I'm an occasional poster and haven't read all of this thread, but I've got to say how embarrassing some of this discussion is.
Too many wind-up merchants, egos and argumentative folk all in the mixing pot that just ends up with childish bickering.
It's all a bit bizarre to me when it seems 99% of us want the same thing.
So many things contribute to my feelings on this.
I'm not a big fan of Gilbert - I think how he conducts himself on social media is amateurish and completely unprofessional. I may be being niaive but I don't see Les Reid as a sisu puppet. He obviously takes a different stand point from Gilbert and does hold the council and wasps to account. We all know sisu are the biggest protagonists in this whole sorry saga, but ccc in particular have a lot to answer for.
As for Joe Elliott and Gary Hoffman, surely there can be no doubt in anyone's mind that they ultimately want what's best for the club? I'm sure mistakes have been made in the past and I bet if you ask either or both of them they'd admit it. But for all the crap spoken on here about needing new owners and forcing sisu out, these two are doing something about it - so why do people feel the need to shoot them down so willingly??
I also see lots of falling out on here l, facebook and twitter about whether people should buy season tickets next year or starve sisu out. Personally, I won't pay for a season ticket, that is my stance. There is absolutely nothing to say this is right. People go to football for different reasons, to escape the wife, meet with friends or go because it's a family thing and has been for generations. I've got friends who as a family have had season tickets for 30+ years. The Northampton debacle split them in half, some went and some didn't. Same will happen next season. The older generation of the family go because they love the club, they are getting old and to be frank may not have many years left watching. So in my opinion, none of you have any right to say to them they shouldn't go, or to claim that they are any less of a fan than someone who is boycotting.
Sometimes there is some funny stuff posted on here - occasionally something sensible and insightful... but f**k me, sometimes I read this forum and I am embarrassed to be a Coventry City fan.
We've had years and years of shit. I argued until I was blue in the face with a Chelsea fan friend the other week about why it is fair that there were 43,000 fans at Wembley whilst our average gate is around 8-9k. We had our one day in the sun (and what a day), but that does seem like a distant memory now with all the bickering about takeovers, journalists and whether people shout buy tickets or not.
I enjoyed my day in the sun the other week. I cried at the final whistle because of the feeling of a weight being lifted off my shoulders. Something good had actually happened for the club. A cup win - yes a shit cup, but the chance to celebrate with 43000 other Cov fans who know the pain.
I'm not calling for people to stop arguing, all agree and start a peace and love commune together. I just think that before people get personal or judgmental, have a think. There's no right or wrong, just opinions about this whole f***ing mess. We all agree we want new owners and a new direction, proper fans would be uniting to make this happen - not arguing, name calling and petty point scoring on an Internet forum. 43,000 at Wembley show we can be a proper football club - as fans, let's start acting like one.
Rant over and well done to anyone that read the lot.