Is anyone else glad we're terrible? (3 Viewers)

[Pusb1]

Ok Bare with me here...

Whilst yesterday was somewhat a shambles, I sat at the game thinking "this is what Coventry City is all about." A superb following, great noise, good away day, the football was anticlimatic, and we had a bit of fun having a communal moan about how terrible we were. The reality being, at our level, everyone is much of a muchness in terms of expectations and capability- and in all honesty, what we come to expect, and why we love Cov.

I then Sat at home after the game watching Match of the day, talk of hundreds of millions of pounds spent on players. Fans of traditionally smaller clubs creating poor atmosphere at games, VAR ruining games, teams having no point turning up to games because they are getting smashed by the 'big 7 or whatever it is now.'

People jump on the Premier League bangwagon, family, colleagues, discussing transfer rumours between these foreign players they have never even seen play. Most of whom have never even been to a game in the PremierLeague, yet it is 'trendy' to like it.

Even the Championship, where the disparity and transfer fees between the players is outrageous. Clubs spending 10-20 million plus on players.

I love the fact we have typical 'Cov' abject performances. It brings us together. It's what i come to expect.
Damn it makes those occassional visits to Wembley even more special. Those once in a blue moon great performances even more special. The occassional great player we have pass through our doors even more special. The away days amongst like minded fans even more special. The new small grounds and atmospheres we share with 'real' football fans of teams at our level even more special.
I love turning up to games at our level, seeing little quality but good effort, the knowledge that on our day we can beat anyone, also knowing our players aren't world beaters and that we have the potential to get beaten. We as Cov fans love the occassional moan at a terrible performance, and it's all part of a good away day!

But i'd much rather this than losing touch with why we love football.

 

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[Ricketts]

I can see your point but don't agree with the thread title.

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

Glad we’re not in the Premier League circus but not happy that we are in the circs we are, and certainly not satisfied with yesterday’s failure to trouble the scoresheet.

 

[Covkid1968#]

Get that.... but I would be very very happy with us getting in the championship with some real Midlands rivalry. Can’t be arsed with PL.

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

I'd have loved to have seen Cov play in the top flight but unfortunately I was born 20 years too late.

Still would take a season in the Prem but way too lucrative for it to be enjoyable.

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[ccfcway]

I don’t get this. Why would a fan support a club and not to want them to be playing in the highest league possible ?. I can’t wait till the day comes when I take my 44 year old son* to his first cov prem game.



*hes only 10 at the moment

 

[hill83]

Stockholm Syndrome*

*Kind of

 

[GaryJones]

I think the gulf between Premier League and The Championship is absolutely huge and likewise the gulf between The Championship and Leagues 1 and 2 is huge too. Getting from one of those to the other is a huge transition due to one thing - money.
The game in Leagues 1 & 2 somehow feels more honest to me - no prima-donnas earning as much in a month as it would take to save the likes of Bury from extinction. Likewise you don’t get the constant diatribe in the news 24/7 about so & so turning up for training in his Ferrari, wearing sunglasses in the winter with a massive pair of headphones on and ignoring the fans who foolishly worship the very ground they walk on or pretending to be injured because his club wouldn’t sanction his move to Juventus or where ever for a zillion pounds a week to try and force a move.
Players in “our” league feel more normal and connected to the fan base - they turn up to Supporters Club events and mingle with us - Jordan Shipley’s Dad & Granddad travel with us on the coach to virtually every game for god sakes and I couldn’t see that happening for many in the Premier League!

So I know what you are getting at with this thread but I say Long Live League One and all who sail in her and my only hope is that Coventry stay competitive near the top and are considered a “massive club” (how many times did I hear that phrase during the transfer window about virtually every club including Preston North End) for a while longer yet because that will all end if we get promoted to the Championship full to the brink with “massive clubs”.
I love the fact we are a big fish in a small pond!!

 

[lord_garrincha]

I don’t get this. Why would a fan support a club and not to want them to be playing in the highest league possible ?

I actually could not care less about the Prem League as it is now... but to say that I would not want a double promotion would be folly... although it's funny that the mindset has changed for some (remember the League One 'tour' shirts?!!).

Although I am sure it's changed a bit from when we were there last... maybe Highfield Road II will have been built in time!

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Don’t get this mentality - it’s shit having to play bury, Accrington etc, thinking Shipley’s a good player or Godden is a good signing.

The reality is 10 years ago - they’d be no where near our club.

I’d rather be watching better players play for my club against the better teams. Hoping for the odd FA Cup run or a chance to play in Europe

 

[speedie87]

Not feeling this at all - I haven’t celebrated any goal since relegation from the prem in the same way as hose days - it doesn’t seem so important - sticking it to the big boys the importance of staying up.

Anyone who was at white heart lane that day and we won to stay up will know that feeling

Satin all that VAR would do my head in - not being able to go celebrate a goal properly cus it might get allowed will kill football for me.

 

[Hobo]

Don’t get this mentality - it’s shit having to play bury, Accrington etc, thinking Shipley’s a good player or Godden is a good signing.

The reality is 10 years ago - they’d be no where near our club.

I’d rather be watching better players play for my club against the better teams. Hoping for the odd FA Cup run or a chance to play in Europe

You would still be watching mediocrity at that higher level but the new signing would have cost 12 million. Its all relative. Premier League games can be pretty boring at times and you pay more for that boredom.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

You would still be watching mediocrity at that higher level but the new signing would have cost 12 million. Its all relative. Premier League games can be pretty boring at times and you pay more for that boredom.

I’d rather watch mediocrity at that level than the current level

 

[Grendel]

Don’t get this mentality - it’s shit having to play bury, Accrington etc, thinking Shipley’s a good player or Godden is a good signing.

The reality is 10 years ago - they’d be no where near our club.

I’d rather be watching better players play for my club against the better teams. Hoping for the odd FA Cup run or a chance to play in Europe

True 10 years ago we were signing Roy O’donovan

 

[clint van damme]

Not feeling this at all - I haven’t celebrated any goal since relegation from the prem in the same way as hose days - it doesn’t seem so important - sticking it to the big boys the importance of staying up.

Anyone who was at white heart lane that day and we won to stay up will know that feeling

Satin all that VAR would do my head in - not being able to go celebrate a goal properly cus it might get allowed will kill football for me.

really?

 

[Houchens Head]

I don’t get this. Why would a fan support a club and not to want them to be playing in the highest league possible ?. I can’t wait till the day comes when I take my 44 year old son* to his first cov prem game.



*hes only 10 at the moment

That will make me exactly 100 years old! Jeez! Scary!

 

[ccfcway]

That will make me exactly 100 years old! Jeez! Scary!

Won’t be far off the result of JR18 by then as well

 

[oscillatewildly]

That will make me exactly 100 years old! Jeez! Scary!

And don't think you'll be getting out of the bumps either, Houch.

 

[steve82]

Ok Bare with me here...

Whilst yesterday was somewhat a shambles, I sat at the game thinking "this is what Coventry City is all about." A superb following, great noise, good away day, the football was anticlimatic, and we had a bit of fun having a communal moan about how terrible we were. The reality being, at our level, everyone is much of a muchness in terms of expectations and capability- and in all honesty, what we come to expect, and why we love Cov.

I then Sat at home after the game watching Match of the day, talk of hundreds of millions of pounds spent on players. Fans of traditionally smaller clubs creating poor atmosphere at games, VAR ruining games, teams having no point turning up to games because they are getting smashed by the 'big 7 or whatever it is now.'

People jump on the Premier League bangwagon, family, colleagues, discussing transfer rumours between these foreign players they have never even seen play. Most of whom have never even been to a game in the PremierLeague, yet it is 'trendy' to like it.

Even the Championship, where the disparity and transfer fees between the players is outrageous. Clubs spending 10-20 million plus on players.

I love the fact we have typical 'Cov' abject performances. It brings us together. It's what i come to expect.
Damn it makes those occassional visits to Wembley even more special. Those once in a blue moon great performances even more special. The occassional great player we have pass through our doors even more special. The away days amongst like minded fans even more special. The new small grounds and atmospheres we share with 'real' football fans of teams at our level even more special.
I love turning up to games at our level, seeing little quality but good effort, the knowledge that on our day we can beat anyone, also knowing our players aren't world beaters and that we have the potential to get beaten. We as Cov fans love the occassional moan at a terrible performance, and it's all part of a good away day!

But i'd much rather this than losing touch with why we love football.

I can relate to your post, the money and glamour of the Premiership is distancing fans from there club, I’m comfortable watching my side on a Saturday at 3pm not when sky tv decides best.

Don’t quite think the title is reflective but I’d say it strengthens MR hand in justifying asking for a bit more in the playing budget to bring at least one more player in before the window shuts. This summers business looks good but ideally needs finishing off.


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[Adge]

Not sure accepting mediocrity should be championed in terms of which league we are currently playing. Of course the Premier League is where we should aspire to be and it was great watching us in the past defy the odds while always being the bridesmaid and never the bride. When Dublin/Whelan and Huckerby were running rings around people it was one of the best times to be supporting the club during my time-that and being in awe of Cyrille Regis in the late 80’s/early 90’s.
Having said that I think that the best most enjoyable match I’ve been too during the last 10/15 years was the playoff Semi v Notts County and that was in the bottom tier obviously.
Would like us to be in the Championship but realistically that is not going to happen with the current situation.

 

[cc84cov]

Watched 2 premiership games today fell sleep during both absolute bore fest championship will do me local derbies end to end fuck the premiership.

 

[ccfcway]

Watched 2 premiership games today fell sleep during both absolute bore fest championship will do me local derbies end to end fuck the premiership.

Which you watching as there have been two televised and this Man Utd game is decent.

I also can’t imagine too many prem team fans queuing up to watch highlights of our first 2 games.

This notion of rather us be lower league is completely alien to me. I want us to be on tv every week, to sign players who appear in major championships and to appear on news not for being kicked out of our city, but for our results

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Watched 2 premiership games today fell sleep during both absolute bore fest championship will do me local derbies end to end fuck the premiership.

Local derbies - if we were in the premier league they’d be Leicester, Villa and Wolves. I’d settle for them derbies over Birmingham, Forest and Derby...

 

[DannyThomas_1981]

Not feeling this at all - I haven’t celebrated any goal since relegation from the prem in the same way as hose days - it doesn’t seem so important - sticking it to the big boys the importance of staying up.

Anyone who was at white heart lane that day and we won to stay up will know that feeling

Satin all that VAR would do my head in - not being able to go celebrate a goal properly cus it might get allowed will kill football for me.

I hear what you are saying Speedie87. I was also at WHL and it was a day we'll never forget.

But to be honest, I celebrated the goals at Notts County away in a bigger way than I did at WHL. And at Wembley in the play off final as well - those goals and games emotionally meant as much to me as any in the old Division 1/Prem.

 

[covcity4life]

Shut up prick

 

[TTG]

I'd have loved to have seen Cov play in the top flight but unfortunately I was born 20 years too late.

Still would take a season in the Prem but way too lucrative for it to be enjoyable.

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Am I going crazy, or does that mean u were born in 2018

 

[Speedies_Chips]

Ok Bare with me here...

Whilst yesterday was somewhat a shambles, I sat at the game thinking "this is what Coventry City is all about." A superb following, great noise, good away day, the football was anticlimatic, and we had a bit of fun having a communal moan about how terrible we were. The reality being, at our level, everyone is much of a muchness in terms of expectations and capability- and in all honesty, what we come to expect, and why we love Cov.

I then Sat at home after the game watching Match of the day, talk of hundreds of millions of pounds spent on players. Fans of traditionally smaller clubs creating poor atmosphere at games, VAR ruining games, teams having no point turning up to games because they are getting smashed by the 'big 7 or whatever it is now.'

People jump on the Premier League bangwagon, family, colleagues, discussing transfer rumours between these foreign players they have never even seen play. Most of whom have never even been to a game in the PremierLeague, yet it is 'trendy' to like it.

Even the Championship, where the disparity and transfer fees between the players is outrageous. Clubs spending 10-20 million plus on players.

I love the fact we have typical 'Cov' abject performances. It brings us together. It's what i come to expect.
Damn it makes those occassional visits to Wembley even more special. Those once in a blue moon great performances even more special. The occassional great player we have pass through our doors even more special. The away days amongst like minded fans even more special. The new small grounds and atmospheres we share with 'real' football fans of teams at our level even more special.
I love turning up to games at our level, seeing little quality but good effort, the knowledge that on our day we can beat anyone, also knowing our players aren't world beaters and that we have the potential to get beaten. We as Cov fans love the occassional moan at a terrible performance, and it's all part of a good away day!

But i'd much rather this than losing touch with why we love football.

I'll bear with you but I won't bare with you. I'm keeping my clothes on thank you!

 

[PurpleBin]

Not sure I agree with the title but I get what you mean.

I feel we are a Championship side. Thats our level.

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

Am I going crazy, or does that mean u were born in 2018

I was born in 1991 so would've been 10 at my oldest when Cov were in the top flight. I don't think you fully appreciate football or cherish the memories until you are in your teens so I just missed out.

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[Tommo1993]

I was born in 1991 so would've been 10 at my oldest when Cov were in the top flight. I don't think you fully appreciate football or cherish the memories until you are in your teens so I just missed out.

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Can’t you remember anything from the latter stage of our PL days? You’ve got two years on me and I have some random but vivid memories of it.

 

[AStonesThrow]

Can’t you remember anything from the latter stage of our PL days? You’ve got two years on me and I have some random but vivid memories of it.

I'm very much the same. My dad was a spurs fan and I never really got to go to many Cov games through my childhood, the main knowledge I have from that era mostly comes from being addicted to championship manager for many years. It was only as I got older and started having/making my own money that I got to go up to games, or as my grandad got ill, I could use his season ticket for a couple of games

 

[Evo1883]

True 10 years ago we were signing Roy O’donovan

Hahaha

 

[Evo1883]

Not sure I agree with the title but I get what you mean.

I feel we are a Championship side. Thats our level.

There are definitely over 20 clubs bigger than us, championship is our level

 

[Evo1883]

really?

Very strange

 

[Deleted member 5849]

There are definitely over 20 clubs bigger than us, championship is our level

You think? I'm not saying we have a right to be in the top flight, but I'd always have us down as similar to Southampton, Norwich, West Brom, Birmingham, Ipswich. All clubs that should expect to bounce into the top flight and hang around for a bit, but can equally end up a bit bad.