**ALL USERS READ THIS, ACTION REQUIRED ASAP** - Sky Blues Talk forum statement (12 Viewers)

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Do you full support the statement from our online community

  • Fully support the statement

    Votes: 368 98.7%

  • Not in my name thank you

    Votes: 5 1.3%
  • Total voters
    373
  • Poll closed .
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PurpleBin

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usskyblue said:
I’m not putting my name to it until we get real with the Trust’s involvement in this mess. It’s the reason why we were moved to action but now seemingly we’re tip-toeing around it.

Are people worried about threats ?
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Put your name down m8 ; )
 
Hullinho87

Hullinho87

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Sky Blue Pete said:
Statement on behalf of the Sky Blues Talk online forum.

Sky Blues Talk is a forum of 7500 members; it is the oldest and one of the largest online Coventry City Football Club (CCFC) fan communities. Xxxx members responded to a recent survey, with xx% confirming that they fully support this statement made on their behalf.

We, the representatives of Sky Blues Talk, would like to express our disappointment and frustration with all parties who have contributed to Coventry City playing its home games outside the city that bears its name.

We call upon Wasps RFC to drop any request that CCFC (or its owners) indemnify Wasps against potential or actual costs and losses incurred by them as a result of the State Aid case currently being considered by the European Commission. If the European Commission decides that the sale of the Ricoh Arena to Wasps contravenes State Aid regulations, then this will have been through no fault of CCFC; if CCFC were to agree to indemnify Wasps, the size of any likely financial settlement would in all likelihood bankrupt the club we all love so much.

Equally, we call upon Sisu as owners of CCFC to recommit to halting all legal action surrounding the sale of the Ricoh Arena, as it did prior to last year’s talks regarding playing home games at the Ricoh Arena for the 2019-2020 season. Any continued legal action by Sisu is a roadblock to repairing the relationships required to find CCFC a home in Coventry, either temporarily at the Ricoh Arena or if necessary, in any new stadium (which will obviously require support of the city).

We are very disappointed in the recent press release (dated 15th January 2020) from the Sky Blue Trust. The bewildering absence of any mention of the request by Wasps for financial indemnity by CCFC leaves many members of our community wondering if the Sky Blue Trust can legitimately claim to represent CCFC supporters’ interests in an unbiased manner.

We need to be back playing our home games in Coventry. Staying away is playing Russian roulette with our future and our existence

We acknowledge that our fans have different opinions on whether to travel to St Andrews this season and we hold no grudge against any fan attending or not attending. It is a personal choice for every individual.

We would like to praise Mark Robins and the CCFC squad for continuing the hard job of rebuilding the playing side of the club and turning us into an attractive winning team deserving of a far wider match day audience than has yet been seen in Birmingham.

Finally, we plead with all elements of the media to actively pursue a resolution to the current impasse, and to help facilitate a move back to Coventry without delay.

PUSB
Sky Blue Pete on behalf of the Sky Blues Talk Community

Following the survey the first paragraph will be populated with the figures so please encourage as many posters to vote in the next 5 days
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I clicked the wrong radio button by accident so you can take 1 vote off the “not in my name” and it to the other one.
 
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Colin1883

Member
Great_Expectations said:
What sort of numbers are we hoping for in order for this to be seen as credible?

It’s a fantastic idea and using this forum as a mouthpiece for fans is something we’ve discussed before, so I’m glad it’s coming to fruition with this exercise.

It’s key we get good numbers though, else it’ll be too easily swatted away by the Trust, CET, CCC etc.
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How many "active" accounts are there on SBT ? That'll give you a benchmark
 
bawtryneal

bawtryneal

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In reality, of course, all parties will already be aware of this statement and will be following the poll
Great work SkyBluePete and all involved.
Has my vote !!!
 
Sky Blue Pete

Sky Blue Pete

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covmark said:
I voted for it, however I'm with Usskyblue. It could do with a paragraph on the trust. They obviously don't represent the views of the majority of the fan base, and this is the perfect opportunity to let the media know that.

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It has one
 
Sky Blue Pete

Sky Blue Pete

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matesx said:
213 to 4 as it stands.
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220 - 3 as close to unanimous as it can be. I will tweak certain parts but not fundamentally. Publish and sharing is being targeted for next Tuesday or so. Need to work out what next and how we can be professional respectful and have a legitimate voice after to seek some common ground to move us forward
 
Orca

Orca

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rob9872 said:
Yeah I PM'd Pete before it went up and suggested making usernames visible in case Orca and the rest all signed up just to skew the results so we could see fi they were new users etc. Ah well, can't restart it now or we'll lose what we already have.
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Whilst how I vote, and indeed whether I choose to or not, is up to me, why would you try and make something representative of all and then try and make it difficult for people to share their view without being shouted down? How would people expressing their personal opinion 'skew' the result? It's almost as if you're trying to force a view onto people, much like many on here accuse others of doing?

As it turns out, I'm in favour of the statement and I'm largely in agreement of everything within it. Fair play Pete - gets my vote.

PS. I'd take issue with this site being the 'oldest online community', but I'll let that slide ;)
 
ccfcway

ccfcway

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Great work Pete.

Any reason why we should not be calling on the council to demonstrate how they are helping the Club get back to the city by helping them find suitable sites for a new stadium ?
 
Sky Blue Pete

Sky Blue Pete

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Orca said:
Whilst how I vote, and indeed whether I choose to or not, is up to me, why would you try and make something representative of all and then try and make it difficult for people to share their view without being shouted down? How would people expressing their personal opinion 'skew' the result? It's almost as if you're trying to force a view onto people, much like many on here accuse others of doing?

As it turns out, I'm in favour of the statement and I'm largely in agreement of everything within it. Fair play Pete - gets my vote.

PS. I'd take issue with this site being the 'oldest online community', but I'll let that slide ;)
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Yep I agree which is why I didn’t do it and hoped loads of people wouldn’t jump on just to make it skewed. Really pleased how it’s going. Would love 500 to vote with about the same percentages
 
Sky Blue Pete

Sky Blue Pete

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ccfcway said:
Great work Pete.

Any reason why we should not be calling on the council to demonstrate how they are helping the Club get back to the city by helping them find suitable sites for a new stadium ?
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Probably thinking next steps each time. And limiting the length. But it’s not a bad shout
 
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RoboCCFC90

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Support the statement, 100%.

Good luck to Pete and everyone, I hope this statement gets a response and action.
 
Liquid Gold

Liquid Gold

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I can't see how anybody would have anything to disagree with. Please can one of the 'not in my name'ers tell me what is wrong with it?
 
Skybluefaz

Skybluefaz

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Do we think the Cov tel will even give this any coverage? Consider the fact they pushed the one man and his dog 'PSB Group' statement where the brains of the outfit is the dog.
 
ccfcway

ccfcway

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Sky Blue Pete said:
Probably thinking next steps each time. And limiting the length. But it’s not a bad shout
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I’d go further than not a bad shout, if the council said “we have found a site and offered it to ccfc at a competitive price”. That would be ideal and allow us to build a proper ccfc home. We should call on them to do all they can to support their tax payers and locate a suitable site
 
Orca

Orca

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theferret said:
It must be the oldest active online community though, of note anyway. It predates the social media pages and outlasted GMK et al, unless I've missed one.
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Depends how you define 'active'. The SkyBlues Internet Mailing list is still alive on the listserv serve at Warwick Uni. skyblues Info Page.

Started in the late 1980s I think. The most recent posting was from the 27th December last year linking to the article the BBC did on kits (referencing ours). Used to be very well subscribed through the 90s and had it's own football team with a kit donated by the club. I'd it's say down to a handful of members now, so my comment was a bit tongue in cheek
 
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PurpleBin

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theferret said:
It must be the oldest active online community though, of note anyway. It predates the social media pages and outlasted GMK et al, unless I've missed one.
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The Sky Blue Untrust > The Sky Blue Trust

Even back then mid 2000s the Trust were being laughed at.
 
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