Match Thread Supporter's Meeting with Doug King Match Thread (47 Viewers)

[Ring Of Steel]

Sounds like it was a bit of a farce?

yep

if you’re a manager you’d probably be thinking twice about getting involved seeing the owner royally throw the previous incumbent under a bus, even after doing well previously.

 

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[Nick]

Thought he got a bit arsey with her at one stage

She went in for him and lost her head a bit, she got a bit back didn't she?

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

So why didn't doug make sure one was appointed?

He said he didn’t want to tell Robins what to do which is fair enough.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Bit of a shambles really they couldn't appoint a new number 2 between them

 

[djr8369]

Why did they feel that disclaimer was needed

‘Adi and Mark are not here to offer comment’

Yeah and then hammered it home. Of course they’re not there ffs and just reduces it to seeming like tittle tattle.

 

[Ibby]

The Sky Blues Fancast Live - Fans Forum with Coventry City owner Doug King - BBC Sounds

Rob Gurney, Clive Eakin and Lorna Bailey host a live Fans Forum with Doug King.

www.bbc.co.uk

It's a shame breaking the coaching set up.

 

[SkyBluePower]

Bit weird giving Rob Gurney a clap. That would have been far more productive with a single, professional interviewer picking apart answers. Obviously accept that it was a fans' forum, of course.

There will be a Gurney/Eakin stand off like Adi and Mark before this season is over. They clearly can’t stand each other .
Maybe Gurney will have a massive swearathon again.


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[BackRoomRummermill]

DK if he is lying will be sued by MR for Millions - personally I don’t think he is lying , puts a whole new frame on it ….

 

[clint van damme]

This.

I don't wanna argue with you but you have to just stop digging ya heels in at this point. Doug isn't some evil person

See my reply you clown. You've jumped on the post that mentioned sisu without reading what it was in response to.

 

[Evo1883]

He said he didn’t want to tell Robins what to do which is fair enough.

What im confused , did mark want n2 ?

 

[Osullivan18]

I'm sure people mentioned, but interesting he said he told MR without a number 2 he would get found out or exposed.... Very interesting thing to say

 

[Evo1883]

Perhaps he put the onus onto MR to find one

Not his job really is it , I mean on his own

 

[djr8369]

ITK reported a fall out between them

The interview Adi did said as much didn’t it which was part of it? Or was that the second interview he referred to?

 

[Jamesimus]

Thought he got a bit arsey with her at one stage

Yeah I don’t like being asked the same question twice in a row tbf, but he could have been a little cooler about it for sure.

 

[skybluecam]

Sounds like it was a bit of a farce?

It was brutal honesty.

Definitely worth listening to at least the first half

Probably hasn't helped us in some ways, but considering the abuse King has received I can see why he wanted to set the record straight on certain points (Adi's dismissal, coaching structure, performance director etc.)

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

There will be a Gurney/Eakin stand off like Adi and Mark before this season is over. They clearly can’t stand each other .
Maybe Gurney will have a massive swearathon again.


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To many cooks tonight for sure

 

[Ring Of Steel]

Seriously, you talk so much nonsense. Trying to catastrophize stuff, you may have a point if we hadn't had so much going on.

It is all true, can you pick out which parts of my statement aren’t true please?

no manager
No assistant manager
No manager in sight
Coaches that the owner just basically said are crap
Divisions in the fanbase
The owner chucking the previous manager under a bus

which of those are untrue? I’ll wait

 

[nicksar]

I think it was the adrenaline rather than nerves.

There was one part where a Doug King became a bit emotional for sure.
My main take outs are that at last we know it was Mark Robins who told Doug King he could no longer work with Adi Viveash and also the confirmation that Mark Robins had the final say on players signed.
The other thing I think he implied was that the people interviewed previously for head coach role didn't want to work alongside Mark Robins.

 

[Deity]

DK has handed the conspiracy theorists their arse on a plate.

 

[quinn1971]

Did anybody seriously think that the Dr Claire woman picks the team and tactics rather than what he explained?

you mean she didn’t advise robins to play rudoni left back i‘ve read some shocking stuff said about her from people that don’t even know what her job is

 

[wingy]

Adi played away and Squeaky is appalled?

 

[sw88]

They need to stop calling him DK .

Coincidence that he’s become DK and the word of the night is ‘Deck’? Is he having more of an influence that we realised

 

[Ring Of Steel]

DK if he is lying will be sued by MR for Millions - personally I don’t think he is lying , puts a whole new frame on it ….

sued for what? Unless someone has it in black and white that the other did something, nobody is getting sued for anything.

 

[skybluecam]

It is all true, can you pick out which parts of my statement aren’t true please?

no manager
No assistant manager
No manager in sight
Coaches that the owner just basically said are crap
Divisions in the fanbase
The owner chucking the previous manager under a bus

which of those are untrue? I’ll wait

Doug said he's aiming to appoint a manager before the next game so half of those will be solved at that point. Calm down dear.

 

[Nick]

It is all true, can you pick out which parts of my statement aren’t true please?

no manager
No assistant manager
No manager in sight
Coaches that the owner just basically said are crap
Divisions in the fanbase
The owner chucking the previous manager under a bus

which of those are untrue? I’ll wait

You aren't as clever as you think, I said you are trying to catastrophize shit as the worst after the past 10 or so years we have had.

I could say "today is Monday, it's the end of the world"

Doesn't mean today isn't Monday.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Not his job really is it , I mean on his own

I agree it wouldn't or at least shouldn't be

 

[clint van damme]

DK has handed the conspiracy theorists their arse on a plate.

What the fuck are you on about?
Stop embarrassing yourself.

 

[torchomatic]

We've only heard one side so you have to take things with a pinch of salt.

Things will be a lot more nuanced, I would imagine.

King will naturally paint things from his own perspective.

 

[Hobo]

I think it was the adrenaline rather than nerves.

subsidence

How many days hashe had to let adrenaline subside? He is the top guy, Sounded. nervous

 

[Nick]

There was one part where a Doug King became a bit emotional for sure.
My main take outs are that at last we know it was Mark Robins who told Doug King he could no longer work with Adi Viveash and also the confirmation that Mark Robins had the final say on players signed.
The other thing I think he implied was that the people interviewed previously for head coach role didn't want to work alongside Mark Robins.

To be fair, he said as a number 2. He wasn't saying it was Robins putting them off.

 

[shmmeee]

There was one part where a Doug King became a bit emotional for sure.
My main take outs are that at last we know it was Mark Robins who told Doug King he could no longer work with Adi Viveash and also the confirmation that Mark Robins had the final say on players signed.
The other thing I think he implied was that the people interviewed previously for head coach role didn't want to work alongside Mark Robins.

No problem with emotion from the owner tbh

 

[hill83]

Love you Mark

 

[Ring Of Steel]

You aren't as clever as you think, I said you are trying to catastrophize shit as the worst after the past 10 or so years we have had.

I could say "today is Monday, it's the end of the world"

Doesn't mean today isn't Monday.

so they’re all true- thank you

 

[Blind-Faith]

The severance terms being worked on as we speak for Robins means we will not hear his side of things.

Which makes me think DK can say what almost anything he wants as there will be no come back? So I’m taking what has been said tonight with a huge pinch of salt

 

[bigfatronssba]

CWR saying they’ll try and get Robins to reply in next few days.

He’ll probably blame it all on Viveash