Astute
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Personally, I don't think a sell out every week or 12 there every week would make much difference to the situation right now.
Do you really think that the atmosphere would be the same if only 12 turned up?
No, it's a hypothesis. What we do know is that 1500 people quietly attending each week doesn't have the desired effect either.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you always got.
The non-attending hypothesis has as much weight as the full house hypothesis at the moment, both are untried.
JOHNSILLETS NOSE, what I think the article does is emphasise yet again how low we've sunk, that it is worse than we realise.
It reminds us, if we ever needed it, that it will probably get worse.
Barring a turnaround on a massive scale, our club won't be back in Coventry next season either. We have poisonous owners.
But, it seems, there is still a majority of fans on this forum at least who still have a 'wait and see' attitude. Letting Sisu dictate the scene. Instead of acting collectively to scupper them. Collectively fans are so powerful. I wish ours would wake up to this. A growing number are showing signs of fighting back but it is not enough as it is.
More of the fans are talking of an AFC, a strategy, a plan, to reclaim CCFC. Too late for next season allegedly, but Sphinx could be installed at the Ricoh. It's not ideal, I know that. But what is the alternative? JR, then a couple of appeals, more ghostly plans for tiny stadiums that will never be built? Locked into debt, clinging to the forlorn hope that the Football League will call Sisu's bluff? Fooling ourselves that a petition, however commendable, will change things.
Meanwhile our club dies a painful lingering death.
Make no mistake, Pressley being here has papered over horrendous cracks. You all know that. The summer will see a mass exodus if we are still in Northampton. Wilson, Moussa, Thomas, Fleck, Christie and others are all ambitious young men. They must hate playing in that empty ground. The manager too, he'll be dreaming of bigger things.
I used to switch on the CT website every day expeCting news of SISU selling up - that feeling diminishes every day but I will never lose hope.
This whole saga is both wearying and unavoidable , like watching a slow motion car crash. My girlfriend has no interest at all in CCFC but knows the whole saga intimimately due to my constant rantings about SISU. The other day she turned round to me (mid-rant about Ray Ranson) and said "If you keep going on about the bloody Ricoh, you'll be a distressed asset"
I used to switch on the CT website every day expeCting news of SISU selling up - that feeling diminishes every day but I will never lose hope.
This whole saga is both wearying and unavoidable , like watching a slow motion car crash. My girlfriend has no interest at all in CCFC but knows the whole saga intimimately due to my constant rantings about SISU. The other day she turned round to me (mid-rant about Ray Ranson) and said "If you keep going on about the bloody Ricoh, you'll be a distressed asset"
Maybe that is the issue, people are getting so worked up about the Ricoh, talking about the Ricoh, going on about the Ricoh they actually forget about the football.
I can't wait til we get back to the Ricoh aand we can go back to moaning about how "it's too big", "No atmosphere", "too far out of town", "parking is crap", "food and beer overpriced and too cold and warm respectively", and not being able to give away any spare tickets for love or money.
Well I'd have more respect for 1500 fans watching Cov Sphinx at the Ricoh than the 1500 who watch CCFC at Sixfields.
Still, each to his own.
What's even more depressing is that certain posters on here seem to revel in this shite.
The facts we know:
1. The club overspent whilst at Highfield Rd, the murky goings on between 1995 and 2007 have never been scrutinised
2. The option to buy back Highfield Rd should have been taken up
3. The original rent of £1.2m should never have been agreed to
4. SISU's due diligence was abysmal as was Saint Joe and co's due diligence on SISU themselves
5. SISU's choice of Ranson then Delieu (sp) as Chairman and then Coleman, Boothroyd and Thorn as managers was also catastrophic
6. The failure of both parties to re-negotiate the rent in good faith was a disaster
7. The move to Northampton is a disaster
8. The club is absolutely fucked regardless of who the owners are. 107% of turnover on wages for a club that apparently "didn't spend enough" in that season says it all about the state of football
9. These articles bring nothing new to the table apart from allowing the author to pat himself on the back for another article highlighting problems without solutions
What about the hundred from Northampton and all those freebies. There's only 500 who go any way so these would still go wouldn't they?
Why do you need to wait to get back to the Ricoh to say that? Could the same not be said for your points whilst we are at Sixfields? Nice to see people still being anti Ricoh whilst we play 35 miles from home.
I can't wait til we get back to the Ricoh aand we can go back to moaning about how "it's too big", "No atmosphere", "too far out of town", "parking is crap", "food and beer overpriced and too cold and warm respectively", and not being able to give away any spare tickets for love or money.
I'm not saying that, but was the view of most on The Ricoh until a piece of concrete became more important than the football club to the majority of the fans and the owners.
Sisu and the fans a perfect match, as long as they get the Ricoh the club doesn't matter.
I can't wait til we get back to the Ricoh aand we can go back to moaning about how "it's too big", "No atmosphere", "too far out of town", "parking is crap", "food and beer overpriced and too cold and warm respectively", and not being able to give away any spare tickets for love or money.
Weeman, you use the word 'care' - I didn't use that word - read my post.
You also stress the apparent hopelessness of the e-petition - so do I (commendable as it is).
So I'm not sure what your point is?
I've no faith in nice and proper methods of solving our situation. Sisu fight dirty and so must we. Read my posts from months ago, peaceful pitch protests and the like. Forming an alternative and strategic team to offer as a spanner in Sisu's works. All possibilities. Not ideal for sure.
But a lot better than, 'well, we just have to see what next year brings, the judicial review, the appeal, the other appeal, etc etc etc attitude - what can we poor fans do? - kind of thing.'
As it is we're sleepwalking into another season at Sixfields. Letting Sisu run the show. FFP will cripple Pressley. Do nothing, that what you want?
I'm not saying that, but was the view of most on The Ricoh until a piece of concrete became more important than the football club to the majority of the fans and the owners.
Sisu and the fans a perfect match, as long as they get the Ricoh the club doesn't matter.
I can't wait til we get back to the Ricoh aand we can go back to moaning about how "it's too big", "No atmosphere", "too far out of town", "parking is crap", "food and beer overpriced and too cold and warm respectively", and not being able to give away any spare tickets for love or money.
No sphinx for me i'm afraid.great post spionkop.
you are right, the fans have more power than they realise. A 100% boycott of Sixfields would have a massive impact on the FL yet there are still 1500 who are happy to go along and watch a game oblivious to the damage they're doing. You are also correct about the impact Sphinx could have by playing at the Ricoh.
A proper sphinx club will never take off and be fully backed by fans until we know what our fate is, SISU know this and are keeping us hanging on.
Alright headmaster.
can you use red ink in future .
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