SISU ready to sell? (9 Viewers)

[Winny the Bish]

Would they actually be allowed to rename a club and add a company name in the UK?

I wouldn't have thought you could but then I remembered in Wales there is Airbus United and (formerly) Total Network Solutions

I could hack Redbull as owners if they left the name and badge alone. Brand the stadium and kits whatever but name and badge are off limits.

They wouldn't be able to change the team name. Hull were stopped from changing their name to Hull Tigers, no chance is RB Coventry getting allowed.

 

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[Calista]

It wasn’t Jimmy Hill who changed us to the Sky Blues it was the local football correspodant Derek Henderson (Nemo) as he was known as.
Story goes we had a new kit which came in a lighter blue than it was supposed to have been we won our opening match v Notts County in front a then massive crowd for us 22000 which we won 2-0 and I thing Nemo put the words Sky Blue on the Pink headline.

Interesting to hear that story about the origins of the term “Sky Blues”, and I didn’t realise it might have been almost an accidental change initially. But I was referring to the way JH pushed that new identity and revolutionised the club, and how keen he was to break with its previous traditions if that was the way to bring success.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

Would they actually be allowed to rename a club and add a company name in the UK?

I wouldn't have thought you could but then I remembered in Wales there is Airbus United and (formerly) Total Network Solutions
I could hack Redbull as owners if they left the name and badge alone. Brand the stadium and kits whatever but name and badge are off limits.

The streets and pubs of Total Network Solutions must have been crazy when they won the league.

 

[Torquay Sky Blue]

The streets and pubs of Total Network Solutions must have been crazy when they won the league.

The people of Airbus never came back down after their Cup win

 

[kg82]

Well clearly does. You wouldn’t believe the amount of times I start writing a reply to someone and I don’t send it because I can’t be bothered with haha you miss a comer or he put there instead of their what a fool. Look at the shit that bloke who reported from the match used to get for his spelling, had 11 years of it I don’t need the hassle

Wait up just a second, this started with you mocking a whole profession!

 

[SkyblueDad]

Interesting to hear that story about the origins of the term “Sky Blues”, and I didn’t realise it might have been almost an accidental change initially. But I was referring to the way JH pushed that new identity and revolutionised the club, and how keen he was to break with its previous traditions if that was the way to bring success.

Without doubt JH latched on to it and the two words Sky Blue associated with CCFC was bounced all over the press in no time, I remember Hill saying years after that the shade of blue they had gone for was known as Coventry blue which is in between royal blue and sky blue but turned up much nearer sky blue, it took on and the phrase the Sky Blues was born.
JH was the master at that time of grasping the nettle.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Na just dyslexia if I could have a blue badge on social media I would stop people mocking my disability I would

Well clearly does. You wouldn’t believe the amount of times I start writing a reply to someone and I don’t send it because I can’t be bothered with haha you miss a comer or he put there instead of their what a fool. Look at the shit that bloke who reported from the match used to get for his spelling, had 11 years of it I don’t need the hassle

The posts weren’t to do with dyslexia but you deciding to rip on a profession. Normally not bothered at all with how people construct their posts but you opened with ‘those who can’t teach’.

As you were

 

[Flying Fokker]

Hull aren't infinitely smaller than us.

True. the OP probably meant they are shitter than us, have a smaller fan base and owners who spent big. But we went to the same depths Hull came from as well.

 

[Samo]

So... still no comment from the club on the Times article
And no official comment on the COH injury. (unless I missed it?)
The silence is deafening.

 

[oldfiver]

So... still no comment from the club on the Times article
And no official comment on the COH injury. (unless I missed it?)
The silence is deafening.

It was

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

So... still no comment from the club on the Times article
And no official comment on the COH injury. (unless I missed it?)
The silence is deafening.

Seem to remember our chairman Mr Fisher a few years ago saying "We are going to keep the fans up to date on what is happening""since then we have been informed even less and never hear from him at all mind you his input we can do without.I think communications between club and fans must be the worst in the country thank goodness for this forum otherwise most of us would know F--c A-l

 

[Skyblue_CP]

Seem to remember our chairman Mr Fisher a few years ago saying "We are going to keep the fans up to date on what is happening""since then we have been informed even less and never hear from him at all mind you his input we can do without.I think communications between club and fans must be the worst in the country thank goodness for this forum otherwise most of us would know F--c A-l

The less we hear from him the better, I like to imagine he just doesn’t have anything to do with the club anymore. When it comes to supporter relations he has to be the worst in the country.

 

[oldfiver]

Seem to remember our chairman Mr Fisher a few years ago saying "We are going to keep the fans up to date on what is happening""since then we have been informed even less and never hear from him at all mind you his input we can do without.I think communications between club and fans must be the worst in the country thank goodness for this forum otherwise most of us would know F--c A-l

Coventry City boss provides Callum O'Hare injury update ahead of Rotherham clash

Latest Coventry City news from CoventryLive as Mark Robins provides an injury update ahead of facing Rotherham United this weekend

www.coventrytelegraph.net

 

[oldfiver]

So... still no comment from the club on the Times article
And no official comment on the COH injury. (unless I missed it?)
The silence is deafening.

I suggest there is no comment on the Times article as SISU did not initiate it?

It's an old reporters trick - issue a spurious report to get a reaction that only leads to more spurious questioning

 

[Grendel]

I suggest there is no comment on the Times article as SISU did not initiate it?

It's an old reporters trick - issue a spurious report to get a reaction that only leads to more spurious questioning

oh come on this is classic Seppalla behaviour

 

[Colin Steins Smile]

oh come on this is classic Seppalla behaviour

I reckon it was the coaching staff.....3 minutes after they saw the pitch!

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Old Fiver I was commenting on the club i find M R keep us up to date player wise. Plenty more goes on in the club like i say well done this forum

I reckon it was the coaching staff.....3 minutes after they saw the pitch!

EH

 

[Hobo]

oh come on this is classic Seppalla behaviour

Do you mean classic organisation speak, "We don't comment on speculation."

Especially specultation started by ourselves

 

[oldfiver]

Old Fiver I was commenting on the club i find M R keep us up to date player wise. Plenty more goes on in the club like i say well done this forum

EH

I think part of MR role is to manage the players and any suitable news

Don't understand your second point - 95% of the comments on here are speculation?

 

[oldfiver]

oh come on this is classic Seppalla behaviour

Sorry G - what is? Is it like you spinning a tale and when challenged you either ignore it or try a deflection?

 

[Grendel]

Sorry G - what is? Is it like you spinning a tale and when challenged you either ignore it or try a deflection?

where there is an opportunity to create distress and uncertainty is what she thrives on. It’s why she’s here in the first place. She will be preying on the potential dead wasps carcass and do anything to speed it along

 

[Skybluebeliever]

where there is an opportunity to create distress and uncertainty is what she thrives on. It’s why she’s here in the first place. She will be preying on the potential dead wasps carcass and do anything to speed it along

I think both parties could be in possible trouble and it will interesting how this plays out , I think SISU tried to get a head start with the article this week . The pitch debacle shows how far apart they are

 

[skybluepm2]

I think both parties could be in possible trouble and it will interesting how this plays out , I think SISU tried to get a head start with the article this week . The pitch debacle shows how far apart they are

When you state that we could be in trouble, how bad are we talking? Potential administration bad?

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

When you state that we could be in trouble, how bad are we talking? Potential administration bad?

Sounds like he’s hinting we might be getting turfed out again.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Sounds like he’s hinting we might be getting turfed out again.

Can’t see wasps getting out of that one on the good PR side this time if that’s the case. Even the telegraph appears to be turning on them (at the speed of a tanker like!)

not sure how we could be turfed out though. Unless we’ve stopped paying rent

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

I think both parties could be in possible trouble and it will interesting how this plays out , I think SISU tried to get a head start with the article this week . The pitch debacle shows how far apart they are

So what you’re saying is - there is legs to us being open to a sale? SISU not stumping up anymore cash, and now we’ve not got a player sale, we’re not covering our overheads?

 

[mark82]

Can’t see wasps getting out of that one on the good PR side this time if that’s the case. Even the telegraph appears to be turning on them (at the speed of a tanker like!)

not sure how we could be turfed out though. Unless we’ve stopped paying rent

Feels like the relationship has soured a little.

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

Sounds like he’s hinting we might be getting turfed out again.

I think it's more likely financial trouble he's referring to.

SISU are probably unable to bridge the gap if a sale isn't made this summer.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

I think part of MR role is to manage the players and any suitable news

Don't understand your second point - 95% of the comments on here are speculation?

Well informed speculation most times.

 

[skybluepm2]

Sounds like he’s hinting we might be getting turfed out again.

ah makes sense. Fantastic!

I assumed it was surrounding financial implications of not being able to sell an asset, and the alleged desperation to do so.

Nothing would surprise me anymore.

 

[SkyblueDad]

I think it's more likely financial trouble he's referring to.

SISU are probably unable to bridge the gap if a sale isn't made this summer.

Bridge what gap ? They put sweet F/A in now.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Anyone know if we were consulted about the games being played on the pitch and had any imput or just informed?

 

[mark82]

Anyone know if we were consulted about the games being played on the pitch and had any imput or just informed?

Would it have been agreed before we moved back? Doesn't feel like something that would've happened in the last year.

 

[Grendel]

I think both parties could be in possible trouble and it will interesting how this plays out , I think SISU tried to get a head start with the article this week . The pitch debacle shows how far apart they are

@Evo1883

 

[Evo1883]

@Evo1883

None of this is concrete at all , and certainly not information I will be leaning on as fact