The NEW (and please, God - IMPROVED) Sky Blues! (7 Viewers)

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The CableGuy

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Wasn't there a season (while Bobby Gould was manager) where we had 9 new players in or something like that? There were even car stickers encouraging fans to support the NEW Sky Blues. Uncertain times for sure, but also....exciting times.

There needs to be a clean sweep throughout the whole club for next season. I'm sure there will be on the playing side at least.

  • New players.
  • New manager? I like AT and he's had to do a job without the required resources and support, but you do wonder if he's the man to lead us back to the Championship, what with experienced managers out there.
  • New coach for sure (how have we improved under Mr. Harrison exactly?).
  • New owners. Please? SISU aren't the disease, they're just the continuation of the disease. The patient was already sick before their arrival. SISU's 'trim-the-fat' cure has left the patient almost brain dead, with barely a pulse
  • New winning mentality, from top to bottom. No more 'lets try and nick a draw' performances, AT/Mr. New Manager. I'd rather you have a go and lose 3-1 then sit back and lose to a silly goal in the 94th minute because you were too scared to have a go!
  • New ticket pricing structure, Plenty of time to have another look at this because the Walk-up CCFC fan has almost become an extinct species since the move to CV6. I suspect the new train station won't help much, especially after another relegation.
  • New 'fan-friendly' stewards. This is Coventry. Not Syria.
  • New attitude to communication. No, NOT Twitter. We're big boys, if you have bad news to tell us, CCFC, then TELL US! We can take it. History shows that we can, and we've not exactly had a choice anyway.
  • New attitude to the City of Coventry. Has the club ever been so distant from the local citizens? Or the council for that matter.
The CCFC product needs to be re-packaged. Polished. Changed. The existing product is as stale as the Tesco-branded biscuits and even Tesco have learnt the hard way what happens when you stand still.

Keep the badge and the Sky Blue colours. Everything else need to be analysed and if required, improved. Add the whole Arena match-day experience to that list, too.

Next season, I want the excitement back. Sure, it might all goto shit when the season starts and we get whacked 3-0 by Walsall on the opening day, but.....I don't want another pre-season where you sit there and think 'this team will struggle to stay up'....and then you watch that struggle actually happen.
 
KarmicChris

KarmicChris

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Agreed. I think one of the major issues is the fact that you could walk through Coventry city centre and not know we had a football club. We have a tiny club shop tucked away down a corridor. No billboards or anything.

Personally I think a billboard somewhere in the city centre with maybe our next fixture on and any deals we have on tickets would be great. People could be going about their daily business see that it's kids for a £1 or something this weekend and think yeah why not.
 
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Glaziers green top

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Brilliant post! I would love to be given the chance to run the marketing department - if there is one of course as they don't seem to be doing anything!
 
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thorninmyside

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Dadgad... there's allways a smart Alexander like you in every post.

I thought the guys bullet pointed post was well set out and the point well made. Psarchasm is the lowest form of witt.
 
Sky Blue Sheepy

Sky Blue Sheepy

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Bullet points exist for a reason... Either way a cracking post. Im half tempted to email to someone at ccfc and see what comes back but hey ho'
 
Tad

Tad

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This is exactly what the club and fans need. Great post.
 
Mary_Mungo_Midge

Mary_Mungo_Midge

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speedie87 said:
Didn't bobby Gould used to send players into the local factories selling tickets!
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I don't know whether there's truth in that or not; and I don't know what's the saddest element - the fact that players used to have the sort of humility to do that compared to today's prima donas, or the recollection of the fact we used to have factories.... :facepalm:
 
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TommyAtkins

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The CableGuy said:
Wasn't there a season (while Bobby Gould was manager) where we had 9 new players in or something like that? There were even car stickers encouraging fans to support the NEW Sky Blues. Uncertain times for sure, but also....exciting times.

There needs to be a clean sweep throughout the whole club for next season. I'm sure there will be on the playing side at least.

  • New players.
  • New manager? I like AT and he's had to do a job without the required resources and support, but you do wonder if he's the man to lead us back to the Championship, what with experienced managers out there.
  • New coach for sure (how have we improved under Mr. Harrison exactly?).
  • New owners. Please? SISU aren't the disease, they're just the continuation of the disease. The patient was already sick before their arrival. SISU's 'trim-the-fat' cure has left the patient almost brain dead, with barely a pulse
  • New winning mentality, from top to bottom. No more 'lets try and nick a draw' performances, AT/Mr. New Manager. I'd rather you have a go and lose 3-1 then sit back and lose to a silly goal in the 94th minute because you were too scared to have a go!
  • New ticket pricing structure, Plenty of time to have another look at this because the Walk-up CCFC fan has almost become an extinct species since the move to CV6. I suspect the new train station won't help much, especially after another relegation.
  • New 'fan-friendly' stewards. This is Coventry. Not Syria.
  • New attitude to communication. No, NOT Twitter. We're big boys, if you have bad news to tell us, CCFC, then TELL US! We can take it. History shows that we can, and we've not exactly had a choice anyway.
  • New attitude to the City of Coventry. Has the club ever been so distant from the local citizens? Or the council for that matter.
The CCFC product needs to be re-packaged. Polished. Changed. The existing product is as stale as the Tesco-branded biscuits and even Tesco have learnt the hard way what happens when you stand still.

Keep the badge and the Sky Blue colours. Everything else need to be analysed and if required, improved. Add the whole Arena match-day experience to that list, too.

Next season, I want the excitement back. Sure, it might all goto shit when the season starts and we get whacked 3-0 by Walsall on the opening day, but.....I don't want another pre-season where you sit there and think 'this team will struggle to stay up'....and then you watch that struggle actually happen.
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Very interesting comments.

This is where the debate should be going. The bitching about the past and the whinging about what is out of our control should be secondary now.

I think there is a real opportunity for fans involvement at the very highest levels of the club.

We, as fans, provide the biggest (and most reliable) source of income for the club. It would only be right and proper to have a fan representing us all.

I know ashbyjan and knowl made some progress here. But a coalescing of the SBT and SOC needs to occur.

Unfortunately for some people, this would require genuine interaction with SISU in the first instance.
 
Diehard Si

Diehard Si

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I had the idea a year or so ago that I sent to Leonard Brody but never heard back.

The main idea was a kind of flexible ticket system, smart card based perhaps. The idea being to attract maximum possible crowds.

So sell season tickets at a calculated price per game. People have the cashless payment cards already, but this would be replaced by the smart card. Now, when there is a crappy game coming up, that they know the crowds will be down for they can reduce the prices to get more bums on seats. Now after a while the season ticket holders would be finding themselves out of pocket, so what could happen was they get some money back onto the smart card to either pay for drinks and food etc, away tickets or save for next season ticket etc..

The idea being to always get a higher crowd, and so better support, better atmosphere, better feeling about the club.

Also have mini season tickets, so you pay for 10 games, you have till a certain date to confirm you will be using it for that game before they go on general sale, but can pick and choose games. Price it slightly more expensive per game than a season ticket, but less than a regular ticket price.
 
SkyBlue_Bear83

SkyBlue_Bear83

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Diehard Si said:
I had the idea a year or so ago that I sent to Leonard Brody but never heard back.

The main idea was a kind of flexible ticket system, smart card based perhaps. The idea being to attract maximum possible crowds.

So sell season tickets at a calculated price per game. People have the cashless payment cards already, but this would be replaced by the smart card. Now, when there is a crappy game coming up, that they know the crowds will be down for they can reduce the prices to get more bums on seats. Now after a while the season ticket holders would be finding themselves out of pocket, so what could happen was they get some money back onto the smart card to either pay for drinks and food etc, away tickets or save for next season ticket etc..

The idea being to always get a higher crowd, and so better support, better atmosphere, better feeling about the club.

Also have mini season tickets, so you pay for 10 games, you have till a certain date to confirm you will be using it for that game before they go on general sale, but can pick and choose games. Price it slightly more expensive per game than a season ticket, but less than a regular ticket price.
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Yea but the Canadian was a moron, these are good ideas but the thing that bugs me they aren't new ground breaking ideas and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to think them up, our club should be able to think of these new marketing strategies without fans help. Instead all we get is the vote for a sub idea, I am sure that was the boards idea of a joke to wind up the fans at the time.
 
speedie87

speedie87

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Sorry to burst ur bubble but I did some research into this at Uni and the price of tickets actually has much less impact On attendances than you'd think. Your own lge position oppositions when game played fixtures around it all have more of an impact
 
Diehard Si

Diehard Si

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speedie87 said:
Sorry to burst ur bubble but I did some research into this at Uni and the price of tickets actually has much less impact On attendances than you'd think. Your own lge position oppositions when game played fixtures around it all have more of an impact
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Yes but the fans need some love. If the board/club did this it would give something back, generate a feeling the club cares about them. It would need to be part of a whole upheaval, a complete change in attitude.
 
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The CableGuy

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See?

THIS is what I was talking about!

Signing players. New hope. New faces. Are they good enough for League 1? Hopefully, who fooking knows for sure?

Nice move by the club on the flexible ticket pricing as well.

Exciting, isn't it?
 
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Macca

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Mary_Mungo_Midge said:
I don't know whether there's truth in that or not; and I don't know what's the saddest element - the fact that players used to have the sort of humility to do that compared to today's prima donas, or the recollection of the fact we used to have factories.... :facepalm:
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Both sadly
 
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Macca

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TommyAtkins said:
Very interesting comments.

This is where the debate should be going. The bitching about the past and the whinging about what is out of our control should be secondary now.

I think there is a real opportunity for fans involvement at the very highest levels of the club.

We, as fans, provide the biggest (and most reliable) source of income for the club. It would only be right and proper to have a fan representing us all.

I know ashbyjan and knowl made some progress here. But a coalescing of the SBT and SOC needs to occur.

Unfortunately for some people, this would require genuine interaction with SISU in the first instance.
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Fuck trusts and comittees just get up there watch football and make some noise like the old days
 
Big Mo

Big Mo

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Sadly I agree on pricing, in the past when fellowseason ticket holders haven't been able to go I haven't been able to give the ticket away. People make all the excuses in the world about cost, transport, priorities etc but these are all secondary to enjoyment. Provide some enjoyment and people will come
 
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