i'd love to think they planned ANYTHING, but they havent got a clue !
I didn't include Thorn because the whole thing with him seemed strange. We played some decent football when he was caretaker and we had players of reasonable quality - King, Westwood etc. Last season you could see that he was out of his depth, but there are plenty of experienced managers who would have struggled with what he was given. Then again, he must have cost next nothing in terms of wages and getting Robins would've cost less this season that last. But then again, why on earth give him three games and take ages to appoint Robins? That's something that alludes me.
Selling Juke was a poor decision, although I'm not sure we had enough to stay up if we'd kept him. Seemed to be the football equivalent of waving the white flag though.
I disagree. They wouldn't have got to where they are if they were no good at turning around failing businesses. Like it or not, football has become just as much about business as it is kicking a ball. I don't think they quite realised the mess they were getting into. Football clubs aren't a normal business, but I wouldn't say they don't have a clue because they've messed up here.
Another question I'd like to ask - was Paul Fletcher responsible for the rent deal? Was it when he was at the ACL or CCFC if he was?
The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced SISU wanted us to go down last year.
- Use L1 attendances, stadiums and income as an attempt to reduce the rent, which certainly seems to be happening at the moment. It also means less income for the ACL, which appears to be advantageous to SISU.
- Sign players on cheaper contracts, get rid of the higher earners. We signed one player on a permanent deal the summer before last, compared to the eight or nine this year. The likes of Clingan can be replaced by three of four players at this level.
- A lot less national press attention on a L1 club than a Championship club. If they had to shut us down / move us, there 's a lot less coverage.
- If we were successful in this league (which on paper, is more likely to happen than in the Championship) attendances would rise again. I reckon if we were top 6 at the moment, we'd be getting at least 17k for a home game. I think there are people who will pay to see a winning team, no matter what league it's in. If we were also to get promoted, we'd be back to where we were on a fraction of the running costs.
- I've seen on here that they rejected offers from local businesses to pay wages for loan players last year. Surely, if you're desperate to avoid L1, you take any offers like that you can?
I'm just joining dots here, but no matter what you think of SISU's methods in running our football club, it must be remembered they're no strangers to running failing businesses. I think they've ran out of patience with the poor championship performances and taken a gamble. Not in spending loads to go up, but dramatically cutting costs (which is what hedge funds do) so we go down. Rebuild the business at this level and hope we go back up. Does anyone else think this or has supporting Coventry taken it's toll on my mental state?
The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced SISU wanted us to go down last year.
- Use L1 attendances, stadiums and income as an attempt to reduce the rent, which certainly seems to be happening at the moment. It also means less income for the ACL, which appears to be advantageous to SISU.
- Sign players on cheaper contracts, get rid of the higher earners. We signed one player on a permanent deal the summer before last, compared to the eight or nine this year. The likes of Clingan can be replaced by three of four players at this level.
- A lot less national press attention on a L1 club than a Championship club. If they had to shut us down / move us, there 's a lot less coverage.
- If we were successful in this league (which on paper, is more likely to happen than in the Championship) attendances would rise again. I reckon if we were top 6 at the moment, we'd be getting at least 17k for a home game. I think there are people who will pay to see a winning team, no matter what league it's in. If we were also to get promoted, we'd be back to where we were on a fraction of the running costs.
- I've seen on here that they rejected offers from local businesses to pay wages for loan players last year. Surely, if you're desperate to avoid L1, you take any offers like that you can?
I'm just joining dots here, but no matter what you think of SISU's methods in running our football club, it must be remembered they're no strangers to running failing businesses. I think they've ran out of patience with the poor championship performances and taken a gamble. Not in spending loads to go up, but dramatically cutting costs (which is what hedge funds do) so we go down. Rebuild the business at this level and hope we go back up. Does anyone else think this or has supporting Coventry taken it's toll on my mental state?
There is some applied logic here! SISU are actually not stupid when it comes to money! what basically been happening is that SISU have been doing their own "Administator" role and have shrunk the club finances to a workable position the ACL debacle is the last piece of the Jigsaw, they will probably agree to a deal that reduces the rent down to £300K and wipe off 1/2 the £1.2million debt, taking profits from the foods etc will actually balance the club to be run on a self sufficient basis:thinking about:
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