Liquid Gold
Well-Known Member
You mean like LONDON Wasps. I've capitalised the London there to give you a hint about my point.
Why would they move the club from a home where it should be?
In this instance they have demonstrated competence by successfully negotiating and obtaining a modern sports stadium. Sorry, but football and rugby fans are a different breed and whereas some objected to the move, not all did. A calculated gamble that looks to have paid off.How are you defining competence? Do you mean the economically driven move from their historic home?
It very much remains to be seen whether they will be judged competent. There is a long long way to go for Wasps, the signs seem good but we don't know enough about them to judge them as competent.
I'm talking about Cov. Why would they move them from a home where it should be?You mean like LONDON Wasps. I've capitalised the London there to give you a hint about my point.
Erm.. are you taking the piss? Because they moved the club they own now away from where it should beI'm talking about Cov. Why would they move them from a home where it should be?
For what reason?Erm.. are you taking the piss? Because they moved the club they own now away from where it should be
In this instance they have demonstrated competence by successfully negotiating and obtaining a modern sports stadium. Sorry, but football and rugby fans are a different breed and whereas some objected to the move, not all did. A calculated gamble that looks to have paid off.
CCFC's USP is a football club representing the city of Coventry. Wasps don't have this which I think facilitated their move.
Money. Being a hedge fund after all..For what reason?
So Wasps, now based in Coventry, obtain the local football club and decide to move them elsewhere to make more money.Money. Being a hedge fund after all..
If we keep the name and the shirt colour and detail a clear vision for the club, then reluctantly yes. It may be swapping 1 immoral hege fund for another but at least one is currently putting an effort into matchday experience.
So Wasps, now based in Coventry, obtain the local football club and decide to move them elsewhere to make more money.
Is that what you are suggesting?
Wasps are a brand, they don't represent a community,
and make damn sure they keep the Ricoh seats sky blue as it was intended to be when it was built.
So Wasps, now based in Coventry, obtain the local football club and decide to move them elsewhere to make more money.
Is that what you are suggesting?
Erm.. are you taking the piss? Because they moved the club they own now away from where it should be
To a stadium that has a 240+ year lease on. If they do plan to move teams again it ain't going to be for a long long time and frankly it's scaremongering nonsense to suggest otherwise.
Erm.. are you taking the piss? Because they moved the club they own now away from where it should be
It's not a wind up!I'm suggesting there is a possibility of it. They have previous in doing so and you're well aware of it.
Get off this wind up, I'm not biting anymore
and make damn sure they keep the Ricoh seats sky blue as it was intended to be when it was built.
Only because of the name change....
A history lesson for Nick.
When they were formed in 1866 they were called Wasps, they only changed their name to London Wasps in 1999 and then back again to just Wasps in 2014.
So they have only been London Wasps for 15 years of their 150+ year existence. The reason they changed it to London Wasps was to differentiate between Wasps FC an amateur side.
Bizarrely, most of the time they were called London Wasps was when they were playing in High Wycombe, which last time I looked isn't in London.
Genuinely interested what London stadiums have been given away recentlyThere is recent evidence of stadiums in London being basically given away. Would that not be tempting to owners who's only motivation is profit?
So they didn't change their name just before they moved here?
It is simple, just change our name!
Genuinely interested what London stadiums have been given away recently
The Olympic stadium in context has been given away. £701m of public money spent. West Ham will pay £2.5m for 99 years (£247.5m + £15m).
Compared to the Ricoh, £10m from the council and £9.5m from the Regional Development Agency (ERDF + AWM match funding). ACL paid £21m for the lease which basically repaid these costs.
The Premiership club were invited in as partners by the landowners, Legal & General, and the local Hertsmere Borough Council, with a 15,000-seater stadium worth £22 million and a hotel on site for added revenue. But Wasps wanted to own and control it. End of deal.
Maybe we can move down there?
Wouldn't call £250m - a give away and way outside WASPs reach
They aren't paying £250m up front, they're paying £2.5m pa, which is pretty much the same as the level of interest wasps are paying per annum on the bonds.Wouldn't call £250m - a give away and way outside WASPs reach
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