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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: The Sunday Times
« on: April 15, 2024, 01:37:22 PM »
To me this smacks of "we've got nothing to say, so let's put out a placeholder until such time as there's actually something of substance to say".
The domestic game needs a cold, hard, independent review. Until such time as that happens we're just in putting sticking plasters on the chairs on the Titanic.
The domestic game needs a cold, hard, independent review. Until such time as that happens we're just in putting sticking plasters on the chairs on the Titanic.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Premiership Rugby clubs post losses of almost ?25m for 2022-23 season
« on: March 30, 2024, 03:01:30 PM »
An entry-level trainee accountant should be able to tell you that spending more than you take in isn't a formula for success.
The clubs either need to get more pople in through the door or cut their costs. That's the only sustainable model. Well, the only one within the rules. You can lie and fudge the numbers but sooner or later someone will find you out.
The clubs either need to get more pople in through the door or cut their costs. That's the only sustainable model. Well, the only one within the rules. You can lie and fudge the numbers but sooner or later someone will find you out.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: We all knew this but from others it hurts
« on: March 26, 2024, 01:45:00 PM »
I watched Bath - Sale at the weekend.
I just couldn't get enthused. I looked at Alfie and thought "wrong shirt".
I just couldn't get enthused. I looked at Alfie and thought "wrong shirt".
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Wasps update February 2024
« on: March 07, 2024, 07:27:16 AM »
If Wasps join the URC would England-qualified players be able to play for England?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Wasps update February 2024
« on: February 29, 2024, 03:53:26 PM »
Kent would mean my continued absence, unfortunately.
For purely selfish reasons, ground share with Barnet at the Hive. Close to where we came from, on the Tube, not a million miles from the M1 and M25. Same colours.
Barnet are talking about a new stadium back in Barnet, too.
For purely selfish reasons, ground share with Barnet at the Hive. Close to where we came from, on the Tube, not a million miles from the M1 and M25. Same colours.
Barnet are talking about a new stadium back in Barnet, too.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Rugby is a form of child abuse, study says
« on: February 09, 2024, 03:34:10 PM »
The 20mph limit is a lazy approach, a headline grabber.
Find the roads where the accidents occur and impose a speed limit there. If it doesn't reduce the accidents there then it's a pointless exercise.
Find the roads where the accidents occur and impose a speed limit there. If it doesn't reduce the accidents there then it's a pointless exercise.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: JPR
« on: January 09, 2024, 04:20:01 PM »
It's likely that JPR got me interested in rugby. Not quite a George Best-type figure but not far off, I was too young to take in what the pack did but when Wales started chucking the ball about it got my attention.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: DECEMBER
« on: December 22, 2023, 11:55:20 AM »
We're not bound by European courts now, are we? Any decision would be at best advisory.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Premiership clubs to face squad limits under new regulations to cut costs
« on: December 15, 2023, 01:44:54 PM »Hang on. Why the need to limit squad numbers? Surely it can?t be on the grounds of cost. After all, reducing the number of teams in the Prem was meant to increase revenue for the remaining clubs. That?s what the promise was. The muppets.
The cynic in me thinks that fewer players means fewer ex-players joining a class action lawsuit in future years.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Massie-Ferguson Speaks
« on: November 09, 2023, 05:26:07 PM »
Unless you can pay players, staff and suppliers in tweets this is just marketing nonsense, the same sort of thinking that believes that booming music before, after and at various points within the game delights fans and makes them want to come back for more.
?5m cash inflow and ?10m outflow is unsustainable and anyone who believes otherwise shouldn't be allowed to be in charge of a piggy bank, let alone a professional sport.
Tweet that, you numskulls.
?5m cash inflow and ?10m outflow is unsustainable and anyone who believes otherwise shouldn't be allowed to be in charge of a piggy bank, let alone a professional sport.
Tweet that, you numskulls.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Goodbye and thank you
« on: November 04, 2023, 12:20:16 PM »
I can think of worse refs to have in charge of a game.
I remember when he started he was very officious and distant, like a school prefect asserting supposed authority over kids who didn't give a damn.
As for being a media presence, that was always likely to happen in this media age. If Spreaders had been officiating these days I'm sure he would have had the same things happen to him.
I remember when he started he was very officious and distant, like a school prefect asserting supposed authority over kids who didn't give a damn.
As for being a media presence, that was always likely to happen in this media age. If Spreaders had been officiating these days I'm sure he would have had the same things happen to him.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Kent!
« on: October 27, 2023, 04:12:07 PM »
We've been played three times over property deals and always emerged in a worse state than when we went into them.
This time it's with, possibly, I'm not sure where the money comes from, a local authority. Sadly those guys are hardly models of financial probity.
If a hotel, conference centre, essential to the deal as a stadium used a few times a year won't fill the coffers, was such a good idea then why isn't there one there already?
What basis is there for suggesting that a stadium could be filled for home games? With interest rates unlikely to return to near-zero levels the interest charge alone will be huge. Lenders will think "Wasps? Oh yes, Coventry. What a mess. No thanks." and pass on the deal.
We haven't been living in the real world for some time now. Stadia, hotels, players, all cost money. Cut your cloth according to your means.
This time it's with, possibly, I'm not sure where the money comes from, a local authority. Sadly those guys are hardly models of financial probity.
If a hotel, conference centre, essential to the deal as a stadium used a few times a year won't fill the coffers, was such a good idea then why isn't there one there already?
What basis is there for suggesting that a stadium could be filled for home games? With interest rates unlikely to return to near-zero levels the interest charge alone will be huge. Lenders will think "Wasps? Oh yes, Coventry. What a mess. No thanks." and pass on the deal.
We haven't been living in the real world for some time now. Stadia, hotels, players, all cost money. Cut your cloth according to your means.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: England
« on: October 14, 2023, 04:59:29 PM »
Not just the boot, the rest of him hasn't been up to scratch.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: England
« on: October 13, 2023, 10:41:30 AM »
What worries me us that when we get knocked out there will be another investigation into why we did so badly which comes to the conclusion that, far from being too Borthwickian, we weren't Borthwickian enough.
I say that partly tongue in cheek but there's more than an element of truth in there.
I say that partly tongue in cheek but there's more than an element of truth in there.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: England
« on: October 07, 2023, 10:25:28 PM »
Fiji must be pooing themselves at the thought of having to take this mob on.
Comiserations to Jonny Wilkinson for having his record taken by a thug whose international career should have ended long ago.
Comiserations to Jonny Wilkinson for having his record taken by a thug whose international career should have ended long ago.