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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 676092" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>I'm basically just going to repeat what Tony said in different words, and we know they're not moving there anyway, but I wanted to make this post when I went to bed this morning, so I'm going to be utterly redundant and do it anyway. </p><p></p><p>It's different strokes for different folks. Personally, you'd have to pay me a lot of money to move from London to Coventry. Remember George Skivington returning from Leicester post-haste to a London club? However, even just taking about personal taste ignores a lot of big issues - what about guys studying at London universities? What about guys who have girlfriends studying at London universities? Or guys who have girlfriends or wives working in London, doing the sort of job that simply doesn't exist in Coventry? Or those who have side businesses or stakes in family businesses that are firmly rooted in the Home Counties? Sick parents still living in Surrey? None of those things are insurmountable, but they're all part of the everyday fabric of life that means if they'd actually been about to move everyone up en masse, there'd probably have been trouble. Hell, what about their academy? If the entire club had been based in Coventry, they'd basically have had to lose 90pc of their academy. I'm not sure Quins/Sarries/Irish would have the space to take on everyone even if they wanted to, but there's a Coventry club could have kept a London academy.</p><p></p><p>Joe Launchbury has an expiring contract. What if he hadn't wanted to leave London? Hell, what if he doesn't want to have to commute to Coventry every other match day? Wasps have already said that Saracens are sniffing around, which is the least surprising thing in the entire world. He wouldn't be the only Wasps player lined up if they had moved entirely.</p><p></p><p>But anyway, apparently they're not, so this is a completely pointless post, so lets make this relevant with some really brave preaching to the choir -</p><p></p><p>This is mental.</p><p></p><p>Coventry's only about an hour away from Northampton. It's close enough to Wuss too. It's also filled with Coventry City fans who will be enraged at their club's rightful place being usurped by a bunch of blow ins. They're not going to get any fans. They will rattle around in that ground. Anyone ever seen Embra play in Murrayfield? Even on TV, it's a surreal and horrible thing. That's what Wasps are going for. Even the most dedicated Wasps fans will struggle to get up to Coventry regularly, I'd have thought.</p><p></p><p>It smells like suicide, which is why I'm willing to believe Wasps were taken over just to get the Ricoh at a knock down price - not sure the numbers make any sense at all otherwise. </p><p></p><p>As previously noted, and with all due sympathy for the problems of finding stadium space in London, I hope they go to the wall. I also really hope that Quins somehow manage to sign Launchbury, although gods only knows why he'd go or where they'd find the money for squad space for another front line England international.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 676092, member: 42330"] I'm basically just going to repeat what Tony said in different words, and we know they're not moving there anyway, but I wanted to make this post when I went to bed this morning, so I'm going to be utterly redundant and do it anyway. It's different strokes for different folks. Personally, you'd have to pay me a lot of money to move from London to Coventry. Remember George Skivington returning from Leicester post-haste to a London club? However, even just taking about personal taste ignores a lot of big issues - what about guys studying at London universities? What about guys who have girlfriends studying at London universities? Or guys who have girlfriends or wives working in London, doing the sort of job that simply doesn't exist in Coventry? Or those who have side businesses or stakes in family businesses that are firmly rooted in the Home Counties? Sick parents still living in Surrey? None of those things are insurmountable, but they're all part of the everyday fabric of life that means if they'd actually been about to move everyone up en masse, there'd probably have been trouble. Hell, what about their academy? If the entire club had been based in Coventry, they'd basically have had to lose 90pc of their academy. I'm not sure Quins/Sarries/Irish would have the space to take on everyone even if they wanted to, but there's a Coventry club could have kept a London academy. Joe Launchbury has an expiring contract. What if he hadn't wanted to leave London? Hell, what if he doesn't want to have to commute to Coventry every other match day? Wasps have already said that Saracens are sniffing around, which is the least surprising thing in the entire world. He wouldn't be the only Wasps player lined up if they had moved entirely. But anyway, apparently they're not, so this is a completely pointless post, so lets make this relevant with some really brave preaching to the choir - This is mental. Coventry's only about an hour away from Northampton. It's close enough to Wuss too. It's also filled with Coventry City fans who will be enraged at their club's rightful place being usurped by a bunch of blow ins. They're not going to get any fans. They will rattle around in that ground. Anyone ever seen Embra play in Murrayfield? Even on TV, it's a surreal and horrible thing. That's what Wasps are going for. Even the most dedicated Wasps fans will struggle to get up to Coventry regularly, I'd have thought. It smells like suicide, which is why I'm willing to believe Wasps were taken over just to get the Ricoh at a knock down price - not sure the numbers make any sense at all otherwise. As previously noted, and with all due sympathy for the problems of finding stadium space in London, I hope they go to the wall. I also really hope that Quins somehow manage to sign Launchbury, although gods only knows why he'd go or where they'd find the money for squad space for another front line England international. [/QUOTE]
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