Captain Dart
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Henry Winter has over 1M followers. Times chief sports writer, very influential guy.
Henry Winter has over 1M followers. Times chief sports writer, very influential guy.Might be getting a bit more widespread coverage
Henry Winter has over 1M followers. Very influential guy.
I'm hoping there will be a few articles in the national papers this week, David Conn (Guardian) sort of hinted at that.That's really pleasing and gets the message out to a whole wider audience. Well done Henry Winter!
I think you are right that SISU will not care about this petition, but if the club were sold for a low figure [given CCFC has little or no assets], then the environment for a deal to be achieved to save the academy is more realistic. That means CCC, Wasps, Warwick University , etc being confident of doing business with CCFC. Currently, that is not the case and until SISU leave, then there appears to be no resolutionIt is defeatist to say that sadly SISU won't give a shit about an online petition?
I guess it is defeatist to wonder why there isn't a peep about the academy?
Yes you areThey will have seen everything that has gone on over the years, I am not just saying it to put a dampener on things
Sorry for being realistic and not getting carried away just yet..Yes you are
Might be getting a bit more widespread coverage
I know David quite well, he lives nearby up here in Yorkshire and has done some really interesting talks at my pub on ownership of football clubs. He's very sympathetic to our situation and I'm sure he'll help get as much coverage as he canI'm hoping there will be a few articles in the national papers this week, David Conn (Guardian) sort of hinted at that.
This is all well and good however we could get 10 million signatures still won't make them do anything she doesn't want to do, you all appreciate that don't you?
Sure its just another coincidence that Wasps who, according to their owner Richardson, aren't interested in property development 'I’m not a property developer, I’ve never developed anything in my life. I’ve never thought of this as something I might make profit from.' are now moving into property development.http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/exclusive-wasps’-council-backed-plan-to-build-240-homes.68423/#post-1165208
While everyone looks the other way.....
This is all well and good however we could get 10 million signatures still won't make them do anything she doesn't want to do, you all appreciate that don't you?
Have people thought of what might happen if CCFC do leave to play at the BPA (fat chance, IMO) then after a while Wasps decide the move to Cov hasn't worked, then agree with the council to demolish the Ricoh and build houses on it??? That couldn't easily happen if we have a long term lease on the Ricoh, but if we cut ourselves adrift into a small stadium, with no hope of returning to the Ricoh, then we really will be a small L1 outfit.
On reasonable terms, yes. I don't understand why anyone thinks that a long term deal at the Ricoh is a bad idea. You certainly haven't shown why it's a bad idea, have just tried (and failed) to ridicule my ideas.So we should signup to a long term agreement to make sure the Ricoh can't be knocked down that we don't own?
On reasonable terms, yes. I don't understand why anyone thinks that a long term deal at the Ricoh is a bad idea. You certainly haven't shown why it's a bad idea, have just tried (and failed) to ridicule my ideas.
If I knew how to resolve the situation is have done it by now my friend.Yes. What do you suggest? More apathy?
1 good reason is how offputting it is to potential new owners if we want sisu to sell up.
Surely it will limit our growth just as much if we are trying to run "break even"?
Not to mention the fact of it being Wasps ground, branded as wasps etc.
How good a deal do you think we will get there?
I would be an asset to us to have a long-term home sorted on reasonable terms. No investor is going to like the "we're homeless" or the "we're playing in a shoebox now" model. With the right terms and by encouraging fans back, we can break even - a lease at the Ricoh is not a barrier to that.
Come on, have you even thought this through?
What he says is true though mate.Yes. What do you suggest? More apathy?
Potentially-huge fan-baseAsk this, why would somebody buy us over other clubs?
Potentially-huge fan-base
Based at a PL-standard stadium, which brings its own prestige
Low initial running costs
Low purchase price
Academy producing good young players
Big name and brand awareness (more so than the other clubs in this league anyway)
Quality big-name manager
Negligible down-side.
That's why.
Potentially-huge fan-base
Based at a PL-standard stadium, which brings its own prestige
Low initial running costs
Low purchase price
Academy producing good young players
Big name and brand awareness (more so than the other clubs in this league anyway)
Quality big-name manager
Negligible down-side.
That's why.
Relative to other teams in this league, look what happens when we can be successful. We had 22k home fans in the stadium when we played Leeds in 2010, similar number for the Ricoh return and Crewe games. If we were consistently successful we could regularly get near these numbers, which is a far more than most L1 or even champ teams.Where's the potentially huge fan base? You really must forget about one offs and think about what CCFC's fan base looks like over the last 30 years. It rarely achieved an average gate in excess of 20k, that is not a huge fan base.
Low running costs and purchase price yes, but would need significant investment to bring any sort of return if ever.
http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/exclusive-wasps’-council-backed-plan-to-build-240-homes.68423/#post-1165208
While everyone looks the other way.....
Relative to other teams in this league, look what happens when we can be successful. We had 22k home fans in the stadium when we played Leeds in 2010, similar number for the Ricoh return and Crewe games. If we were consistently successful we could regularly get near these numbers, which is a far more than most L1 or even champ teams.
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