What would you do if you 'wanted your club back'?

[HouchensHead]

Please cite your data mate. I've worked out averages since 1920 and our average is 3k higher :s

Of course, my friend.

Here.

 

[TJB.]

If United were in Cov's position any form of protest would be tut-tutted by the happy clappers in our support ... FACT!

That's a condescending and roundabout way of saying some people would disagree with the manner of the protest at hand.

There's always going to be 'tut-tutters'...but can you address the question posed in the OP?

 

[Jehovah]

Well, yours must be as bad then, considering Sheffield United are the 19th best supported English club of all time and we are 20th.

Yes but your bell end ratio is 67%, 2nd in England behind Sheffield Wednesday.

 

[SUFC Handsworth]

That's a condescending and roundabout way of saying some people would disagree with the manner of the protest at hand.

There's always going to be 'tut-tutters'...but can you address the question posed in the OP?

No, tut-tut

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Well, yours must be as bad then, considering Sheffield United are the 19th best supported English club of all time and we are 20th.

It must be shocking as I've always associated Coventry with shit support*. I shall go and hang my head.

I managed to live in Kenilworth for 18 months without having a conversation with a Coventry fan.

That said I really do have sympathy with your plight - but someone will have to remind me about it after tonight has blown over.

*except when you won the cup and had 2 great days out at the Sty (and some fun and games in Chesterfield if I remember correctly)

 

[SB_90]

As disruptive tonight was, i can completely see why coventry did what they did as it was live on tv. So good "showcase" for their protests. & from bits i know they really in the Desperate times call for desperate measures phase. Because owners are seemingly nonplussed that the club they own could go bust. Just think back to the summer even with our slashed wage budget we blew Coventry out of water

No matter how Giddy we were after taking the lead Singing praise for SISU was wrong. Because lets not forget at our low ebb, how horrible it was when Barnsley fans were 6 years ago gloating at our relegation when they went 3-2

 

[Harry's Game]

Not chuck tennis balls at opposition players and try to use the issue to steal points off another side.

 

[SWB]

Well, it isn't. Good try again though. I believe we took more to you on a Sunday (noon KO, on Sky) in a worse position than you managed tonight.

WHY ARE YOU ON HERE!!!! Get yerself off

 

[Hartley Hare]

We are not in the same position as Coventry or Charlton because of our leader

KEVIN CHARLES McCABE

Gaw'd bless him and his money.

HH

 

[HillmortonBlade]

Everything Cov fans were doing and more. And so would everyone on here, despite the outrage during the match.

Maybe, but I would not be whining on and on that opposition fans did not want to hand the points over to what really is a shit-poor team, with a huge fan following of, what was it? 7000 odd?

And then, without a hint of irony, pop on to their forum to boast of their great following? What's that all about? Still taking the piss now that the tennis balls have been taken?

Its rugby balls the Coventry folk want to see at the Ricoh, not footballs.

 

[nopigfansintown]

First of all any protest on any given day has to be none partisan. If your methods of protest are designed to hinder your opponent or aid your own team your protest will backfire. See Coventry: throwing tennis balls at SUFC players only; keeping the matchball from SUFC players; whistling en masse only when SUFC had the ball. This hard to achieve, so I back the likes of Blackpool's not a penny more (NAPM)approach. Starve em out. If you want to sisrupt the game, above all respect your opponent. Charlton did this very well, with throwing things on the pitch and a few other invasions.

 

[Need4speed]

Good question
But what exactly are the fans protesting about.
iI it is that they are shit and in League One then the fans of every club could feel justified in protesting
If it is that as fans they don't have any say and feel exploited by owners then again this would apply to fans of most clubs
As has already been said if it is that bad stay away, starve the club of revenue and force them to walk away. I know the arguments about "why should they" " it is their club" but doing what Coventry "fans" did tonight reduces the sympathy and support of other football supporters, which in the long run will serve no purpose

 

[Pinchy]

No it isn't, my friend. You don't really appear to know much about football. Coventry's support has always been on par with Sheffield United's since attendances have been recorded.

Absolute fucking bollocks. Just like the protest.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Of course, my friend.

Here.


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Ah but what he doesn't say is that Coventry didn't join the league until 1919.
Wherea United had already joined the league in 1889 in an era when attendance were at their lowest ever.

I beleove in the 1890's we averaged just over 2,000 one season.

If you start like for like from 1919 then United have been much much better supported.
Our average support is nearer 25,000 after the 1st world war.

It's a similar arguement with the Leeds and West Ham averages.
Both clubs didn't enter league football until the 1920's.

In fact Leeds City did play and had really poor gates before the 1st world war but they were shut down
And restarted as a new club with their records scrapped from the statistics of Leeds United.

 

[Deleted member 1486]

how horrible it was when Barnsley fans were 6 years ago gloating at our relegation when they went 3-2

Not nice, but I'd expect nothing less. We'd be doing the same if the situation was reversed, that's football!

 

[Deleted member 1486]

Everything Cov fans were doing and more. And so would everyone on here, despite the outrage during the match.

Nope. I wouldn't, and I'd hope the vast majority would not.

I supported Charlton fans in their protest. It was done the right way. The Coventry chavs deliberately tried to break up our game by whistling when we were in possession (and quieting down when they were in possession) and throwing things onto the pitch or holding up play whenever we had an advantage.

Like I said elsewhere, it was unsportsmanlike, and to expect our support was ludicrous!

 

[Weasel]

Well, yours must be as bad then, considering Sheffield United are the 19th best supported English club of all time and we are 20th.

Blimey, youve not been right much today have you. Keeping with the theme of talking out of your arse you tell us we are the 19th best supported english club and the sky blue squatters are just one behind on 20th, then you proceed to put up a table with us at 18. Not that it counts for a shiny shit, but can you at least try and be accurate once in a while old chap or at the least talk a bit of sense now and again.

 

[JJBlade]

If I wanted support from fellow fans and the football public in general I wouldn't throw missiles at opposing players and use referees whistles every time the opposition players touched the ball. That creates the feeling that there's a different reason for demonstrating, even if there isn't really...................It creates the feeling that there is a win by any means necessary. Or cheating as I prefer to call it.

The stadium was pretty quiet for a demonstrative crowd, they obviously haven't got a clue how to demonstrate properly.

Their tactics almost worked, just imagine if they'd have got a last minute winner,
They might have seen what demonstrating really is

 

[Revolution]

Coventry last had higher league gates than us in the 2000-01 season.

 

[Trueblade]

For me personally, I understand there frustration. Did they cost there side the game today, I don't know we will never know. The atmosphere affected both sides.

surely not buying a ticket and protesting outside is the way. They are going to cost there team a lot of points if they carry on like that, and who knows get the relegated. That's not helpful to anyone is it. The commotion in the stadium was a complete joke. There's a lot of bad owners at the moment and something needs to be done.

 

[10-0 win]

Bolton in trouble too, how long can this go on.

Anderson told supporters at the Macron Stadium earlier this week that one member of Phil Parkinson’s squad earns more a year than Walsall’s entire team. A frightening admission which makes you wonder what happened to Financial Fair Play?


Wanderers, who according to chairman Ken Anderson are losing £800,000 a month

 

[spongebobblade]

Well, it isn't. Good try again though. I believe we took more to you on a Sunday (noon KO, on Sky) in a worse position than you managed tonight.

You sight ONE game.... and pick the one where you were doing well at the time. It's the week before Xmas and personally I would have gone if it wasn't on Sky. We took over 3000 to Charlton a couple of weeks back and have consistently averaged around the 19,000 mark in 6 years in this league. Figures you can only dream of. I have sympathy for your cause but not with your actions. Come back to me when your not talking out of your arse

 

[Sheffsteel]

For me personally, I understand there frustration. There's a lot of bad owners at the moment and something needs to be done.

But no one can explain "what's a bad owner"?

Do Southampton have bad owners? Surely they lack ambition because they sell off their best player virtually every season.

Do Wednesday have bad owners? Their Thai owner is interested in fan opinion. He's drastically increased prices, changed the badge, got rid of the striped shirts, got rid of the Wednesday badges and logos on the seating and changed it all to Chansiri.

Do Portsmouth have bad owners? Still plying their trade in league 2 with hardly any investment from the owners.

The bottom line seems to be be.
If the team is performing well = fans are happy and the owners are good
If a team is struggling = fans are unhappy and the owners are terrible.

So that's means it doesn't matter how good or bad the owners are.
There will always be winning teams and losing teams
So based in public perceptions there will ALWAYS be some good owners and some bad owners.

If Coventry ever got in the PL then guess what?
Their fans won't be demonstrating anymore and 25K will be going to the Ricoh. Hypocrites!

 

[Sheffsteel]

Also regards Coventry away support, admit it's decent,
they always brought around the 1,000 mark at Bramall Lane over the years
but in the past we've taken over 3,000 many times their ground.

They've never been that well supported home or away
Similar support to Charlton Athletic.

 

[BigBed]

I know it wouldn't be to ask Coventry fans for their support!!!!

 

[bladesadviser]

It seemed last night it was as much a protest against Sheffield United as it was the owners, the whistles increased when we had the ball,tennis balls and other objects were thrown at our players. The play was interrupted when we had the ball, the ball wasn't returned to us and Fleck and Leon were constantly booed.

Note to Coventry fans ask Blackpool and Charlton fans how to protest correctly AND get opposition fans support

 

[flyingmonkeyuk]

I am all for fans protesting, but the manner that the Cov fans decided to protest last night just constantly disrupted the match and seemed to be aimed at the United players, not at the owners.

Yes. it will be well publicised, as it was on Sky; but to then take to social media and say United fans are scum for not supporting the protest, when the protest consisted of them chucking stuff at our players and charging at away fans, was a bit rich.

Charlton did it in the right manner: at the start of the game to make their point.

 

[wizadry]

Do me a favour mate, try telling me what it is you're actually protesting about, whilst at the same time trying to derail the club I supports', promotion push?

HouchensHead , can you not answer the question then because you've answered other posts afterwards? Nope, well fuck off then back to your own forum and try to start supporting your team instead of getting the mardies on and taking it out on us. Fuck Off!

 

[TBW57]

SISU is a hedge fund with no interest in football at all. They looked for a club to lay their eggs inside and eat away till only the carcass was left. Unfortunately for Coventry fans they landed on their club. Some fans have started a new club called Coventry United, wearing the city's traditional red and green colours; they let fans in for free during their first season and if I were a fan in Coventry I'd be spending my time watching them and hoping for an AFC Wimbledon-type rise, because Coventry City are doomed.

I don't blame the Sky Blues fans for their desperation, or for choosing a live TV game for their protest, although it did make for a pretty dire match. Equally, I don't blame the Blades fans for injecting some gallows humour into what was a pretty miserable evening. Coventry fans can hardly expect their opponents' supporters to applaud them when there are 3 promotion points at stake and the match is turning into a farce because of their protest.

I wish Coventry City the best in their anti-SISU revolution even though I think they are going to lose, but the Blades fans were entitled to have a laugh at their expense. It doesn't mean we don't care (although some of us clearly couldn't give a FF as this thread demonstrates) but our selfish Blades genes prevent us from caring at the expense of our own team. That's just the way it is, folks.

 

[Dnblade]

Ah but what he doesn't say is that Coventry didn't join the league until 1919.
Wherea United had already joined the league in 1889 in an era when attendance were at their lowest ever.

I beleove in the 1890's we averaged just over 2,000 one season.

If you start like for like from 1919 then United have been much much better supported.
Our average support is nearer 25,000 after the 1st world war.

It's a similar arguement with the Leeds and West Ham averages.
Both clubs didn't enter league football until the 1920's.

In fact Leeds City did play and had really poor gates before the 1st world war but they were shut down
And restarted as a new club with their records scrapped from the statistics of Leeds United.

It also doesn't factor in what division teams were in...Cov have spent longer in the top flight than us over the last 40 years,and didn't we average 15k in the old 4th division in a recession,when crowds were a lot lower across the country...and Coventry were getting 10k in the top flight.
Houch,I do have sympathy for Cov and their fans,as I have with any club with similar issues..hope you get your club back.