Wasps action (9 Viewers)

[Nick]

Its complicated getting a joint protest everyone has diff opinions on who is at fault. Therefore it needs to be a message of something everyone agrees with which is us having a home to play at next season (at least i hope thats a mutual agreement among us). Otherwise you get everyone fighting on different fronts, no focus and then people picking and choosing protests if its only against the one they think is at fault!

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Exactly!

It's either send out statements and target everybody or keep it pro CCFC.

Liquid Gold has made decent suggestions to target all of them.

 

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[chiefdave]

I think the fact the talk of action against Wasps gets so much panic in that strange accounts login within minutes shows exactly why it should be done.

Its so obvious now, surely everyone can see what is going on.

PR form working Sunday now I see

New 'parody' twitter accounts popping up today as well.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

Set fire to the Ricoh.
Simple and to the point.

Fucking hell mate.




Ok, I'm in.

 

[JulianDarbyFTW]

As sad as it is to say, I don't see any protests making a scrap of difference. The decision makers don't care about us. None of them. Yes, we can get our plight featured in the national press, but we've done that several times before and got no further forward. Us fans are just pawns that can be sacrificed to protect the egos and wallets of selfish people.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Exactly!

It's either send out statements and target everybody or keep it pro CCFC.

Liquid Gold has made decent suggestions to target all of them.

A list of simple demands:

SISU: Drop the legals and sod off

Wasps: Offer the club a deal and/or sod off

Council: Sod off and fix the potholes

A lot of parties need to sod off but I am confident it can happen

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

As sad as it is to say, I don't see any protests making a scrap of difference. The decision makers don't care about us. None of them. Yes, we can get our plight featured in the national press, but we've done that several times before and got no further forward. Us fans are just pawns that can be sacrificed to protect the egos and wallets of selfish people.

The club isn't dead as long as there's enough people who care to keep it going.

 

[chiefdave]

How about a message with a video? Get children involved saying how much they love to watch us etc (appeal to the human rather than business side....."we understand the issues with SISU however it's people like this that will suffer"

The video thing is easy. Anyone can take them on their phone (remember to hold it sideways!).

Just short, say 10 second kids of what CCFC means to them. Get the kids on there and the old folks who have been going for years. People who go with their Dad, the kids in the family zone. Add in some former players and managers.

Sure there's someone that can edit these things into short videos that can be shared on social media. Add in iconic images such as the 87 parade through town, the recent promotion parade etc. Could even whack something like Ghost Town on as a soundtrack.

If anyone could get a video from Madders and / or Wilson you've got a chance of decent number of retweets and national media picking up on it.

 

[Nick]

If people want exposure, why has nobody paid Wagner £20 to make a video?

 

[JulianDarbyFTW]

The club isn't dead as long as there's enough people who care to keep it going.

Mate, I'm just tired of it all. I've marched, I've sang, I've protested, and now I've all but resigned myself to the death of my club. Fans are the last people to be considered in modern football. It's all about £££, and that's not what the sport I fell in love with was ever supposed to be about.

 

[clint van damme]

Fucking hell mate.




Ok, I'm in.

You do realise I'm talking about on a non match day? I'm not some sort of maniac

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

If people want exposure, why has nobody paid Wagner £20 to make a video?

I don't see how a cheap sex tape is going to solve our problems

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

The club isn't dead as long as there's enough people who care to keep it going.

There isn't though

 

[Nick]

I don't see how a cheap sex tape is going to solve our problems

You joke about it, but I'm pretty sure a honeytrap and people in important places could sort a lot of our issues Add a bag of coke in to make sure.

 

[clint van damme]

Mate, I'm just tired of it all. I've marched, I've sang, I've protested, and now I've all but resigned myself to the death of my club. Fans are the last people to be considered in modern football. It's all about £££, and that's not what the sport I fell in love with was ever supposed to be about.

Where there's life, there's hope.
We're playing Accringtom next week, they've died more times than Bobby Ewing

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Mate, I'm just tired of it all. I've marched, I've sang, I've protested, and now I've all but resigned myself to the death of my club. Fans are the last people to be considered in modern football. It's all about £££, and that's not what the sport I fell in love with was ever supposed to be about.

I completely agree. Still have to keep trying while a smidgen of a chance remains though.

 

[I_Saw_Shaw_Score]

If people want exposure, why has nobody paid Wagner £20 to make a video?

I’m sure with his payoff from Huddersfield he won’t be too fussed about making a video!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

There isn't though

That's the spirt

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

You joke about it, but I'm pretty sure a honeytrap and people in important places could sort a lot of our issues Add a bag of coke in to make sure.

Martcov is effectively German, he can lay the bait

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

That's the spirt

I'm being realistic. How many people on here that are now the most vocal on here were that bothered before?How many of those will get involved now? Also if they do get involved what difference will it make? As a final question what do they get involved in? Sorry to be negative but I feel nothing that we do is going to change anything.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

You do realise I'm talking about on a non match day? I'm not some sort of maniac

Ah sorry, think I misunderstood.

Probably count me out then.

 

[jeycov]

Atm Spurs cannot play at their home venue, in fact will they feature at the new White Hart Lane “ at all this season
The FA have helped them play league and cup games at Wembley
Surely all clubs need supporting when there are issues re home venues, sometimes it seems that the powers that be have no interest in teams in “lesser leagues”

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Have the trust spoken to other trusts asking them to make sure their clubs don’t vote for expulsion as they need to get 75% to vote us out at least that buys us some time.

Ideas to attack wasps unfortunately I have no idea what can hurt them and nobody seems to want to sort anything.

 

[Grendel]

Atm Spurs cannot play at their home venue, in fact will they feature at the new White Hart Lane “ at all this season
The FA have helped them play league and cup games at Wembley
Surely all clubs need supporting when there are issues re home venues, sometimes it seems that the powers that be have no interest in teams in “lesser leagues”

I don’t think they’d have any issue with an alternative ground just to get this headache put away for another year

 

[chiefdave]

The problem is its been left so late that there's not really time to start with a low key approach and ramp things up.

I would rule out any action in the ground at a Wasps game. Just can't see it being effective. Their fans aren't really that bothered, look on their forum where there's plenty of people hoping we get kicked out.

And you're trying to rely on pissed off (and possibly pissed up) city fans to not even make noise at the wrong time. I would say you'd have a good chance some idiot would get on the pitch and it would all backfire.

Needs to be a specific thing we are requesting. I would suggest a one year rolling deal on the current terms, could maybe add an annual increase linked to inflation, until the legals are over.

The obvious thing, as it can be done quickly and easily, is to start with an open letter. I would make sure it points out that it is the fans that will suffer not SISU. That the fans have tried protests before, during and after home and away games, disrupting games, the huge marches, protests at SISUs offices and the football authorities offices with zero impact.

Point out the history off the club and how important it is to the people of Coventry. That the club is a local employer, generates millions annually for the local economy and is one of the things most associated with the city nationally and internationally.

State that Wasps have benefitted from the clubs troubles by purchasing a £113m stadium for less than £10m, something that was never offered to the football club. Point out the assurances that Wasps arrival would not harm CCFC.

Mention the potential impact on the bonds and Wasps bottom line if Wasps lose a significant tenant. Not just the money the club pays Wasps every year, the loss in F&B, loss in customer for ACL partners such as the casino, lowering the value of future naming rights.

Question if Wasps are prepared to force Coventry City out of existence, and don't accept 'but SISU' as a response. Make it clear that if that is the route they choose the people of Coventry will not just stand back and accept it.

 

[chiefdave]

Atm Spurs cannot play at their home venue, in fact will they feature at the new White Hart Lane “ at all this season
The FA have helped them play league and cup games at Wembley
Surely all clubs need supporting when there are issues re home venues, sometimes it seems that the powers that be have no interest in teams in “lesser leagues”

The same would apply to us. If we said we aren't playing at the Ricoh but we're going to temporarily play at another stadium, that meets the FL ground requirements, in Coventry that would be fine. Problem is there isn't one.

 

[RegTheDonk]

Telegraph need to get stop sucking WAPSs balls and grow some of their own. Pretty quick a few years ago to back the fans and champion the anti SISU movement. What are they doing now to protect the fortunes of CCFC?

 

[covcity4life]

Rent the a444 billboard and advertise the wasps boycott

 

[chiefdave]

Rent the a444 billboard and advertise the wasps boycott

From the pictures of their crowd yesterday looks like the boycott is already doing very well.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Rent the a444 billboard and advertise the wasps boycott

Would that not help fund wasps if they own them.

 

[Liquid Gold]

The problem is its been left so late that there's not really time to start with a low key approach and ramp things up.

I would rule out any action in the ground at a Wasps game. Just can't see it being effective. Their fans aren't really that bothered, look on their forum where there's plenty of people hoping we get kicked out.

And you're trying to rely on pissed off (and possibly pissed up) city fans to not even make noise at the wrong time. I would say you'd have a good chance some idiot would get on the pitch and it would all backfire.

Needs to be a specific thing we are requesting. I would suggest a one year rolling deal on the current terms, could maybe add an annual increase linked to inflation, until the legals are over.

The obvious thing, as it can be done quickly and easily, is to start with an open letter. I would make sure it points out that it is the fans that will suffer not SISU. That the fans have tried protests before, during and after home and away games, disrupting games, the huge marches, protests at SISUs offices and the football authorities offices with zero impact.

Point out the history off the club and how important it is to the people of Coventry. That the club is a local employer, generates millions annually for the local economy and is one of the things most associated with the city nationally and internationally.

State that Wasps have benefitted from the clubs troubles by purchasing a £113m stadium for less than £10m, something that was never offered to the football club. Point out the assurances that Wasps arrival would not harm CCFC.

Mention the potential impact on the bonds and Wasps bottom line if Wasps lose a significant tenant. Not just the money the club pays Wasps every year, the loss in F&B, loss in customer for ACL partners such as the casino, lowering the value of future naming rights.

Question if Wasps are prepared to force Coventry City out of existence, and don't accept 'but SISU' as a response. Make it clear that if that is the route they choose the people of Coventry will not just stand back and accept it.

I've been going on about this open letter for weeks. It isn't going to happen.

 

[chiefdave]

I've been going on about this open letter for weeks. It isn't going to happen.

I know but it just seems such an easy and obvious thing to do I struggle to see why we're as close to the deadline as we are and its not yet been taken onboard.

 

[Liquid Gold]

I know but it just seems such an easy and obvious thing to do I struggle to see why we're as close to the deadline as we are and its not yet been taken onboard.

Because, unless they actually do something, I can't see that this is anything more than virtue signalling so they can say they've attempted something.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

The same would apply to us. If we said we aren't playing at the Ricoh but we're going to temporarily play at another stadium, that meets the FL ground requirements, in Coventry that would be fine. Problem is there isn't one.

Could temporary stands be installed at the Butts, taking aside that they're not interested?

 

[mark82]

I’ve been taking about this open letter campaign for about a month now. It’s obviously not going to happen but hey ho. Still, anything against them needs to start immediately. If they have another home game without action it’s a travesty.

This is definitely my favoured approach. It's respectful and legal but can also be a strong statement. Get it in the press locally, and maybe even nationally (if anyone gives enough of a shit).

 

[Nick]

Because, unless they actually do something, I can't see that this is anything more than virtue signalling so they can say they've attempted something.

It was obvious as soon as CJ said "you asked me to".

So predictable. At least it can now be said "we asked the fans for ideas".