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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Last game against Exeter
« on: September 10, 2020, 09:42:49 AM »
It's very close between us and Bath, and I was just wondering if Exeter manage to win the regular season (they have as good as done it already) before the last game against us, is there any chance that they might rest some of their better players?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Wasps bond suddenly more than halved in value?
« on: March 20, 2020, 10:18:23 AM »
It is down to £30 - £32 now, does anyone know any specific about why? Obviously I realise times are very tough, but that drop in value seems to mean that it is all over now, and the bond is unlikely to be repaid, and the stadium will be forfeited.
EDIT: I have just checked the prices of other bonds, so it does look like part of a general sell of, rather than a reaction to specif bad news related just to Wasps.
EDIT: I have just checked the prices of other bonds, so it does look like part of a general sell of, rather than a reaction to specif bad news related just to Wasps.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Who are the main candidates for relegation?
« on: November 10, 2019, 10:39:38 AM »
I'm new to following rugby, so I have no deep knowledge to help my reasoning, so I thought that any responses on this thread might educate me and give me a deeper insight.
There was a relegation market, and it was featured on the oddschecker website, but since the 35 point deduction to Saracens was announced, no bookies are advertising their odds, presumably because Saracens are appealing the points deduction, which destroys the relegation market as it won't be certain until deep into the season.
But last week the best odds were about:
11/8 London Irish
15/8 Worcester
8/1 Bristol
14/1 Wasps
14/1 Leicester
16/1 Bath
33/1 bar
I thought that the odds would reflect a very open relegation market, rather than have two clubs at very short odds. There were a couple of things that confused me:
Why were Bristol with their reasonable start to the season so low at 8/1?
Why were London Irish and Worcester so much shorter than the others?
Is it because they do not have large squads (so might suffer greater from injuries during the course of the season) and/or less returning international players from the world cup? Or are there other factors at play?
I had hoped that Saracens with a 35 point deduction might be dragged into the relegation fight, but after their away win at Gloucester, I am not as hopeful as I was originally. Any views on this?
Also if things turned bad and it ended up being Wasps, other teams have survived being relegated and returned to the premier league. is there any reason to think that Wasps could not do that? I am asking this because I read when they were in relegation trouble in the past, they were in danger of disappearing, is there anything different now to be more optimistic, if the worst actually happened?
There was a relegation market, and it was featured on the oddschecker website, but since the 35 point deduction to Saracens was announced, no bookies are advertising their odds, presumably because Saracens are appealing the points deduction, which destroys the relegation market as it won't be certain until deep into the season.
But last week the best odds were about:
11/8 London Irish
15/8 Worcester
8/1 Bristol
14/1 Wasps
14/1 Leicester
16/1 Bath
33/1 bar
I thought that the odds would reflect a very open relegation market, rather than have two clubs at very short odds. There were a couple of things that confused me:
Why were Bristol with their reasonable start to the season so low at 8/1?
Why were London Irish and Worcester so much shorter than the others?
Is it because they do not have large squads (so might suffer greater from injuries during the course of the season) and/or less returning international players from the world cup? Or are there other factors at play?
I had hoped that Saracens with a 35 point deduction might be dragged into the relegation fight, but after their away win at Gloucester, I am not as hopeful as I was originally. Any views on this?
Also if things turned bad and it ended up being Wasps, other teams have survived being relegated and returned to the premier league. is there any reason to think that Wasps could not do that? I am asking this because I read when they were in relegation trouble in the past, they were in danger of disappearing, is there anything different now to be more optimistic, if the worst actually happened?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Wasps 2019/20 anticipated league position
« on: October 26, 2019, 06:32:21 PM »
Hi everyone,
I am completely new to following rugby, apart from of course the world cup, so I mean regional clubs. I have picked on Wasps to follow (entirely because I invested in their corporate bond, and because of that I started paying attention to their matches). I am quite new to rugby, so my understanding is possibly a bit naive at the movement, but hopefully that won't last. But because Wasps seem to have started a bit badly this season (although I realise we are only 2 games into the season, but the London Irish result did surprise me), I wondered if Wasps have more significant players tied up with the world cup at the moment than the other teams teams anticipated to end up in the bottom half of the league? Being a supporter of Sunderland football club, I am well used to disappointment, I'm just trying to manage my expectations.
Steve
I am completely new to following rugby, apart from of course the world cup, so I mean regional clubs. I have picked on Wasps to follow (entirely because I invested in their corporate bond, and because of that I started paying attention to their matches). I am quite new to rugby, so my understanding is possibly a bit naive at the movement, but hopefully that won't last. But because Wasps seem to have started a bit badly this season (although I realise we are only 2 games into the season, but the London Irish result did surprise me), I wondered if Wasps have more significant players tied up with the world cup at the moment than the other teams teams anticipated to end up in the bottom half of the league? Being a supporter of Sunderland football club, I am well used to disappointment, I'm just trying to manage my expectations.
Steve
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