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I'm not saying they wouldn't be welcome if they are in need.

But I think Watford would need to understand Barnet's exit strategy. The last thing I want is for us to come to the situation where we are turfing a football league club out for financial reasons (i.e. if they can't afford to pay), and I think we would need some sort of reassurance that we won't be faced with that sort of decision.
 
trying to read into the last couple of articles on the Barnet FC site and it's almost as if the Council are trying to price them out of the ground. What kind of attendances do Sarries get in comparison? Barnet average around 2000-ish.
 
SandyHornet said:
trying to read into the last couple of articles on the Barnet FC site and it's almost as if the Council are trying to price them out of the ground. What kind of attendances do Sarries get in comparison? Barnet average around 2000-ish.
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I think Sarries are closer to 6000.
 
"money talks, Barnet walks?"

But is the ground big enough for Sarries? Are there any rules on terracing in Rugby as the main stand at Barnet only has 782 capacity? Plus there's not much space around the ground for any serious stadium enlargement.
 
SandyHornet said:
"money talks, Barnet walks?"

But is the ground big enough for Sarries? Are there any rules on terracing in Rugby as the main stand at Barnet only has 782 capacity? Plus there's not much space around the ground for any serious stadium enlargement.
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Well, after the way they've behaved, stuff them & who cares?

I suppose if they can get the local council to agree to what they've just done, then anything is possible. Glad I don't own a home in the immediate vicinity.
 
I think that would be great for them, and not too bad for us. They wont damage the pitch like sarries, but they might not generate the revenues sarries do. Although that would be offset by the savings on the pitch maybe.
 
Saracens play roughly 11 games a season at VR (the number of cup games being roughly equal to the number of Twickenham/Wembley games).

Barnet would play 23 league games, I'd expect an average of two cup games, and friendlies are more financially important for them than us.

Am I right in thinking that a groundshare between Saracens and Barnet is impossible because Sarries want to use artificial turf?
 
That and the fact it might be underhand tactics ie buying off the local council to force Barnet out and then to take over the ground , buy local area from cricket club and improve the stadium for their own use! on the cheap!!
 
Bolton's Boots said:
No - they'd do more damage than Sarries! Sarries only use the pitch once a fortnight, whereas Barnet, like us, play more games and would therefore need it more often. You may gather from that that I don't subscribe to the theory that RU causes more damage to a pitch than football. ;)
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I would disagree there. I think the stress the pitch is put under when playing RU, with the digging your boots in for a scrum and the ruck. But thats my opinion.
 
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