Always a Wasp

Best wishes to BB. He did a great job and I wish him well for the future.

Top man too.

Very pleased - congratulations Jacob.

Quote from: Shugs on November 09, 2022, 08:18:18 AM

Yes, I was surprised at that. I read somewhere one of the Barbarians staff saying they have a history of giving a chance to players. That particular chance is one I wouldn’t have given.

If we are talking about an incident earlier this year where an unnamed former England rugby player was arrested on suspicion of rape, and then suspended by his club, Sale Sharks at around about the same time that Yarde stopped playing for Sale, leading many to believe that he was the player in question, then all charges were dropped.

None of us will ever know the circumstances surrounding that night, exactly what happened, or why the case never even made it to court, so he ought to be able to resume his career.

Not sure this is the place to have that discussion.

Best wishes to Lee. Hopefully he will be coaching Wasps again next season.

Good luck to Bass. Pleased to hear he is staying in our area.

I suspect Stephen Vaughan was a high earner before being made redundant so he will be looking for employment asap. Little or no chance that a reformed Wasps club could afford him and he would want to hang around.

Very much doubt Wasps will be playing at the CBS again and because our city is not big enough to accommodate two championship clubs I suspect they will relocate again.

As a local supporter of both clubs I don’t see a merger as a realistic option or likelihood.

Despite Wasps loaning Cov the likes of Jack Willis and Tom Howe there have been tensions in their relationship.

Coventry RFC have their own financial pressures - and a small playing budget- but the club has its own rich history that their Directors and supporters will not want to dilute.

Council don’t want to have to upkeep the stadium. They’ll be deciding whether it’s worth a punt laying out cash up front to potentially avoid exhaustive running costs in the future. They don’t get on with CCFC and CCFC pay nowhere near anything that would cover running costs. The problem is it would be political suicide - especially in the current climate. Fact is, if Wasps go under it will be the taxpayer paying for CCFC to play there whether it’s by this or by funding the ongoing upkeep - so the outrage by the CCFC fans, whilst understandable, is a bit misplaced.

Political suicide?

Both Labour and Conservative councillors (unanimously) voted for sale of Ricoh/CBS to Wasps and will be keen to support organisations that increase the profile of the city and brings money & jobs to the area.

After years of vitriol and pointless legal action, politicians on both sides will also be keen to ensure CCFC’s owners don’t get their hands on the stadium.