See this as a building year (1 Viewer)

covboy1987 · Nov 19, 2013

Who would want promotion in these circumstances?

theferret · Nov 19, 2013

Everyone apart from you at a guess.

matesx · Nov 19, 2013

I would

worth over £5m to the club

and boy do they need that to pay our young lads wages

Deleted member 5849 · Nov 19, 2013

More income from better league position = more flexibility to find a deal that everyone can live with.

More profile from higher league position = more chance of benefactor fancying a tilt at us.

So even if loathing our current owners, promotion's got to be a good thing, surely?

Hobo · Nov 19, 2013

This is a building year. because we are going forwards for once rather than backwards. It would be nice to make the play offs, fantastic to get promotion.

Then we would have to be realistic and perhaps have a holding year.

Hell of a long way to go.

matesx · Nov 19, 2013

a lot of Cov fans would rather we fail

its the order of the day under evil Sisu

bigfatronssba · Nov 19, 2013

Promotion this year would be a welcome distraction. However regardless of whether we go up this year or not, this is probably the last season we can do anything worthwhile.

Crowds of 2k aren't sustainable (I dont care what anyone says, it simply isn't), ffp rules will kick in at some point, we wont have the team we have now for more than a year or two (that's not a criticism of the owners, even supportive owners would struggle to keep the same team together for more than a few years), the club simply wont have the resources to compete.

Right now were like an aeroplane that has run out of fuel. Its still flying, making progress along its route due to the resources it once had. However there is nothing else can be now added to it. The plane will just get slower and slower, until it drops.

matesx · Nov 19, 2013

Right now were like an aeroplane that has run out of fuel. Its still flying, making progress along its route due to the resources it once had. However there is nothing else can be now added to it. The plane will just get slower and slower, until it drops.

I like that!! chilling as it is

Grendel · Nov 19, 2013

bigfatronssba said:
Promotion this year would be a welcome distraction. However regardless of whether we go up this year or not, this is probably the last season we can do anything worthwhile.

Crowds of 2k aren't sustainable (I dont care what anyone says, it simply isn't), ffp rules will kick in at some point, we wont have the team we have now for more than a year or two (that's not a criticism of the owners, even supportive owners would struggle to keep the same team together for more than a few years), the club simply wont have the resources to compete.

Right now were like an aeroplane that has run out of fuel. Its still flying, making progress along its route due to the resources it once had. However there is nothing else can be now added to it. The plane will just get slower and slower, until it drops.

I think promotion with sisu in charge would be far too bitter a pill for many on here.

Anyway, don't fret, I'm sure the caring, sharing council have more tricks up their sleeve if we start to get close.

Hobo · Nov 19, 2013

matesx said:
a lot of Cov fans would rather we fail

its the order of the day under evil Sisu

I am not a SISU fan and they are responsible for so much because ultimately they are in charge.

However I am a Coventry City fan and want us to be successful.

I f SISU turn us round and take us forward I will forgive and forget...I will appoint blame and praise where it is due.

matesx · Nov 19, 2013

fair enough Hobo

covboy9 · Nov 19, 2013

Building is the wrong word, with no light at the end of the tunnel we will never hold onto good players and managers, sisu have had a great touch this year more by luck than judgement I may add they would be crazy not to back the promotion push it makes every financial sense, but then again this is the same lot that sells a top goalscorer when relegation looms. I wait and see what they will do, maybe they will surprise us all and do something right! I don't like long term plans at Cov, remember operation premiership:facepalm: until we are in the black and back in Coventry, building is impossible

hill83 · Nov 19, 2013

It would be better if we went down and got a few wins under our belt on a 'league 2 tour'. Just like in 2001 and a couple of years ago.

M&B Stand · Nov 19, 2013

covboy1987 said:
Who would want promotion in these circumstances?

Promotion after a 10 point deduction would be an achievement worthy of legendary status.
I'd love it me.

Covstu · Nov 19, 2013

M&B Stand said:
Promotion after a 10 point deduction would be an achievement worthy of legendary status.
I'd love it me.

easy there Warnock!!!

Covstu · Nov 19, 2013

we simply cannot afford for this season to be a building year, we don't get promoted we lose some key players in the summer unfortunately.

covcity4life · Nov 19, 2013

This is the year we finnaly get our shit together!

Samo · Nov 19, 2013

covboy1987 said:
Who would want promotion in these circumstances?

Me. I want it. And any City fan who does not want it, regardless of ownership and all else, is a deluded idiot

italiahorse · Nov 19, 2013

Grendel said:
I think promotion with sisu in charge would be far too bitter a pill for many on here.

Anyway, don't fret, I'm sure the caring, sharing council have more tricks up their sleeve if we start to get close.

italiahorse · Nov 19, 2013

Samo said:
Me. I want it. And any City fan who does not want it, regardless of ownership and all else, is a deluded idiot

Just get us back to the Ricoh so we can all share in this. Seems very fragile situation at the moment that could end at anytime.

covboy1987 · Nov 19, 2013

Agree if we are playing in our home city

Sky Blue Pete · Nov 19, 2013

covboy1987 said:
Agree if we are playing in our home city

Absolutely bang on!

Sky Blue Harry H · Nov 19, 2013

covcity4life said:
This is the year we finnaly get our shit together!

I'm pretty sure we've had a load of shit together over several previous seasons ? :thinking about:

Sbarcher · Nov 19, 2013

A building year? Not a brick has been laid!!

TasmanSeaSkyBlue · Nov 19, 2013

If you want promotion etc & what it brings, please go to a fortune teller & let us know what we have in store the club. I would love some success for the club, (the Playoffs would even be a step forward) but the club is a dog's breakfast behind the scenes. I'd hate to go up & come straight back down, have all the youngsters transferred out to alleged 'bigger clubs' & have to start again playing 46 from 46 games away from home. Then have Elvis snapped away by a 'bigger club'.
I would like to be in the draw for the FA Cup third round & get a home tie against Villa! But that's the trouble maker in me typing.

dongonzalos · Nov 20, 2013

I don't really understand what this is all about?

If there is no deal to be done then a new spanking stadium is coming out of those ashes......

We as Cov fans are in a win win situation, Ricoh or new stadium it's hardly a hardship is it.....

dancers lance · Nov 20, 2013

If there is no deal to be done then a new spanking stadium is coming out of those ashes......

with 12,000 seats and the worlds largest snack bar and beverage concourse to maximise match day revenue (that's the big money)

M&B Stand · Nov 20, 2013

covboy1987 said:
Agree if we are playing in our home city

I suppose at least you admit you don't want the club to be successful this season. There's a few on here think the same but won't admit it.

As much as I disagree with you, I applaud your honesty.

valiant15 · Nov 20, 2013

matesx said:
a lot of Cov fans would rather we fail

its the order of the day under evil Sisu

Well it been failure for the last 6 years or have you been living in papa new Guinea for the last 6 years?

bigfatronssba · Nov 20, 2013

valiant15 said:
Well it been failure for the last 6 years or have you been living in papa new Guinea for the last 6 years?

Sisu only really do failure.

Success isn't a word in their dictionary.

shmmeee · Nov 20, 2013

Deleted member 5849 said:
More income from better league position = more flexibility to find a deal that everyone can live with.

More profile from higher league position = more chance of benefactor fancying a tilt at us.

So even if loathing our current owners, promotion's got to be a good thing, surely?

No.

The main benefit of promotion is the positive buzz and increased attendances you get. I don't want a promotion season in front of 2k fans, followed by at most 7k in the Championship (and I don't think it'd be that).

This is our best chance for growing our supporter base in a generation, let's not waste it due to silly politics.

Edit: To be clear, I'd be fine with it if we move to a ground holding closer to 30k by the end of the season, and my ideal scenario is we finish 3rd and lose in the final only to return to Cov and storm the league next season.

valiant15 · Nov 20, 2013

bigfatronssba said:
Sisu only really do failure.

Success isn't a word in their dictionary.

And still some people stick up for them.

Unreal.

italiahorse · Nov 20, 2013

To be honest does anybody care who owns the Ricoh ?
When I go up there it is 'my clubs' stadium. When I talk to visiting fans the conversation is all about 'our' stadium.

SISU just get back to the stadium with the best deal you can get and then work towards your goals in respect of ownership.
CCC dangle a carrot of ownership and don't push it if SISU are not really ready.
ACL acknowledge that we should have the incomes that the football generates and show plans to release them.

PLAN A - Back at Ricoh by Christmas, Top Six position, Championship via play offs as a minimum.

ollyservetta · Nov 20, 2013

with all the anti this and anti that ,and the hate being thrown around, its hard to see the wood for the trees ,but at the end of the day being a city fan alone is the most important thing ,good footie and success is the aim of the game what ever the bollox of the politics .

Manchester_sky_blue · Nov 20, 2013

Promotion is our best route to being rid of SISU, a club in the champ is that much more appealing to a new owner than a club in league one. Best case scenario would be that SISU acquire ACL & the Freehold, we get promoted and then club and stadium are sold on as a job lot to new owners.

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