Wasps update February 2024

[WonkyWasp]

That's  lovely, Ross .....  tho' he was also 95 when he died!  That  gives me a couple or so more years ,  so I hope to annoy people  for a bit longer.     

[Vespula Vulgaris]

If we have a new group of players, new coaches, new owners, a new stadium, new training facilities, and we play in a new competition what exactly is it that makes us Wasps?

We will have finally become exactly what the lovely folk in Coventry accused us of (wrongly) all those times.

[NellyWellyWaspy]

Had no problem signing pledge. However, if new stadium is in Kent the likelihood of me attending home matches is virtually nil.

Same

[Neils]

Got five emails from them. Tried signing and it told me I already had.

Wasps in the URC.

[Shugs]

Great news for me. Firstly a sign of life and secondly I?m glad we?re looking at relaunching outside of the corrupt and stale Premiership.

[Neils]

Great news for me. Firstly a sign of life and secondly I?m glad we?re looking at relaunching outside of the corrupt and stale Premiership.

+1

[andermt]

They have just posted the following on Twitter.

Further to our earlier post, we have secured a temporary stadium location in the Greater London/Kent area, aligning with our strategic plans to eventually relocate to Kent.

[westwaleswasp]

I would feel more comfortable giving my money to teams in the URC than any prem system.

I think we would see a few old faces on the coaching staff- and no, that isn't scuttlebutt or inside info. I just think that there will be people out there who might be coaching at a lower level who might well fancy the gig. Ditto I am sure there will be some youngsters with Wasps connections.

[WonkyWasp]

Although I would have a bad feeling about Wasps playing even temporarily at Wuss, it would have meant that our family could get to (maybe) see Wasp players playing again.  As it now appears that Wasps will be returning to the approximate area from which they originated (London) we won't live that dream.  Sad for us, but as long as it keeps Wasps alive  -  sobeit.  We will have to grin and bear it.  But I do hope that some form of Wasp TV might be  a possibility.

[BdeB]

As a Kent resident my guess is the Dartford stadium until a new one is built.

[Rossm]

Latest from the BBC.

Wasps no longer considering temporary Sixways move as they pursue new stadium.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/68411809

[WonkyWasp]

That looks like the coup de grace for those of us Midlanders then,  but good luck to Wasps and ''all concerned''.  It is a sensible move.  Kent, you don't know lucky you are. 

[Tervueren]

If we have a new group of players, new coaches, new owners, a new stadium, new training facilities, and we play in a new competition what exactly is it that makes us Wasps?

We will have finally become exactly what the lovely folk in Coventry accused us of (wrongly) all those times.

Trigger's broom?

[Vespula Vulgaris]

Trigger's broom?

Pretty much yes.

[Little Potts]

As a Kent resident my guess is the Dartford stadium until a new one is built.

So this is wild speculation but, Sevenoaks DC also approved a new training ground for Millwall FC in 2022 to be sited not far from the site of the proposed new Wasps stadium.

Millwall?s ground  (the Den)is adjacent to the main railway line between Sevenoaks and London.

It really depends on their immediate ambitions, but the Den holds circa 20000 whereas the Dartford stadium only holds circa 4000, most of them standing, Bromley?s ground, not much more.

I would think they?d want something bigger so is it much of a leap to suggest it might be the Den?