Doug got it right (11 Viewers)

[robbiethemole]

Do we think we'd have signed Matt Grimes if MR was still gaffa?, or put Dovin and Kitchin back in the side, I can't accept we would have sadly.

 

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[clint van damme]

Frank Lampard really has been a breath of fresh air so far, and I think we've benefited a lot from the coaches that he's come with as well.
Even if we don't make the play offs this year, we appear to be going in the right direction for next season.

I personally don't yet really feel as much of a connection with him as I did with the Mark Robins, but that's no fault of Frank to be fair, and more I think I can't help but still see him as a big name global superstar ("Frank Lampard's Coventry City", etc).
Got a feeling he won't be with us as long as Robins was (don't think Doug King will either), but if he leaves us sitting in the Premier League, fine by me!

In all probability it will be a very long time before we have another manager who's here as long as Robins.
I think the 3rd longest serving manager in the country is now on 6 years
Managers lasting more than 3 years at the same Club are pretty rare

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

There was more to it than poor form I agree, but there was lies chucked in there and an attempt to portray that Robins could only survive with AV and his bibs and cones. Clearly MR was going through a tough time personally with bereavement too.

Lampard has started really well, credit to him. But we haven’t made the play offs or the play off final yet. Robins delivered a PO Final and a Semi Final of the FA Cup when asked for a cup run. I would wait until May to see where we finish before making a conclusion. We have got picked apart by teams with a bit of quality like Leeds and Ipswich and it’s quality teams we’ll need to beat in the big moments. The ‘deck’ we’ve got is still behind the 2023 PO Final team IMO.

Lampard is definitely heading in the right direction but let’s get there first.

I'll judge Frank Lampard next season, this season, the squad of players are all Mark Robins, with the exception being Matty Grimes.

 

[AOM]

In all probability it will be a very long time before we have another manager who's here as long as Robins.
I think the 3rd longest serving manager in the country is now on 6 years
Managers lasting more than 3 years at the same Club are pretty rare

Yep, very true. Probably also why there was such a fallout when Robins was eventually let go.
So far it does seem to have been the correct decision overall, even if it aspects of how it happened still don't really sit well with me

 

[clint van damme]

I'll judge Frank Lampard next season, this season, the squad of players are all Mark Robins, with the exception being Matty Grimes.

He's doing a cracking job.
And I can't see there being a massive churn of players close season.
Ìs there a néed for it?

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

He's doing a cracking job.
And I can't see there being a massive churn of players close season.
Ìs there a néed for it?

Agree, might just need a bit of tinkering, definitely need a left back it all depends if we sell any of our players.

 

[covcity4life]

Agenda crew?
King set an arbitrary target that wasn't met.
It was an error on his part.
The fact it wasn't met yet the team has gone on to thrive shows it was an error. Its not the first time he's made a rod for people's backs with these sort of statements.

Fortunately he's out the limelight now which is where all football chairmen and women should be.

Regardless of if he should have set it or not it still doesn't mean fans should have held on to it so much. They did so as it was a stick to hit king with rather than an indication lampard wasn't gonna do well if people are honest.

 

[Captain Dart]

I'll judge Frank Lampard next season, this season, the squad of players are all Mark Robins, with the exception being Matty Grimes.

Dean Austin"s mate, Dean Austin's.

 

[Lamps]

Lampard isn't above criticism or pointing out things he has got wrong. (Norwich was one I think).

There are a couple of people on here who are fucking obsessed with him though and can tell it's hurting them we are doing well. So yeah, they should fuck off and watch Stoke (The "Lampard doesn't care about CCFC at all" rant was hilarious)

Did he get it wrong though? A great goal and a mistake. If they didn't happen we would have won and he would have done the right thing.

 

[Nick]

Did he get it wrong though? A great goal and a mistake. If they didn't happen we would have won and he would have done the right thing.

In that case he did because he should have changed it up instead of watching BTA give the ball away any time it came near him and the pressure back on us.

 

[Lamps]

In that case he did because he should have changed it up instead of watching BTA give the ball away any time it came near him and the pressure back on us.

Fine lines. A manager makes a change. It works or it doesn't.

 

[Nick]

Fine lines. A manager makes a change. It works or it doesn't.

He isn't above criticism for stuff like that and discussion about it, that was my point.

 

[Lamps]

He isn't above criticism for stuff like that and discussion about it, that was my point.

No he isn't. But putting fresh legs on when there wasn't much to choose from?

 

[clint van damme]

Regardless of if he should have set it or not it still doesn't mean fans should have held on to it so much. They did so as it was a stick to hit king with rather than an indication lampard wasn't gonna do well if people are honest.

Well they wouldn't have been able to use it as a stick if he hadn't of conjured it up!
And your initial response was to someone posting a resurfaced tweet from a Championship podcast not a CCFC one so I doubt they had agenda, but that just shows how stuff like this gains traction.

 

[covcity4life]

Well they wouldn't have been able to use it as a stick if he hadn't of conjured it up!
And your initial response was to someone posting a resurfaced tweet from a Championship podcast not a CCFC one so I doubt they had agenda, but that just shows how stuff like this gains traction.

I get the first point but just because he shouldn't have done it doesnt means fans couldn't think for themselves still.

Take ya second point tho about championship podcast. Altho I was replying to him saying remember when everyone lost their minds on here

 

[Tommo1993]

So people will judge Lampard next season because this is Robins’ squad of players that he was no longer getting a tune out of… for quite a while as well

 

[Nick]

Well they wouldn't have been able to use it as a stick if he hadn't of conjured it up!
And your initial response was to someone posting a resurfaced tweet from a Championship podcast not a CCFC one so I doubt they had agenda, but that just shows how stuff like this gains traction.

To be fair, the Championship podcasts often just talk utter shit. Nearly as bad as the cov ones who just copy and paste and add emojis.

 

[clint van damme]

To be fair, the Championship podcasts often just talk utter shit. Nearly as bad as the cov ones who just copy and paste and add emojis.

That maybe so, I dont listen to the football ones personally,, but they couldn't have discussed it if he hadn't said it!
But as I say, he's back in the background now so hopefully he stays there.

 

[Lamps]

So people will judge Lampard next season because this is Robins’ squad of players that he was no longer getting a tune out of… for quite a while as well

No chance. Will judge Lampard this season. If he didn't manage to turn things around this season he would have been called shite. He has done an amazing job so far. He won't get everything right but will deserve a bit of slack after what he's done for us.

 

[clint van damme]

So people will judge Lampard next season because this is Robins’ squad of players that he was no longer getting a tune out of… for quite a while as well

To be fair, I think it's one person, unless I've missed some others.

 

[Evo1883]

End of the day , if lampard leaves this club with half the admiration and the legacy that mark has then he will have done well and that benefits us all .

Why people feel the need to compare the 2 is beyond me ... mark Robins doesn't need to be defended here because his achievements are in black and white

Took us on in bad times
2 promotions
1 checkatrade trophy win
1 fa cup semi final
6 years of continued progression
1 playoff final defeat

Some of this whilst groundsharing

One of our greatest , Full stop


All we are doing is arguing for no reason

 

[Lamps]

All we are doing is arguing for no reason

Welcome to SBT

 

[CovValleyBoy]

End of the day , if lampard leaves this club with half the admiration and the legacy that mark has then he will have done well and that benefits us all .

Why people feel the need to compare the 2 is beyond me ... mark Robins doesn't need to be defended here because his achievements are in black and white

Took us on in bad times
2 promotions
1 checkatrade trophy win
1 fa cup semi final
6 years of continued progression
1 playoff final defeat

Some of this whilst groundsharing

One of our greatest , Full stop


All we are doing is arguing for no reason

he might be adding Stoke relegated to his cv.

 

[Evo1883]

he might be adding Stoke relegated to his cv.

What he does at stoke means absolutely nothing to me , he gave me really good years at my club which is all I care about

 

[Lamps]

he might be adding Stoke relegated to his cv.

He might take them up next season.

I'd prefer to go on facts rather than guesses. Brilliant manager for us when we couldn't even see a flicker of light at the end of a very long tunnel. Non league was much closer than the Championship and a penalty shootout to get to the Prem. Or even a toenail away from only our second FA cup final in our whole history.

This is getting silly. Robins was brilliant for us. He is now gone. Lampard is doing brilliant for us.

 

[rockwoodfleet]

I pointed it out at the time how silly it was but the agenda crew was in full force at this point. Funny that they had no idea they were about to crumble and eat humble pie very soon.

Oh, the agenda crew loved it. Lapping it up and saying Doug was a twat and how right they were about him. Now they post trying to backtrack and make out their posts were taken out of context.

 

[Evo1883]

Oh, the agenda crew loved it. Lapping it up and saying Doug was a twat and how right they were about him. Now they post trying to backtrack and make out their posts were taken out of context.

If it helps I still think dougs a twat , but not everybody will like an owner

 

[clint van damme]

Oh, the agenda crew loved it. Lapping it up and saying Doug was a twat and how right they were about him. Now they post trying to backtrack and make out their posts were taken out of context.

Can you link these posts?

 

[CovValleyBoy]

If it helps I still think dougs a twat , but not everybody will like an owner

If it helps who ?

 

[Evo1883]

If it helps who ?

Anybody

 

[Tommo1993]

Don’t know if Doug’s a twat. I just know I’ve always completely disagreed with singing songs about him. Especially that fucking shite one I’ve started hearing again.

 

[Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue]

I'll judge Frank Lampard next season, this season, the squad of players are all Mark Robins, with the exception being Matty Grimes.

So if Lampard gets us promoted, you’ll be giving Mark Robins the credit then?!

 

[Evo1883]

Don’t know if Doug’s a twat. I just know I’ve always completely disagreed with singing songs about him. Especially that fucking shite one I’ve started hearing again.

Just seen this on twitter and thought you deserved it thrown at you in response mate

because this cat looks like a twat too

 

[hill83]

Don’t know if Doug’s a twat. I just know I’ve always completely disagreed with singing songs about him. Especially that fucking shite one I’ve started hearing again.

 

[Tommo1993]

Just seen this on twitter and thought you deserved it thrown at you in response mate

because this cat looks like a twat too View attachment 41669

Don’t, Tile Hill. You’ve caused that thing where Hanna asks why I’m laughing at my phone.