bigfatronssba
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If the project was my responsibility it would be down to me to make it very clear that the staff were not up to it
Not if you were given a bunch of people who were not up to standard to work with and your spend budget could .not complete the project to the required level
Robins certainly doesn't
Makes a mockery of what some have suggested is becoming some sort of Robins Out circle jerk. Quite the opposite i'd say.
I think if we stick with him he's taking us down, thought it for a few weeks now, he's been doing increasingly odd things and i cannot see him turning it around. No point in discussing it much further though. I guess wait until Luton pump us too.
What did Doug do to the playing side?
Yup. It's a major flaw in the business model.Not allowing loans. Only signing young players he thinks he can sell on as a profit. We badly need some experience on the pitch to help these young lads out.
I know it’s mentioned time and time again on here, but I would very much take it with a pinch of salt. I very much doubt a guy that knows nothing about football is dictating the transfers. What I do believe has happened, is DK has provided the funds, a lot of funds, and trusted them to spend wisely, which they haven’t.Not allowing loans. Only signing young players he thinks he can sell on as a profit. We badly need some experience on the pitch to help these young lads out.
I know I’m in the minority but I think this is shit. From a purely personal point of view, next time you’re having a tough time at work after several years of great performance maybe have a think about this. And yes I know I’ll be pounced on for saying it.
I just think it’s interesting to know what the fanbase is thinking, and if I was the owner of a football club who didn’t know jack shit about football I’d probably also be wanting to know what the people paying the tickets thought.
The difference between your job and Robins’ is that there’s not 30,000+ fans paying good money for you to be there. This forum was created exactly for fans to talk about the club, if we can’t discuss what people think of the manager then what’s the point?
Invested in facilities and a more modern coaching setup. Heinous crimes I know.
I know it’s mentioned time and time again on here, but I would very much take it with a pinch of salt. I very much doubt a guy that knows nothing about football is dictating the transfers. What I do believe has happened, is DK has provided the funds, a lot of funds, and trusted them to spend wisely, which they haven’t.
Everyone seems to want to have their own thread on this don't they.These polls are fucking embarrassing.
A thread to discuss the managers position would suffice, no need for a dozen and a poll every few days.
Didn't we try to sign a loan on deadline day? Didn't we also balls up signing Alan Browne?Yup. It's a major flaw in the business model.
That seems to be the case, yes.Didn't we try to sign a loan on deadline day? Didn't we also balls up signing Alan Browne?
Didn't we try to sign a loan on deadline day? Didn't we also balls up signing Alan Browne?
There’s an agenda against Doug/Football owners, everyone blames the owners when things aren’t right on the pitch at every club.Well more than one ITK has said that is the case. And if it is. If. Then that is interfering in the playing side.
Leeds have signed a 34 year old free agent today. If it's good enough for Leeds...
Interesting what rumours we choose to believe then.Did we? We're the only Championship side without a loanee.
It cant be that difficult to sort out. Anyone with half a brain knows why we haven't got one.
Interesting what rumours we choose to believe then.
Doug sent Will to his house to take him out.We were going to sign James McConnell from Liverpool on loan but he got injured
I think it would be handy to have 1 or 2 yes, sounds like we tried 1. Not sure that's an excuse to have this squad third from bottom though.I'm never said it's not true, but trying to get it over the line on the last day snacks of realising your policy is bollocks but by then it was too late.
And we'll know in January either way because he'll either make amends or carry on with the policy.
Do you think not utilising the loan market Is a good idea?
Doug sent Will to his house to take him out.
I think it would be handy to have 1 or 2 yes, sounds like we tried 1. Not sure that's an excuse to have this squad third from bottom though.
Interesting what rumours we choose to believe then.
Maybe not. Didn't hear many on here suggesting we'd be in a relegation battle because we didn't sign a loan though. I wanted another midfielder, many were ok with it as it was. It's been pathetic.We tried!
Not fucking hard enough clearly.
Maybe not. Didn't hear many on here suggesting we'd be in a relegation battle because we didn't sign a loan though. I wanted another midfielder, many were ok with it as it was. It's been pathetic.
As a matter of interest, who was saying it was fine as it was?
I was very concerned. Knew that Allen and Sheaf were always injury prone and that we had lost Palmer too.
Left us well short. Who was saying we had enough cover? Just seems very naive for anyone to think that.
Mad then that really isn't it.Yes, many of us expressed concerns though there were people who thought we'd be OK. Can't remember which posters now.
Mad then that really isn't it.
We definitely look short in the midfield. Sheaf is always picking up knocks and so too, Jamie Allen.
Doesn't leave us with much at all does it
Do you think this squad should be third from bottom?We've clearly pursued a certain recruitment strategy and its bit us on the arse.
Not sure why you can't admit that.
Of course there are other factors but, and I'm getting sick of saying it, 3 cornerstones of Robins success, experience, an assistant, utilising loans.
All gone, and in the case of the first 1 and 3, it's obvious why.
Unless you believe Robins decided to rip up the blueprint that brought him so much success.
That we agree on.Missing out on Browne was a huge fuck up, whoever was responsible.
You can respond to my posts I won't bite. Loads on here suggested if 'the right' player wasn't available then its best to do nothing. Personally I felt we were so short we should have been looking at our 10th choice if that's all that was available.As a matter of interest, who was saying it was fine as it was?
I was very concerned. Knew that Allen and Sheaf were always injury prone and that we had lost Palmer too.
Left us well short. Who was saying we had enough cover? Just seems very naive for anyone to think that.
Do you think this squad should be third from bottom?
Do you think there's no chance someone else could get a tune out of them?
I don't actually care about anything other than not being total shit at this point. In my opinion employing someone who at least looks like they have a plan would help. In yours I guess not. We're going round in circles really.
You can't guarantee anything in football can you? At some point you have to go with gut feeling, and my feeling is Robins is getting us relegated. I'm not Doug King so what I think isn't important anyway.I'd only be interested in long term improvement. And how do you guarantee that?
Not interested in bringing someone in to bounce, regress, sack, pay compo rinse repeat.
And that's a path we've been down before as have most the Championship. AndIm fairly sure that's what would happen.
And what type of candidates do you think we'd go for?
Someone doing well elsewhere? That would require compo, if they insist on bringing their own staff, thats more compo to their club plus compo to the staff we replace.
And if we do that then what does that say about the current set up?
Alternatively, there's the cheap option, someone out of work who'll happily work with the current set up, that smacks of desperation to me and we'll be back to square one in no time.
And what if the problem starts from above you and you are expected to work with what you are given?If the project was my responsibility it would be down to me to make it very clear that the staff were not up to it
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