Sterling Archer
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I love a good acronym me, especially when I don't actually have a point or a final thought to my posts and lack the intelligence to end the post properly.
NOPM!
NOPM!
Not A PENNY MORE (2 Viewers)
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DazzleTommyDazzle
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Presumably directed at all those who end their posts "PUSB"?
chiefdave
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same as away matches for me, if you can get tickets (I guess either freebies from a sponsor or corporates directly from Wembley / FA / FL) without SISU getting any money then I'd go, if not I'd miss it. as far as I'm concerned you're either supporting NOPM or you're not, it's not NOPM unless we happen to get to Wembley or draw Man Utd.
Sterling Archer
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oakey
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Only the most literalist NOPM supporter would not attend a Wembley final IMO.
After all, it is not a home match. OK some money would find its way to the club but that cannot be avoided.
I think some are making mischief here. You cannot expect everyone to take an exact position or you end up like a fundamentalist religion with priests deciding what can and cannot be done. Would you question a vegetarian so closely? Do you read every label? How do you know there is no animal fat in the cooking process?
Let people decide for themselves.
For me I am NOPM as far as it can go but if CCFC got to Wembley I would go.
If we played a home tie outside Coventry, I would not go.
My objection is to playing home games outside Coventry firstly and to deny SISU funds as far as possible secondly. The first is key and I will not budge.
The second might soften as events unfold.
After all, it is not a home match. OK some money would find its way to the club but that cannot be avoided.
I think some are making mischief here. You cannot expect everyone to take an exact position or you end up like a fundamentalist religion with priests deciding what can and cannot be done. Would you question a vegetarian so closely? Do you read every label? How do you know there is no animal fat in the cooking process?
Let people decide for themselves.
For me I am NOPM as far as it can go but if CCFC got to Wembley I would go.
If we played a home tie outside Coventry, I would not go.
My objection is to playing home games outside Coventry firstly and to deny SISU funds as far as possible secondly. The first is key and I will not budge.
The second might soften as events unfold.
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RoboCCFC90
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I understand that however, most peopleslander most on here for games at Sixfields and consider NOPM there stance, I bet if we made the Play-Off's Sixfields would be packed.
DazzleTommyDazzle
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This man talks sense!
Having said that, I quite fancy the idea of being a NOPM fundamentalist priest........
RoboCCFC90
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But by going to Wembley you are signing off NOPM, because the hint of being success is a big enough pull. I appreciate you spend a lot of money, so do I and a lot of others, however if your going to back the club and follow them to games, do it and don't use NOPM as an excuse until we get success, it's absurd!
Matty_CCFC
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Am sure some would but not me, If played outside Coventry at hoie its not my team.
Of course supporting NOPM is the general concept, ie not going to home games or buying replica kits, I'm sure any fan who buys a ticket for an away game via CCFC needs not feel racked with guilt. There are fans who equally will have a policy of NOPM towards ACL, however by going to home games, they could be said to be inadvertently giving money to ACL, if SISU are as seems likely have to pay ACL's legal bills, if they lose their 'judicial' appeal.
RoboCCFC90
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Fair play to you Matty
Wembley is not in Northampton, I go to away games, if we were at the ricoh I would go to Wembley if they got there , maybe when we get to Wembley is the time to ask that question , but what is your point ? Wembley would not be until at least next march, would hope to be back at the ricoh by then ,or we might be in our new ground by then,lol , nopm is to make it un economical for sisu to play in Northampton ,its not to prove to you who ever the fuck you are how stubborn people can be . In ten years when even more kids are running around with man city or utd tops because they have never had the chance to see there home town team you can be proud of yourself ,
RoboCCFC90
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Well it's not like kids weren't when I lived there 2003 so nothing will have changed.
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Deleted member 5849
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It's the problem of pigeon-holing see
Certain people (not you) abuse those who go now (which could equally be NOPM - apart from a wet and windy Wednesday evening against Stevenage), so the natural extension is to ask how firmly NOPM holds - which then catches up people such as yourself who isn't having a go at people for going - which then allows the 'ha! see! scabs after all!' approach - which then means even more fervent condemnation of those NOPMAFWAWWEAS-ers - which means checking how far it holds up...
DazzleTommyDazzle
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Sorry, I genuinely don't understand your point.
The purpose of NOPM is not to meet some stringent criteria (which interestingly, generally appear to be set by those who do not support it in the first place :thinking about
, but to deprive SISU of revenue to attempt to persuade them to move the club back to the city it belongs in.In the example I gave above, SISU would have been deprived of almost £1,500 from me alone (well - and the family), so why would that be made "redundant" by attendance at one match played at a neutral ground?
DazzleTommyDazzle
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It's the problem of pigeon-holing see
Certain people (not you) abuse those who go now (which could equally be NOPM - apart from a wet and windy Wednesday evening against Stevenage), so the natural extension is to ask how firmly NOPM holds - which then catches up people such as yourself who isn't having a go at people for going - which then allows the 'ha! see! scabs after all!' approach - which then means even more fervent condemnation of those NOPMAFWAWWEAS-ers - which means checking how far it holds up...
I take your point entirely.
On the other hand, I'm not sure that "NOPMAFWAWWEAS" will ever catch on.......
I've supported the City for decades through mostly thin but this is always about KCiC more than NOPM.
Moreover, it is also (for me) a protest about the supine, spineless bastards at the FL.
NOPM will always have a justification in discerning people's minds all the while they hide behind the strap line: "Real football, real fans."
I dont expect everyone cares for propriety in our institutions but we can draw strength from the fact that the majority of Coventry fans can make the distinction.:guitar2:
Moreover, it is also (for me) a protest about the supine, spineless bastards at the FL.
NOPM will always have a justification in discerning people's minds all the while they hide behind the strap line: "Real football, real fans."
I dont expect everyone cares for propriety in our institutions but we can draw strength from the fact that the majority of Coventry fans can make the distinction.:guitar2:
idm1975
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Question for you....how many tickets for wembley finals go on general sale and how many go the clubs involved?
RoboCCFC90
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Sorry, I genuinely don't understand your point.
The purpose of NOPM is not to meet some stringent criteria (which interestingly, generally appear to be set by those who do not support it in the first place :thinking about
In the example I gave above, SISU would have been deprived of almost £1,500 from me alone (well - and the family), so why would that be made "redundant" by attendance at one match played at a neutral ground?
Even if played the game on the moon, to my understanding SISU would receive a percentage of ticket sales from that game, which means NOPM which in it's name means Not One Penny More, are you not by believing in that stance but purchasing ticket in which SISU receives revenue from giving money to SISU? Which means by saying NOPM your only intentions are to stand your stance until success comes knocking for the club.
DazzleTommyDazzle
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I finished my earlier post in this fascinating debate by saying -
"Can you explain how that would make NOPM redundant - other than pedantry about the campaign name and I'm happy to assume you're not that silly"
It would appear that I was unduly generous.....
GaryPendrysEyes
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To anyone who goes to Sixfields on here, 'because they just support the club'
Would you 'just support the club' if we moved full time to Sixfields? Or a MKDons like franchise move?
If the answer is no, then surely you don't just support the club, you actually have an affinity to Coventry, so why not show that now??!
Would you 'just support the club' if we moved full time to Sixfields? Or a MKDons like franchise move?
If the answer is no, then surely you don't just support the club, you actually have an affinity to Coventry, so why not show that now??!
ccfcmustang
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Anyone who is suggesting they 'support the club' are actively believing Tim Fishers nonsense about returning to our Proud city. It hurts knowing how naive some of our fans can be
Nick
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Anyone who is suggesting they 'support the club' are actively believing Tim Fishers nonsense about returning to our Proud city. It hurts knowing how naive some of our fans can be
OR they are just going to watch football, not because they are going to worship Tim Fisher.
GaryPendrysEyes
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Nick so you would go if we permanently played out of Cov?
Nick
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We haven't permanently moved though have we?
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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What if we have?
ccfcmustang
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Im not suggesting anyone 'worships Tim Fisher' I just cant understand how anyone who claims they love the club travel all that way with no guarantee of football returning to the city. If fans wanted to watch football theres Nuneaton and Bedworth around the corner and for the higher standard Birmingham, Leicester, Villa are closer than Northampton. Nick could you give me an insight into why fans are doing this? i am completely agaisnt the northampton move however as the most important stakeholder of this club if i was guaranteed the return to my city I probably return for a game or two. Fisher is preying on the loyalty fans show to their club and using it to harm the club. I do my shopping at tesco. If tesco moved out of Coventry and went to Northampton I wouldnt suddenly drive 34 miles to get my food, id go to asda down the road. Nothing is bigger than the city itself
GaryPendrysEyes
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Looks like threads are closed if you discuss people going to Sixfields, but if its threads having a go at NOPM or 1000s on ACL fill ya boots!!!
Sensitive or what!
Sensitive or what!
Nick
Administrator
We already have this thread so if you can point others out I'll direct them all to this one
Nick
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I guess once it is 100% bang on certain people can then re-assess the situation.
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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A bit like the wembley thing?
covcity4life
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nick i bet you wish we could go back to the good ol days when your only headache was telling me off!