It's just rhetoric. Of course they will be effected by wasps being here. They have no choice but to suck it up and work with them, so they are hardly going to slag them off publicly.
And start winning and there will be 30k there lol. We've gained 11 points in 6 games, cheap tickets tomorrow and we'll still struggle to get 12k.
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Just walked down stairs ad watched the BBC local news on Breakfast.
Article about CRFC where a CRFC club spokesman stated , as clear as day, that WASPS being in the city will not affect them.
Not my words but on the record from the club itself.
Take their example and get on with it rather than blaming everyone else.
If CCFC start winning they will get 30K at the end of the season and people will be fighting over tickets
Yeah, they've been really badly affected so far haven't they?! Winning streak and crowds on the up :jerkit:
It's about the medium to long term impact on CRFC. And wasps haven't even played a game in coventry yet have they? :jerkit:
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It wasn't a spokesman it was a random fan of rugby who lives in coventry
The 1000 that go to CRFC aren't going to walk away overnight, it will be a longer term problem. Two things spring to mind to me:
1) where will the next generation of CRFC fans come from, kids will have the choice of going to see Wasps in the top tier or CRFC playing a lower standard of football. To them Wasps won't be a franchise team who have been dropped into the city, they will be a team they have grown up with
2) lets say CRFC continue to do well and get to the top tier, where would they play? They'd need somewhere bigger than the Butts. Previously the obvious answer would be to share the Ricoh with CCFC, that's not going to be an option now.
To say it won't have any impact is like saying if Chelsea suddenly moved here it wouldn't impact us. In the short term it wouldn't as we're down to the people who will turn up no matter what but give it 10 or 20 years and we'd be a side show.
So another good win for Cov today and presumably in front of another 1,000+ crowd. The positive effect that Wasps are having continues. :claping hands:
It wasn't a spokesman it was a random fan of rugby who lives in coventry
I was parodying Italia - making up shit is his domain not mine.
So another good win for Cov today and presumably in front of another 1,000+ crowd. The positive effect that Wasps are having continues. :claping hands:
The 1000 that go to CRFC aren't going to walk away overnight, it will be a longer term problem. Two things spring to mind to me:
1) where will the next generation of CRFC fans come from, kids will have the choice of going to see Wasps in the top tier or CRFC playing a lower standard of football. To them Wasps won't be a franchise team who have been dropped into the city, they will be a team they have grown up with
2) lets say CRFC continue to do well and get to the top tier, where would they play? They'd need somewhere bigger than the Butts. Previously the obvious answer would be to share the Ricoh with CCFC, that's not going to be an option now.
To say it won't have any impact is like saying if Chelsea suddenly moved here it wouldn't impact us. In the short term it wouldn't as we're down to the people who will turn up no matter what but give it 10 or 20 years and we'd be a side show.
The Chairman is a random fan ?
Funny how that clown doesn't reappear when he's been blown out!
Funnier how some only appear when it is totally unrelated to CCFC.
Funnier how some only appear when it is totally unrelated to CCFC.
Funny how you and Grimdal always back each other up. However. I think you're wrong. Go through my posts and see how many were unrelated to Coventry. I think you'll find you're wrong. However, from observing this forum, you're very bad at admitting that. This forum is your life. This is your domain. So you may take your ball and not let anyone else play with it. Apart from your one friend!
Or maybe you're one and the same. You just forgot to log our of you 'other' account!
They were affected Saturday..it was a record crowd in the last five years with plenty turning up just before kick off carrying Wasps flags collected at the Ricoh.
They were affected Saturday..it was a record crowd in the last five years with plenty turning up just before kick off carrying Wasps flags collected at the Ricoh.
Short of some benevolent multi millionaire with very deep pockets and no sense turning up they will never compete directly. We are talking stratospheres apart and although I hear what you are saying about people going because they are on a streak this was still the biggest crowd in 5 years and it came on a day when they thought they would struggle due to the other game. Lets hope they all come back for the next home fixture!Funny, I only noticed two Wasps flags in the main stand, but there definitely was some overspill from Wasps - I met a couple in the bar just prior to the game, and there were others about wearing crisp new Wasps merchandise.
Of course given this would likely have been a big attendance anyway, this being a side having won 15 on the spin before Saturday. So I think it's hard to say whether the effect was negative, positive or neutral. How many that would have gone to the Butts instead went solely to Wasps - there's simply no way to know.
It's kind of an irrelevance in truth; as long as Cov aren't a threat to Wasps, I'm sure there won't be much of a problem. However if Coventry RFC get promoted in the next couple of seasons, and are then pushing for promotion again, then they will be in direct competition for the same players, fans and sponsors. I can't quite see that working as a partnership. My point has always been that having the Wasps franchise here ultimately limits the ambition of CRFC (established in Coventry in 1874). I've seen nothing to suggest any different.
Short of some benevolent multi millionaire with very deep pockets and no sense turning up they will never compete directly. We are talking stratospheres apart and although I hear what you are saying about people going because they are on a streak this was still the biggest crowd in 5 years and it came on a day when they thought they would struggle due to the other game. Lets hope they all come back for the next home fixture!
Never say never. Cov are building steadily and from decent and proper foundations and I still think given a decent Cov side perhaps in the Championship at least or follow a foreign franchise then most actual Coventry people might prefer to follow their own side. The hardest bit is getting out of this damn league we are in, but my God they are giving it a go and I for one shall be in Richmond next week getting behind them again !
I wonder if there was an F A cup equivalent and wasps played CRFC who the likes of Ron, Italia etc would support on the day given they embrace franchising in sport as a concept.
Where have I embraced it?
You attended - I never would as I find it morally abhorrent.
Ok then, that's your view.
I only care about what's good for my city and my sports clubs. Going to the Wasps game had no adverse affect on CCFC, CRFC, or CBIHC, and had a positive affect for my city. So there is no reason not to go is there?
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