lamtara2006
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http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/mar/29/coventry-city-fans-deserve-better
The Observer 30th March 2014 Daniel Taylor
The Observer 30th March 2014 Daniel Taylor
Coventry City Fans Deserve Better (4 Viewers)
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SlowerThanPlatt
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Correct Daniel Taylor. Good article too.
TasmanSeaSkyBlue
Member
Good article, helped me a lot.
robbiethemole
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Who feels another SISU attempt to silence the dissenters??? Did anything come of their last complaint about The Guardian?
Bill Glazier
Active Member
Good article - think I'll join the 'hillers' for a game soon.
señor Santiago
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"Coventry were playing Stevenage and for the first half I sat in the main stand wondering if I had ever been to a professional game where there was absolutely zero chanting from the home crowd. "
georgehudson
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an excellent article, which, most unfortunately points the finger,
in the direction of the 'owners' or 'controllers'
neither of which do Coventry City fans know anything about,
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE,
so, as a CONSEQUENCE, or, point of law, should we know who owns us ?
i'm sure mr fishface has his distorted view,
if that's ok with you joy,
do explain
in the direction of the 'owners' or 'controllers'
neither of which do Coventry City fans know anything about,
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE,
so, as a CONSEQUENCE, or, point of law, should we know who owns us ?
i'm sure mr fishface has his distorted view,
if that's ok with you joy,
do explain
lamtara2006
Member
I believe Sisu's lawyers went to Press Complaints Commission but it has not been followed through.
James Smith
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I would be interested to know what the grounds for their complaint was.
Covstu
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exactly, its one mans view for what its worth. Yes it paints them in a negative light but a truthful negative light. You think if there was anything in factual here they would respond in kind instead of just sueing people and making public opinion worse (if it can be)
skybluetony176
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Thinking the same.
lewys33
Well-Known Member
From what I understand the complaint was David Conn said that SISU did not pay any rent. Sisu say they did.
skybluebal
New Member
Good article to keep our plight in the national limelight, shame it did not reference the e-petition but much appreciated.
Regarding a Phoenix club, we don't need to create a new club, if you want to support an established Coventry team playing in Coventry, then why not go to watch Coventry Sphinx. If CCFC do ever return great, but you get your Saturday fix! and you help to develop local players, get the next generation into supporting their local team, plus ready for the worst case scenario that CCFC continues it's terminal decline into liquidation.
PUSB
Regarding a Phoenix club, we don't need to create a new club, if you want to support an established Coventry team playing in Coventry, then why not go to watch Coventry Sphinx. If CCFC do ever return great, but you get your Saturday fix! and you help to develop local players, get the next generation into supporting their local team, plus ready for the worst case scenario that CCFC continues it's terminal decline into liquidation.
PUSB
sotonskyblue
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cov fans deserve better
New poster on here.Two days ago had email reply from David Conn saying that they(the guardian)have not taken down their aticle and stood by what they originally said.Confirmed that they will continue to watch and report on any developments.
New poster on here.Two days ago had email reply from David Conn saying that they(the guardian)have not taken down their aticle and stood by what they originally said.Confirmed that they will continue to watch and report on any developments.
SlowerThanPlatt
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:welcome:
Sky Blue Harry H
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If I'm correct the grounds were that the article was ' 35 miles wide of the mark' or was it that the article was 'that the ground was 35 miles wide of the mark'. I've confused myself now
Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
Brilliant article! Well written and sums up everything in a nutshell! Loved the way Daniel Taylor emphasises that a bloody "spider show" is more important at the Ricoh these days!
Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
Welcome Sotonskyblue! :welcome: I'm just "over the water"! (IoW)
Welcome :welcome:
Brighton Sky Blue
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His wider criticism of the present obsession with a hyper commercialised Premier League is also very refreshing. The PL was very happy to wipe its hands clean of Pompey once they got relegated since as far as the media's concerned football doesn't exist below that level and we are constantly told what a great 'brand' the league is. A brand for plastic glory hunters far and wide whilst everybody else feeds off scraps.
The English game is broken.
The English game is broken.
Brighton Sky Blue
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The new academy rules now making it easier than ever before for promising youngsters to be poached from a club as soon as they start to look any good. Bayern Munich's Bundesliga winning XI contained 7 German internationals this week, how many English ones will Chelsea's or Man City's?
JohnWH
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I am fine to admit I don't know how academies work. What types of rules do you mean?
Brighton Sky Blue
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It used to be that you couldn't sign a youngster under a certain age (I forget which) from another club if he lived more than 90 minutes away. Now, each club's academy is assigned a 'category', where 1 is the highest and 4 is the lowest. If your academy is ranked at, say, 1, you can sign a player from an academy with a worse rating with no restrictions on geography. At the moment we are Category 2.
JohnWH
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Meaning, for instance, Johnny Super Striker is currently an academy youth for Local FC, who havd Cat 3 category, can be then coaxed by Man U? Can I assume then that Man U is effectively stealing youth superstars, or is there compensation/sale, or does that not apply because there aren't really professional contracts for youth academy players? Or do youth players ( or parents?) sign agreements or what-all to stay at the academy on a year-by-year basis?
Sorry to front load a lot questions, I never truly appreciated how complex academy might be. Suddenly I realize how little I know...
Brighton Sky Blue
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I don't think the rules on compensation have changed, however now rather than wait for a player to reach 16 and sign him (when the compensation involved would be bigger), good prospects can be signed at any time and the younger they are the lower the compensation. If we had continued not playing the academy at the Higgs Centre then we would have been downgraded to Category 2.
pusbccfc
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In all fairness Liverpool have a-lot of British players.
Brighton Sky Blue
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Good to see, but they are the exception rather than the rule at the moment.
Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
pusbccfc
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Yep. Suarez was born in Birkenhead.
Yeah, but he isn't important...
covcity4life
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be patient and weight for them to annouce it. hehe