Plus, you're not 10. Ask a 10 year old going to the opening game in Aug and no doubt they'd be buzzing.
I get what you're saying Astute, and you too MusicDating, but were not all 10 years old. How many 10 year olds do you see walking around with Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool tops on as opposed to City tops? Success breeds support. Coventry City fans have been starved of good quality football. I know the kids are our future, but I also don't want our kids growing up with no ambition and settling for mediocre football, when with the right backing in the Club they could be watching top flight football. I can in no way be called a "Glory Hunter" I've followed this Club from the dark past shit football days, to seeing the promotions to the First Division. I somehow don't see that happening with this shower in charge anytime soon.
My youngest lad is now 7. He has been going to games for 3 years now. He has travelled thousands of miles to go to games. To him just going to a game is enough. He was even at a game where we were winning 2-0 just before full time and we still didn't win. We got drenched and were freezing cold. But he was still happy.
He finally saw us win for the first time last season.....at Wembley. Still the only time he has seen us win. But he doesn't care.
He is starry eyed. He doesn't care about failure. He just wants to watch us play.
Most kids wore them even when we were in the Premier League.
Yes, and as you rightly say they were.... Tell me again, Where were we?
We are a different matter.I get what you're saying Astute, and you too MusicDating, but were not all 10 years old. How many 10 year olds do you see walking around with Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool tops on as opposed to City tops? Success breeds support. Coventry City fans have been starved of good quality football. I know the kids are our future, but I also don't want our kids growing up with no ambition and settling for mediocre football, when with the right backing in the Club they could be watching top flight football. I can in no way be called a "Glory Hunter" I've followed this Club from the dark past shit football days, to seeing the promotions to the First Division. I somehow don't see that happening with this shower in charge anytime soon.
Normally at or close to the bottom of the table.Yes, and as you rightly say they were.... Tell me again, Where were we?
We are a different matter.
But not the kids. When they have non uniform day he has to wear one of his Cov tops. They used to ask him things like Coventry who or why doesn't he have a top like them.....Man Utd or Liverpool. But it suddenly changed one weekend. He took the Friday and Monday off. On the Tuesday he was full of pride. He had seen his team win at Wembley. They don't take the piss anymore. Most haven't even been to see the team that they wear the top of.
Let the kids have fun going. For him it is daddy time. His 8 year old sister now wants to go. But she has mummy time when we go. They shouldn't know about the crap that goes on at our club. It should be about going to games and nothing else. He will have enough years of being depressed about how crap we are and cursing me for taking him when he was young when he is older.
Not just meeting the players.Pretty sure any city fan knows we were in the Premier league.
Pointing out that kids are walking round wearing Man Utd / Liverpool / Chelsea tops now doesn't prove anything, as they were even when we were also in the Premier League and I was one of about 3 city fans in my whole class. That was during times of Huckerby, Dublin, Ndlovu etc.
We aren't in the Premier League now and there are still plenty of kids who get excited for CCFC week in, week out whether old men on the internet who have no idea say they aren't or not. I know as I see them week in, week out and see them nearly wet themselves with excitement at meeting the players.
Like you say its about dad and son time, etc. Things are shite at the minute, but I think we have a responsibility to not get kids bogged down with the politics of what's going on and just encourage and let them enjoy the football, good and bad.
It's called hindsight.
I get what you're saying Astute, and you too MusicDating, but were not all 10 years old. How many 10 year olds do you see walking around with Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool tops on as opposed to City tops? Success breeds support. Coventry City fans have been starved of good quality football. I know the kids are our future, but I also don't want our kids growing up with no ambition and settling for mediocre football, when with the right backing in the Club they could be watching top flight football. I can in no way be called a "Glory Hunter" I've followed this Club from the dark past shit football days, to seeing the promotions to the First Division. I somehow don't see that happening with this shower in charge anytime soon.
Well my 22 month old son told me he's NOPM yesterday and he just can't support the club like he used to back when he was 10 months old.
I have a 10 year old daughter who comes to games (not all but some) including Wembley. She does enjoy it - mainly because she gets to eat crap! And absolutely loved Wembley.Exactly, it always seems to be people who are older who have grown up kids who moan about things like this.
Whereas people with the younger kids always say things like you have. There are kids there week in week out who aren't involved in the politics and just love going to watch CCFC play, they love the time with their dad (and mum and siblings etc). You see the queue at the kids party and they can't stand still with excitement, they are buzzing.
A 10 year old now feels exactly the same as I did as a 10 year old if they are allowed to.
So when you called yourself Sky Blue Kid was it deliberately ironic? Sky Blue Miserable Old Git doesn't post on here anymore so maybe Nick could free up his username for you.I get what you're saying Astute, and you too MusicDating, but were not all 10 years old. How many 10 year olds do you see walking around with Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool tops on as opposed to City tops? Success breeds support. Coventry City fans have been starved of good quality football. I know the kids are our future, but I also don't want our kids growing up with no ambition and settling for mediocre football, when with the right backing in the Club they could be watching top flight football. I can in no way be called a "Glory Hunter" I've followed this Club from the dark past shit football days, to seeing the promotions to the First Division. I somehow don't see that happening with this shower in charge anytime soon.
What, a 10 year old won't be buzzing now but will be buzzing in hindsight 55 years later.
Normally at or close to the bottom of the table.
What is wrong with you? What kind of fun was that compared to the last few years and just look what's coming up in a few weeks, oh the excitement.Maybe so mate... but it was still the Prem wasn't it
Well my 22 month old son told me he's NOPM yesterday and he just can't support the club like he used to back when he was 10 months old.
Also SBK, I see loads of kids in Cov tops these days. More than in my day. Don't you live in Wales? That might be why you're not seeing many Cov tops. Not having a go, I'm just trying to work out where you have got your anecdotal information from as I know you don't go to home games either.
What is wrong with you? What kind of fun was that compared to the last few years and just look what's coming up in a few weeks, oh the excitement.
Remember it well. We made Notts County look like Barcelona that night.The first City v Notts County game I remember as a kid was on a cold February night at Highfield Road in 1982. City lost 5-1. After Notts County scored their 4th some gallows humour kicked in and a chant of "we want 5" went up around most of the ground. County duly scored their fifth and we City fans jumped up, punching the air and shouting 'yessssss!'
It's funny you should post this. I was driving up the M6 on Monday and stopped at Keele services at the same time as two coach loads of children on a school trip from Coventry.
Of the few of them wearing football tops, all were CCFC.
See I knew I'd get you to see things the correct way. After all you don't want to be lumped in with those who complain we haven't signed Messi, or have the temerity to mention that they might have noticed that we have slipped down a few leagues in the last few years. Just hold onto that belief that we have a top 26 budget in the 4 we sorry 2nd division. What do you mean there are only 24 teams in the league?Do you mean that thrilling kick off time to start the new season in the 4th Division... Can't wait!
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