by Stuka » 12 Oct 2010 15:46
by Big Foot » 12 Oct 2010 18:47
by Stuka » 12 Oct 2010 19:12
by SHORT AND CURLY » 12 Oct 2010 20:16
by Royal Lady » 13 Oct 2010 16:06
SHORT AND CURLY I think he posted on here as Leo Sayer (may be wrong though)
by Jackson Corner » 13 Oct 2010 21:26
by Stuka » 14 Oct 2010 10:25
by Jackson Corner » 14 Oct 2010 12:45
Stuka How much of a risk would you say there was to Reading? At the moment it seems the balance is strongly in favour of the football club.
by Stuka » 14 Oct 2010 13:34
Jackson CornerStuka How much of a risk would you say there was to Reading? At the moment it seems the balance is strongly in favour of the football club.
At the moment they are very much the tennants. Apart from the odd sign and stuff in the merchandise shop, you would really not know they were here. However god forbid if we went down and they won the the European cup who knows?
by Fox Talbot » 14 Oct 2010 18:33
by Stuka » 15 Oct 2010 09:58
by Muskrat » 15 Oct 2010 23:13
Fox Talbot That's the point. Who knows what will happen during the 20 year life of the agreement?
The odds are it won't be JM in charge of RFC at the end of it.
It might (and no-one knows) be a consortium of rugby-minded Irish business men: then what?
Wycombe fans not happy at the moment - move to a too-big, out-of-town stadium on the cards.
by Fox Talbot » 16 Oct 2010 10:21
by Rev Algenon Stickleback H » 17 Oct 2010 19:09
Fox Talbot That's the point. Who knows what will happen during the 20 year life of the agreement?
The odds are it won't be JM in charge of RFC at the end of it.
It might (and no-one knows) be a consortium of rugby-minded Irish business men: then what?
Wycombe fans not happy at the moment - move to a too-big, out-of-town stadium on the cards.
by Wycombe Royal » 18 Oct 2010 10:32
Rev Algenon Stickleback H The problems at Wycombe are also due to the restricted access. There's nothing at all to stop them expanding Adams Park - they just wouldn't be allowed to let any more fans in. That's not a problem at Reading. We were allowed to raise the capacity to 36000 after all, so the issues at Wycombe don't exist at Reading.
by Fox Talbot » 18 Oct 2010 12:15
Rev Algenon Stickleback HFox Talbot That's the point. Who knows what will happen during the 20 year life of the agreement?
The odds are it won't be JM in charge of RFC at the end of it.
It might (and no-one knows) be a consortium of rugby-minded Irish business men: then what?
Wycombe fans not happy at the moment - move to a too-big, out-of-town stadium on the cards.
The nightmare scenario implied for Reading is that they'd sell the stadium to build one more suitable for London Irish - potentially somewhere nearer London.
The big problem with that idea is that much of their increased fan-base is from the Reading area, so they'd be stupid to think they could move away and still get the same support.
It would also rely on Madejski selling the stadium independent of the club, as buying the club as well, with the intention of allowing it to run down, would be prohibitively expensive. Even just buying the stadium to resell it to raise money for a new stadium seems more than a little excessive.
The problems at Wycombe are also due to the restricted access. There's nothing at all to stop them expanding Adams Park - they just wouldn't be allowed to let any more fans in. That's not a problem at Reading. We were allowed to raise the capacity to 36000 after all, so the issues at Wycombe don't exist at Reading.
by Rev Algenon Stickleback H » 18 Oct 2010 14:49
Fox TalbotRev Algenon Stickleback HFox Talbot That's the point. Who knows what will happen during the 20 year life of the agreement?
The odds are it won't be JM in charge of RFC at the end of it.
It might (and no-one knows) be a consortium of rugby-minded Irish business men: then what?
Wycombe fans not happy at the moment - move to a too-big, out-of-town stadium on the cards.
The nightmare scenario implied for Reading is that they'd sell the stadium to build one more suitable for London Irish - potentially somewhere nearer London.
The big problem with that idea is that much of their increased fan-base is from the Reading area, so they'd be stupid to think they could move away and still get the same support.
It would also rely on Madejski selling the stadium independent of the club, as buying the club as well, with the intention of allowing it to run down, would be prohibitively expensive. Even just buying the stadium to resell it to raise money for a new stadium seems more than a little excessive.
The problems at Wycombe are also due to the restricted access. There's nothing at all to stop them expanding Adams Park - they just wouldn't be allowed to let any more fans in. That's not a problem at Reading. We were allowed to raise the capacity to 36000 after all, so the issues at Wycombe don't exist at Reading.
I didn't mean to imply a direct parallel between what's happening at Wycombe and what could happen over a 20 year period at Reading. The issue highlighted is some other club / sport has a stake in our stadium / neghbourhood now so our future might be less secure - despite the rent RFCget.
by Stranded » 21 Oct 2010 12:43
by Big Foot » 21 Oct 2010 13:14
Stranded £28 is for the European games only.
Going to Irish V Sale next week and ticket is costing £12.
by Silver Fox » 21 Oct 2010 13:20
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