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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 21/04/2019 16:58 by AdminBTCov.

An on going theme of our season, have thrown away god knows how many points to lose by not that many.

However, our points against tally shows exactly where the problems lie. Having stood firm at home to be almost safe. we've fallen apart and don't look like winning another game this season.

Needs fixing.

Congratulations on maintaining your Championship status from Yorkshire. It was always going to be a very different experience from the win everything by 30 points in Nat 1, probably more for the fans than the team.
You can now stabilise and build, and with Ryan Burrows heading your way you should be solid next season.

Thanks for you post. Its great to hear some sense from a neutral stand point. Our fans are great but sometimes expect too much and forget our key objective of this season which was to survive. After 20 minutes of our first game v Jersey we would have ripped your hand off if you had offered our current position.

Good luck with your quest next season... Unfortunately you seem to be the first of what I fear will be many victims of this fantastic game that is spiralling out of control monetary wise. Something has to give as rugby cannot survive in its current predicament.

See you next season 👍🏉

Our biggest signing will be who we announce as defence coach. The timing of Narraway's depature was unfortunate and has had a great impact on our season.

Our fans, me included, perhaps got carried away with our early form. But as I have said before the second sesson after promotion can be tougher than the first.

We have a lot of good players at the club, we have had our share of injuries and teams can take time to gel, it doesnt necessarilly happen after a few games.

I have had my little rant on another post, but I have calmed down a little. My final comment regarding yesterday's game against Nottingham regards John Butler. I always look forward to his totally unbiased version of the game, and his comment on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire radio regarding some of the referee's interpretation of the game being indifferent at times must mean he had a stinker, because I have rarely heard John show any criticism of officials before. Keep up the good work John, as I am sure others agree your comments are always spot on

I agree, good to be safe and we had a roller coaster ride this season. However, the cup competition should have helped with our league form, in that players gained experience of this level without our league status at stake.

One thing is certain, the cash rich clubs with 2-300 fans are disproportionately affecting rugby at upper national league level. On pitch results should be married to a club's off pitch situation, fanbase, stadium, local impact, player development, school liaison and partnerships etc;

We cannot continue to allow a rich man's play thing or premiership feeder club using academy and fringe players to take club places at NL1 and above.

Without a fanbase and all the other things including potential, what are they ? Just a team playing rugby in a field of grass in the back of beyond ? The EFL need to act and require increased minimum standards for each step up.

Rugby is being ruined financially by driving thousands of fans away from the big traditional clubs, they are being denied competition and sponsorship support due to slipping down the league ladder.

Look at Cov, 9th in the league and second only to London Irish having a higher average home gate. Big traditional club, as I mentioned.

EFL? Doubt they're very interested!



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EFL? Doubt they're very interested! 😉

I know, but please, let me have my rant :-)

I'm calm now, honest ;-)

To be technically correct, our average gate for the season is 3rd behind London Irish & Bedford

Of course CK!
JB, I assumed that was the case, but wasn't sure if Bedford had drawn in two men and a dog yesterday and we'd overtaken them

Cov's excellent gate yesterday was bigger than Bedford's, but not big enough to radically alter the average for the season.
Prior to yesterday, Bedford's average 2,563 & Cov 2,258. Figures I stress are based upon the accuracy of Statbunker, which can be dodgy, but I guess we have to go with it.

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Cov's excellent gate yesterday was bigger than Bedford's, but not big enough to radically alter the average for the season.
Prior to yesterday, Bedford's average 2,563 & Cov 2,258. Figures I stress are based upon the accuracy of Statbunker, which can be dodgy, but I guess we have to go with it.

Official stats are issued from 'HQ' after each round and sent by email to those registered on the GKIPAC media release list. You should be able to get hold of them John, altho' frustratingly they aren't available online. The figures given for average crowds - before yesterday - were 2,499 (Blues) and 2,258 (Cov).

I really must get my varifocals checked, I missed Bedford Blues average gate on statbunker completely. But again, they are one of the traditional clubs with half decent support so proving my point.

We know that Cov, Bedford Blues and very few others have the potential to progress into the premiership without making a mockery of it crowd wise.

Just imagine Ealing, Loughborough or Hartpury getting there, if it were allowed.

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I really must get my varifocals checked, I missed Bedford Blues average gate on statbunker completely. But again, they are one of the traditional clubs with half decent support so proving my point.
We know that Cov, Bedford Blues and very few others have the potential to progress into the premiership without making a mockery of it crowd wise.

Just imagine Ealing, Loughborough or Hartpury getting there, if it were allowed.

You might be surprised at how many supporters would come out of the woodwork once a team reaches the Premiership...

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covkid53
I really must get my varifocals checked, I missed Bedford Blues average gate on statbunker completely. But again, they are one of the traditional clubs with half decent support so proving my point.
We know that Cov, Bedford Blues and very few others have the potential to progress into the premiership without making a mockery of it crowd wise.

Just imagine Ealing, Loughborough or Hartpury getting there, if it were allowed.

Where would Cov play if they were promoted?

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covkid53
I really must get my varifocals checked, I missed Bedford Blues average gate on statbunker completely. But again, they are one of the traditional clubs with half decent support so proving my point.
We know that Cov, Bedford Blues and very few others have the potential to progress into the premiership without making a mockery of it crowd wise.

Just imagine Ealing, Loughborough or Hartpury getting there, if it were allowed.

Where would Cov play if they were promoted?

Coventry City's new stadium?

Updated to add pictures and links.
Apologies for the delay.