Joy Seppala: “We will not interfere with any deal between Wasps and ACL re: Ricoh" (1 Viewer)
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James Smith
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Didn't Mr Dinsha at one stage say something like he'd been talking to the Chairman's PA and been unable to get past her to talk to McGinnity. Only for McGinnity to come back saying that he didn't have a PA anymore as part of his cost saving measures, hadn't done for 6 months or more.
James Smith
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Franchising of sport is wrong and it's wrong to take a club away from the fans. We didn't like it when we were moved 30 miles did we.
Voice_of_Reason
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Would you believe a word she says ? Even in Court her credibility was questioned by the Judge ?
Gosford Green
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SISU have stated they are building their own stadium. Tim announced over a year ago the club has moved on from the Ricoh.
Joy went on record yesterday as saying they are not opposing the sale and the return to the Ricoh is only on a short term deal. Facts that seem overlooked in shouting the odds about the arena owners looking at long term income streams.
No one sane really believes the story about the new stadium. I think the new owners of the Ricoh might buy the football club, but even if they did not SISU will find it easier to do business with than the council and at least when things went wrong it would not be tax payers money defending pointless court actions.
Joy went on record yesterday as saying they are not opposing the sale and the return to the Ricoh is only on a short term deal. Facts that seem overlooked in shouting the odds about the arena owners looking at long term income streams.
No one sane really believes the story about the new stadium. I think the new owners of the Ricoh might buy the football club, but even if they did not SISU will find it easier to do business with than the council and at least when things went wrong it would not be tax payers money defending pointless court actions.
what kept you so long
Sick Boy
Super Moderator
Yet more evidence that we have the best fans in the country. Your support for the club depends on success.
Beaides, you were the one who blindly back your mate Thorny and sisu in taking us down the League 1. Maybe the club could finally move forward if the likes of you jumo ship.
Otis
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Maybe he's more saying 'support is based on hope.' If you have no hope of better times and set your stall just to be small fry then I can understand why people would drift away.
torchomatic
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I can't. You either support Team A or B or you don't. There's no guarantee of success or "good times".
Nick
Administrator
Exactly.
torchomatic
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Saying that I wouldn't have a go at someone walking away or anything, it's up to them. It's not an exclusive club with a membership fee, is it? You're free to join or leave anytime you want.
Gosford Green
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Some people consider hypnotism to quit smoking I have considered it for Coventry City.
Yet this afternoon I will be at a soggy 1/4 full Ricoh watching probably the worse Coventry City team in 50 years hoping that the good times will roll again. My inspiration comes from Southampton and the Festa. They was shit a few years ago and look where they are now.
Yet this afternoon I will be at a soggy 1/4 full Ricoh watching probably the worse Coventry City team in 50 years hoping that the good times will roll again. My inspiration comes from Southampton and the Festa. They was shit a few years ago and look where they are now.
chiefdave
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You can't group all supporters together. We know there's a hardcore that will go even if we bugger off to Northampton, we know there's roughly 10K who will stick around no matter how bad the football if we're playing in Coventry.
Problem is you need to get back the casual supporters or the ones who have stopped going. Moving to a smaller stadium outside the city isn't going to do that. The only likely outcome is that more will drift away.
Correct.
There's a dyed in the wool assumption that support for your club should be unconditional.
Absolute bollocks.
torchomatic
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I never said support should be. I just said there are no guarantees. If someone wants to stop supporting or is disillusioned or whatever then fine, stop going.
Nick
Administrator
People will stop going for many different reasons, moving away, new family, new job, no job etc.
Some just bleat on about not supporting any more.
Sick Boy
Super Moderator
If you look at our history over the last 40years it hasn't all been bad. What about those clubs who have been stuck in L2/L1 all that time? You don't just walk away from your club because times are hard.
At the moment too many peoole are more focused on getting rid of sisu even if it means ccfc suffering or going out of business.
I can't understand how a ccfc fan could try and justify the council in all this.
At the moment too many peoole are more focused on getting rid of sisu even if it means ccfc suffering or going out of business.
I can't understand how a ccfc fan could try and justify the council in all this.
sky blue john
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An upturn in fortunes for Southampton & Leicester coincided with a change of owners !
chiefdave
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You don't walk away, it's not a binary decision. You might however stop buying a season ticket and pick your games, the number of games you attend might decrease until you only go a couple of times a season and listen to the other games on the radio. You're still a supporter but you're not there every week, attendances drop, the matchday experience worsens as the ground is barely a third full, more people start going to less games as there's no atmosphere and so on.
Think there were a couple of stats thrown around on here that we haven't finished in the top 6 of any division for way longer than any other club and similar haven't had a Wembley trip for way longer than any other club. Some clubs are happy bouncing around L1 / L2 level as thats where they feel they should be. Coventry is one of the biggest cities in the country with a PL level stadium and a long history of being in the top flight, people expect better, or at the very least the hope of some better. That I think is the biggest thing, in the last few years under SISU the hope has gone.
chiefdave
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And in Southamptons case telling SISU to get stuffed also helped!
Grendel
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Didn't for us did it
A lack of understanding shouldn't be a barrier to the correct course of action.
Sometimes you have to reverse to advance.
Christ, what a plank. That's what Chief Dave is alluding to.
Grendel
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You've been practising NOPM for the last twenty years haven't you?
"I see" - said the blind man, and other infinite crap.....