Change all that is SKY BLUE? (7 Viewers)

[Otis]

We did play in Sky Blue 100 years ago, but from 1924-1962 we played in either dark blue and white or plain white.

We were also nicknamed the Bantams. Hill called us the Sy Blues.

 

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[Paxman II]

Would prefer to concentrate on getting out of League One first.

Anyone who simply dismisses any suggestion of any major changes may wish to read up on our history and see just how much changed when Jimmy Hill took over. He changed everything, the kit, the nickname and created a song to go with it.

I wasn't around when these changes first took place but have read up on quite a bit and Jimmy Hill changed our very thinking. He ripped everything up. Find it strange that people would just totally dismiss this without any thought at all.

Agreed Otis. Those changes were being made a season or two b4 i was on the scene. But I remember their impetus....it was enormous.
Instead of a '3 year plan' to the premiership which was always a half witted attempt to pacify we really should consider a 'rebuild' now we are back in the old 3rd tier again. The impetus could be highly beneficial and as you said we have largely been associated with abject failure this past 25 years or so since our perennial scrapping at the bottom of the Premiership.

 

[Otis]

yeah but if we was going to do that who would do it thorn ? and we dont have the money to do it while sisu are in charge and we'll be lucky if we are a club next year

Well this could only happen with a new owner and a new owner with a vision.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Would prefer to concentrate on getting out of League One first.

Anyone who simply dismisses any suggestion of any major changes may wish to read up on our history and see just how much changed when Jimmy Hill took over. He changed everything, the kit, the nickname and created a song to go with it.

I wasn't around when these changes first took place but have read up on quite a bit and Jimmy Hill changed our very thinking. He ripped everything up. Find it strange that people would just totally dismiss this without any thought at all.

He gave us our identity, why take it away?

It would be a superficial change that will not change the situation we are in, I don't see what it would achieve?

 

[Gaz]

You can read up on our history till the cows come home.
Changing our kit colour didn't get us up those leagues.

Anyone who thinks changing our colour will win us games may wish to read up on a mental health leaflet.

 

[guicey15]

Genius! That's the missing piece of the jigsaw, change the colour of our kit! We'll soon be playing Champions League football now lads

 

[Otis]

Agreed Otis. Those changes were being made a season or two b4 i was on the scene. But I remember their impetus....it was enormous.
Instead of a '3 year plan' to the premiership which was always a half witted attempt to pacify we really should consider a 'rebuild' now we are back in the old 3rd tier again. The impetus could be highly beneficial and as you said we have largely been associated with abject failure this past 25 years or so since our perennial scrapping at the bottom of the Premiership.

A kit can also make a difference. It has been scientifically proven. Wearings stripes for instance creates the illusion of players seeming bigger.

I am pretty sure that if any team wore a pink kit this could well be considered to be a weakness.

Just the way it is.

 

[Paxman II]

Was it superficial when Jimmy set about it? Did we not go on and achieve relative success?
It was not just the 'identity' as Sky Blue, it was many many changes he made and instigated and how we went about things....something we do very badly now I might add.

 

[Otis]

You can read up on our history till the cows come home.
Changing our kit colour didn't get us up those leagues.

Anyone who thinks changing our colour will win us games may wish to read up on a mental health leaflet.

It was part of the whole package,. A complete new thinking and this included a new name, a new kit and a new song. It happened. We changed everything including psychologically.

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

Interestingly I was talking to a few supporters last night who were suggesting it was time to change the 'tired' look of CCFC. By this they meant the Jimmy Hill inspired Sky Blue strip, everything associated with this soppy irrelevant colour and name.

I must admit it does all sound very 60's to me and the pale blue is not very inspiring is it?

Perhaps they have a point. get away from the past that haunts this club and strive for a new beginning?

Do they have a valid point?

Personally I would change it. It's way too old hat. I'd like to see a bright fresh colour strip and drop this insipid 'Sky Blues'.

Come back the Old Five and the Bantams of the 1950's early 60's! The strip was good as well !

 

[Otis]

Come back the Old Five and the Bantams of the 1950's early 60's! The strip was good as well !

Thanks VOR.

People are wearing blinkers here.

We need to consider everything.

 

[The Reverend Skyblue]

The team off the advert, Dynamo Kebab would be good for a name change


as for a nickname ,what about the useless twats.

The Rev

 

[Paxman II]

Interesting to see those against such change are happy with the way things have transpired so far then? Thought we just got relegated to league 1?

Can we please re-think this strategy anyone as it's not bringing any success is it? Successive managers, successive owners all fail to implement a new strategy and understanding and merely carry on as before. talk about standing still....we have simply gone backwards in strides.

 

[coundonskyblue]

A lot of facts have been lost in the mist of time. For most of our existance we have played in blue, it was only in the late 1950's that blue was dropped. When JH changed the kit to sky blue we were reverting back to our old colours, infact our first sky blue kit was in the 1880's!

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Coventry_City/Coventry_City.htm

All JH did really was changed the Nickname to Sky Blues.

I for one think its a terrible idea & can't believe its even being considered on here. The clubs colours & branding is the only stable thing about the club!

The reason we have been relegated is because we haven't got good enough players, not the colour of their shirts.

Also the premier league champions could be a team in sky blue in a few weeks so it can't be that bad.

 

[ronan_cov]

Seen as though we are 'Sky blue army' why would we play in orange? its blue for a reason pal

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

It wasn't some sort of super natural force that made us successful when Hill changed the kit, nickname etc.
All those changes were to signify the start of a new era for the club as as the club was moving places then, do you feel we are on the verge of similar success now?

Maybe we should change it all the kit, the name and the song to signify the start of a new era. The era of the lower leagues, we are no longer Coventry City of 30 odd years in the top division. We need a new identity to signify the start of being a lower league club.

We would have been successful in that period regardless of weather we changed the kit or not, the changes just gave us a new identity as a top flight club.

If we don't sort other things out it won't matter if the players are playing naked.

 

[Otis]

A lot of facts have been lost in the mist of time. For most of our existance we have played in blue, it was only in the late 1950's that blue was dropped. When JH changed the kit to sky blue we were reverting back to our old colours, infact our first sky blue kit was in the 1880's!

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Coventry_City/Coventry_City.htm

All JH did really was changed the Nickname to Sky Blues.

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I for one think its a terrible idea & can't believe its even being considered on here. The clubs colours & branding is the only stable thing about the club!

The reason we have been relegated is because we haven't got good enough players, not the colour of their shirts.

Also the premier league champions could be a team in sky blue in a few weeks so it can't be that bad.

I already mentioned about the kits. From 1920 to 1962 we work a much darker blue and white.

To say JH only changed the nickname to Sky Blues is very disengenous.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Interesting to see those against such change are happy with the way things have transpired so far then? Thought we just got relegated to league 1?

Can we please re-think this strategy anyone as it's not bringing any success is it? Successive managers, successive owners all fail to implement a new strategy and understanding and merely carry on as before. talk about standing still....we have simply gone backwards in strides.

We weren't relegated to league 1 because we were playing in sky blue, we were relegated because we have a shit squad with an inexperienced manager and no investment in the team.

Maybe if I wear my lucky pants next every game next year we will win.

This is what it seems to me like people have some sort of superstition that wearing sky blue will mean we will fail.

 

[KarmicChris]

Personally I can't see this ever happening. Purely on a practical level. How much would have to be put in just with the Ricoh. Also I haven't heard any other options from OP apart from "not bland". Must have some kind of colour in mind?

 

[coundonskyblue]

To say JH only changed the nickname to Sky Blues is very disengenous.

I know JH did a lot of things, I just meant in terms of the clubs branding. He didn't just suddenly think lets play in sky blue, we were reverting back to an older kit colour & then changed the rest of the club to mirror it.

 

[Otis]

We weren't relegated to league 1 because we were playing in sky blue, we were relegated because we have a shit squad with an inexperienced manager and no investment in the team.

Maybe if I wear my lucky pants next every game next year we will win.

This is what it seems to me like people have some sort of superstition that wearing sky blue will mean we will fail.

You are not getting it.

It isn't about just changing the kit it is about changing everything and especially changing our very thinking!

 

[Otis]

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This is how we looked about a hundred years ago. We were also known as the Bantams.

Well I like this kit. Still has some sky blue in it.

 

[coundonskyblue]

Personally I can't see this ever happening. Purely on a practical level. How much would have to be put in just with the Ricoh. Also I haven't heard any other options from OP apart from "not bland". Must have some kind of colour in mind?

The only other colours relevant to the city of Coventry are red and green so maybe he would like to see us play in that?

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

You are not getting it.

It isn't about just changing the kit it is about changing everything and especially changing our very thinking!

You can change your thinking without changing shirt colours, surely people are not that mentally challenged that they need a change of colour to change their thinking.

Or do people just think sky blue = failure and need a change of colour to change that opinion?

 

[Otis]

The only other colours relevant to the city of Coventry are red and green so maybe he would like to see us play in that?

I think we should consider everything.

This is my club and I would consider anything and everything that could start us on a path of success instead of the abject failure we have endured for so many years now.

 

[Gaz]

Interesting to see those against such change are happy with the way things have transpired so far then?

Yeah because all Cov fans are happy we will be playing in league 1 next season :facepalm:

 

[Otis]

You can change your thinking without changing shirt colours, surely people are not that mentally challenged that they need a change of colour to change their thinking.

Or do people just think sky blue = failure and need a change of colour to change that opinion?

Still not getting it. It isn't just about the kit. This club reeks of failure from top to bottom. Everything about this club pretty much stinks.

 

[marcus87]

red and green would be a horrible kit

 

[coundonskyblue]

Still not getting it. It isn't just about the kit. This club reeks of failure from top to bottom. Everything about this club pretty much stinks.

Everything except the name, colour and badge IMO!

Perhaps we should change our name to Elephant FC as well?

 

[KarmicChris]

Still not getting it. It isn't just about the kit. This club reeks of failure from top to bottom. Everything about this club pretty much stinks.

Yes and the kit has nothing to do with the day to day running of the club!

If anything the kit is least to do with that. The Sky Blue colour was around a long time before the Ricoh Arena/Andy Thorn/SISU. It has NOTHING to do with how bad we are run or our mentality. This really is a redundant subject imo

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

I thimk we should consider everything.

This is my club and I would consider anything and everything that could start us on a path of success instead of the abject failure we have endured for so many years now.

Yep which is why we shouldn't be wasting our time messing around with kits and should concentrate on getting back into the championship.


Look how well changing our badge this season turned out for us, obviously that had nothing to do with relegation but this is how ridiculous this conversation seems to me.

 

[Gaz]

Still not getting it. It isn't just about the kit. This club reeks of failure from top to bottom. Everything about this club pretty much stinks.

Will us playing in a different colour win us more games ? Yes or no Otis ?

 

[Otis]

Just think we shouldn't rule anything out and kind of get the idea that people on here are immediately ruling it out without any thought process whatsoever.

 

[coundonskyblue]

I just think this is one of them things thats change for the sake of it. Something the modern world is obsessed with.

Maybe we should play in diarrhea brown, it seems apt.

 

[Otis]

Will us playing in a different colour win us more games ? Yes or no Otis ?

Well obviously the answer is yes. :facepalm:


Fook me, this is hard work. We need to think about changing everything. This isn't about the kit. But if we consider changing everything then the kit obviously forms part of that whole package. People here are ignoring the fact that we need change and are only talking about us changing the kit!! :facepalm: