i Article (4 Viewers)

[Bugsy]

Coventry City's takeover has resurrected a special club and fans are learning to trust again

New owner Doug King has helped Coventry put the dark days of Sisu behind them - for once, the future looks bright

inews.co.uk

 

---

[BananaFlats]

Great read!

 

[skybluepm2]

Enjoyed that Bugsy, thanks for posting.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

That’s nice isn’t it?

 

[Gibbo]

You do know that once articles like that are being written we are doomed.

 

[SBT]

Bizarre article - the club’s current success on the pitch is primarily down to Robins and the team management, there hasn’t been much evidence of a Doug King effect at all so far. The big problems facing the club remain as yet unsolved.

 

[matesx]

the most boring takeover in history

 

[hill83]

Bizarre article - the club’s current success on the pitch is primarily down to Robins and the team management, there hasn’t been much evidence of a Doug King effect at all so far. The big problems facing the club remain as yet unsolved.

That’s pretty much what the article says though.

 

[SBT]

That’s pretty much what the article says though.

It says there are three main factors - to put Doug King up there with Gyokeres and Robins is laughable.

 

[NortonSkyBlue]

We are a special club, we are truly cursed and blessed, we are haunted by our recent past yet still have found a way to rise.
I find it bizarre that with all the management Merry-go-round, our unfashionable leader has not been courted to distraction by better opportunities, grateful yet surprised. Robins has earned the respect of his contemporaries and peers and in a results based game has delivered time after time. For us.
Disappointment has followed us like a bad smell for so long that the even the most optimistic are waiting for the fall but we should reflect on the progress made and be amazed at the journey.
I see the usual suspects are already finding fault with the article. Maybe they were happier being unhappy?

 

[skybluelee]

Great read. No mention of O'Hare's injury though, which is arguably the difference between fighting with 6 other teams for the play-offs and fighting with Sheff U for 2nd.

 

[Colin Steins Smile]

Good read. A couple of things he missed was the HMRC debt, leading to a transfer ban and the sale of Hyam

 

[rexo87]

It says there are three main factors - to put Doug King up there with Gyokeres and Robins is laughable.

Well if King hadn't come in in Jan, Vik would've been gone which would have completely derailed our season. So he's not wrong

Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

 

[long way home]

Right that's it lets go back to Tim Fishers amazing charm and wit and Joys death defying love and understanding of the what the game means to a City and its people. Im sick of this King already, never sticks to his word, constantly making false promises and is about to cash in on some of our better players without any attempt to keep them, been here 6 months and done nothing that shows the club is on a better path..

Anyone got the number of text a sub guy, maybe that fella who sat in the stand for months without anyone knowing he was the chairman . Or the one that turned up in Spain in shorts and his clipboard and then sat on the bench come a game day in shorts with his clipboard. Remember them days when we were skipping to home games in other peoples cities, thinking about what special thing the owners would do next....

Biggest game in years and a positive article on how we are turning the club round with a new owner potentially being the final piece in the jigsaw and some want to complain..

 

[ajsccfc]

I took King's role as a third protagonist to be more about optimism it creates for the future than what he's done since coming in.

I would add a fourth - that Michael Doyle goal where it looked like a clearance/tackle led everyone to believe that truly anything is possible.

 

[SBT]

Well if King hadn't come in in Jan, Vik would've been gone which would have completely derailed our season. So he's not wrong

Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

Well I’m not sure we can know that for certain - not that it’s mentioned in the article either way.

 

[rexo87]

Well I’m not sure we can know that for certain - not that it’s not mentioned in the article either way.

I don't really understand why you're complaining

Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

 

[SBT]

I don't really understand why you're complaining

Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

I suppose I just find the Doug King euphoria to be a little odd/premature, and I’d rather see the real architects of our success (Robins and the players) get the proper credit in the media. Anyone reading that headline/article would assume King has turned our season around - I don’t think that’s really right at all.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

We are a special club, we are truly cursed and blessed, we are haunted by our recent past yet still have found a way to rise.
I find it bizarre that with all the management Merry-go-round, our unfashionable leader has not been courted to distraction by better opportunities, grateful yet surprised. Robins has earned the respect of his contemporaries and peers and in a results based game has delivered time after time. For us.
Disappointment has followed us like a bad smell for so long that the even the most optimistic are waiting for the fall but we should reflect on the progress made and be amazed at the journey.
I see the usual suspects are already finding fault with the article. Maybe they were happier being unhappy?

You don’t know of courev

 

[hill83]

I suppose I just find the Doug King euphoria to be a little odd/premature, and I’d rather see the real architects of our success (Robins and the players) get the proper credit in the media. Anyone reading that headline/article would assume King has turned our season around - I don’t think that’s really right at all.

It’s one of those where the title doesn’t really match the article so I do get what you are saying. Even the article premise using the “3 main factors” doesn’t really follow up with saying it’s Doug that did it.

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

Well I’m not sure we can know that for certain - not that it’s mentioned in the article either way.

I think we can. SISU had zero interest or capability for that matter to bridge the gap this season. The forced Dom Hyam sale is physical proof of that.

Where else did you envisage the money coming from in order to see the club through until the end of the season if not from further sales?

 

[GaryPendrysEyes]

A good, thoughtful, well written article that. Congrats to the fella.

 

[Grendel]

It says there are three main factors - to put Doug King up there with Gyokeres and Robins is laughable.

It remains to be seen how king plays out but without his interjection it’s safe to say we wouldn’t be here at Blackburn looking at play offs