Always a Wasp

The tweet that Pudsey replied to has been deleted.
Not sure if that was an official tweet though

Were bond returns paid out as dividends?
If so what percentage of the original amount have bond holders been paid out to date?

I started supporting Wasps about 20 years ago.
Living in East London/Essex at the time, I supported them despite them being in high Wycombe, not because of it.


I then moved to Norwich, to buy continued as a season ticket holder at Adams park.
When the move to Coventry happened, I followed. Again, not because of the Ricoh, but despite it.


The stadium and the location has been irrelevant to me throughout the time I've followed the club.


I've also never met any of the owners, except Derek.
As such, I don't see the club owner as my reason for supporting them.


I've seen us win things, and I've seen us lose lots of games and play terribly, but my support for them had never wavered.


Players come and go, coaches come and go.
I don't know what it is that I'm attached to, and I have no idea if any new Wasps club would feel the same.
It will be a case of waiting and seeing if it feels like Wasps

Is that view of Saracens really that widespread?


It's obviously rife amongst us, but outside I just don't see it particularly often.


It's like it's already being forgotten

This has been creeping in for a while. It starts on the field. There is far too much chat to referees. There is far too much instruction from refs on the field as well. If a player says something to a ref on the field march them back 10. Do it again yellow card. It will soon stop.

You get it from fans too.
I've seen it at the Ricoh and at Adams park.


Maybe there's a difference given that the fans in the stands as a sarcastic "sir" to the end of their statements, and maybe try to avoid swearing.
However the days of the ref being the sole arbiter and his decisions being being reproach are so long gone that I can barely remember them

I can certainly see a scenario where Wray tells the players that investing in their businesses is totally above board and has been agreed with the salary cap manager.


In fact, I believe there was agreement from the salary cap manager that Wray had indeed asked permission to do just that and was informed that it was ok.


Therefore I can see that players would be convinced that everything is fine.






The fact that the salary cap manager said that he only agreed to something similar once, and Wray then felt he had carte blanche to do whatever he wants is a slightly different matter.

It shows how much rugby has changed in 30 years.


Antagonising the opposition either physically or verbally in order to get a reaction from them used to be a regular part of the game.


The game has worked hard at cleaning up its physical side, but I'm not sure anything official has really changed regarding the verbal side.


It's like it maintains a "sticks and stones may break my bones" approach.