Thing is Ferret, an awful lot more of us would do it, if not for the fact we are so vehermently against the move to Northampton that to travel to Northampton when the whole point is of Northampton being too far to travel to due to the enormous distance it is from Coventry would all be a bit hypocritical.
I won't travel to Northampton because it is 34 miles away, but am expected to travel 34 miles away to protest that I will not travel 34 miles away.
I think there are thousands like me who would love to protest but feel it contradictory to say we won't travel the distance, but then travel the distance to prove we won't travel the distance!
To be fair, the Sixfields bubble does sound a bit more enticing than the pool of self-pity you seem to wallow in.
Can't get enough of it, I was telling Tim the same last time I saw him.
I don't like being there, but I want.to watch my team.
People are entitled to their principles, fine, I get that. Logistically it might be difficult for some, but for those who drive 34 miles is down the road really, and there were free coaches the other day so if people wanted to go they could. It's 35 mins away.
I suspect people are staying away on principle, that's fine. I doubt there is anybody out there who really wants to go but can't for logistical reasons. If there is I will happily give them a lift.
People are entitled to their principles, fine, I get that. Logistically it might be difficult for some, but for those who drive 34 miles is down the road really, and there were free coaches the other day so if people wanted to go they could. It's 35 mins away.
I suspect people are staying away on principle, that's fine. I doubt there is anybody out there who really wants to go but can't for logistical reasons. If there is I will happily give them a lift.
What would you do Otis?
Think there are a fair few who can't go for logistical reasons to be fair, Ferret. It's not just that it's 34 miles, it's the fact of the travel time too.
When we were at the Ricoh I could get there for 2.15. This would be my going straight from my home (having got home just after 2 p.m.) I was only 5 mins drive away.
To get to Northampton I would not make it to the ground for 3 p.m. I always got home for about 5 past 5 and that enabled my wife to go to work and me to look after my daughter. If I went to Northampton I wouldn't get back in time either. I'm sure there's loads of people with other commitments.
This is only an issue for me on Sundays though I hasten to add.
You haven't a clue about how the thousands like me feel,youre another selfish sod that can't see further than his own needs.
Travel time,money etc isnt a problem for me,i just wont go.
Oh please. Selfish? What I do has no impact whatsoever on you or your feelings. What you do is up to you, you can go to Sixfields or not go, either way it will have no impact whatsoever on when the club returns.
The whole thing is a disgrace that is not of mine or your making, so I will not blame myself because I continue to watch CCFC, and I don't blame you because you don't.
Not so long ago you were saying you weren't going to go again.
It doesn't matter how many coaches they put on, nobody should be going.
In a way i hope sisu take the club and stay there,you lot can have your wank franchise and we'll start again.
i agree mr v, but i'm afraid your wasting your breath.Well don't patronise me on how i and thousands of others feel cos you haven't got a clue.
How do you know that if you all stayedaway it wouldn't have an impact on what would happen next?
The trouble is your to selfish to try.
When the shit eventually hita the fan when sisu don't get the Ricoh it'll be you lot squealing the loudest when they wind the lot up.
Well don't patronise me on how i and thousands of others feel cos you haven't got a clue.
How do you know that if you all stayedaway it wouldn't have an impact on what would happen next?
The trouble is your to selfish to try.
When the shit eventually hita the fan when sisu don't get the Ricoh it'll be you lot squealing the loudest when they wind the lot up.
Go to the away games then.
My circumstances mean I can't go to a lot of them else I would
Yep, I changed my mind. It's allowed.
Your final point makes no sense. Nobody would support the club is they stayed there. There is no franchise and never will be. We all want a return to Coventry asap, but that will only happen in one of two ways - SISU buy the Ricoh or the club dies completely. That's it. On that basis you should either be calling on ACL to sell or be putting your weight behind a new start-up club - but you are doing neither, you are doing nothing constructive whatsoever, just moaning and throwing insults at people.
Id rather plead with acl not to hand thericoh over. Why the hell should sisu profit from something my city owns after the way theyve treated us?
Id rather start again.
What is needed to make this happen? Otis
Not sure. There seemed to be a lot of support of such an idea on here when it was mooted. Perhaps we should kick start the idea again.
I think if more turned up at the Ricoh every home game than did at Sixfields it would show that the support for the club is still there, but that we simply will not follow them to Northampton.
Maybe the SBT or KCIC could kick start this one again. I will not bring myself to go on the hill. I will not travel 34 miles away as I feel that defeats the object of my protest.
Each and every to their own though and if that is what they feel they should do, I won't knock them for it.
I also don't mind if Sisu buy the Ricoh either, as long as there are caveats in place to protect it for the people of Coventry.
Fine. Your agenda (given that you oppose the idea of CCFC owning the Ricoh) is to force the club out of business. That is your stated preference, fine if you're honest about it. It's a bit rich though for you to use the term 'selfish' when you openly admit you want the club to die. Called me old fashioned, but I'll be honest and say I'd quite like CCFC to stick around.
For what it's worth, if the club do go under I won't squeal about it or point fingers, I would have to support the new club like everyone else. It is all very avoidable though but some very selfish individuals actively want it to happen. So sad.
Question is tho nick, do you not think the remaining 8,000 don't want to just watch a game of football?
Fine. Your agenda (given that you oppose the idea of CCFC owning the Ricoh) is to force the club out of business. That is your stated preference, fine if you're honest about it. It's a bit rich though for you to use the term 'selfish' when you openly admit you want the club to die. Called me old fashioned, but I'll be honest and say I'd quite like CCFC to stick around.
For what it's worth, if the club do go under I won't squeal about it or point fingers, I would have to support the new club like everyone else. It is all very avoidable though but some very selfish individuals actively want it to happen. So sad.
8000? Were getting 20k a game when sisu rolled into town.Thats over 17k fans they have alienated.
What excellent business people they are.
I think it needs to be led by people like you and me??
I don't think he openly admitted he wanted the club to die, you tied him up with logic and forced it out of him!
Why would the club die?
Yes I want the club to own the ricoh but not under sisu,the club wont own it anway.
Why don't you plead with sisu to walkaway?
The only way out of this mess (that I can see) is for SISU to buy the Ricoh and sell it on. They will not walk away and hand the club over, but they might walk away and liquidate the whole thing. That would be bad no?
I don't think they need the freehold, but I think they would take leasehold ownership for a fair price.
I can't stand them, and the JR is just petty, spiteful and unnecessary, but I will not allow my dislike of them to take precedence over my love of Coventry City (to the extent that I want my own club to die simply to get one over the evil hedge fund). If buying the Ricoh opens the exit door for them I am all for it.
The only way out of this mess (that I can see) is for SISU to buy the Ricoh and sell it on. They will not walk away and hand the club over, but they might walk away and liquidate the whole thing. That would be bad no?
I don't think they need the freehold, but I think they would take leasehold ownership for a fair price.
I can't stand them, and the JR is just petty, spiteful and unnecessary, but I will not allow my dislike of them to take precedence over my love of Coventry City (to the extent that I want my own club to die simply to get one over the evil hedge fund). If buying the Ricoh opens the exit door for them I am all for it.
No I don't want the club to die.
Can you explain why sisu need to own the freehold on the ricoh then?
I thought this was all about rent and pie sales?
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