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Jack Griffin
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I've heard Private Eye are going to change their tune and start bashing hedge funds, what utter bastards they are.
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I've heard Private Eye are going to change their tune and start bashing hedge funds, what utter bastards they are.
skybluetony176
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Or award winning hack Les Reid. Oh wait, that's exactly what it would be. Good news Simon, the award is in the bag.
They posted one today, sore losers by the looks of it. Not sure how though as it is the weekend.
Make the most of these threads, no doubt the match thread tomorrow will be nowhere near as busyEverybody will be busy with tax returns and other stuff like counting sheep to post about the match.
This again, It surely can't be a surprise to you that when someone posts inflammatory bullshit on the internet others argue with them (especially as you are doing it now)? It says absolutely nothing about peoples feelings regarding the matches, if Grendel (and to a lesser extent you) tried to wind up people in the match threads they would be extra long too (though they often are 25 pages)
Nick
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No, my point is that some people are nowhere to be seen once matchday arrives (well in the actual football threads anyway)
Grendel
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No they wouldn't - most on here are an endangered species on match days.
If I posted a thread "CET headline shows record revenues for wasps" they'd be all over that though.
The Gentleman
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Chance they might be at the game and are not sad enough to sit on their phone posting on SBT?
How are you anyway Grendel? still keeping that 40 year nopm going and the self proclaimed title as CCFC's number 1 stay away fan?
Nick
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Don't people talk about the game when they get back then? Player ratings etc?
Even Italia and Grendel talk about the footy!
olderskyblue
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Jack, the meeting with RBC must have taken place between 2nd & 5th March, as TF clearly stated in his meeting with the SCG..
of course, he had to squeeze in the meeting with SAG too during those few days. He had a busy week by the look of it
skybluetony176
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You'd wait until the original post had gone onto the next page and then start a new thread moaning about why it has so much coverage with an elaborate conspiracy theory while ironically ensuring it gets more coverage while proclaiming it's not ironic.
The Gentleman
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Yes, but also some people like to go for a few beers and make a day of it and the last thing on my mind when out after a win (sadly to rare) is rushing home to post on SBT when pissed. we've all seen the drunk threads, haven't we?
hill83
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I agree. I was rarely ever posting on match day when I used to go. Last thing on my mind.
Nick
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But you used to post about who you thought played well, who had a shocker and the actual game didn't you either when you got back or the day after when at work?
Nick
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Or some people just like to post about SISU / Council / Les Reid / ACL full stop and nothing about football.
hill83
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Yes.
Nick
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Match Threads usually go on for a couple of days after the game. I am not saying people rush home or post while at the game, sometimes the next morning or the Monday when they are back at work. Not just the match threads, the footy related threads.
Some aren't bothered about those at all, even if it is about Cobi Jones dreads or Alexi Lalas Ginger Beard. I bet a few posters have no idea who they are without google and not because they are too young to remember either.
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Seconded! Go out for the day and it's nice to come back to. Hoping to see yet more posts come the end of today as well, and SBK I'm rooting for ya that you don't implode just yet.
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I had a season ticket for 8 years in a row, went away most weeks and yet didn't even have an account here (I dont think) I got my football talk at the game/afterwards with the people I went with and then with friends during the week. There are 2 things that encourage me to post on forums someone needing help with something that I know about (not relevant here but is the majority of my posting on avforums or moneysavingexpert) or people posting something I very strongly disagree with, I'm getting better not responding to inflammatory nonsense especially after realising which parts of it are just trolling and upon realising the futility of trying to reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. I also post when I'm excited or concerned about something, thats pretty much been restricted to concern unfortunately since the big Crewe game. I also only post about things I understand, I'd never dream of ranking players out of 10 after a match, I'm not in the slightest bit qualfied to make a reasonable attempt at that (even if I were going which I'm not) but I sure as hell know I could run a football club better than sisu.
Nick
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I think you miss the point, you didn't come on here if it was running and just talk about politics and not football.
Plenty of city fans don't bother with forums etc full stop, I am talking about just coming on to talk about sisu or the council and nothing about actual football.
skybluetony176
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Do you not see the effect SISU have had on the football? Why wouldn't people talk about them? You can't mention the football without talking about them, it all comes down to them. It's that simple.
Nick
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Or you could talk about both? Football matches are still happening... It isn't hard to differentiate
I don't miss the point I just don't agree with your analysis of the situation, the fact that some people post much more about the council, sisu, off the field issues doesn't in anyway suggest how much they care about the club or that they have no interest in the football.
I generally read most match threads as they happen but I comment very rarely as I don't have anything of value or interest to add, also if everyone posted woowhoo or shit at each goal the threads would be unreadable, I don't understand tactics or player ability well enough to argue that the manager is doing it wrong, I do understand finances, interest, shares, investing well enough to know that sisu aren't building a stadium though so when someone posts something I disagree with I'm much more likely to end up in a debate about a new stadium. There is also the case that our position in the league table imo has much more to do with the off the field issues than with player selection/tactics and I feel that way despite the fact things have improved under mowbury, I'm not going to debate this point though because I havn't been to any games and I don't have the football knowledge to debate.
There is also the case that if you see someone posting alot during the week but not during games that suggests to me that they have internet access at work and are busy on weekends with their family.
When it comes down to it for me personally though if people stopped posting inflammatory nonsence my posts would drop massively, I don't even like the telegraph and generally feel they have let us down but end up getting into arguments defending them when people post utter utter conspiracy theory rubbish.
Nick
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Again, you miss the point. I'm on about people not even reading match threads and only being on here to talk politics...
It's a football forum though isn't it?
I don't believe there is anyone who doesn't read any football threads and are only here to talk politics, I can understand not reading the match thread though as it only really has value live or if you want to find out the result in a more tense manner. I'm sure there are some people who only post during the week though and not at weekends/evenings.
I think you are taking the fact that some people mostly post in other threads and drawing a false conclusion from that, I've tried to show my situation in order to show how that is possible, though I do post on some football threads.
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Astute
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When I am at work I can't hear the game. I can't see the game. And most of the time I can't even look at the thread. And if it takes me 10 mins to type a post through having to work the facts of the match thread can have changed a lot. But if I am saying someone is a c**t they will still be a c**t 10 mins later when I get to press the send button
Nick
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Do some analysis then and have a look at posters behaviors.
Analysis on what threads everyone has read? I don't have that information, not sure if you do.
I've already given my personal examples of why I post mostly in non football threads but that I still read the others and of course absolutely care what happens on the pitch (though I've also never hidden that my love of football has been significantly harmed over the last couple of years, I do believe it to be temporary though) If you are trying to make a judgement about what threads people read from their posts that is seriously flawed.
Look at you and I disagreeing now, its encouraging us both to post, seeing something you disagree with really encourages posting, that happens alot less in football threads especially since people arn't trying to wind each other up in them for the most part.
I know that "someone is wrong on the internet, I must correct them" is a character flaw (one that I suffer from alot) but if you remove that flaw from people you arn't going to see alot more football talk, you are just going to see less talk in general.
chiefdave
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I have to say when I saw the headline this morning and read the story it didn't strike me as a particularly positive piece. In fact it seemed more to be a case of trying to imply there's a good chance of Mowbray being off at the end of the season.
Astute
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He is trying to wind us all up so we reply to him. Then he is hoping that some of us that reply to him don't post on the match thread. He will then tell you he has proven his point.
I went to post in it earlier and then realised I'd just get a smart alec comment that would then lead into a debate so I didn't bother.
Nick
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I'm not winding anybody up, next people will be telling me that influential people in all the mess haven't created accounts to stir things up. Because they don't want to believe it.
torchomatic
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Agree, one look at the headline and it reads like a negative piece. The CT do it all the time. Same with the story about the finance "expert".
The CT is as pro-CCFC as Reid is Pro-CCC.
The CT is as pro-CCFC as Reid is Pro-CCC.
RegTheDonk
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With that in mind, think I'll chip in before some examines my data and draws conclusions.
I'm a bit like Noggin. I don't comment on too many football exclusive threads because, other than supporting City, I don't care much about the game. I'll watch England, and the World Cup and Euros (if England are in it), but the prem, champ league, europe? If City were playing those teams then I'd take note but presently, no interest at all I'm affraid. Couldn't care less about Messi or whoever, I'm never going to see him in a Sky Blue shirt. And I've no interest in following teams outside of L1, so when we're about so sign some geezer who hasn't shagged some tart and its ended up in the news, I won't comment because I haven't a scooby who they are.
I've had season tickets in the 70s and 80s. But since moving from Cov and getting hitched, I don't go to many games. So I can't really comment on a match unless I've either seen it for my own eyes, or don't feel it's necessary to state the bloody obvious. Not much point putting my 2p in if it doesn't add something, just helps make the topic boring. The only tactical knowledge I have about the game is if we're letting in goals, we need a better defense. Or if we don't score, then we probably need better strikers, or better people to give the ball to them. I don't pretend to understand the science, I'll let the pundits or the fans who know what their talking about take that forward.
However, I do have some professional experience of some of the topics that invariably crop up here. And, like most of us, a certain amount of common sense. So I'll gladly put my comments in those kind of threads - assuming that's allowed. Surely Sky Blues Talk means talking about issues that affect the Sky Blues?
SkyBlue_Bear83
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Nick has a valid point, there are some on here who never comment about the on field matters whatsoever.
Yes, but several people have explained why. It is not compulsory and not everyone gets to Matches for various reasons e.g. where they live and their working hours. It is a "Sky Blues Forum" and people discuss matters which effect the Sky Blues - some analyse the players, the game, the tactics etc. and others discuss the off field matters, which in turn have an effect on the team/ club. So Nick is correct. But he shouldn't be surprised, or maybe he should call the Forum "Sky Blues Match Forum" if he just wants people to talk about the game and nothing else.
Brighton Sky Blue
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I think the day a Coventry City forum consists of threads predominantly about football will be the day nobody is complaining. Off-field issues have dominated this club for so long it's difficult for discussion to stay on the football.