Season ticket blackout (1 Viewer)

Bob Latchford · Nov 27, 2016

Coventry City Season Ticket Blackout 17/18
15 hrs ·
We are Urging Coventry City Supporters to Not Purchase Season Tickets for the 2017/18 season , We understand how hard this is as somebody who hasn't missed a game home and away for a long time , we believe this is the next step to try and force ownership Change at Coventry City Football Club .
Together we win , Divided we lose
#CCSTBO #PUSB #SISUOUT

Otis · Nov 27, 2016

Bob Latchford said:
Coventry City Season Ticket Blackout 17/18
15 hrs ·
We are Urging Coventry City Supporters to Not Purchase Season Tickets for the 2017/18 season , We understand how hard this is as somebody who hasn't missed a game home and away for a long time , we believe this is the next step to try and force ownership Change at Coventry City Football Club .
Together we win , Divided we lose
#CCSTBO #PUSB #SISUOUT

Who is 'we?'

chiefdave · Nov 27, 2016

Bit early isn't it, tickets for our League 2 tour won't be on sale for months yet.

Rich in error · Nov 27, 2016

I can help, not by choice but due to a move so there will be minus 2 season tickets next season and minus 2 fans in the ground from now :-(

ceetee · Nov 27, 2016

How will it force ownership change?

SISU have clearly stated that CCFC has to survive without any cash injections.

No income.... No CCFC

OK, no CCFC, no SISU, but I don't want to sacrifice the club to get rid of SISU.

Otis · Nov 27, 2016

No ST's next year will result in almost zero budget. Zero budget equals almost nailed one certain relegation and with Sisu still here.

Bob Latchford · Nov 27, 2016

I have noticed a number are saying they feel conned re season tickets. after being told we're going to do this , we're going to do that by the club. only for everything to be sold once they had people's cash . I'm sure many won't be conned again .

Deleted member 5849 · Nov 27, 2016

Oh good, more attempts by a pool of fans to do SISU's work for them by dividing us.

Ashdown · Nov 27, 2016

Sadly it is the only way forward now ! They have to be driven out and the only way is to stop feeding them ! Only in football would punters keep coming back for such a shit product and get the piss taken out of them. With SISU here there is no hope at all, with them gone we can start again !

dadgad · Nov 27, 2016

Deleted member 5849 said:
Oh good, more attempts by a pool of fans to do SISU's work for them by dividing us.

That's a good point AND that is why it is important to bury your position in respect of UNITY.

Nick · Nov 27, 2016

dadgad said:
That's a good point AND that is why it is important to bury your position in respect of UNITY.

What is meant by burying your position?

Any chance of showing how this will force them out rather than just mean less money in means less money for wages?

No doubt it will get a "you must be happy with sisu" lame reply and not an actual.constructive answer with workings out.

NortonSkyBlue · Nov 27, 2016

I am not a season ticket holder but I must say I would never ask a fellow fan to not watch their team be it in Northampton or at the Ricoh.
I understand you are saying it is for the common good but sadly it wont make a difference in any way. If we have learned any lessons along the way it should be that sisu march to the beat of their own drum.

stupot07 · Nov 27, 2016

I will almost certainly be buying another ST next year, I take my grandad, my mum, my youngest and my nephew and as shit as thr football is the kids love going and its great spending time with my grandad.

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Grendel · Nov 27, 2016

dadgad said:
That's a good point AND that is why it is important to bury your position in respect of UNITY.

Well you think all ccfc fans are worms so you can do one can't you.

trondegilsoltvedt97 · Nov 27, 2016

Three words - ever decreasing circles.
It wouldn't do any good.

Deleted member 5849 · Nov 27, 2016

riyadhskyblue said:
I am not a season ticket holder but I must say I would never ask a fellow fan to not watch their team be it in Northampton or at the Ricoh.
I understand you are saying it is for the common good but sadly it wont make a difference in any way. If we have learned any lessons along the way it should be that sisu march to the beat of their own drum.

Well said.

I barely go nowadays, and that's as much because of the fact it ain't fun... to me. Obviously the less that go, the less budget there is for players and running the club. I'm comfortable that it's not my responsibility to increase that but... it's warped logic to assume that boycott = SISU pack up and go, leaving exactly what people boycotting want, in their wake.

Fergusons_Beard · Nov 27, 2016

Bob Latchford said:
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Together we win , Divided we lose

I have just been killed by irony.....

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Nick · Nov 27, 2016

Fergusons_Beard said:
I have just been killed by irony.....

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Wait until they start moaning about wage budgets and that we can't compete with people like Rotherham.

oldskyblue58 · Nov 27, 2016

How will this show unity and common front against SISU? You can see the bickering between fans such a campaign will lead to.

What is the logic that says such a thing will directly affect SISU who have said to the club no more funds sink or swim on your own ability to raise funds? The club will have to operate on lower incomes and sell players that's all, which points to relegation struggles

People voting with their feet because the product is poor is one thing but to claim (as will happen) that its part of a campaign to force insulated, arms length uncaring owners out is for me a nonsense

Senior Vick from Alicante · Nov 27, 2016

The product on the pitch will be a deciding factor. Supporters naturally will not renew if they think it's crap so they will just start picking and choosing matches. You will not need to have a total boycott for less income. Sisu's funding model is eating itself up and the downward spiral gets smaller. Next year is the key to it when the lease needs renewing, will that outlay be worth the income being generated?

Nick · Nov 27, 2016

oldskyblue58 said:
How will this show unity and common front against SISU? You can see the bickering between fans such a campaign will lead to.

What is the logic that says such a thing will directly affect SISU who have said to the club no more funds sink or swim on your own ability to raise funds? The club will have to operate on lower incomes and sell players that's all, which points to relegation struggles

People voting with their feet because the product is poor is one thing but to claim (as will happen) that its part of a campaign to force insulated, arms length uncaring owners out is for me a nonsense

There is no logic, they won't be able to explain the logic behind it the same as they can't with nopm.

It's just to round up the internet "well dones" and "you show thems".

SkyBlueZack · Nov 27, 2016

Campaign for ST boycott halfway through a season. Then complain about a player being sold to cover the shortfall. Genius!

SkyBlue_Bear83 · Nov 27, 2016

At the moment I won't be getting a season ticket.

The only thing that will change my mind is a serious change of direction from the club, appoint a proper manager and get the long term future of the stadium and the academy sorted one way or the other is a minimum requirement for me to think of changing my mind. If we decide the Ricoh and higgs are not viable then that's fine but I need to see real concrete plans and action for other alternatives.
Don't care about ownership as long as we get those things done.

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 · Nov 27, 2016

The club has a terminal disease and is dying. That's a fact. There is no future.

The only way we are getting the owners to put the club up for sale is with something extreme. Therefore if we want the club to survive, something extreme needs to be done.

There is a difference between having to slash the budget because of poor crowds, and physically having no income. There is the risk that they will then liquidate us rather than sell, so the best approach is to have a potential buyer waiting in the wings, then pull the plug on SISU. They'll have to then sell up if they want to recoup anything.

In terms of boycotting, it might be a good idea to pack the stadium for a game. Fill it to the rafters. Then the week after, no one turns up. It can be a sort of 'this is what you could have had.' - That is potentially a good method to try and attract a new owner as well. Show them the potential if they can get it right.

Protests, mock funerals, petitions etc are not going to work. I actually support this move. We need to grow a pair of balls and stand up to them. Yes there are risks, but there is a risk right now we won't have a club within the next few years anyway.

Nick · Nov 27, 2016

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
The club has a terminal disease and is dying. That's a fact. There is no future.

The only way we are getting the owners to put the club up for sale is with something extreme. Therefore if we want the club to survive, something extreme needs to be done.

There is a difference between having to slash the budget because of poor crowds, and physically having no income. There is the risk that they will then liquidate us rather than sell, so the best approach is to have a potential buyer waiting in the wings, then pull the plug on SISU. They'll have to then sell up if they want to recoup anything.

In terms of boycotting, it might be a good idea to pack the stadium for a game. Fill it to the rafters. Then the week after, no one turns up. It can be a sort of 'this is what you could have had.' - That is potentially a good method to try and attract a new owner as well. Show them the potential if they can get it right.

Protests, mock funerals, petitions etc are not going to work. I actually support this move. We need to grow a pair of balls and stand up to them. Yes there are risks, but there is a risk right now we won't have a club within the next few years anyway.

Surely there isn't a difference between slashing the budget because of low crowds and having no income?

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 · Nov 27, 2016

Nick said:
Surely there isn't a difference between slashing the budget because of low crowds and having no income?

You can still operate the club with low crowds, as long as you're on a shoestring.

You cannot operate the club if there is absolutely no income whatsoever.

The former has Lee Burge playing up front. The latter means an exit of some sort has to happen.

Liquid Gold · Nov 27, 2016

If crowds are really low next season it could play into sisu's hands. They can claim that it doesn't make business sense to renew the lease on the Ricoh.

The only way we are going to get rid of them is for them to sell. The way we can help that is by making us look an attractive prospect, increased attendances would be a factor in this.

Nick · Nov 27, 2016

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
You can still operate the club with low crowds, as long as you're on a shoestring.

You cannot operate the club if there is absolutely no income whatsoever.

The former has Lee Burge playing up front. The latter means an exit of some sort has to happen.

But they will always have income of some sort, they will just cut everything down to try and fit inside that.

Deleted member 5849 · Nov 27, 2016

If there's no income (zero. Is that *really* practical?!?) then the club gets wound up.

Don't get me wrong, if that's where we're heading I'd rather just get it over with, but let's not kid ourselves that what happens with zero income and zero assets is that the club is meekly handed over, in a form acceptable to all.

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 · Nov 27, 2016

Nick said:
But they will always have income of some sort, they will just cut everything down to try and fit inside that.

How? What income would they have with no ticket sales?

A complete blackout and they couldn't even give Sky Blue Sam a junior groundsman scholarship.

Nick · Nov 27, 2016

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
How? What income would they have with no ticket sales?

A complete blackout and they couldn't even give Sky Blue Sam a junior groundsman scholarship.

They will always get some ticket sales.

There won't be a complete blackout.

Even if it did happen, sisu won't then suddenly decide to hand the club to the fans.

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 · Nov 27, 2016

Nick said:
They will always get some ticket sales.

There won't be a complete blackout.

Even if it did happen, sisu won't then suddenly decide to hand the club to the fans.

Even a 90% blackout would mean that you couldn't keep the club open. You may well get Northampton attendances. They couldn't keep that going.

They wouldn't just hand it over the fans. They either sell to someone with an offer or liquidate. The former still gives them sent chance of getting something out of their failed investment.

Deleted member 5849 · Nov 27, 2016

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
You may well get Northampton attendances. They couldn't keep that going.

How do Accrington manage then?

Nick · Nov 27, 2016

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Even a 90% blackout would mean that you couldn't keep the club open. You may well get Northampton attendances. They couldn't keep that going.

They wouldn't just hand it over the fans. They either sell to someone with an offer or liquidate. The former still gives them sent chance of getting something out of their failed investment.

They would just cut everything down on Northampton attendances.

It isn't going to get rid of them.

Pipehitterz · Nov 27, 2016

I'll be Fucked if someone ever stops me watching City.
This is the most stupidly thought out 'war mongering ' thing I have ever heard of.
Ensuring we have a team relegated and allow sisu to carry on running the Club at a lower cost than before.
IDIOTS

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