Last Nights Protest Meeting (3 Viewers)
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Good idea, The IMPORTANT thing is to bring a united front to the protest.....I like the idea of giving this a national focus and including other clubs.
After all, the issue of club ownership should be a concern of everyone. We can turn a negative into a positive by raising awareness, NATIONWIDE.
I also think we should have an "opposite boycott" by invading an away ground in the next month or so.
This would be a highly visible and positive protest and would be an easy story for the media to feature.
Kuklinski
New Member
I'd like to apologise to Brinner for my previous comments in relation to his protest against SISU. Even getting the people together last night shows your dedication and commitment and for that you deserve full credit. Sorry for my mocking comments previously, and well done Brinner and all others involved.
Well said, and v well put.:claping hands:
kg82
Well-Known Member
Bit condescending. Just because he wants to buy a programme doesn't make him any less a true fan than you and me. It's not as if he's doing it for profit or gain, it's obviously a personal tradition and I admire that.
Kuklinski, well said.
pusbccfc
Well-Known Member
Sisuout on tour in tenerife, going on sunday coming back christmas night so I don't miss peterborough or the bristol game.
I shall be wearing my sisu out Tee about and will have a love city hate sisu flag hanging up.
Also can I make a suggestion,
The stewards usually open the gates after half time for those who want to leave early, how about when they open the gates we all go in a watch the last 15minutes to cheer the team on a protest about sisu?
Then after the game back out to the statue to protest inside or whatever?
#saveourcity
I shall be wearing my sisu out Tee about and will have a love city hate sisu flag hanging up.
Also can I make a suggestion,
The stewards usually open the gates after half time for those who want to leave early, how about when they open the gates we all go in a watch the last 15minutes to cheer the team on a protest about sisu?
Then after the game back out to the statue to protest inside or whatever?
#saveourcity
albatross
Well-Known Member
I think we all have common ground that SISU are harming and possibly killing our club.
I have posted on here previously that we need to protest about SISUs ownership but rather than stay away I proposed a positive form of action whereby at one of the Christmas a protest group would call for a large attendance. encouraged people to come to the ground and support Andy Thorn and the team.... but on that day not to purchase a program as a signal to the club that we are all totally fed up with the farce that is unraveling before us.
Make it a theme of supporting the team and not SISU. make it obvious that every chant or song for the team is a song or chant against SISU
Don’t buy the program on match day... encourage all visiting teams to boycott program sales as supportive gesture.
28,000+ supporting the teams.......... 0 program sales
its all about making a point to SISU... look what you could have had if you run this place properly.
If people want to stay away as a protest , that’s fine, but if you want to attend that’s fine too but a simple and easy way to demonstrate against SISU would be to encourage zero sales of Match day programs.
If you collect programs .... buy it on the Monday from the shop or on line ......just not on match day It is the symbolism that is important.
If it is too much to ask not to buy a program on match day …… exactly how are you going to help?
I have posted on here previously that we need to protest about SISUs ownership but rather than stay away I proposed a positive form of action whereby at one of the Christmas a protest group would call for a large attendance. encouraged people to come to the ground and support Andy Thorn and the team.... but on that day not to purchase a program as a signal to the club that we are all totally fed up with the farce that is unraveling before us.
Make it a theme of supporting the team and not SISU. make it obvious that every chant or song for the team is a song or chant against SISU
Don’t buy the program on match day... encourage all visiting teams to boycott program sales as supportive gesture.
28,000+ supporting the teams.......... 0 program sales
its all about making a point to SISU... look what you could have had if you run this place properly.
If people want to stay away as a protest , that’s fine, but if you want to attend that’s fine too but a simple and easy way to demonstrate against SISU would be to encourage zero sales of Match day programs.
If you collect programs .... buy it on the Monday from the shop or on line ......just not on match day It is the symbolism that is important.
If it is too much to ask not to buy a program on match day …… exactly how are you going to help?
ashbyjan
Well-Known Member
Albatross - fine sentiment but to be brutal SISU dont give a monkeys what we fans think of them and not buying a programme may send a message to them but one that they will simply ignore. What we are doing is a protest and action that will gain national media attention and give SISU the one thing they seem to be afraid off - adverse publicity. If we can gain national focus on their mismanagement of millions of pounds of investment funds and get the message to potential clients of theirs that these people are incompetent, cannot be trusted and look what a mess they have made at Coventry then that will have a real impact on their tenure here.
ICHAN
Well-Known Member
Posted the same kind of thing to do for the Hull match, by trying to see if we can get other sets of fans to help the cause, although this does not affect them directly some clubs are being torn apart by these unscruplous owners who care nothing for the english game and have taken the game away from the fans who are, have been and always will be the life blood of any club, and are the ones who ultimatly have to pay the price as they watch the demise of their club.
This could happen to any club not just Coventry and one day there will be a headline which has the tragic story for the fans of a traditional league club with history gone never to return.
This could happen to any club not just Coventry and one day there will be a headline which has the tragic story for the fans of a traditional league club with history gone never to return.
albatross
Well-Known Member
Ashbyjan, I agree that they don’t give a fig, they are money men in it for a profit.... but the not buying a program campaign is a sustainable and easily repeatable protest.
I don't think you can expect people not to attend and support the team on a regular basis but to protest by simply not purchasing a program on match day is easy for all to take part all ages all aspects of our support and can include the away following. if you can get the biggest crowds of the season to do this repeatedly it will make the press.
The beauty is that there is minimal effort in it for it to work . You are simply asking people not to do something ..... inaction rather than action as a form of protest...
Plus I have the image in my head of Ken Dulux's office piled high with unsold programs!
I don't think you can expect people not to attend and support the team on a regular basis but to protest by simply not purchasing a program on match day is easy for all to take part all ages all aspects of our support and can include the away following. if you can get the biggest crowds of the season to do this repeatedly it will make the press.
The beauty is that there is minimal effort in it for it to work . You are simply asking people not to do something ..... inaction rather than action as a form of protest...
Plus I have the image in my head of Ken Dulux's office piled high with unsold programs!
JC was far to busy on saturday apparently doing the smoozing ,and did'nt have the time for the average fan.
I (more than ever) think it imperative that all Cov fans join this protest and support the boycott.
Very important that the owners (whoever they are) know they have failed and that the world knows that we know they have failed.
A two year old monkey could do a better job.
Very important that the owners (whoever they are) know they have failed and that the world knows that we know they have failed.
A two year old monkey could do a better job.
ICHAN
Well-Known Member
No problems Wingy and no hard feelings from me anyway.
The problem is it is a very emotional time for all cov fans when OUR club is being ripped apart by people who are unwilling to try and fight for there investment and are just letting OUR club rot and fester without trying to give a helping hand.
I did say the other week that no matter what goes on between those who protest and those who don't and people are having very differant view points about very strong emotional topics because it is about the demise of our club and everyone wants whats best in the end, that we don't start fighting each other and non more so I think, than when the southampton game comes around because emotions could be very high on that day
Thank you wingy by the way
As for the JC and the VIP thing, it just goes to show what they all are really about self centred egotist's.
We'll_live_and_die
Super Moderator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxnX52cWaMU&feature=related Only just seen this. I was in the ticket office to the right. Pretty amusing, but effective. Could do with this again.
georgehudson
Well-Known Member
let us collectively investigate as to who the owners / investors are,
if we can find anything, then fire off the news snippets to them,
if you knew you by some obtuse means you were a 'sisu' invester,
what would you do with your dosh ?
'sisu' have proved themselves to not only be an utter disgrace, but untrustworthy, deceptive, devious, dishonourable, and perhaps for their investors,
a useless 'hedge' fund,
PUSB
if we can find anything, then fire off the news snippets to them,
if you knew you by some obtuse means you were a 'sisu' invester,
what would you do with your dosh ?
'sisu' have proved themselves to not only be an utter disgrace, but untrustworthy, deceptive, devious, dishonourable, and perhaps for their investors,
a useless 'hedge' fund,
PUSB
Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
I've just left a message on Southampton forum explaining what we are planning to do. Hopefully they'll respond favourably.
Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
Thanks Ichan. I'll post any replies on here.
brinner
New Member
cheers fella.
were you there?
was a good turn out cheers for every1 that turned up.
got about 500 leaflets to hand out today at posh!!
PUSB!!
gary_ccfcforever
Well-Known Member
I can hit MK Dons no trouble and possibly Middlesborough too. Reading isnt an issue. The next thing we need to do it get an article in the financial times and hit sisu's reputation in central london where it will hurt most. i am going to try to find a contact there and ask tem to run a story on us. One thing i will say.. i have heard the University of Pensylvania pension fund may have an interest in ccfc although there has been no reponse from them to either confirm or deny this.
lordsummerisle
Well-Known Member
Maybe see you there! Been meaning to watch a Lincoln game, but think about to go into admin(Frying pans and fire spring to mind!)
SkyBlue_Bear83
Well-Known Member
They just mentioned the university of pensylvania pension fund on CWR, I don't really understand what they were trying to say though
stevo_ccfc
New Member
As well as the press are the sports radio stations being contacted it would be great if 5live etc did a piece on the club
gary_ccfcforever
Well-Known Member
Ok I now should have mk dons, Wycombe, middlesborough and maybe Plymouth or Exeter sorted who else can get pictures for our campaign?
Sterling Archer
Well-Known Member
I'm not going to the cup game but the audacity of telling fans not to buy a beer/pie and/or programme is ludicrous.