alexccfc99
Well-Known Member
Did they?
Did they?Didn't someone chuck a chair at him in a pub once?
Proper made me sad and angry but after we played on Saturday it was easier to faceDidn't someone chuck a chair at him in a pub once?
What if King is actually right?
Perhaps it’s the fans naive belief in Robins that risk us taking a massive backward step this year.
I was gutted as you and many of us were when the news dropped. Personally, I refused to believe it and thought my mates were pissing about.If he's right, then he's right. I'm big enough to say I'm wrong but I think people have short memories. DK is not a football man but he must think it's easy. Look at the amount of clubs that spend year on year and do nothing apart from change their manager. How much success did we have during our Championship years (& fall) before MR took over? The merry go round of managers.
You're definitely right about being naive though, I hoped that as a club, we had some loyalty in this modern era of football. As progression, last season was Robins worse. We still finished 9th and got to the semi-final of the FA cup. Robins has never taken us back.
Disagree, I believe it's a perfectly legitimate question to ask. Two seemingly successful background staff are no longer at the club ,No point asking why AV was sacked or why DL moved on, the answer isn't going to give you anything useful.
The focus of questions needs to be on what's happening next and nothing else.
If there’s levels involved then you won’t get a meaningful answer as both parties have an NDA.Disagree, I believe it's a perfectly legitimate question to ask. Two seemingly successful background staff are no longer at the club ,
" Mr King, why do you think they are no longer with the club?"
Whether he chooses to answer is not the point.
I was gutted as you and many of us were when the news dropped. Personally, I refused to believe it and thought my mates were pissing about.
Now the dust has settled, can anyone say that they’d have backed any other manager who’s been on the same run as Robins in 2024?
My answer to that is no. I agree that the club should have had the loyalty to give MR the chance to turn it around. Given at least until
Xmas and the chance to strengthen the squad in Jan. Equally, if Robins had lost the dressing room, then a bad situation could’ve got worse and relegation would’ve been a disaster and would half the value the value of our squad.
It pains me to say it, but we’ll see if the ruthless decision to sack Robins was the right one.
Forgive me if this has been asked but is the forum on the radio tonight ?
I was there , one of the mad hatters was sat in it at the timeDidn't someone chuck a chair at him in a pub once?
Yes. And a reaction program straight after I believe.
YesForgive me if this has been asked but is the forum on the radio tonight ?
I was gutted as you and many of us were when the news dropped. Personally, I refused to believe it and thought my mates were pissing about.
Now the dust has settled, can anyone say that they’d have backed any other manager who’s been on the same run as Robins in 2024?
My answer to that is no. I agree that the club should have had the loyalty to give MR the chance to turn it around. Given at least until
Xmas and the chance to strengthen the squad in Jan. Equally, if Robins had lost the dressing room, then a bad situation could’ve got worse and relegation would’ve been a disaster and would half the value the value of our squad.
It pains me to say it, but we’ll see if the ruthless decision to sack Robins was the right one.
"Can Oggy tell me how the keeper played today?"
Any idea if those attending have had pre-prepared questions given to them? For Doug King.
Doesn’t seem like the sort of businessman that walks into a forum like that, knowing he’ll be asked some very taxing and unvetted questions.
Exactly the opposite of what people assumed then, as per. Fair play to him, Joy and Tim would be hiding in their nuclear bunker.People on Twitter who are going have said no pre vetted Qs, just told not to swear as it’s live.
Exactly the opposite of what people assumed then, as per. Fair play to him, Joy and Tim would be hiding in their nuclear bunker.
Doug would rock a Kim Jong Un trim I reckon.Can’t believe they won’t let Pete call Doug a c**t live on the BBC. Basically North Korea.
Doug would rock a Kim Jong Un trim I reckon.
If there’s levels involved then you won’t get a meaningful answer as both parties have an NDA.
Dennis Lawrence leaving is no secret. He got a promotion, pay rise and moved closer to home. The definition of a no-brainer for him.
Im really keen to hear that doug is held to account and explain his actions. Whats done is done and Robins isnt coming back. I want to hear whats next, but i also want to hear the logic behind the timing of the decision and how this ties into the expectations upon the new person.
If Doug says this years target is now nothing more than consolidation then i want answers on why the treated Robins so poorly. If they are happy to accept the season as done, then I want to know why Robins couldnt have seen out the year and been given a farewell more respectful, with a replacement then appointed in the summer, with a whole pre season and transfer window to recruit.
I'm not accepting that we've 'wasted' a third of a season and so the new guy gets a season free pass, plenty of teams in history including ourselves have mounted Play Off challenges for where we are or worse positions.
The only way this decision is acceptable to me is if Doug has gambled that the new guy is going to deliver play offs this year. If thats the case i can semi respect the gamble, it either pays off or it doesnt.
Im really keen to hear that doug is held to account and explain his actions. Whats done is done and Robins isnt coming back. I want to hear whats next, but i also want to hear the logic behind the timing of the decision and how this ties into the expectations upon the new person.
If Doug says this years target is now nothing more than consolidation then i want answers on why the treated Robins so poorly. If they are happy to accept the season as done, then I want to know why Robins couldnt have seen out the year and been given a farewell more respectful, with a replacement then appointed in the summer, with a whole pre season and transfer window to recruit.
I'm not accepting that we've 'wasted' a third of a season and so the new guy gets a season free pass, plenty of teams in history including ourselves have mounted Play Off challenges for where we are or worse positions.
The only way this decision is acceptable to me is if Doug has gambled that the new guy is going to deliver play offs this year. If thats the case i can semi respect the gamble, it either pays off or it doesnt.
So would you have accepted it if we finished something like 12th and Robins was sacked in the summer?Im really keen to hear that doug is held to account and explain his actions. Whats done is done and Robins isnt coming back. I want to hear whats next, but i also want to hear the logic behind the timing of the decision and how this ties into the expectations upon the new person.
If Doug says this years target is now nothing more than consolidation then i want answers on why the treated Robins so poorly. If they are happy to accept the season as done, then I want to know why Robins couldnt have seen out the year and been given a farewell more respectful, with a replacement then appointed in the summer, with a whole pre season and transfer window to recruit.
I'm not accepting that we've 'wasted' a third of a season and so the new guy gets a season free pass, plenty of teams in history including ourselves have mounted Play Off challenges for where we are or worse positions.
The only way this decision is acceptable to me is if Doug has gambled that the new guy is going to deliver play offs this year. If thats the case i can semi respect the gamble, it either pays off or it doesnt.
The pain of losing our best manager in my lifetime is only compounded with the pain of knowing our owner is exactly the idiot we all feared he was.
Absolutely spot on. I was saying this over and over yesterday. It is pointless sacking Mark if the new guy isn't going to improve on what King presumed he was going to achieve. All this "third of the season has gone so he gets a free pass" stuff is nonsense. And unacceptable.
Have to disagree. People might not be explicity saying "free pass" but that's what they mean. There were a few comments yesterday advocating just that.Nobody is saying a free pass.
The point about the third of the season has gone is valid.
Absolutely spot on. I was saying this over and over yesterday. It is pointless sacking Mark if the new guy isn't going to improve on what King presumed he was going to achieve. All this "third of the season has gone so he gets a free pass" stuff is nonsense. And unacceptable.
Go on then, find oneHave to disagree. People might not be explicity saying "free pass" but that's what they mean. There were a few comments yesterday advocating just that.
The point about the third of the season has gone is valid.
with 2/3 games in hand and had more points than we did at the time of the sackingWe were 19th in November 2022. Finished 5th. No vadility at all.
Your head has gone and the fact people are liking your posts shows you aren't alone. Never seen anything like it, the reaction to this is worse than when we were bombed out to Northampton. Weird stuff.We were 19th in November 2022. Finished 5th. No vadility at all.
hardly a free pass
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