spider_ricoh
New Member
To be honest, now I don't go to home games I am a bit removed from what is going on day-to-day at the club; the weekly ups and downs are now, in my mind, less important than the longer-term battle to see the back of SISU. From this point of view, 2013-14 will be seen as a successful result in people standing up to SISU. I say this because:
1) ACL /CCC hae refused to buckle - SISU have gone to the lengths of JR to drag things back
2) crowds at Northampton have not risen as predicted by Timmy - the boycott of those "home" games makes me so proud to be a CCFC fan
3) we did not get promoted; you might think it strange for me to say that as a City fan, but in the longer term this is good as promotion would have helped SISU in their battle to cement their position
4) we did not get relegated - obviously would have been a total disaster for the fans and the long term future of the club, even if it did mean bye bye SISU in the short term
5) we finished more than 10 points off the play-offs - so nobody can blame ACL for "stopping us getting promoted"
6) the above also means that the "xxx years since a top 6 finish" stat won't be muddied by "well, without hte points deduction we would have done..."
7) the team has shown in flashes on the pitch that there is a brighter future
8) SP is showing himself to be a determined and decent manager
9) a higher than usual proportion of our signings were good, meaning that Waggott is doing his job right
10) with the teams joining the L1 from Champ / L2 next year, the division looks a bit weaker which should help us.
From a personal point of view, promotions/relegations have been good because I want to go to Rochdale, Rotherham and Chesterfield to boost my total of "grounds visited in the 92" to 90 - the only ones I will need to do then will be Newport and Sixfields with CCFC. So although I will be stranded on 91, I take comfort from that fact that I originally completed the 92 back in 2010!!
1) ACL /CCC hae refused to buckle - SISU have gone to the lengths of JR to drag things back
2) crowds at Northampton have not risen as predicted by Timmy - the boycott of those "home" games makes me so proud to be a CCFC fan
3) we did not get promoted; you might think it strange for me to say that as a City fan, but in the longer term this is good as promotion would have helped SISU in their battle to cement their position
4) we did not get relegated - obviously would have been a total disaster for the fans and the long term future of the club, even if it did mean bye bye SISU in the short term
5) we finished more than 10 points off the play-offs - so nobody can blame ACL for "stopping us getting promoted"
6) the above also means that the "xxx years since a top 6 finish" stat won't be muddied by "well, without hte points deduction we would have done..."
7) the team has shown in flashes on the pitch that there is a brighter future
8) SP is showing himself to be a determined and decent manager
9) a higher than usual proportion of our signings were good, meaning that Waggott is doing his job right
10) with the teams joining the L1 from Champ / L2 next year, the division looks a bit weaker which should help us.
From a personal point of view, promotions/relegations have been good because I want to go to Rochdale, Rotherham and Chesterfield to boost my total of "grounds visited in the 92" to 90 - the only ones I will need to do then will be Newport and Sixfields with CCFC. So although I will be stranded on 91, I take comfort from that fact that I originally completed the 92 back in 2010!!