After reading a few posts on here this morning i am absolutely disgusted with the attitude of some of my fellow posters. How on earth can we as a city support this Wasps takeover? How hypocritical of us to openly accept franchise sport, something we fought so voiciferously to oppose. It is absolutely disgusting what has happened to OUR home, something i will never agree with or even crack a smile about.
We all stood on the hill to protest about a 35 mile relocation, Wasps fans have got more than double that to get here, are we forgetting that? Northampton Saints, Leicester Tigers and Worcester are all nearby, 2 of them far bigger clubs than Wasps. There will be no midlands fanbase and i doubt after 3 games only a select few will travel up from london. no fans, empty stadium and i for one will not accept them trying to reach out into my community.
To be quite honest it doesnt matter who is to blame for the takeover by Wasps, some people on here believe it is a good thing.
Our city has its own rugby club, a rugby club we should all at least armchair support.
I am dissapointed with the council, they arent acting in the best interests of the elecorate and not acting in the best interests of the city. They should focus more time in supporting the clubs they already have, rather than inviting franchise teams here. Im not a fan of sisu by any stretch of the imagination, actually on the contrary but they dont make decisions on behalf of the city. Stupid hedge fund people can afford to play games. I expected better from my local authority.
Ann Lucas - "a club should not be ripped apart from its community"
Welcome to Coventry- the home of franchise sport
Welcome to Coventry- the home of franchise sport
Probably why City and Cov are in such a mess.
People tell me that Milton Keynes is very popularAnn Lucas will proably try to twin Coventry with another town/city now. My sources reveal she is keen on Milton Keynes.
No i agree with that, but im not a massive fan of rugby, at all. Chasing the egg just doesnt do it for me. But i tell you something Otis, im actually considering going up to the Butts to show my support for my local rugby team, just to show them that their city is behind them
I'm thinking of going up too. I like watching the Six Nations and the World Cup, but have never ever been to a game and don't have any interest in club rugby, but I am seriously considering going up to a Cov game or 2 now.
Be brilliant if Cov got loads of local backing and ended up in the Aviva Premiership.
I'm thinking of going up too. I like watching the Six Nations and the World Cup, but have never ever been to a game and don't have any interest in club rugby, but I am seriously considering going up to a Cov game or 2 now.
Be brilliant if Cov got loads of local backing and ended up in the Aviva Premiership.
Although I dont like the idea of Wasps sharing/owning the Ricoh we are in shit street. Luckily Wasps only play 16 home games a season so need a partner to make the ground move more viable. If we can get the share off the Higgs we get 50% of Acl and puts us on a firm footing. We are never going to build a new stadium we have this option and need to grab it.
The Wasps rep on the radio mentioned that they are looking to do deals on tickets that promote both Wasps and Cov rugby so in essence if Wasps arent playing an incentive is there to watch Cov. Might not be all doom and gloom after all.
no cov city fans support it
council lovers do NOT love the club, its that simple.
Be amazing if CCFC fans went down to the Butts to support the team. Be even better if there was a higher attendance than Wasps get for their first game.
Don't some of the matches clash with CCFC matches ?
So Wasps coming to Cov might actually benefit Cov Rugby if thousands like you start going to games.
Were you one of the 16000 who went to the Gillingham game and not the next home game?
Because it fits the paradigm of Council = good : SISU = bad.
No i agree with that, but im not a massive fan of rugby, at all. Chasing the egg just doesnt do it for me. But i tell you something Otis, im actually considering going up to the Butts to show my support for my local rugby team, just to show them that their city is behind them
After reading a few posts on here this morning i am absolutely disgusted with the attitude of some of my fellow posters. How on earth can we as a city support this Wasps takeover? How hypocritical of us to openly accept franchise sport, something we fought so voiciferously to oppose. It is absolutely disgusting what has happened to OUR home, something i will never agree with or even crack a smile about.
We all stood on the hill to protest about a 35 mile relocation, Wasps fans have got more than double that to get here, are we forgetting that? Northampton Saints, Leicester Tigers and Worcester are all nearby, 2 of them far bigger clubs than Wasps. There will be no midlands fanbase and i doubt after 3 games only a select few will travel up from london. no fans, empty stadium and i for one will not accept them trying to reach out into my community.
To be quite honest it doesnt matter who is to blame for the takeover by Wasps, some people on here believe it is a good thing. Our city has its own rugby club, a rugby club we should all at least armchair support. I am dissapointed with the council, they arent acting in the best interests of the elecorate and not acting in the best interests of the city. They should focus more time in supporting the clubs they already have, rather than inviting franchise teams here. Im not a fan of sisu by any stretch of the imagination, actually on the contrary but they dont make decisions on behalf of the city. Stupid hedge fund people can afford to play games. I expected better from my local authority.
Ann Lucas - "a club should not be ripped apart from its community"
Welcome to Coventry- the home of franchise sport
Agree 100%. People asking for a larrrrrrrtay make me feel nauseous.I remember a little cafe on the corner. The sarnies were all home made and the coffee weren't bad.
It still fills me with sadness when I remember popping in there for a cuppa an a chat. Now all you get are fucking off shore, branded corporations with their bastard franchising an "have a nice day" spiel. Cunts. And that ' cream cafe mocha with caramel topping to go Bollox' - what the fuck is that?
Wasps playing at the Ricoh will have no affect on CovRFC or it's attendences and in fact could benefit the club. Cov had the chance years ago to go down the professional route the likes of Leicester, Northampton, Worcester and Wasps have done they decided not to, bad decision in my opinion. So they are where they are now also they have been virtually broke for some time and very much hand to mouth now, by alineing itself to Wasps could introduce better players to the club, better results, increase it's gates and more solvent. You can't compare the RU with football clubs are run on different levels, for Cov to get to the top level it would take a real sugar daddy to finance it and I'm doubtful they want to.
It is quite disheartenting that some fans don't seem to be that concerned about the franchising. I find that strange to be honest.
I think what Starbucks have done has given people a mild addiction to caffeine. The coffee is ridiculously strong but people (certainly those working in Manchester City Centre) just have to go every morning.My daughter and her mates are all Starbucks, Cafe Nero and whatever other souless, environementally unsound, fascist similar outlets are out there. Needless to say, I never get an invite to come along!
I do agree with you however, we should look at the Coventry City of today. The historic club was placed into administration and doesn't exist any more - the current club is nothing to do with the history. If it wasn't for the Football League allowing SISU (via Otium) to acquire the club's branding rights then CCFC wouldn't exist.
Having worked for a franchisor back in the 90s the basis of a franchise is allowing a third party to use your branding... So there is an argument that the Coventry City you're supporting is just as much a 'franchise' as (allegedly) Wasps. Perhaps more so...
We should all try and take out the sentiment and look at the facts. SISU have had the club for years and failed to do a deal to acquire ACL - or the agreed half they were entitled to. Publicly they don't want to do a deal so where does CCC and Higgs go? They sell to someone that is willing to do a deal.... Simple. Don't blame them - blame SISU for messing about for so long.
I don't think that JS fully understands the damage she has done to the club by her actions. Season ticket sales are way below where they should be (given that we're back at the Ricoh) and that indicates to me some real long-term damage that will take years to recover. If the team don't start improving results then the future looks very bleak.
I think what Starbucks have done has given people a mild addiction to caffeine. The coffee is ridiculously strong but people (certainly those working in Manchester City Centre) just have to go every morning.
I think what Starbucks have done has given people a mild addiction to caffeine. The coffee is ridiculously strong but people (certainly those working in Manchester City Centre) just have to go every morning.
The deeper point is the sanctimonious bleating about franchising per se. Has franchising been here for decades? Yes. Has it destroyed the village shop, post office and corner cafe, even some local hospitals? Yes. Can we turn the clock back? No.
But when 'our football' is messed with we come over all high and mighty and you'd think every other poster was a pulpit professional.
Give over.
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