The Philosopher
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I agree with the whole “we can only ever hope to be Norwich / West Brom” until Leicester somehow happened.
I don't know of any individual or organisation that has bottomless pockets and a complete whiter than white ethical history.
Some sad fucker will always find some dirt somewhere.
No.Would you be happy for Mike Ashley to buy Coventry City now he has 300 million burning a hole in his pocket ?
Exactly, which makes this thread pretty pointlessThats because it’s impossible to become an ethical billionaire.
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Oh my life
He's worth £2.5BN, that was the gripe with the Newcastle fans. They wanted a slice of that rather than being ran on a budget.Would you be happy for Mike Ashley to buy Coventry City now he has 300 million burning a hole in his pocket ?
I would rather us be shite and have a soul than good but with no soul and a side made of dodgy oil moneyLet’s imagine we wake up this morning and instead of buying Newcastle, this group had made a more sensible decision and bought CCFC, would you be happy?
I look at Man City and think if I was an MCFC fan prior to all the money, Maine road days etc I actually really would not like what has happened to the club.
Can’t help but think these owners with their endless pit of cash, actually go a long way to sucking the lifeblood out of the club despite all the investment.
I know we all want to get back to the big time but I honestly would hate something like this to happen to us.
Thoughts?
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At some point the money will stop - a wealthy benefactor will die, a 'regime' will lose interest, whatever it may be, and then we'll witness a team wither and die, possibly shutting down for good, unable to afford the multiple millions being spent on wages per week. There needs to be a financial reset of the game, otherwise it'll implode disasterously.
Would you be happy for Mike Ashley to buy Coventry City now he has 300 million burning a hole in his pocket ?
Purely anecdotal, but my friends who are Man City fans say they genuinely preferred it when they were shit. I imagine nostalgia is a big part of it, but cheaper tickets, a core fanbase, and (most of all) a sense of feeling closer to the club are the things they talk about missing.
The upsides of having mega-rich owners are obvious, but once your club starts catering to millions of fans overseas, hijacking the club’s PR to serve some oil tycoon, and jacking up season tickets to £1000 or more, it would quickly start to feel like someone else’s club.
Definitely an element of snobbery about that, but hey, that’s why football fans sing “Where were you when you were shit”. I’d love to see Coventry at Wembley every year, or do European away days, but I also want to set my own terms of what it means to be a Cov fan - I don’t want it to be this:
Jimmy Hill changed our coloursBoth reverted back though. I remember Jimmy Hill trying to change our name to Coventry Talbot, so this isn't necessarily the sole preserve of foreign ownership.
Or a Brentford. Hope they stay up for more than one season of course.I agree with the whole “we can only ever hope to be Norwich / West Brom” until Leicester somehow happened.
People said the same about Chelsea and Man City and they’re still spending shit loads and nothings been changed, except their trophy cabinetNo I wouldn’t be happy personally. These people are in it for themselves which like everyone you could argue and it all sounds rosey and fluffy but they don’t give a shit about newcastle obviously and will be the first to drop it like a stone if it fails.
Wait until they try and change the stadium name or change the clubs colours. See how popular they are then?
He did and it became Sky Blue by mistake. He went for Coventry Blue which is a known shade of blue, it’s similar to the blue on ribbon island in Foleshill but when the kit turned up it was much lighter but he stuck with it and we became the Sky Blues which we were christened by Nemo (Derrick Henderson) at the time the resident football correspondent at the Coventry Telegraph.Jimmy Hill changed our colours
Proof that they are not true Sky blues!On a completely unrelated matter. As a last resort…I recently bought a Man City bar scarf ( no writing on it). I’ve been after a proper 70’s Sky blue one with a narrow navy and white line since my one wasn’t secured properly flapping out the window on the way to an away game. Bought it but who knew (not me) that Man City’s colours have maroon in it. So it was light blue maroon and white!!!! Pffffffff put it in the bin !!!!
Purely anecdotal, but my friends who are Man City fans say they genuinely preferred it when they were shit. I imagine nostalgia is a big part of it, but cheaper tickets, a core fanbase, and (most of all) a sense of feeling closer to the club are the things they talk about missing.
The upsides of having mega-rich owners are obvious, but once your club starts catering to millions of fans overseas, hijacking the club’s PR to serve some oil tycoon, and jacking up season tickets to £1000 or more, it would quickly start to feel like someone else’s club.
Definitely an element of snobbery about that, but hey, that’s why football fans sing “Where were you when you were shit”. I’d love to see Coventry at Wembley every year, or do European away days, but I also want to set my own terms of what it means to be a Cov fan - I don’t want it to be this:
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