Oh yeah loads of these. Support man U, Liverpool etc. can't handle the chat being about cov for longer than 2 mins as lower league is boring to them.Im very bitter about the new bandwagoners
I have people who have literally laughed at me for being a cov fan back in the late naughties early 10s, and onwards during our plummet 'ha you're shit, come back when you have fans, cant beat Crewe Alexandra haha' etc etc, who i now see on Facebook and the like at games plastering PUSB etc everywhere as if they deserve it.
They deserve fuck all, and its not just a couple, there's a good 15 or 16 people ive known well enough over the years to have a beer with and the like, who claimed they were a fan of a big 6 club, sported the shirt etc of said top 6 club and actively took the piss out of cov
I hate every single one of them, and im that petty that ive already got screenshots of them in other club shirts or posts they made slating Cov, so when they give it the biggun on promotion il show them up for the cunts they are
Yes it's childish but I guarantee you lot all agree with me
Im very bitter about the new bandwagoners
I have people who have literally laughed at me for being a cov fan back in the late naughties early 10s, and onwards during our plummet 'ha you're shit, come back when you have fans, cant beat Crewe Alexandra haha' etc etc, who i now see on Facebook and the like at games plastering PUSB etc everywhere as if they deserve it.
They deserve fuck all, and its not just a couple, there's a good 15 or 16 people ive known well enough over the years to have a beer with and the like, who claimed they were a fan of a big 6 club, sported the shirt etc of said top 6 club and actively took the piss out of cov
I hate every single one of them, and im that petty that ive already got screenshots of them in other club shirts or posts they made slating Cov, so when they give it the biggun on promotion il show them up for the cunts they are
Yes it's childish but I guarantee you lot all agree with me
100%. It’s so exciting at the moment. I’m still nervous to believe just yetIt only feels good and means more when you have been there through the lows.
Some of the best times of my life have been watching us through the leagues having relative success.
What was that stupid stat about 7/8 years ago....we had not finished in top 6 of any league for 50 years!.
Its a regular occurance now. As is Wembley trips.
Appreciate the good times more.
Football is very cyclic. Every team in the land will testify to that.
A common one I got is ‘you only support them because they’re shit’ which never made sense.100%. Remember a few who actively took the piss out of me supporting Cov at school because we were shit and “never on the telly” (a bizarre criticism). Saw one post photos of their season tickets on FB the other day. Look, I know we need all the fans we can get, but can we just not have those 3 please?
Funny how when we dropped, the ITV fiasco happened and we never got in on it, but now when we get back. the money is unbelievable!!!!
Approx £160 m for promotion, a share of TV and advertising rights, worth c £6.9 BILLION this year and this years bottom relegated team gets £120m plus parachute payments!!!!
If we were in the bottom 3 that's still loads of money, but if we survived it goes up pro rata. Enough to set us up for years and get decent players to become a yo-yo club.
I am also rather in the surreal camp.I can’t take any of it seriously at the moment. Doesn’t feel real.
I'm not sure Frank will see it that way.This is the issue for me.....
The journey back up will likely be a lot better than the destination.
Basically striving to become a yo-yo club is realistically what we can hope for.
(its a lot better than what we've had since 2001, but its hardly what dreams are made of)
Don't give flying rats bollock what anyone says.The irony of it all is that it was kicked off by 2 of the last acts of SISU… Viktor Gyokeres and Gus Hamer. Buying them has literally transformed the club
Remember the league one away days fondly (ish) mate!You! Nah, Facebilge and X formerly known as Twitter. I only know a couple of people on here. I’m not smart enough to crack people’s handles!
@Evo1883 has put in a staggering amount of miles. And he starts on football managers in fruit shops.
And @shepardo01 is a cool headed handsome beast. I’m besotted.
i want us to get promoted as much as anyone. but i have to admit that i prefer championship football to what i see of prem football nowadays.You’ll miss this winning feeling if we go up, you”ll be pining for the fjords (championship) in no time
The post mortem on why we only scored twice away to Manchester City will be fun.If people get this pissed off about supporting a team outside the PL, I don’t know how most of you are going to be able to cope with the tsunami of bullshit that comes with being a Premier League club in this day and age. This board is going to be fully mental.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… who prefers 7th in the second division to fighting at the top table. The players we’ll sign are going to be ridiculousThis is my best time supporting City. I'd bottle the feeling if I could. Not looking forward to losing most weeks next season and one way or amothervit will be the break up if the squad and that special bond we've all built. Nothing lasts forever and the key nucleus plus Frank would go if we didn't go up, but give me top end of the Championship every time.
Best league around imo. Not full if prima donas, plastic armchair fans, cry babies, var, etc etc but real fans from good cities who love their club.
If we do go up, it will be nice for my daughter who has never seen us playing the big clubs but as someone who has seen it, I'm genuinely not that fussed.
What part of Cov is this?I’m more bitter now over one thing. Think this is gonna be an essay!
As a kid, especially all through Primary School, I was one of very very few Cov fans. The few years when the school had no uniform, you’d see loads of Man Utd shirts in particular as well as all the other cliché clubs. It sometimes felt the closest thing I had in common football-wise was my teacher in year 5/6 who was a big Nottm Forest fan - as at that time they were another obscure-ish second tier team. In secondary there were obviously more of us as there’s more pupils, but the percentage was still tragically low.
Extended family-wise, as we started dwindling and dropping down the leagues, relatives started turning attention to Chelsea. I know relatives through marriage stopped going when we were relegated from the Championship and eventually turned their attention to wasps.
I saw the Chelsea supporting relatives at Southampton the other week. And a lot of those kids who wouldn’t have batted an eye at CCFC back then are all on the wagon. That I’m bitter about. I can never feel like they deserve the good times with this club.
Losing every week is shite no matter what level it is. I remember some of the top flight seasons of struggle and they are shite.I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… who prefers 7th in the second division to fighting at the top table. The players we’ll sign are going to be ridiculous
You mention the bond we’ve built up.. well the same was said about the 22/23 side and the 19/20 side. We’re a different Coventry City these days. We’ll build again
They do have a large catchment if you include Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and surrounding areas. However, lots of retirees who support other clubs.Funny thing is Bournemouth/Poole is a massively populated area. Bigger than Coventry. They do have right to have a decent followed club. That area of England is attractive.
Think they just stink of tinpot coz the ground is tiny, the crest is shit and their fans similarly supported arsenal when they was in league two.
Similarities there
I remember those seasons. But putting an actual ceiling on yourself is just small thinking for me.Losing every week is shite no matter what level it is. I remember some of the top flight seasons of struggle and they are shite.
With a nil from the opposition?The post mortem on why we only scored twice away to Manchester City will be fun.
We beat Bayern Munich at home, and although the sore in the end was only 2-1 we really had them rocking. That was a team containing Beckenbauer, Muller, Maier and Hoeness who were all Workd Cup winners for West Germany and we battered them that evening.For some of us who relate to a number of those 34 years in the top flight, The Fairs Cup, being beaten at home by Bayern Munich, and winning the cup in 87' I feel no bitterness. We had a great run.
It's sad that instead of climbing back up in typical fashion, we failed to read the script and a sucession of poor decisions, and terrible management on and off the field by those clowns on the board at the time, we succumbed to financial ruin. Forced to see the stadium that should have been our statement taken from us. But alas we in desperation to survive as a club, sold off to a hedge fund of all people, rather than do a Leicester and declare ourselves bust, take a short term hit and get back on it. Once a hedge fund got hold of us we were doomed. And so it was, we slid down the leagues until Robin's instilled some karma to the place, with guile and graft. It took 7 years to get back to mediocre in the second tier. That was finally the signal to see off the hedge fund, and along came our shining knight to snap up the club at the right time. We would always get the stadium back because it was built for football, not paltry Rugby. That fell in Kings lap and all he needed to do was change the dynanic to move things forward after 20 odd years away from the top flight. A gamble? Yes and off to pastures new for Robins who had been a great steward. In came a player who was world class in his day and would help shine a light on the club. We had almost made it were looking like a talented team already. The gamble has paid off so far, but we are not there yet. If we fail this year, no matter our time will come now or next year or the one after that. I watch massive clubs like Leeds go through it, and hope they settle back where they surely belong too, and just hope we will be able to do the same. I don't think we will be failures if we go up. I think we will do well AKA Sunderland. The fan base demand it more than the Brentford's, and there is a certain ethos building at the club that will lead to success on the pitch. Will FL be there next season if we make it? Not so sure. But it matters not. The bitterness the Op speaks of should all be reserved for that mismanagement of the club who played politics and looked after themselves with little left in their tanks to financially help us, and lacking any ability to do so, not directed at any other clubs.
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