Always a Wasp

Atlas sound rather desperate.
- Remember they made an offer for WW that the RFU didn't think was sustainable.
- They started by saying that WW would "merge" with Stourbridge with a new club Sixway Rugby or similar but within days in response to protests said they would keep the WW name. That was such an obvious reaction from WW fans it makes you wonder why they ever suggested it. Have they got agreement in principle with Stourbridge yet?
- They announced they had an agreement in principle for Wasps to move to Sixway for training and matches. No comment from the new Wasps owners to agree with that. Places Atlas in a weaker position.
The new Wasps owners are doing the right thing in not making any public statement before there is any formal agreement in place. Good for them. Many of us will have been in the situation of having agreed in principle to buy a new home - but we don't make a big announcement saying so until we have checked the surveys and available finance.
I know we would all like the new owners to say something with all the rumours and conjecture. Good for them to resist the temptation to do so until there is a legal agreement

Worth visiting the Warriors site and you will see comments similar to those you have read on this thread. They, rightly, feel shafted by O'Toole/Atlas after all their optimism. O & A are, like Warriors' former owners, claiming that they feel they have been let down by the RFU in terms of the conditions they have been demanding of the new owners. No mention of what those conditions are but I would guess that they would have been expected to reimburse their rugby creditors. So they have decided to partner with Stourbridge whose first team would move to play at Sixways. That depends on how the Stourbridge members vote tomorrow night.

How do I feel about Wasps moving to Worcester? Well, I have supported them since 1990 and therefore followed them from Twyford Avenue to Loftus Road to High Wycombe to Coventry. A bit more of a stretch going to Worcester. I can understand how the Worcester fans feel - but, hopefully, they will not blame Wasps and there is no indication of that on their site.

What will the RFU do? If they have any sense, they will extend the deadline beyond the 14th so they and the two clubs can sort out whatever issues need to be settled. They can't keep saying that its up to the two parties. They are a key player.

There was a story about one of them being a “trainee solicitor with a law firm that has now disappeared after being involved in losses incurred by a Saudi businessman. I am sure they have an explanation.

Come on guys. EJ knows best. Speaking as a Wales supporter.

Covkids posting sounds like the first half of the Gloucester game.

Who is Adam Dickinson?

So the current Worcester owners have given “detailed assurances” that they will be ready for the first match. A case of seeing is believing when the teams runs on to the field.

Is this largely a problem for rugby Union? I ask as one of the Welsh guys involved played both codes. Are there thing we can learn from League? They certainly have big impact tackles by several players but no mauls and scrums are just a way of play re-starting.