Monkeyface
Well-Known Member
Oh and as I mentioned on another thread, I've Tweeted Grendals winding up of the Sunderland fans to some Newcastle fan groups. Already had a couple of positive responses.
I've signed it and am happy to post on all our forums if you haven't already done so. By the way, I wasn't there today but our commentator was very impressed with your protest (perhaps not the man on the pitch!).
I read Joy Seppala's statement earlier this week. Just incredible. I hope every single council nearby refuses them planning permission.
I've Tweeted the Sunday politics show asking if they would cover it. They've replied asking me to give them an update mid-week, and will try to cover it next week. Hope you don't mind Michael?
even though that's great, in this day and age, with millions of people on the internet, 10k.....
Really?
Has the petition stalled a bit Today guys? What more do we need to be doing to get the word out there?
It's the number 3 trending epetition! Why do you keep knocking it? Do you have some great expertise that the rest of us don't? WM, Jack, Monkey and too many others to name are doing a fantastic job. If you actually want to help not just moan then how about organising handing out leaflets in town on Saturday?
Has the petition stalled a bit Today guys? What more do we need to be doing to get the word out there?
Has the petition stalled a bit Today guys? What more do we need to be doing to get the word out there?
It's the number 3 trending epetition! Why do you keep knocking it? Do you have some great expertise that the rest of us don't? WM, Jack, Monkey and too many others to name are doing a fantastic job. If you actually want to help not just moan then how about organising handing out leaflets in town on Saturday?
It's almost at 11k, it's been going along at the same pace for the last few days.
People on here are doing a brilliant job getting support on other forums and please keep that up!
For those of us in Coventry and Warwickshire what will matter this week is dead simple: WORD OF MOUTH. If everyone who has already signed gets the rest of their family to sign, tells their friends, people at work, people you drink with etc etc and pesters them to make sure they've done it, we'll be well on our way to the next 10,000. Go for it!
No, its definetly slowing. Was running at above 1100 per day until yesterday. Quite simply the people of Coventry dont care enough about our club.
Careful. You may get Michael on your back for making a simple observation.
There will be peaks and troughs and there will be a point/points where things stall (I've posted that previously) but I just get irritated that when things are going really well and lots of people are doing brilliant work to make it a success, others focus on trying to find negatives when there aren't any. When it does stall I'll be the first on here saying so and suggesting ways to revive it. But I've just checked and it's still the number 3 trending petition, is over 11,100 and ticking over nicely. What's not to like!
There will be peaks and troughs and there will be a point/points where things stall (I've posted that previously) but I just get irritated that when things are going really well and lots of people are doing brilliant work to make it a success, others focus on trying to find negatives when there aren't any. When it does stall I'll be the first on here saying so and suggesting ways to revive it. But I've just checked and it's still the number 3 trending petition, is over 11,100 and ticking over nicely. What's not to like!
Ticking along or trickling?
I am desperate for this to succeed and believe me I have harrassed every person i know to sign and share.
I think you are doing a great job but the issue is that despite a pop. of 300k+ the people of Coventry dont care enough.
1200 sigs in the last 24 hours (roughly). I hope this 'trough' ends soon.
Michael - i genuinely dont think you could have done anything differently. I just fear it is an unwinnable battle due to the apathy of the local residents.
I will not post anything else that could be construed as negative.
Is it getting good media coverage in Coventry?
I get irritated when people say others are only looking for negatives when it's not actually the case. I'm sorry, but if all you want is for people to smile and tell you how wonderful it is then maybe your motivations are wrong. People are only showing concern as they want it to succeed so climb down off your high horse.
Lee and Mark - I looked at other epetitions saw how they work, what numbers they get etc and then made estimates for the Independent Inquiry campaign. My estimate for numbers in the first week was achieved in the first day and I'm too embarrassed to say how long I thought it would take to reach 10k given that's been done in a week. That's why I'm very happy with current progress. But for you, and others here and on other threads who disagree, how many signatures do you think there should be by now and what similar sport related petitions do you think are a better model of success?
How many of the locals actually know about it, its ok being plastered all over the internet on football related forums but if the majority dont read this forum or one of the other clubs forums then how many are being reached, take this forum, it has 1% of the clubs catchment area registered, small potatoes, time to start posting on non football forums and boards related to Coventry and Warwickshire. Or make this forum appeal to a broader Coventry audience.
Given the population of Coventry, and the size of the fanbase, we should have seen a higher number of initial signatures when the telegraph mentioned it etc. I´d put that down to a lot of people not believing this petition will go anywhere. Hopefully those will come on board when we surpass 50k mark in x amount of months time
However, this is ticking along very nicely. Even if we only averaged a paltry 300 a day from now on in, we´d hit the target with around a month to spare before the deadline. It´s ahead of target, so why all the negative feedback? Patience
Do you expect to keep up 300 / day for best part of a year though? You cannot expect national coverage every week, the papers aren't going to display every day are they? And can you really expect non-football forums to care about a football related issue?
I'm not saying you could have done anymore, and certainly you couldn't have asked for more publicity. But how are you going to maintain the numbers needed? You can't expect the rush of enthusiasm two months down the line as their is in the first two weeks surely? How is this going to be driven any further?
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