Afternoon Coventry fans
I am a blade and I accept the abuse that may mindlessly come my way after the circus of a game last night...
Am I alone in thinking that if your team had no problems and you spent your hard earned money to travel 90 miles to watch a FOOTBALL match that you wouldn't have been a little annoyed if it were to be interrupted 3 times and delayed on a work night...
If you had been approached outside the ground by some home fans and asked to spare some money for the plight of the hosting club, or even a signature to back up a campaign then fair enough, most football supporters would happily do this. However at the end of the day the blades fans have come down heard nothing but a loud whistling, and feel the game they have paid to watch is being used not for a display of football but for a publicity stunt.
Being from Huddersfield I know that last year the exact same thing happened when they played Blackpool and the game was abandoned and a draw was awarded. If this had been in reverse and you felt the game was heading to that conclusion would you have stood and applauded knowing that it may damage your promotion push?
Whilst I am sympathetic towards any club not respecting their fans I am against anything that prevents a game of football game going ahead. The whole Tevez/Mascherano scenario was completely different, the game has laws and a team broke them. For some reason we were the only team willing to question why the FA and premier league. They decided that fining them a tiny figure in comparison to what they made due to the signing of these players was acceptable. Whilst your plight is a terrible one, it is an internal matter that I hope can be resolved with all the fans and local businesses around Coventry coming together and buying out these bandits. The Tevez affair wasn't internal it was a questioning of the governing body of the sport! and how it seems happy to dock points for a team who cannot afford to run its self (administration) or even Middlesbrough who had a virus spread round the players and couldnt raise a team, but when a London team CHEATS no points are deducted and the fine was a joke, West Ham still won! it would be like saying Lance Armstrong we know you cheated on drugs all your career, but you are still the champion however out of the 80m prize money could you give back 10 and you can compete next year!
However you dragged a team fighting for promotion into your problem who will not be able to help in this matter and we simply reacted with a bit of sarcastic banter. Just like fans who have sang Wednesday based songs at us, or who took the piss out of an innocent Ched Evans pre-trial or even when Coventry fans outside the pub at the station (The Howard) sang there's only one Carlos Tevez. We take it with a pinch of salt have a laugh and move on.
No blade wants SISU to ruin your club, however the fans that had made the trip didn't want Coventry fans ruining the entertainment of the game they had paid to watch. Neither did they want to miss their train home or be delayed and inconvenienced by something that isn't their problem...
I have no idea why you are all losing your heads about a bit of banter?
Hi Anthony, as someone who lived in Sheffield on the Blades side of town for a number of years in the nineties, I think I can respond to your posts with abit of knowledge.
1) Why do Blades fans think it all about them? It didn't matter which team we played it would have happened as we have had enough, and the game was live on SKY. If you cant see that drawing negative publicity against our owners is of paramount importance, then you don't understand what is going on,.
2) This isn't about banter, we have had nine years of this shit, and it just would have been nice to have some solidarity from football fans of another club. We have had solidarity off everyone else when we have needed it. You are the ONLY club who hasn't shared that. Its not a prerequisite but it would have been nice.
3) This situation could happen to anyone. We hope it doesn't, but would support anyone in the same situation.
4) A lot of people I know, as CCFC fans, were disgusted the Tevez issue. The fact that it played out in the Close Season, how could we have helped? There were no games to voice our support, nothing, it was played out in the Courts so how could we or anyone have helped.
5) When I lived in Sheffield, the blades were in the shit financially. I and other mates, non Blades fans, attended games when we could to support your club in its time of need. I was happy to help and support Blades supporting mates of mine. They would be disgusted by what happened last night. Its a pity you couldn't have shown the same good grace.
6) You won, your march goes on, just remember last night was about a football club on the whole and its existence, not just 3 points on a Thursday night.
