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eastwoodsdustman

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #141
Next 2 league games will decide whether we stay up or not.
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #142
If we stay up it'll be one of the all time great come backs, and it'll have to be done by scoring loads more than we have. Out defence is pretty mid table but our attack is dead bottom of the league.

We will need Vernham to be Armstrong Mk2 and probably another attacking player in before the window shuts who hits the ground running.
 
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Wyken Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #143
Bump.

Looking likely now.

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Captain Dart

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #144
skyblue1991 said:
Bump.

Looking likely now.

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Certain.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #145
Thing 1 more loss in the next game and it's 100% for me too. Currently about 98%.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #146
Nick said:
Thing 1 more loss in the next game and it's 100% for me too. Currently about 98%.
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Yeah. I'm in the 90's.

One last chance. This squad is truly terrible. Really, really awful. We are shipping goals and hardly having shots on target in games.

The one last chance? An inspirational player brought in, in the next 3 days.

Everyone now surely believes we are all but certain to go down don't they?
 
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Gazolba

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #147
eastwoodsdustman said:
Next 2 league games will decide whether we stay up or not.
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No, the last two decided that. The next two will decide how many points adrift we are at the bottom.
 

eastwoodsdustman

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #148
Gazolba said:
No, the last two decided that. The next two will decide how many points adrift we are at the bottom.
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Todays tin hatted it. We are down and in reality were already down before Slade came in.
 
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Paxman II

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #149
I've been away and only glanced at the team earlier. When I saw it I had no confidence we could win. Beginning to think Slade is struggling. If that's the case I'm surprised. The next game has to be a win. Fail to do so and I fear it could become fatal. Not certain but looking grim.
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #150
Otis said:
Yeah. I'm in the 90's.

One last chance. This squad is truly terrible. Really, really awful. We are shipping goals and hardly having shots on target in games.

The one last chance? An inspirational player brought in, in the next 3 days.

Everyone now surely believes we are all but certain to go down don't they?
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Chill there is budget available.
 
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Bennosdancingfeet

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #151
What is it now, 8 points from safety? I think we're up the creek without a paddle.

The anger amongst fans in the coming weeks is going to escalate.

Still, SISU came in and saved us in our hour of need eh ,
 
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Cov kid 55

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #152
Paxman II said:
I've been away and only glanced at the team earlier. When I saw it I had no confidence we could win. Beginning to think Slade is struggling. If that's the case I'm surprised. The next game has to be a win. Fail to do so and I fear it could become fatal. Not certain but looking grim.
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I hate to say this, but for the first time today, I think we have gone too far. In fact, I've started to think of the positives of League 2. Here's one, I have been to 58 grounds watching City over the past 50 years (59 grounds if I include Chelsea v Everton in the 80's), and I reckon I'll have chance to increase my ground visits by about 14. Anybody else see any silver linings? - And, I still hope I'm wrong and that we contrive a miraculous escape!
 

trevelfarandwide

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #153
At this rate, I believe we'll struggle to get 6 wins all season...can't see any daylight, I'm afraid, even if we claw a few wins and draws on the bounce, we still have to rely on those above us having terrible runs of form in order to get clear.

I'll be surprised if Slade lasts till March, to be honest...
 
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TasmanSeaSkyBlue

Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #154
We're gone. Snakebit.
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 28, 2017
  • #155
Gone in January?
Really?
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #156
This will be the third relegation I've witnessed. The difference is that this time I see not one glimmer of hope. That really shows how bad we are considering it's only January.
 
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skyblue025

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #157
If we lose to.Wycombe in front of a bumper crowd it's all going to.go off. People are still holding onto that one glimmer of hope we could get to.Wembley. once that hope goes it will be more than venomous.
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #158
fernandopartridge said:
This will be the third relegation I've witnessed. The difference is that this time I see not one glimmer of hope. That really shows how bad we are considering it's only January.
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They are getting easier to take and I am less bothered each time god knows what it will be like this time next year in the bottom 2 of division 4
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #159
fernandopartridge said:
This will be the third relegation I've witnessed. The difference is that this time I see not one glimmer of hope. That really shows how bad we are considering it's only January.
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Well that's it exactly.

When we went down from the Premier we thought we would be pressing hard and challenging near the top in the Championship to come straight back up. Same too when we first went down to League One.

The way Fisher spoke makes me feel we will merely set up to survive in League Two and will not be challenging at all.

I, like so many others think we will lose thousands of fans next year. There will be no buzz, no excitement and very little hope.

The only thing that seemingly beckons is a drop out of the leagues altogether.

It is grim with very little hope of an upturn in our fortunes.
 

BackRoomRummermill

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #160
Yes and the further we drop the less worth the club is so maybe the light in the tunnel here as far as a takeover by someone

We are the a basket case of a club created not by having shit footballers down the years but down to greedy owners and mismanagement and theft
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #161
BackRoomRummermill said:
Yes and the further we drop the less worth the club is so maybe the light in the tunnel here as far as a takeover by someone

We are the a basket case of a club created not by having shit footballers down the years but down to greedy owners and mismanagement and theft
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But the further we drop the more playing at the Ricoh becomes a burden and the more cold and soulless it will appear to be.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #162
Another thing that worries me is that we drop and struggle and then move to the Butts with crowds of 3,000-4,000.

Sisu then leave, we are then taken over, but not by some mega million rich owner, but by someone of lesser means.

We start to do well, the Butts is not developed to anything like the capacity we would need and Wasps won't let us back to Ricoh.

Basically, if we are to be taken over it needs to be persons of means. A much smaller scale takeover with no new stadium could still leave us wallowing around the mediocrity of midtable League Two.

Yeah, I know, getting well ahead of myself, but I don't even see a takeover solving out problems, unless of course it is something major.
 

NortonSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #163
Otis said:
Another thing that worries me is that we drop and struggle and then move to the Butts with crowds of 3,000-4,000.

Sisu then leave, we are then taken over, but not by some mega million rich owner, but by someone of lesser means.

We start to do well, the Butts is not developed to anything like the capacity we would need and Wasps won't let us back to Ricoh.

Basically, if we are to be taken over it needs to be persons of means. A much smaller scale takeover with no new stadium could still leave us wallowing around the mediocrity of midtable League Two.

Yeah, I know, getting well ahead of myself, but I don't even see a takeover solving out problems, unless of course it is something major.
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Yes getting ahead of ourselves, like it seems we are already down or already at Wembley. One likely, one possible.
The situation is such that we are no longer in control of our own destiny one way or the other, if Wasps want to us out we are forced to seek a solution that will not be palatable to many and not one to give us a springboard to move forward if things change.
We may need to look at BPA if they would have us, we may end up in another town again, beggars cant be choosers and we are beggars who may look at league two mediocrity as the last of the golden years.
 

Hobo

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #164
Fisher is the epitome of the Modern Executive, someone rewarded for producing failure are failure.
 
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Mild-Mannered Janitor

Kindest Bloke on CCFC / Maker of CCFC Dreams
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #165
Hobo said:
Fisher is the epitome of the Modern Executive, someone rewarded for producing failure are failure.
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But not in the eyes of his bosses, he is tasked with breaking even or making a profit in the short term. He earns his wage, bonus etc on all this to the detriment of any long term objectives.
Typical hedge fund for normal business but not suited to football.
 
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Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #166
Mild-Mannered Janitor said:
But not in the eyes of his bosses, he is tasked with breaking even or making a profit in the short term. He earns his wage, bonus etc on all this to the detriment of any long term objectives.
Typical hedge fund for normal business but not suited to football.
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Neither is the current Coventry City squad.
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #167
Although I think we will struggle next year, it might be in their best interests to keep us in the league as part of his beloved breakeven is selling young players.

  1. Do academies work the same in non league or is it easier to pick off young players
  2. Are we as attractive to young players who want league football
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #168
Otis said:
Another thing that worries me is that we drop and struggle and then move to the Butts with crowds of 3,000-4,000.

Sisu then leave, we are then taken over, but not by some mega million rich owner, but by someone of lesser means.

We start to do well, the Butts is not developed to anything like the capacity we would need and Wasps won't let us back to Ricoh.

Basically, if we are to be taken over it needs to be persons of means. A much smaller scale takeover with no new stadium could still leave us wallowing around the mediocrity of midtable League Two.

Yeah, I know, getting well ahead of myself, but I don't even see a takeover solving out problems, unless of course it is something major.
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Even now, I don't see a takeover improving the fortunes of the club.

In fact I haven't since the Ricoh was sold, the hope before was of course that a new owner would takeover both ACL and CCFC and unite the both as it should have been, but that went out of the window a few years ago. Since then I've always been of the opinion that even with a takeover this sinking ship can't be turned around, at best it could be stabilised by a new owner.

Even with a takeover I still see us being shit but right now I'd settle for being shit with someone who is acting with the clubs interests rather than their own agenda.
 
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Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #169
SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
Even now, I don't see a takeover improving the fortunes of the club.

In fact I haven't since the Ricoh was sold, the hope before was of course that a new owner would takeover both ACL and CCFC and unite the both as it should have been, but that went out of the window a few years ago. Since then I've always been of the opinion that even with a takeover this sinking ship can't be turned around, at best it could be stabilised by a new owner.

Even with a takeover I still see us being shit but right now I'd settle for being shit with someone who is acting with the clubs interests rather than their own agenda.
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Yes, agree.

The only bright foreseeable future is with mega money pumped in.
 

Hobo

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #170
Mild-Mannered Janitor said:
But not in the eyes of his bosses, he is tasked with breaking even or making a profit in the short term. He earns his wage, bonus etc on all this to the detriment of any long term objectives.
Typical hedge fund for normal business but not suited to football.
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Yes just like hedge funds, who take their cut regardless of whether the investment comes off or not.
 

Old Warwickshire lad

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #171
SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
Even now, I don't see a takeover improving the fortunes of the club.

In fact I haven't since the Ricoh was sold, the hope before was of course that a new owner would takeover both ACL and CCFC and unite the both as it should have been, but that went out of the window a few years ago. Since then I've always been of the opinion that even with a takeover this sinking ship can't be turned around, at best it could be stabilised by a new owner.

Even with a takeover I still see us being shit but right now I'd settle for being shit with someone who is acting with the clubs interests rather than their own agenda.
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Think your right.As soon as the Richo was lost that was it.
 

davebart

Active Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #172
Warwickshire lad said:
Think your right.As soon as the Richo was lost that was it.
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No as soon as we were bought by a hedge fund that was it
 

sky blue john

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #173
What i don't understand we are deep in the shit, we needed something from yesterdays game. Why did we not strengthen the team in the week, all we got was deadly silence from the club!
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 29, 2017
  • #174
Otis said:
But the further we drop the more playing at the Ricoh becomes a burden and the more cold and soulless it will appear to be.
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Otis said:
Another thing that worries me is that we drop and struggle and then move to the Butts with crowds of 3,000-4,000.
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If you look at ground requirements for the conference there's not a huge amount that would need to be done to the Butts to bring it up to standard. Don't think anyone would bet against another relegation next year given that if no-one is buying season tickets the budget will be cut again.

So at the point the Ricoh agreement runs out we're in non league and the Butts is a perfectly viable option.

Scary thought but I certainly wouldn't bet against it happening.
 

saltaire bantam

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 30, 2017
  • #175
I think you are as good as down, you need 3 or 4 wins more than the other strugglers, out of the remaining games? Having won 4 all season? Sorry, but to an outsider, relegation is nailed on.

Bury have Vaughan who may score them out of trouble, Oldham were a really tight group on Saturday, if they get a striker in then I can see them picking up points.
 
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