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kdrinkell

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  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #36
Changeyourface said:
*In some peoples eyes, however I think moving to the shitty ricoh ruined this club!
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It was either the Ricoh or Gosford Park as HR was sold
 

hackneyfox

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #37
block15 dan griffin said:
I doubt there was 2k Leicester fans in the home ends?

Tesco stand 9k?
Telegraph 3-4k although didn't look it,
Lloyds pharmacy 2k odd
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I don't think there were many,if any, Leicester fans in with you, I'm pointing out that all season tickets are included in every attendance given, whether they turn up or not.
You had 3 corners covered which must be 6k. What was actually available looked to be 50% filled at best.
 

rob9872

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #38
Look what's crawled out of the woodwork!


Season ticket holders would not be included unless therem what on earth makes you think they would other than being a poor attempt at stirring as usual.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #39
rob9872 said:
Look what's crawled out of the woodwork!


Season ticket holders would not be included unless therem what on earth makes you think they would other than being a poor attempt at stirring as usual.
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To be honest I thought they were always included as well!
 

kdrinkell

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #40
hackneyfox said:
I don't think there were many,if any, Leicester fans in with you, I'm pointing out that all season tickets are included in every attendance given, whether they turn up or not.
You had 3 corners covered which must be 6k. What was actually available looked to be 50% filled at best.
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lol some good GMK peeps and you as well
 

gouldberg

New Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #41
The gate given from what I'm aware is tickets sold, not people through turnstiles. Still think it was close-ish to the figure given today though.
 

Changeyourface

New Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #42
kdrinkell said:
It was either the Ricoh or Gosford Park as HR was sold
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Aye to be fair selling Highfield Road was a stupid move
 

kdrinkell

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #43
Changeyourface said:
Aye to be fair selling Highfield Road was a stupid move
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It depends....if you were say a tenant selling a house under the landlords nose then you'd be happy...not that the chairman did that though
 
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Dan Griffin

New Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #44
hackneyfox said:
I don't think there were many,if any, Leicester fans in with you, I'm pointing out that all season tickets are included in every attendance given, whether they turn up or not.
You had 3 corners covered which must be 6k. What was actually available looked to be 50% filled at best.
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Each block/section is like 1, 1.5k seats. Hardly 'corners' only corner covered is between tesco and telegraph that's about 1.5k and then about 700-1000 seats covered between block 15 and edge of south stand, then 500 covered if that between you and Lloyds pharmacy.
 

cloughie

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  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #45
Kuklinski said:
It's ridiculous to slag off those who didn't bother to go. I support the City and I was there, but if people decide not to go why should they be slagged off?

SISU have given up on the club, that much is obvious. Not one single outfield signing has been made, so what incentive is there to the floating fans to make the effort? The sooner this shower are gone the better.
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My thoughts entirely, I'm sure there are many fans who refuse to pay money until sisu have gone for good, and yes I did go (season ticket) before sisu lovers slag me off
 

rob9872

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #46
I kind of agree too, but there will be a number who use SISU as an excuse, that when they are gone will simply move to another reason not to attend. Again their choice, nobody should be forced to go, but I don't think for one minute that SISU leaving will have anything more than a temporary surge for about three games until general apathy returns. The only thing that will ever get improved and sustained support is on field success and it's a bit chicken and egg.
 

torchomatic

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #47
I wish they'd get the bloody catering sorted out. We went in put our money on our new Season Tickets then found that the coffee/pie place was closed. The only place to get a hot drink was at a Cash Only concession! Christ, they only have to organise themselves every two weeks and they've had three months to prepare for today.
 
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TommyAtkins

New Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #48
Why should SISU fund the squad when fans won't commit?

Highfield Road was sold to fund a stadium capable of generating enough revenue to sustain a Premiership team. But like a number of other clubs (Sunderland, for example), the building of a new stadium distracted investment away from the squad.
 

torchomatic

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #49
Spot on. Wasn't someone moaning that we needed a "football man" on the board? Well, we had one and people slagged him off constantly while he was here. I wish people would either just go or not go if they prefer, but don't just come on the radio and slag the whole club off week after week. It's bloody boring already and we've only played one game. It could be worse, we could have Richardson on the board and an idiot like Strachan, McAllister or Dowie in charge!

rob9872 said:
I kind of agree too, but there will be a number who use SISU as an excuse, that when they are gone will simply move to another reason not to attend. Again their choice, nobody should be forced to go, but I don't think for one minute that SISU leaving will have anything more than a temporary surge for about three games until general apathy returns. The only thing that will ever get improved and sustained support is on field success and it's a bit chicken and egg.
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torchomatic

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #50
And into Richardson's back pocket...

TommyAtkins said:
distracted investment away from the squad.
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TommyAtkins

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  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #51
"I kind of agree too, but there will be a number who use SISU as an excuse, that when they are gone will simply move to another reason not to attend."

Exactly. SISU are a convenient excuse for part time fans who will always be part time fans.

Either you support Coventry City and commit to that support or you don't.

If you support this club, then you turn up, irrespective of who the owners are.
 

rob9872

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #52
TommyAtkins said:
Why should SISU fund the squad when fans won't commit?

Highfield Road was sold to fund a stadium capable of generating enough revenue to sustain a Premiership team. But like a number of other clubs (Sunderland, for example), the building of a new stadium distracted investment away from the squad.
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That's not quite accurate mate. That regime was corrupt. This one may be undesired but that one was the beginning of this mess. The ground was sold and rented back in one of the worst financial decisions ever, but not to fund the new one. That was proposed through lottery funding, council clean up for regeneration and the 2006 world cup bid. The cash was a combination of wasted and pocketed and never came back.
 
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TommyAtkins

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  • Aug 6, 2011
  • #53
rob9872 said:
That's not quite accurate mate. That regime was corrupt. This one may be undesired but that one was the beginning of this mess. The ground was sold and rented back in one of the worst financial decisions ever, but not to fund the new one. That was proposed through lottery funding, council clean up for regeneration and the 2006 world cup bid. The cash was a combination of wasted and pocketed and never came back.
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I utterly agree.

Robinson and Richardson destroyed this club
 

sylus

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #54
TommyAtkins said:
Why should SISU fund the squad when fans won't commit?

Highfield Road was sold to fund a stadium capable of generating enough revenue to sustain a Premiership team. But like a number of other clubs (Sunderland, for example), the building of a new stadium distracted investment away from the squad.
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"flip side of the same coin" why should fans commit,when obviously Sisu have not funded the squad. and what about thoses who have commited to the club.what return are they getting!
 
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Lord_Nampil

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #55
If fans did turn up week in week out would sisu have to fund the loses? Around 26,000 fans can fit in the home end, that's roughly 12-11,000 empty seats in the home end that's are not sold. A few years ago there were probably 5 or 6,000 empty seats. Owners and success aside where have these fans gone? If we near enough filled the home end every game we would be ok, but we can't and that's partly down to the fan base and partly down to the lack of success ! IMO
 
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TheSnoz

New Member
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #56
Lord_Nampil, three cheers - spot on - at last there are a few fans saying what is one of the major reasons why the club is forever in money trouble. If the can't be bothered/part time/lukewarm fans turned up and INVESTED in the club we would begin to be a force again. Coming home from the game yesterday I heard old manager Gordon Milne compare our fanbase with Leicester. Us 15,000 them about 23,000. It adds up and makes a difference. A city the size of Coventry should have a massive fanbase. The ones who do turn up regularly I salute you. The others just continue to make excuses. About time they invested. Some people don't like to hear it, but it's the truth.
 

Skyblueloyal

Active Member
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #57
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Changeyourface said:
*In some peoples eyes, however I think moving to the shitty ricoh ruined this club!
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I with you on this I hate going to the lifeless Ricoh
 

blueflint

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #58
dream on macca safety priority playoff no chance and i hope i;m wrong
 

Covstu

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #59
The attendance was appalling in my view but does this show the actual level of support for CCFC in the city? If this is the case it was a terrible move to the Ricoh. We just do not have passionate fans in the city apart from 13-14K, you look at all other clubs around us, they get regular support week in week out (Derby, forest and even Leicester). In theory we have no one close to us geographically so we should have a big (ish) pull and i bet even if we were back in the prem, we would only get 22K each week.
 
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SuperFoxes

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  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #60
I bet you were embarrassed to see all those Leicester City fans take over your joint yesterday,i know i would of been.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #61
SuperFoxes said:
I bet you were embarrassed to see all those Leicester City fans take over your joint yesterday,i know i would of been.
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I wasnt that fussed really!
 

pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #62
SuperFoxes said:
I bet you were embarrassed to see all those Leicester City fans take over your joint yesterday,i know i would of been.
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Your support 2nd half was ok
But the first half what 2 songs? Very poor
 

Adam Jones

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  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #63
SuperFoxes said:
I bet you were embarrassed to see all those Leicester City fans take over your joint yesterday,i know i would of been.
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I bet you're embarrassed that your grammar is appalling. It's 'would have', not 'would of' - hence why the commonly used abbreviation is 'would've' - and don't even get me started on your punctuation and capitalisation. All that money, and still no funding for schools, it seems...
 
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SuperFoxes

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  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #64
pusbccfc said:
Your support 2nd half was ok
But the first half what 2 songs? Very poor
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Don't get on to songs,if Leicester fans sang your mums your dad and vice versa i would put my hands over my ears,it must have made you cringe,my god can't you come up with something better?

Getting back to the crowd,i feel for you guys in away even though i hate you.

Why build a ground in the middle of nowhere,not being funny but i like a pint in a pub before the game as part of the day out,and then walk to the ground and watch the game.

I bet there loads of Cov fans that don't go to the game because of the location,and when the plans were put in for the new ground, were you asked if you were happy with the move? i know i would not of been.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #65
There are loads of places for a beer before the game and it is a ten minute walk from my house I would prefer the old ground at the new location
 

I'mARealWizard

New Member
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #66
SuperFoxes said:
Why build a ground in the middle of nowhere,not being funny but i like a pint in a pub before the game as part of the day out,and then walk to the ground and watch the game.
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Prime location properties must be really cheap in Leicester then
 
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SuperFoxes

New Member
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #67
Adam Jones said:
I bet you're embarrassed that your grammar is appalling. It's 'would have', not 'would of' - hence why the commonly used abbreviation is 'would've' - and don't even get me started on your punctuation and capitalisation. All that money, and still no funding for schools, it seems...
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Shut up! Why does every football forum have a dick who is obsessed with a few full stops missing and comma here,get a life
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #68
SuperFoxes said:
Shut up! Why does every football forum have a dick who is obsessed with a few full stops missing and comma here,get a life
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To be fair you are on a cov forum, dont be a dick
 

coundonskyblue

New Member
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #69
SuperFoxes said:
Don't get on to songs,if Leicester fans sang your mums your dad and vice versa i would put my hands over my ears,it must have made you cringe,my god can't you come up with something better?

Getting back to the crowd,i feel for you guys in away even though i hate you.

Why build a ground in the middle of nowhere,not being funny but i like a pint in a pub before the game as part of the day out,and then walk to the ground and watch the game.

I bet there loads of Cov fans that don't go to the game because of the location,and when the plans were put in for the new ground, were you asked if you were happy with the move? i know i would not of been.
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If we're talking about cringe worthy songs, why make up a song about how you don't care about us? Do you not realise the contradiction of that?
 
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SuperFoxes

New Member
  • Aug 7, 2011
  • #70
coundonskyblue said:
If we're talking about cringe worthy songs, why make up a song about how you don't care about us? Do you not realise the contradiction of that?
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Nothing to do with me,that is your Forest and sheep haters.
 
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