covcity4life
Well-Known Member
think of 30 year olds like me who only have faint memories of cup win at best and after prem days have lived through crap for over a decade
JPT win will be huge to all fans i hope
No, you're an idiot (I'm joking anyway) for not understanding why people see it as more of a priority. It isn't really about which is the most prestigious (that's a no-brainer), it's more about what is the most important for CCFC at this point. Yes, win at Spurs and we all dance our way out of WHL, but our exit from that competition wouldn't be far away.
Get to Wembley though, even in the JPT, and that would give everyone a lift. Financially it would be very welcome, but think of what it would do for our spirits. Think of those young kids of 8, 9, 10 whose experience of their local football club so far has been stuggle, mediocrity and relegation. Imagine what it would do for them to see their club play on that stage. I honestly don't see how anyone could prioritise an FA 3rd round tie over a Wembley final.
Id rather win saturday and get dumped out of that tin pot thing next week. How anyone can choose the paint pot trophy over the fa cup is beyond me.
Game after that is on the Sunday. So no different than the game on Saturday at spurs to Tuesday.
Id rather win saturday and get dumped out of that tin pot thing next week. How anyone can choose the paint pot trophy over the fa cup is beyond me.
Last season we had less than 15k about 14 times and when you look at the higher attendances normally they were higher because of the away support. Our home support was 13.5k last game and thats about as good its going to get in this league and about as good as it got last season apart from about 3 games. Even when we played West Ham and got 20.5k, 6.5k was away support (home support 14k).We will only get bigger crowds if the away support is bigger and in this league thats not going to happen too often.
This is a major distraction alongside the JPt. A Wembley appearance is a possibility in one but in my view the bandwagon fans need to spend their money on home tickets and support the team at the Ricoh. How much to follow CIty in the JPT final? £100 plus by the time transport is paid.
Better to get down the Ricoh.
I don't get all this hatred of the Spurs game. It's a great day out and a chance of a cup upset. The Arsenal distraction didn't do us any harm and we won't be playing Spurs again in the next few years. Get of the high horses and enjoy an exciting cup match!
You miss the point, last season was a terrible season and yet as we got to the business end of it crowds went up, and we had more than 15k for 3 of the last 4 home games including nearly 18,000 against Peterborough. I am simply saying that if we are in the mix until the end, we will be easily exceeding 15k for the last few home games, EASILY. We were averaging over 21000 just a few years ago, so the idea that if we are sniffing around the promotion places the crowds will not come back is silly, especially when you consider just how success starved we are.
Also, don't make stuff up, there were more than than 13.5K City fans at the Ricoh more than 3 times last season, including Bristol City, Forest, Leicester, West Ham, Blues, Peterborough, Doncaster and possibly a few others.
If I could pick one I'd go for a win over Spurs all day long. JPT was shit last season and the season before that and just cos we're in it doesn't change that, it's still shit. If we win the thing I wont complain but I wont be having a party either.
I wouldnt exactly say I was making it up as we didnt get 15k about 14 times last season meaning we did get more in the rest. Of the seven games you mention (and the only other game where we broke 13.5k was Portsmouth) three of them dont break 13,800 home support so its pretty close really. I could say we didnt get 15k home support for the last 3 or 4 home games like you claim (Doncaster 13,800, Millwall 13,200, Peterboro 16,900 and Portsmouth 14,200) but I wouldnt want to accuse you of making things up.
Saturday feels a bit like a pre season friendly to me at the moment.
I simply cant wait until our 1st "semi final" in a very long time next week.
I want to go to a full Wembley and watch CCFC !!
Agree.
I don't get this either, it's very strange. Seems to me as though people are looking to take a 'holier than thou' approach and try and think of themselves as a better fan because they're more interested in the JPT. What a load of rubbish. It's a good day out and I'm looking forward to it. We got absolutely spanked at Arsenal but I still enjoyed it.
People are saying it's a distraction too. Again, load of rubbish. We got hammered at Arsenal and we didn't do too badly in the league after that did we?
I'm looking forward to the Spurs game. I'm looking forward to the Preston game as well. Is this not allowed?
PUSB
I think we'd all take a win over Spurs but as the 16/1 odds against suggest, its likely that we'll exit { Preferably after a good performance} with some credit and move onto a competition that would see 50,000 Coventrians jump on the Wembley bandwagon and make a good wedge for a cash strapped club. A draw at Spurs would be a revelation in terms of a lucrative replay.
If I could pick one I'd go for a win over Spurs all day long. JPT was shit last season and the season before that and just cos we're in it doesn't change that, it's still shit. If we win the thing I wont complain but I wont be having a party either.
You could have got 18/1 on QPR beating Chelsea
League One is sh1te, but we are in that as well !
I'm interested in the Spurs game, it's the FA cup !
Great competition.
Also very much looking forward to the JPT.
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