Five things we've learned about whistles.
1) Doing it the Neville Chamberlain way protest group don't approve of them.
2) These are special whistles that can only be heard if you're wearing a CCFC top.
3) The Coventry "anything to put the boots in" Telegraph have covered it so it must be BS.
4) Italia has said something about it and as always his comments must be dismissed as he's must be getting financial gain somewhere.
5) Sky have quite deliberately cut the coverage of said whistle out as they to will do "anything to put the boot in"
Comment of the day is "they're just a bunch of attention seekers". Glad you got the point. Not sure that you understood the point having stumbled over it.
And Tony comes storming in when he hasn't really got an idea of what happened.
Any details about our actual match today? Rather than cliche?
Which chances didn't we take?
And Tony comes storming in when he hasn't really got an idea of what happened.
I don't know what you are trying to achieve here Nick. I think I have made it quite clear I support the boycott.
Even if I hadn't been there I still would have an idea of what happened because it's all you've talked about all evening on here. Still it's not like the club has anything else wrong to get animated over other than whistles because I'm sure you'd be all over that like a fly round shit. Then again...
Let's hope so.Tony said he was going to this game. My guess is like Covman he stayed at home.
I missed the bit where it was proven a whistle cost us the game. Or are we talking about your opinion again?Sorry Tony, some people might be a bit annoyed that something like that cost us a decent win. You know, football, why everybody is on here?
I missed the bit where it was proven a whistle cost us the game. Or are we talking about your opinion again?
And 4 or 5 more that I counted. For someone who is always looking for so much evidence and explanation this is hardly very conclusive.Yes, it's just mine isnt it?
And 4 or 5 more that I counted. For someone who is always looking for so much evidence and explanation this is hardly very conclusive.
Have to say, very surprised to come on here and see people blaming the goal on a whistle blast. I was sat not far from where whistles were being blown, and I did not notice it in relation to the goal, neither did those I was with or those sat around me. Not saying it didn't happen, but it was hardly blatant because nobody in my part of the ground made any reference to it. Just looked like a moment of hesitation.
Don't get those condemning the sit-it either. It was just a case of people trying something that hadn't been done before and which would not impact on the game. Did I join in? Yes. Why not? It's 15 minutes out of my life. I can afford to spare that, even if it was bloody freezing. Like all of these protests, some catch on and some don't. No harm in trying though.
Lost the game with the Lameiras sub. Not a player to bring on when you need to defend and keep the ball. He had just lost the ball in a 2 v 2 down the other end.
According to cj on Twitter, more disrupting things are going to happen and the players need to get used to it.
Embarrassing. You would think the trust people would be condemning it, not justifying it.
The same cj who keeps tweeting from the same location as the Jimmy hill group.
What was it you said Nick, embarrassing
I don't know for certain if things will or won't happen. It's fair to assume that they will though isn't it?
For the record whistles should not have been blown during the game. It needs to stop. The protest after the game that the JHW organised and like many others, I actively supported was a relative success. Everyone behaved themselves and didn't do anything untoward. We left without being asked to but if a steward/police officer had asked us to we would've done so straight away. It was always going to happen that way.
It was the first home game for Russell Slade and three players so the JHW made it clear that the idea was to support the team and not protest during the game. They decided to stage a protest afterwards. In my opinion this was the right thing to do. Unfortunately the focus has not been on a decent performance, a half decent game or a good protest afterwards but on a very small number of people blowing whistles.
However it must be said that their second goal (and our's FWIW which is what I originally thought) did not happen due to one being blown. It happened due to two players switching off and them scoring from a perfectly good passage of play. It happens sometimes. Look at Willis' goal on Saturday. Two defenders just stood there completely still, watching him score. Was it caused by a fan blowing a whistle? No. They did so because they're League One footballers that happen to switch off from time to time.
I think I can see what you're trying to say with regards to the location of the tweets from both my account and the one belonging to The JHW. You must mean that we've both posted tweets in Neal's Green in the past 24 hours. As in the same Neal's Green where the Ricoh Arena is. The same Ricoh Arena where a casino is located that I was stood in from around midday. The same Ricoh Arena where I attended a game that kicked off at 3pm. The same Ricoh Arena I am currently looking at through the landing window at 1:15am?
I don't know for certain if things will or won't happen. It's fair to assume that they will though isn't it?
For the record whistles should not have been blown during the game. It needs to stop. The protest after the game that the JHW organised and like many others, I actively supported was a relative success. Everyone behaved themselves and didn't do anything untoward. We left without being asked to but if a steward/police officer had asked us to we would've done so straight away. It was always going to happen that way.
It was the first home game for Russell Slade and three players so the JHW made it clear that the idea was to support the team and not protest during the game. They decided to stage a protest afterwards. In my opinion this was the right thing to do. Unfortunately the focus has not been on a decent performance, a half decent game or a good protest afterwards but on a very small number of people blowing whistles.
However it must be said that their second goal (and our's FWIW which is what I originally thought) did not happen due to one being blown. It happened due to two players switching off and them scoring from a perfectly good passage of play. It happens sometimes. Look at Willis' goal on Saturday. Two defenders just stood there completely still, watching him score. Was it caused by a fan blowing a whistle? No. They did so because they're League One footballers that happen to switch off from time to time.
I think I can see what you're trying to say with regards to the location of the tweets from both my account and the one belonging to The JHW. You must mean that we've both posted tweets in Neal's Green in the past 24 hours. As in the same Neal's Green where the Ricoh Arena is. The same Ricoh Arena where a casino is located that I was stood in from around midday. The same Ricoh Arena where I attended a game that kicked off at 3pm. The same Ricoh Arena I am currently looking at through the landing window at 1:15am?
And has a hearing problem, strangely like other people who are in and around the protestsWhat was it you said Nick, embarrassing
CJs been outed.
Turns out he's a Coventry fan and a gambler.
Shame I come on here to find nobody talking about the sit in, isn't it?Agree with the sit in. Not the whistles
Shame I come on here to find nobody talking about the sit in, isn't it?
I did, I joined in with the protest after the game, did you?Did you go today?
I was wondering that. Someone came round block 16 in the last few mins announcing there'd be a sit-in, but there must have been some who had to get away and would have taken part with a bit of notice. If it's announced a few hours or days before there's still not much can be done to stop it other than not letting people in to the match in the first place.Shame I come on here to find nobody talking about the sit in, isn't it?
FWIW think a sit in is a decent idea, but why on earth didn't they release that info before the game, and try and get more to join in?!?
I did, I joined in with the protest after the game, did you?
Blaming a fan for shit defending?No, I went home on the final whistle fuming.
Blaming a fan for shit defending?
The defenders were to blame. not a whistle, get over yourself.Nope, blaming a fan for blowing a whistle and putting our players off when we were trying to hold onto a good win.
Still, it's somebody else in and around the protest denying it happened. There is a pattern emerging here.
Agree with the sit in. Not the whistles
The defenders were to blame. not a whistle, get over yourself.
block 16, right infront of all of it...There's nothing to get over apart from your bad hearing.
Where were you sat?
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