Adam Le Fondre! Sisu are you watching! (2 Viewers)

Mary_Mungo_Midge said:

Lots of teams in the division over the term have moved to new stadia. Stoke, Sunderland, Blackpool, Swansea, Derby, Leicester, Reading, Middlesbrough, Southampton, Hull, etc and have seen an increase in crowds and sustained it. The facts I've now presented you with show you that almost uniquely, we haven't during SISU's watch

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The facts though are slightly selective. The teams quoted have enjoyed relative periods of success which regardless of ownership and stadium would have led to an increasing attendance. Derby is a club that haven't but the Baseball Ground was sold out every week. Leicester have enjoyed little success but a competitive pricing policy and continued promise of success has maintained attendances above our level. Reading and Hull have enjoyed their best ever league positions in recent times so this will attract extra support. Sustaining that actually I would argue will not happen if these clubs do not continue to achieve success. Both teams are now averaging 18,000 - they are running at 70% capacity.

You mention Middlesborough as an example of a team that have enjoyed large crowds and sustained it. Hardly. They were averaging 28,000 two years ago. This is down now to 17,000 - one of the biggest slumps I can see. This is a club whose owner is larger adored in the town. So all this shows is unless the town has a high enduring support base (Derby, Forest, Sheffield for example) then regardless of ownership and stadium the crowds will peak at the opening of a new venue before returning to prior levels.

skybluesteve76 said:

Fuck all to do with Sisu! He didn't want to come here, he's said that!


All the best

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No - we couldn't afford him, we needed to sell before we could buy.

He signed for Reading on the 27th August. We sold Turner and signed Cody on the 31st August.

We never had an offer accepted by Rotherham so he never 'chose' Reading over us.

And his press statement before the Cov - Reading game is what you would expect any player to say (I.e. reading are a great club, blah blah blah). He did say that he chose reading over us, but again we never had a bid accepted.

Obviously, now he has the benefit of hindsight, and rightly chose the best club. But had we put an acceptable bid in when we first enquired at the beginning of August, he wouldn't have turned down a move.

http://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/sport/89932/coventry-eye-le-fondre.aspx

He's only scored 11 goals, it's not like hes fired them to promotion is it.

I personally think the club have the right idea on how to run a successful football club, the problem is the short term where the squad isn't now strong enough, We don't have the luxury of a billionaire owner, so pushing on the youth system, so we continue to produce good solid pro's is our only realistic future.

He would've always chosen Reading over us!

pusbccfc said:

Another 2 goals in a crucial match for Reading.
That's the second week running!!
Sisu out.

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Marty said:

He's only scored 11 goals, it's not like hes fired them to promotion is it.

I personally think the club have the right idea on how to run a successful football club, the problem is the short term where the squad isn't now strong enough, We don't have the luxury of a billionaire owner, so pushing on the youth system, so we continue to produce good solid pro's is our only realistic future.

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Only 11 goals and he is their top scorer, and he's only started 17 times (+ 13 as sub). And I'm think they are all from open play.

Astute said:

Never real investment? You can't be that old then. It was investing money we didn't have that got us where we are now.

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Astute by name and astute by nature, and the point you are making is correct,but in order to compete in the premiership at that time money was being thrown about by all clubs like confetti, It just wasn't the Sky BLues.
The poster makes the point, that it wouldn't cost a fortune to assemble a decent squad, Le Fondre, went for peanuts, and his goals have paid for him already, Marlon King, is showing up like a goal machine, and would probably have ended up getting 20 for us, if we hadn't Jerked his agent off, with "now you see it, now you don't" contract offers.
So now, instead of the riches of the Premiership, we face the soup kitchen of div 1 and rue the loss of millions of ££££££s, that a little nerve and Backbone would have Gleaned, There's more to Financing a football club than just paying the milk man.
Tankie

pusbccfc said:

Guess who scored again sisu ...

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So what Andy Thorn has publicly stated McDonald was his number one choice from the summer. He always tells the truth doesn't he?

kduffy said:

So what Andy Thorn has publicly stated McDonald was his number one choice from the summer. He always tells the truth doesn't he?

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That was obvious man-management in terms of trying to build up Cody's confidence. Don't make me tell you my ex-girlfriend "you were always first choice" analogy for the third time on here...

Nonleagueherewecome said:

That was obvious man-management in terms of trying to build up Cody's confidence. Don't make me tell you my ex-girlfriend "you were always first choice" analogy for the third time on here...

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You don't know for a fact that CM wasn't AT's first choice - you are just creating excuses for him (which, incidentally, you have no need to do in this instance - CM could very well be an excellent player for the Sky Blues).