| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early 21:17 - Dec 31 with 2894 views | Illinoisblue |
And I think is suggesting there were 3,000 empty seats in home areas against us because ST holders don’t put their tickets on the exchange.
Also rants about the unfairness of parachute payments.
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| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 21:35 - Dec 31 with 2718 views | WestSussexBlue |
Interesting what his view will be regarding parachute payments if, and it’s still a big if they make it to the Premier League and come straight back down. |  | | |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 21:38 - Dec 31 with 2688 views | StevieH |
It did make me chuckle when we sang
There’s nobody here
There’s nobody heeeeere
Just like the old days
There’s nobody here
Sung during injury time |  | | |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 22:20 - Dec 31 with 2429 views | Illinoisblue |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 21:35 - Dec 31 by WestSussexBlue |
Interesting what his view will be regarding parachute payments if, and it’s still a big if they make it to the Premier League and come straight back down. |
His general point about parachutes is broadly correct; they do distort the championship, BUT they are necessary because of the absurd imbalance of finances in the prem. He’ll be more than happy to collect those cheques if/when they come his way. | |
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| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 22:29 - Dec 31 with 2351 views | SitfcB |
If they go up some Coventry fans will get their season tickets for free.
For the last few years they’ve been able to pay £100 more (optional) and if they get promoted in that season the PL season ticket is totally free. |  |
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| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 22:30 - Dec 31 with 2327 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 21:35 - Dec 31 by WestSussexBlue |
Interesting what his view will be regarding parachute payments if, and it’s still a big if they make it to the Premier League and come straight back down. |
Eliminating parachute payments would be catastrophic without completely rebalancing the money distribution between the leagues. It would lead to either the gutting of any squad relegated from the PL, or a significant increase of relegated clubs getting into serious financial trouble. | | | |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 22:32 - Dec 31 with 2304 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
He's treading a fine line there, with the home supporters. They are in an incredible position, and I would argue he should be rallying the troops, not moaning about season ticket holders who couldn't make a weekday match at 6pm.
As Mick McCarthy once said, it's not good to stand outside the tent and p*** in. |  |
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| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 22:42 - Dec 31 with 2184 views | dowsie3 |
His Dad used to be my PE teacher at Kirkley High school in Lowestoft now called East point Academy funny thing is the brother is Will King who known as the King of shaves imagine having 2 children who are both self made multi millionaires | | | |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 23:04 - Dec 31 with 2029 views | davblue |
Maybe im being thick, but i didnt understand his point on this quote. “ We have 4 clubs that continue to receive parachute payments in our league this year (just to remind you) and therefore our achievements are unprecedented. As a supporter, I don’t think it really gets much better…”
Has a team thats not been in receipt of parachute payments never got promoted before then? Whilst i agree with the more general point on parachute payments, im struggling to see how it doesnt make the premier league a closed shop more if teams go up and dont hve a go at it. |  | | |
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| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 23:35 - Dec 31 with 1849 views | You_Bloo_Right |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 22:42 - Dec 31 by dowsie3 |
His Dad used to be my PE teacher at Kirkley High school in Lowestoft now called East point Academy funny thing is the brother is Will King who known as the King of shaves imagine having 2 children who are both self made multi millionaires |
Nominative determinism, innit. |  |
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| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 23:45 - Dec 31 with 1806 views | glasso |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 22:20 - Dec 31 by Illinoisblue |
His general point about parachutes is broadly correct; they do distort the championship, BUT they are necessary because of the absurd imbalance of finances in the prem. He’ll be more than happy to collect those cheques if/when they come his way. |
tbh I'm obviously glad we've got them, but I'm fundamentally against Parachute Payments. My opinion on them hasn't changed now we've got them, but it's nicer to be the ones being unfairly helped.
There should be a better way to spread the wealth of football throughout the pyramid, but this is the best way as long as the Premier League teams are unwilling to share. | | | |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 00:02 - Jan 1 with 1752 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 22:29 - Dec 31 by SitfcB |
If they go up some Coventry fans will get their season tickets for free.
For the last few years they’ve been able to pay £100 more (optional) and if they get promoted in that season the PL season ticket is totally free. |
So they have crowd-funded their way to buying promotion! |  |
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| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 00:25 - Jan 1 with 1680 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 22:20 - Dec 31 by Illinoisblue |
His general point about parachutes is broadly correct; they do distort the championship, BUT they are necessary because of the absurd imbalance of finances in the prem. He’ll be more than happy to collect those cheques if/when they come his way. |
He is of course correct, as are you.
The Prem cause the imbalance in football due to their hoarding of the vast majority of the wealth. Or frittering it away on poor signings. Either way, it’s the Prem who are causing much of the issues in the Championship and below. |  |
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| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 07:00 - Jan 1 with 1366 views | Tractor_Boy333 |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 22:32 - Dec 31 by Hugoagogo_Reborn |
He's treading a fine line there, with the home supporters. They are in an incredible position, and I would argue he should be rallying the troops, not moaning about season ticket holders who couldn't make a weekday match at 6pm.
As Mick McCarthy once said, it's not good to stand outside the tent and p*** in. |
I briefly watched some of the Swansea game and their seemed lots of empty seats for that match, I said to my son top of the league and can’t fill the stadium that’s not a good sign if they win promotion and can’t win a few games early on. As for the fans leaving early against us well that was really embarrassing.
Realistically they’ve had a great first half of the season but in 2 games against us I didn’t see a lot of Premiership quality. Even their long throws were pretty poor in the second game and Mason-Clarke who looked a decent player at Portman Road was completely ineffective along with Simms and Wright. I really hope we don’t end up playing them in the play offs I’ve had enough of their fans always blaming the ref, parachute payments and injuries in their small squad. | | | |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 08:27 - Jan 1 with 1074 views | Dubtractor |
Have to say, I was somewhat stunned to see them leave in huge numbers when we got the second, given that there was at least 10 minutes left and considering the season they have had.
a) Anything can happen in 10 minutes of football, even if it seemed improbable.
b) As a fan you'd surely want to clap your team off, show some support etc, after the year they have had. Finish the calendar year miles clear at the top, and no one can be bothered to show appreciation.
Can't imagine the players felt especially well loved at the final whistle. |  |
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| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 08:32 - Jan 1 with 1036 views | RIPbobby |
I think he is just rebadging what Ashton said. They both wants fans inside the ground spending money. |  | | |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 09:09 - Jan 1 with 872 views | JakeITFC |
No mention of the game being 6pm on a working day - seems an odd time to dig out fans for non-attendance. |  | | |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 09:22 - Jan 1 with 770 views | USA |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 22:32 - Dec 31 by Hugoagogo_Reborn |
He's treading a fine line there, with the home supporters. They are in an incredible position, and I would argue he should be rallying the troops, not moaning about season ticket holders who couldn't make a weekday match at 6pm.
As Mick McCarthy once said, it's not good to stand outside the tent and p*** in. |
An extra 3000 in the crowd would make a significant difference though wouldn’t it. And the season ticket holders do get an incentive to exchange with whatever the voucher is. He’s right, it’s lazy and selfish to just let the seat go to waste. | |
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| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 09:55 - Jan 1 with 617 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 07:00 - Jan 1 by Tractor_Boy333 |
I briefly watched some of the Swansea game and their seemed lots of empty seats for that match, I said to my son top of the league and can’t fill the stadium that’s not a good sign if they win promotion and can’t win a few games early on. As for the fans leaving early against us well that was really embarrassing.
Realistically they’ve had a great first half of the season but in 2 games against us I didn’t see a lot of Premiership quality. Even their long throws were pretty poor in the second game and Mason-Clarke who looked a decent player at Portman Road was completely ineffective along with Simms and Wright. I really hope we don’t end up playing them in the play offs I’ve had enough of their fans always blaming the ref, parachute payments and injuries in their small squad. |
They didn’t look great against Swansea either. On recent showing, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them drop out of the top 2. But then people were saying the same about us in 23/24 and they could rally again. |  |
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| Cov owner having a dig at their fans for leaving early on 10:06 - Jan 1 with 558 views | football |
Did he pick up on his manager leaving early and not even shaking McKenna's hand?
if (?) they go up, when they get relegated It will be nice to see him refuse to accept parachute payments [Post edited 1 Jan 10:08]
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