Rugby Times writer comment on Worcs and Wasps.
https://twitter.com/RugbyTimes/status/1561008864979550208?t=CDpl7hyGyXpyqgoS9TshZw&s=19
That's a damn fool thing to write - a month off the beginning of the season. Nothing but idle speculation. Piss poor journalism.
Newcombe has always been pretty clued up on Wasps affairs often the source of transfers particularly the ones in the past couple of seasons from the championship, not saying he is right but also much as I would like to not an easy one to dismiss like some others.
Clued up enough to know what financial cushion Wasps have, what's currently in the bank, what potential liquidity there is if they need it, what's in the pipeline for the next few weeks, and what the significant shareholders are willing to loan?
I suspect anyone that claims that knowledge and isn't on the board is a liar.
This is just shit stirring and I'm starting to wonder who it is that is driving an obvious vendetta.
I don’t think any individual is driving an agenda VV. I think it’s just a combination of abject lazy journalism and the need to supply column inches. If you take the bond issue, the pitch and HMRC I’ve read the same thing in 10-15 media locations on each issue. There’s nothing new in any of them. And some are presented 2-3 days after the first iteration. If it’s Ruck it can be a week. So it creates a news “swirl”. The press are now convinced Wasps is a story to be had and will keep digging like the parasites they are. That is until a rumour about a different team/sport emerges and we’ll be yesterdays news. The facts play little part in any of it. The whole process has confirmed to me how terrible our press outlets are. I believe Wasps are in good hands and I hope those in control continue to push forward with building the club rather than feeling the need to react to every regurgitated rumour.
This will shock you Shugs, but I agree with much of what you say. As soon as the bonds weren’t repaid, it will have alerted the media to potential issues at Wasps. I genuinely think that the pitch issue was mishandled and raised more concerns about the financial position.
However it is not uncommon to read the same thing in multiple media outlets , I’m pretty sure the Jubilee was covered in very news media outlet in the land, so that can hardly be a cause for complaint. Yes, the media are convinced there a story to be had and will keep digging - again it’s what they do and many a potential scandal has been uncovered or disproved because of it. I hate clickbait journalism, the CT are prime examples where they recycle the same story but with numerous different enticing headlines.
Another story may come along to displace Wasps from being the centre of attention. However, there is the next chapter in the bonds saga to come.
Always a Wasp