course they bloody wouldn’t, we all know where Everton should be.
The Wasps move came out of unique circumstances and sets no precedent for the vast majority of sports clubs. The people who have embraced it (rugby followers, journalists and commentators, players, politicians, sponsors) are entitled to do so without being labelled as immoral hypocrites by you.
By the way, I agree that it harms CCFC and I wish with all my heart that we had bought the Ricoh instead. But we didn’t and now we have to work with the reality. An anti-Wasps campaign as such would be a complete waste of time - like Nick says it needs to be pro-CCFC but putting pressure on Wasps (and others).
Totally agree, all wind and piss.
No demandWhy not if:
I'll ask them next time they come and watch Wasps play in Europe.There is tribalism in rugby - try asking fans of Gloucester, Leicester or Northampton.
I'll ask them next time they come and watch Wasps play in Europe.
I must have missed that huge campaign to bring another rugby club to Coventry.No demand
You sure did miss it, like everyone else sat there on your arse let it happen and now crying like a bitch.I must have missed that huge campaign to bring another rugby club to Coventry.
Why would you have expected me to campaign to bring another rugby club to Coventry when I don't agree with that course of action?You sure did miss it, like everyone else sat there on your arse let it happen and now crying like a bitch.
TBH wouldn't expect you or most of the others on here to campaign or protest about any thing that makes you leave your desk.Why would you have expected me to campaign to bring another rugby club to Coventry when I don't agree with that course of action?
People don't care enough to protest. They only care enough to moan.I don't know anyone that cares enough to be honest. In fact I know more people who are now wasps season ticket holders who used to be cov city season ticket holders than anti wasps people.
What's a "one percenter"?
Have a day off ffs, we all know you are a protesting hero.Funny how those that shout the loudest and slag off anyone trying to do something then disapear when asked to help out or even attend a protest they are shouting for.
They want to be taken seriously but are really just a bunch of keyboard clowns.
General, Torch, chief Dave Andteasb and the rest of the one percenters where are you all?
Dont live in the city but everytime, i am at a home game, i speak to someone about things the one thing that always gets there goat is wasps being here. Even witnessed blokes in the toilets trying to remove wasps posters on the walls on numerous occasions.I don't know anyone that cares enough to be honest. In fact I know more people who are now wasps season ticket holders who used to be cov city season ticket holders than anti wasps people.
Well said......TimHave a day off ffs, we all know you are a protesting hero.
If there was a trust led protest backed by the CT, like there was with the Sisu out stuff, it'd give something for people to get behind. Whereas a one man and his dog protest led by a random bloke on here will just be a laughing stock and will do more harm than good.
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I love your originality, it must have taken your tiny brain an age to think that up. Well played.Well said......Tim
Exactly this. There is going to be no meaningful protest against Wasps, that time has passed. If people were going to protest against them they would have done it when they moved here. Virtually everybody I know seems to have gone to a Wasp game, including CCFC season ticket holders, and even fans who go to watch Cov Rugby. I won't go and watch them, but it seems I'm in a increasing minority.People don't care enough to protest. They only care enough to moan.
Funny how you never tell the ones who do all the moaning to have a day off.Have a day off ffs, we all know you are a protesting hero.
If there was a trust led protest backed by the CT, like there was with the Sisu out stuff, it'd give something for people to get behind. Whereas a one man and his dog protest led by a random bloke on here will just be a laughing stock and will do more harm than good.
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Funny how you never tell the ones who do all the moaning to have a day off.
So no I won't.
Funny the ones who start all these threads asking for this and that are the ones that do nothing.
I wonder why they actually start these threads???????
So come on what are you all planning.
So your saying Gosford Green should be planning something?
He darted the thread?
No you for getting on the band wagon an always bringing it upSo your saying Gosford Green should be planning something?
He darted the thread?
Trick or treat coming up you gonna egg his house?My new neighbour is a Wasps coach so if he offers me any comp tickets I'll politefully decline which is about as much rage as I can muster about them at this point.
Also, 'Well said....Tim' is possibly the worst post made this year.
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