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SISU ready to sell? (10 Viewers)

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Winny the Bish

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 4, 2022
  • #491
Alkhen said:
Would they actually be allowed to rename a club and add a company name in the UK?

I wouldn't have thought you could but then I remembered in Wales there is Airbus United and (formerly) Total Network Solutions

I could hack Redbull as owners if they left the name and badge alone. Brand the stadium and kits whatever but name and badge are off limits.
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They wouldn't be able to change the team name. Hull were stopped from changing their name to Hull Tigers, no chance is RB Coventry getting allowed.
 

Calista

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 4, 2022
  • #492
slowpoke said:
It wasn’t Jimmy Hill who changed us to the Sky Blues it was the local football correspodant Derek Henderson (Nemo) as he was known as.
Story goes we had a new kit which came in a lighter blue than it was supposed to have been we won our opening match v Notts County in front a then massive crowd for us 22000 which we won 2-0 and I thing Nemo put the words Sky Blue on the Pink headline.
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Interesting to hear that story about the origins of the term “Sky Blues”, and I didn’t realise it might have been almost an accidental change initially. But I was referring to the way JH pushed that new identity and revolutionised the club, and how keen he was to break with its previous traditions if that was the way to bring success.
 

Gynnsthetonic

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #493
Alkhen said:
Would they actually be allowed to rename a club and add a company name in the UK?

I wouldn't have thought you could but then I remembered in Wales there is Airbus United and (formerly) Total Network Solutions
I could hack Redbull as owners if they left the name and badge alone. Brand the stadium and kits whatever but name and badge are off limits.
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The streets and pubs of Total Network Solutions must have been crazy when they won the league.
 
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Torquay Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #494
Gynnsthetonic said:
The streets and pubs of Total Network Solutions must have been crazy when they won the league.
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The people of Airbus never came back down after their Cup win
 
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kg82

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #495
Skybluemichael said:
Well clearly does. You wouldn’t believe the amount of times I start writing a reply to someone and I don’t send it because I can’t be bothered with haha you miss a comer or he put there instead of their what a fool. Look at the shit that bloke who reported from the match used to get for his spelling, had 11 years of it I don’t need the hassle
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Wait up just a second, this started with you mocking a whole profession!
 
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slowpoke

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #496
Calista said:
Interesting to hear that story about the origins of the term “Sky Blues”, and I didn’t realise it might have been almost an accidental change initially. But I was referring to the way JH pushed that new identity and revolutionised the club, and how keen he was to break with its previous traditions if that was the way to bring success.
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Without doubt JH latched on to it and the two words Sky Blue associated with CCFC was bounced all over the press in no time, I remember Hill saying years after that the shade of blue they had gone for was known as Coventry blue which is in between royal blue and sky blue but turned up much nearer sky blue, it took on and the phrase the Sky Blues was born.
JH was the master at that time of grasping the nettle.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #497
Skybluemichael said:
Na just dyslexia if I could have a blue badge on social media I would stop people mocking my disability I would
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Skybluemichael said:
Well clearly does. You wouldn’t believe the amount of times I start writing a reply to someone and I don’t send it because I can’t be bothered with haha you miss a comer or he put there instead of their what a fool. Look at the shit that bloke who reported from the match used to get for his spelling, had 11 years of it I don’t need the hassle
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The posts weren’t to do with dyslexia but you deciding to rip on a profession. Normally not bothered at all with how people construct their posts but you opened with ‘those who can’t teach’.

As you were
 

Flying Fokker

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #498
mark82 said:
Hull aren't infinitely smaller than us.
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True. the OP probably meant they are shitter than us, have a smaller fan base and owners who spent big. But we went to the same depths Hull came from as well.
 

Samo

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #499
So... still no comment from the club on the Times article
And no official comment on the COH injury. (unless I missed it?)
The silence is deafening.
 
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oldfiver

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #500
Samo said:
So... still no comment from the club on the Times article
And no official comment on the COH injury. (unless I missed it?)
The silence is deafening.
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It was
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #501
Samo said:
So... still no comment from the club on the Times article
And no official comment on the COH injury. (unless I missed it?)
The silence is deafening.
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Seem to remember our chairman Mr Fisher a few years ago saying "We are going to keep the fans up to date on what is happening""since then we have been informed even less and never hear from him at all mind you his input we can do without.I think communications between club and fans must be the worst in the country thank goodness for this forum otherwise most of us would know F--c A-l
 
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Skyblue_CP

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #502
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
Seem to remember our chairman Mr Fisher a few years ago saying "We are going to keep the fans up to date on what is happening""since then we have been informed even less and never hear from him at all mind you his input we can do without.I think communications between club and fans must be the worst in the country thank goodness for this forum otherwise most of us would know F--c A-l
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The less we hear from him the better, I like to imagine he just doesn’t have anything to do with the club anymore. When it comes to supporter relations he has to be the worst in the country.
 
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oldfiver

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #503
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
Seem to remember our chairman Mr Fisher a few years ago saying "We are going to keep the fans up to date on what is happening""since then we have been informed even less and never hear from him at all mind you his input we can do without.I think communications between club and fans must be the worst in the country thank goodness for this forum otherwise most of us would know F--c A-l
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Coventry City boss provides Callum O'Hare injury update ahead of Rotherham clash

Latest Coventry City news from CoventryLive as Mark Robins provides an injury update ahead of facing Rotherham United this weekend
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oldfiver

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #504
Samo said:
So... still no comment from the club on the Times article
And no official comment on the COH injury. (unless I missed it?)
The silence is deafening.
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I suggest there is no comment on the Times article as SISU did not initiate it?

It's an old reporters trick - issue a spurious report to get a reaction that only leads to more spurious questioning
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #505
oldfiver said:
I suggest there is no comment on the Times article as SISU did not initiate it?

It's an old reporters trick - issue a spurious report to get a reaction that only leads to more spurious questioning
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oh come on this is classic Seppalla behaviour
 

Colin Steins Smile

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #506
Grendel said:
oh come on this is classic Seppalla behaviour
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I reckon it was the coaching staff.....3 minutes after they saw the pitch!
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #507
Old Fiver I was commenting on the club i find M R keep us up to date player wise. Plenty more goes on in the club like i say well done this forum
Colin Steins Smile said:
I reckon it was the coaching staff.....3 minutes after they saw the pitch!
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EH
 

Hobo

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #508
Grendel said:
oh come on this is classic Seppalla behaviour
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Do you mean classic organisation speak, "We don't comment on speculation."

Especially specultation started by ourselves
 
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oldfiver

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #509
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
Old Fiver I was commenting on the club i find M R keep us up to date player wise. Plenty more goes on in the club like i say well done this forum

EH
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I think part of MR role is to manage the players and any suitable news

Don't understand your second point - 95% of the comments on here are speculation?
 
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oldfiver

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #510
Grendel said:
oh come on this is classic Seppalla behaviour
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Sorry G - what is? Is it like you spinning a tale and when challenged you either ignore it or try a deflection?
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #511
oldfiver said:
Sorry G - what is? Is it like you spinning a tale and when challenged you either ignore it or try a deflection?
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where there is an opportunity to create distress and uncertainty is what she thrives on. It’s why she’s here in the first place. She will be preying on the potential dead wasps carcass and do anything to speed it along
 
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Skybluebeliever

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #512
Grendel said:
where there is an opportunity to create distress and uncertainty is what she thrives on. It’s why she’s here in the first place. She will be preying on the potential dead wasps carcass and do anything to speed it along
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I think both parties could be in possible trouble and it will interesting how this plays out , I think SISU tried to get a head start with the article this week . The pitch debacle shows how far apart they are
 
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skybluepm2

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #513
Skybluebeliever said:
I think both parties could be in possible trouble and it will interesting how this plays out , I think SISU tried to get a head start with the article this week . The pitch debacle shows how far apart they are
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When you state that we could be in trouble, how bad are we talking? Potential administration bad?
 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #514
skybluepm2 said:
When you state that we could be in trouble, how bad are we talking? Potential administration bad?
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Sounds like he’s hinting we might be getting turfed out again.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #515
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Sounds like he’s hinting we might be getting turfed out again.
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Can’t see wasps getting out of that one on the good PR side this time if that’s the case. Even the telegraph appears to be turning on them (at the speed of a tanker like!)

not sure how we could be turfed out though. Unless we’ve stopped paying rent
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #516
Skybluebeliever said:
I think both parties could be in possible trouble and it will interesting how this plays out , I think SISU tried to get a head start with the article this week . The pitch debacle shows how far apart they are
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So what you’re saying is - there is legs to us being open to a sale? SISU not stumping up anymore cash, and now we’ve not got a player sale, we’re not covering our overheads?
 

mark82

Super Moderator
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #517
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Can’t see wasps getting out of that one on the good PR side this time if that’s the case. Even the telegraph appears to be turning on them (at the speed of a tanker like!)

not sure how we could be turfed out though. Unless we’ve stopped paying rent
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Feels like the relationship has soured a little.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #518
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Sounds like he’s hinting we might be getting turfed out again.
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I think it's more likely financial trouble he's referring to.

SISU are probably unable to bridge the gap if a sale isn't made this summer.
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #519
oldfiver said:
I think part of MR role is to manage the players and any suitable news

Don't understand your second point - 95% of the comments on here are speculation?
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Well informed speculation most times.
 

skybluepm2

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #520
SlowerThanPlatt said:
Sounds like he’s hinting we might be getting turfed out again.
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ah makes sense. Fantastic!

I assumed it was surrounding financial implications of not being able to sell an asset, and the alleged desperation to do so.

Nothing would surprise me anymore.
 

slowpoke

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #521
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
I think it's more likely financial trouble he's referring to.

SISU are probably unable to bridge the gap if a sale isn't made this summer.
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Bridge what gap ? They put sweet F/A in now.
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #522
Anyone know if we were consulted about the games being played on the pitch and had any imput or just informed?
 

mark82

Super Moderator
  • Aug 5, 2022
  • #523
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
Anyone know if we were consulted about the games being played on the pitch and had any imput or just informed?
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Would it have been agreed before we moved back? Doesn't feel like something that would've happened in the last year.
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #524
Skybluebeliever said:
I think both parties could be in possible trouble and it will interesting how this plays out , I think SISU tried to get a head start with the article this week . The pitch debacle shows how far apart they are
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@Evo1883
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 6, 2022
  • #525
Grendel said:
@Evo1883
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None of this is concrete at all , and certainly not information I will be leaning on as fact
 
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