Always a Wasp

Quote from: InBetweenWasp on October 18, 2022, 06:37:49 PM

If a deal is concluded quickly, you also have the nucleus of the squad and so have a much more competitive squad than buying a cheap Championship club and having to build.

Would require deep pockets though (for rugby).

They're all out of contract. If you have the money just go direct.

Steven Vaughn indicated that they are offering some players the option of a contract next year with them being free t find a team in the interim.

I suppose it's too much to hope that this is all an elaborate ploy to have our players play for other teams for half a season then return to a phoenix-like Wasps armed with our opponents' tactics.

If anything does come out of this we'll have to do it ourselves. The rugny world seems to be happy to just stand to be one side, shake their heads and make meaningless noises.

I don't understand the concept of a "no fault" insolvency as it is applied here. Was covid our fault? Maybe Wuhan and Wycombe were twinned. If covid doesn't meet the "no fault" criteria what the hell will? World War III?

Whatever shape of rugby team comes out of this I hope it comes back to London. Maybe a ground share with Barnet at the Hive? Bees and Wasps together?

Here's part of the toxic dwarf's article today:

Saracens are a template for clubs kicked out of the Premiership for irregular off-the-field practices. In their first season back, they were seconds from becoming Gallagher Premiership champions.

I've long disliked his pub bore musings, but this takes the biscuit. "Irregular off field practices"? Factually inaccurate and potentially defamatory.

I can't see that a ten-team league will generate more income unless you either get more bums on seats, cut your costs or increase telly revenue.

Regular fans will remain regular fans. Comparing ten teams to twelve, you will have to generate two games' worth of extra profit in the ten remaining home games just to stand still. And standing still is, for many clubs, loss-making. Where will the extra fans come from?

I don't need to use Excel to work out that this is insanely and unrealistically over-optimistic.

Reduce costs or increase revenue. It just so happens that 37 years ago today I started my accountancy training. In that time nothing has changed that formula for profit.

It may well be a short career for players. Yes, it's hard, and there is a risk of life-changing injury. But paying players more than their efforts bring in is madness.

If the cheats were the last man standing then they would have to play with themselves.

Which is what many have been suggesting for some time.

As much as I feel for those whose livelihoods gave disappeared and for myself and fellow Waspies whose rugby needs will no longer be met, I can't help but feel anger at those who have had control of the club going back 25 years or more.

It's been one calamity after another.

D'oh! First penalty given away within 20 seconds.