End of Season Thoughts (1 Viewer)

I'd agree with all that. It depends on what backing he gets in the summer IMO. Poor backing + poor results and I imagine SISU will get rid or he will go on his own accord

This season shows that we need to invest in the team. Pressley can talk about wanting academy products in the team. But I think this is a decision made above his head, and he's accepted the challenge of gaining this target met. That said, I don't think a team of kids are enough to compete in this league. Wolves may have done it, think there was some talk of them having x amount of former academy products in their promotion winning squad, but it's a big ask.

I agree on the positions you mention in the OP. We are desperately short of quality in the CB position. Webster is average, Seabourne I don't think is the answer. Yes, he gained promotion with Yeovil but he didn't do it alone. We concede far too many goals season after season

Not sure what Adams has done wrong. Will he be one that gets told on Monday he's no longer required? Good player IMO but to have a CB playing in your place when your fit enough for the bench, I imagine he's not out of the team because of Willis's form.

Midfield also needs investment. Thomas and Daniels won't go far outside of this league. If you want to compete, we need midfielders who aren't afraid of getting involved in the nitty gritty stuff. Win second balls.
Fleck has been too inconsistent over the course of the season. Baker in and out of the team suggests that he may only be a bit / part player next season.

Marshall looked OK, atleast before today anyway. Today he was bad. Might be worth a 1 year contract, see how he gets on after a full pre season. Got a feeling he will want a longer term deal though.

I hope Pressley has a good striker lined up too that can play alongside (and not be a replacement for) Wilson. The ones he's brought in since Clarkes departure certainly aren't the answer.

This season with all the off field problems, points deduction etc, I'm happy with staying in the division. Just a shame we could continue our early season form when key players were ruled out.

Hay ho. Being on pre season!

My end of season thoughts are, FF thats over. Also for the first time since relegation from the premiership season I'm really not looking forward to next season.

yes good post ,

The quality of player coming next season will be worse than this season. Sisu will take the money offered for any player incl wilson and they wont reinvest it as we have seen with the gate money from arsenal and the transfer of that journey man to wolves....until we get back to the ricoh with new owners we are doomed..

Worst season ever.worst owners ever.can't see us achieving anything while playing at shitfeilds.need to get back to Ricoh to give us any chance. But can't see that happening somehow.

They always seem to deliver less in a season than I think they will at the start, I think this has been a really poor season on the pitch and dreadful off it. People like Waggott saying it has been a success just goes to show how clueless he is. Next season will be a real struggle if nothing positive happens the playing staff will be worse and made up of young players and loans.

Best bit of the season has to be that we have heard very little from Fisher.

If we are not back at the Ricoh next year I will again not be going and it is becoming easier not to go every week, the future is scary as I have 1 son and another on the way who are they going to follow as I won't take them to Northampton my dad has already given up on it so will it be left to their Blues supporting granddad or worse than that Villa supporting mother!

I don't believe the Joy bowl will ever be built so worry the club will die in Northampton.

Plus Fisher keep your filthy hands off my brick I bought it for the Ricoh and I want it to stop there preferably with the team but not Sisu.

LJC_CCFC said:

A relaxing World Cup in Brazil to take our minds off the City

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We've got the fun of another trip to court before then.

agree ,done well to stay up after all the turmoil at the start of the season ,but to still be off the playoffs by what ,13/14 points with the ten added ,well just not good enough .would love to say im looking forward to next season, but im not, and worried sick we wont survive

Terry Gibson's perm said:

They always seem to deliver less in a season than I think they will at the start, I think this has been a really poor season on the pitch and dreadful off it. People like Waggott saying it has been a success just goes to show how clueless he is. Next season will be a real struggle if nothing positive happens the playing staff will be worse and made up of young players and loans.

Best bit of the season has to be that we have heard very little from Fisher.

If we are not back at the Ricoh next year I will again not be going and it is becoming easier not to go every week, the future is scary as I have 1 son and another on the way who are they going to follow as I won't take them to Northampton my dad has already given up on it so will it be left to their Blues supporting granddad or worse than that Villa supporting mother!

I don't believe the Joy bowl will ever be built so worry the club will die in Northampton.

Plus Fisher keep your filthy hands off my brick I bought it for the Ricoh and I want it to stop there preferably with the team but not Sisu.

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Well i would like to think you would have striven on through the thick and thin because that's what we do, we will see out these people and the troubles and will get back to being a good club aiming for the top flight it will be hard and tearful but will occur.

ollyservetta said:

agree ,done well to stay up after all the turmoil at the start of the season ,but to still be off the playoffs by what ,13/14 points with the ten added ,well just not good enough .would love to say im looking forward to next season, but im not, and worried sick we wont survive

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Agreed. At the start of the season avoiding relegation was the obvious priority. However the results since Bristol away have been poor, especially as the majority of the teams we played were below us at the time.

Don't want to appear too critical of Pressley as Clarke was sold and I like his attacking, entertaining philosophy. This summer is make or break, if we make it to August with no deductions there should be no excuses, we need to challenge.

Hopefully in Coventry!

chiefdave said:

We've got the fun of another trip to court before then.

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Yep roll on the Judicial Review, hope Simon has got a seat near the pitch and can give us a blow by blow account again.

logjoe said:

Well i would like to think you would have striven on through the thick and thin because that's what we do, we will see out these people and the troubles and will get back to being a good club aiming for the top flight it will be hard and tearful but will occur.

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I am sure at some point these dreadful owners will go but what will they leave behind is the worry, a massive debt and a lost generation of fans. I feel that we have been through the thin and thinner and always hopped the next year would bring the thick! If we had different owners and where back home i would renew my season ticket straight away and buy the kids shirts etc. Even if I agreed with the owners I wouldn't be able to go to Northampton with nearly 3 children under 8 I could get away with dropping them at my parents at 2pm and then going to the game at the Ricoh but wouldn't be able to drop them off drive for an hour odd watch the game and then drive home another hour odd.

I found this informative, thank you

Bobby Gould's Jockstrap said:

I found this informative, thank you

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Welcome and Thank You.

what are the ticket prices for this match? can you buy at the gate?

chiefdave said:

We've got the fun of another trip to court before then.

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The seven year decline, under these owners, continues. Our points total this year is less than last and form over the last quarter of the season would put us firmly bottom of the table.

I judge our owners on that and, unfortunately, can only see the decline continuing. No doubt there will be others who prefer not to look at this aspect and will cheerfully point to ACL’s financial results or to some outlandish event taking place at the Ricoh and present this as evidence that the owners are sound and that we have a bright future with them. Meanwhile in the real world.....

Terry Gibson's perm said:

I am sure at some point these dreadful owners will go but what will they leave behind is the worry, a massive debt and a lost generation of fans. I feel that we have been through the thin and thinner and always hopped the next year would bring the thick! If we had different owners and where back home i would renew my season ticket straight away and buy the kids shirts etc. Even if I agreed with the owners I wouldn't be able to go to Northampton with nearly 3 children under 8 I could get away with dropping them at my parents at 2pm and then going to the game at the Ricoh but wouldn't be able to drop them off drive for an hour odd watch the game and then drive home another hour odd.

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Just for the record I live round the Meriden area and left at 2.15 and got to Sixfields to see the kick off.

RPHunt said:

The seven year decline, under these owners, continues. Our points total this year is less than last and form over the last quarter of the season would put us firmly bottom of the table.

I judge our owners on that and, unfortunately, can only see the decline continuing. No doubt there will be others who prefer not to look at this aspect and will cheerfully point to ACL’s financial results or to some outlandish event taking place at the Ricoh and present this as evidence that the owners are sound and that we have a bright future with them. Meanwhile in the real world.....

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The decline started long before SISU. Even before the club left Highfield Rd it was battling to stay in the Championship. Remember the last game at HR? It was a relegation battle ffs.

The future ? As it stands presently there isn't one. The club as a business is unsustainable in it's present state. The last two years we have three big cup ties that came to our rescue Arsenal away twice and Tottenham away worth over one and a half million and the sale of Leon Clarke another three quarters of a million. After Callum Wilson is transferred probably next January where else is big instant money coming from ? every January we have had and needed large cash injection of transfer cash to carry on. Gates will fall further no new fans will venture to Sixfields on a regular basis so unless we attract locals gate receipts will fall further. Which ever way I look at it I don't see anything positive for our immediate or long term future I just thank God we avoided relegation as i think we could have been next seasons Bristol Rovers. So unless we get lucky in the player recruitment department and unearth a gem imo we are fooked.

On the pitch I think the season promised much and delivered little.

I thought we would be relegated this season so in that respect it has been a success. Form since February will be the best indicator of things next season. The squad will be dismantled and rebuilt with cheap and (perhaps) less able players.

Having SP as manager at the start of next season seems unlikely however, the poor performances in the second half of the season might mean he stays. With budgets going down and owners not willing to support things as they should I think next season will be hard.

SISU seem to have budgeted for one more relegation. IMO they're on target to deliver that next season.

Grendel said:

Just for the record I live round the Meriden area and left at 2.15 and got to Sixfields to see the kick off.

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Yeah but you've got a Bugatti Veyron though. They are quick.

Does anyone know how long the judicial review will take ? Just wondering how many bags of Dorritos to get in

Lorksalordy said:

Does anyone know how long the judicial review will take ? Just wondering how many bags of Dorritos to get in

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3 days plus appeals.

bigfatronssba said:

3 days plus appeals.

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Ta - mercifully short then. Had visions of a Leveson Inquiry style summer long bore fest

bigfatronssba said:

3 days plus appeals.

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Thats if either side can appeal.....

But assume appeals would take time to lodge and schedule anyway so round 1 should be over in 3 days.


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My end of season thoughts;

I am a huge Cov fan and this hasn't disminihed and never will. Yes we are at sixfields and I for one won't go. My opinion is it is morally wrong and the only reason we are there is because 2 greedy stupid horrible business can't agree a deal. So based on that it's seems stupid to go but the passion remains the same for me although to get why it has gone for others (even though they still post in a forum for football)

When we lose it hurts as much as ver and when we win I have a great day. That hasn't changed. I'm so happy we stayed up even though we scraped it and if been docked usual 15 points we would be gone but you play the cards you are dealt and objective achieved.

Unfortunately I'm going to sound obvious here but sisu and the team need to invest in players and wages and get Cov back to the Ricoh and then there is half a chance of promotion or top 6 I should say. This is a poor league with poor teams. Walsall are a very poor team and even we best them twice and still just off playoffs.

The owners need to invest for once and take advantage, look who is coming down. Yeovil, Donny and Barnsley I mean there is a chance. No wolves coming down. But sadly like most there will be no investment and selling Wilson et al for quick money. Like how we got into league 1 and relegation beckons next year.

I really hope I'm wrong.

It was a great season up to the departure of Clarke. After that it was awful, players coming and going our style of play changed from a free flowing attacking team to a turgid defensive team. I was not impressed with the quality of the loanees which does not bode well for the future. We are a big club in this league but are not an attractive proposition and IMO effects our ability attract players.

The fact that mark Marshall is seen as a key signing for us demonstrates how low we have fallen

At the start of the season my depressing analysis was that we needed 51 points to survive and that we would not get that due to the -10 starting point; expecting to lose 15 games and needing an average 2 points per game in the remaining 30 odd games - something I did not expect to happen.

So we lost 17 games and got 61 points from 29 games at an average of 2.1 points per game. In this sense the season was a success on the field. So congratulations to SP and the team.

However, the start the team made in the first half of the season was fantastic and raised all our expectations. Instead of surviving relegation we started to believe in being in the play-offs. The way we tailed off in the second half (plenty of reasons already mentioned why that happened) was a massive disappointment.

The continued presence in Northamton by the owners is literally killing the club with a thousand cuts. Yes the decline started a long time ago, but SISU have been in charge and running the club for 7 years. Where we are now has to be due to their management, despite who they blame. No one has written of any optimism for the future and how can you when SISU's track record is there for everyone to see.

I've been following the club for almost 50 years so I've seen plenty of bad times and one great season. I always had belief while the owners 'seemed' to want the best for the club. When the owner cares nothing about the club, how can I continue to believe? They have given me nothing on which to hold on to and believe in a better future.

I really don't know how many games I will go to, if any, next season. CCFC will always be in my heart, but I am leaning more and more towards my local team (here in Surrey) even if they are in the 9th tier. People are at the club not for the money, but because they love the game and want to build a club to be proud of.

The outcome of the JR will be paramount, as will the actions by all parties upon
the outcome. I will make my decision on what I do based on these actions.

Thanks for reading my end of season review on & off the field and my personal views. Have a good summer and I hope that, come next season, we are all given something to believe in for the future.

Terry Gibson's perm said:

I wouldn't be able to go to Northampton with nearly 3 children under 8 I could get away with dropping them at my parents at 2pm and then going to the game at the Ricoh but wouldn't be able to drop them off drive for an hour odd watch the game and then drive home another hour odd.

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Nearly 3 children under 8...what's that actual total, 2.76?? As rendel points out below, you must be a hazard to traffic on the M6/M1 if it takes you an hour to drive from Cov to Northampton!

RPHunt said:

The seven year decline, under these owners, continues. Our points total this year is less than last and form over the last quarter of the season would put us firmly bottom of the table.

I judge our owners on that and, unfortunately, can only see the decline continuing. No doubt there will be others who prefer not to look at this aspect and will cheerfully point to ACL’s financial results or to some outlandish event taking place at the Ricoh and present this as evidence that the owners are sound and that we have a bright future with them. Meanwhile in the real world.....

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Exactly. Top post.

Grendel said:

Just for the record I live round the Meriden area and left at 2.15 and got to Sixfields to see the kick off.

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To be fair, he didn't say he lives in Cov. His post suggested that he had to leave home at 2pm to get to the Ricoh, so maybe lives in Burntwood or somewhere?

skybluebal said:

... the start the team made in the first half of the season was fantastic and raised all our expectations. Instead of surviving relegation we started to believe in being in the play-offs. The way we tailed off in the second half (plenty of reasons already mentioned why that happened) was a massive disappointment.

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That's right, for most of the seson we were talkin about promotion/play-offs. It was only in the last couple of months where we began to look over our shoulders nervously as another promising start petered out.

Perhaps the players went into "safe mode" after the good start we had, but SP should take some of the blame too. He is still reasonably popular and, with some funds, next season will be his first real chance to make an impact, with no points deductions and having more or less his own team. I hope he gets the full term but, after the way Sisu sacked Thorn, who knows?

skybluebal said:

The continued presence in Northamton by the owners is literally killing the club with a thousand cuts. Yes the decline started a long time ago, but SISU have been in charge and running the club for 7 years. Where we are now has to be due to their management, despite who they blame. No one has written of any optimism for the future and how can you when SISU's track record is there for everyone to see.

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Correct - as others have pointed out, the decline began many years ago but I do not believe that Sisu have not had sufficient chances to turn it around.

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The decline started long before SISU. Even before the club left Highfield Rd it was battling to stay in the Championship. Remember the last game at HR? It was a relegation battle ffs.

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The Prefect said:

On the pitch I think the season promised much and delivered little.

I thought we would be relegated this season so in that respect it has been a success. Form since February will be the best indicator of things next season. The squad will be dismantled and rebuilt with cheap and (perhaps) less able players.

Having SP as manager at the start of next season seems unlikely however, the poor performances in the second half of the season might mean he stays. With budgets going down and owners not willing to support things as they should I think next season will be hard.

SISU seem to have budgeted for one more relegation. IMO they're on target to deliver that next season.

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The good news is that, if we can get back to the Ricoh and bring back most of our fans, we would be up there with Sheff U as the big boys of the division. The only other decent size clubs will be Bristol City, Preston and MK Dons.

The bad news is that the big boys who have fallen into L1 in the last few years never took more than 3 seasons to get up again - Leicester, Charlton, Man City, Sheffield Wednesday, QPR, Norwich, Southampton, Forest. Next will be our third season and we risk becoming "part of the furniture" in the division, rattling around whilst struggling to make any kind of impact, just as we did in the Championship.

Kingokings204 said:

My end of season thoughts;

I am a huge Cov fan and this hasn't disminihed and never will. Yes we are at sixfields and I for one won't go. My opinion is it is morally wrong and the only reason we are there is because 2 greedy stupid horrible business can't agree a deal. So based on that it's seems stupid to go but the passion remains the same for me although to get why it has gone for others (even though they still post in a forum for football)

When we lose it hurts as much as ver and when we win I have a great day. That hasn't changed. I'm so happy we stayed up even though we scraped it and if been docked usual 15 points we would be gone but you play the cards you are dealt and objective achieved.

Unfortunately I'm going to sound obvious here but sisu and the team need to invest in players and wages and get Cov back to the Ricoh and then there is half a chance of promotion or top 6 I should say. This is a poor league with poor teams. Walsall are a very poor team and even we best them twice and still just off playoffs.

The owners need to invest for once and take advantage, look who is coming down. Yeovil, Donny and Barnsley I mean there is a chance. No wolves coming down. But sadly like most there will be no investment and selling Wilson et al for quick money. Like how we got into league 1 and relegation beckons next year.

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As above, I agree here. BUT, this year we got 4 fewer points than last year. With budget cuts again, where are we going to see an improvement? Someone else pointed out that it is a mark of how far we have fallen that some fans praise Mark Marshall as a key signing.

Another season of mediocrity, especially if we have another managerial change, and we'll be stuck further in the quick sand into which we have so steadily sunk over the last 12 years or so.

Glad it's over and we avoided relegation.... But. Can I stand another summer of bitching between the parties intent on destroying our club?