MalcSB
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What does that mean?
Match Thread Supporter's Meeting with Doug King Match Thread (4 Viewers)
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Gynnsthetonic
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I'm sure he won't be making that decision alone, do you?
RobinsSkyBlues
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But with help from who?
I'm sorry if I come over as being too worried about what is about to happen. But over the years we have had some right dross as managers and rarely had a decent one. And now we're back in the market after years of stability.
The best thing we can do is wait for the next appointment to be made. I just wish I could be more hopeful for our short term future.
The watchmaker
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Like you I found the Talksport interview rather unconvincing. Doug realed it in a lot perhaps realising he overstepped last night. I feel yesterday and today raise an enormous number of questions but even if Robins came out and gave his own full and frank version of events we will never really have the full picture. I think we probably just need to let these threads die a natural death and move on.
Strongly agree with this. Things could get really messy if we turn on Doug/the team/the new manager over the next couple of months. I just don't want to go back 'there'.
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shmmeee
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Big Boomer energy in this post
fernandopartridge
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Fair enough and I get that
TomRad85
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Morning reminder.
Robins sacked because results over a prolonged period were poor and the owner saw we were trending towards a relegation battle, which was unacceptable. Home form being particularly concerning.
People didn't like it because they thought Doug removed Adi and forced a new coaching setup on Robins, even though that was clearly not the case, start acting like babies online.
Doug comes out to speak and confirm that the exact opposite it true.
People now cry like babies because they say that's unprofessional, although the real reason of course is it's made them look stupid. Conspiracy theories start to slowly ramp up again (this will be a fun few days/weeks.)
The end.
Robins sacked because results over a prolonged period were poor and the owner saw we were trending towards a relegation battle, which was unacceptable. Home form being particularly concerning.
People didn't like it because they thought Doug removed Adi and forced a new coaching setup on Robins, even though that was clearly not the case, start acting like babies online.
Doug comes out to speak and confirm that the exact opposite it true.
People now cry like babies because they say that's unprofessional, although the real reason of course is it's made them look stupid. Conspiracy theories start to slowly ramp up again (this will be a fun few days/weeks.)
The end.
WestEndAgro
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Sound's like you are
MalcSB
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Sky Blue Pete
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First paragraph isn’t what he said but he did imply it
Doesn’t help to be binary
Doug king is not an angel and robins isn’t the devil
Danger of giving all the details without a right of reply is it causes a split
edgy
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Cheap internet points m8. Come on Granddad.
shmmeee
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I was just making a joke because boomers don’t understand stuff. Beyond that nothing to do with me guv
TomRad85
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Who said he's the devil? He's a manager who did a very good job here but given more tools at his disposal got it wrong and wasn't delivering. If people accepted the most obvious explanation that would have been it, we say thank you very much for your service, you've done great but we're stagnating, good luck for the future. That's it!
Instead we got conspiracy theory overload, grown men absolute losing their minds and we end up with the fairly embarrassing spectacle we got the other night where many people were humbled upon receiving answers they didn't like.
Evo1883
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Yes mate because I tell you what , nothing beats promotions , playoff finals , 4 wembley visits and an fa cup semi final like giving somebody the benefit of the doubt ... I'm in
I think we need to put a line under this
I believe people are falling into three camps here
1. Doug King has told the full truth and it was all MR's fault and he had to act
2. MR has been shafted and Doug King has no idea about football
3. We will never know the full details, but things have not been right performance wise for a long time now, the FA Cup games against Wolves and Man United have glossed over poor performances in the league
I would like to think I'm in camp 3, I will wait and see who Doug appoints and will wait and see if the team starts performing as we want them too
That's not to say I'm not pissed off with losing MR, it's like moving away and losing a close friend etc, we all get on with life and things change along the way, sometimes for the better and sometimes not, but we adapt PUSB
I believe people are falling into three camps here
1. Doug King has told the full truth and it was all MR's fault and he had to act
2. MR has been shafted and Doug King has no idea about football
3. We will never know the full details, but things have not been right performance wise for a long time now, the FA Cup games against Wolves and Man United have glossed over poor performances in the league
I would like to think I'm in camp 3, I will wait and see who Doug appoints and will wait and see if the team starts performing as we want them too
That's not to say I'm not pissed off with losing MR, it's like moving away and losing a close friend etc, we all get on with life and things change along the way, sometimes for the better and sometimes not, but we adapt PUSB
Evo1883
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Away a few from this place that feast on absolute negativity and twitter where half the fans don't go and the other half have no idea what they're talking about ..
To the masses robins will never be zero and always a hero , to many of us that trawled all over the country with this club from rock bottom to where we are today he gave us an amazing 7 years and he helped restore this football club to one of the biggest football clubs in the championship currently.. there are kids in coventry that support coventry now not man utd and Liverpool etc
These people that have shit to say really should remember what he's helped give us all .
He's one of our greatest
Sky Blue Pete
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I think I can jump from all 3 depending on what time of day it is
I think 3 is correct
I don’t know how I’d feel if DK had just come out with results weren’t good enough and we had to act. I think I’d have said but we’ve been here before and robins has turned it round
To which dk could have said that was when he had a first team coach supporting him and we may have ended up in the same place
I think I as shocked as I’d assumed we’d never receive details about what happened with adi and suddenly despite an nds it was all laid bare
I still feel one can’t judge the decision without knowing the next 2 years. Dk is not a football man and doesn’t need to be if he has football people doing the football side of things
I also strongly feel that if robins left himself vulnerable then dk has made himself hugely vulnerable with how and when he’s taken this decision not necessarily why
The new thing that I’m nervous about now is what happens if he has a heart attack or gets knocked over. Who steps up, you have literally a single point of failure with him personally being the board
thekidfromstrettoncamp
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It's his money that he will lose if he gets it wrong.You can be sure he will get the very best advise he possibly can.
clint van damme
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Turning on King is not the same as turning on the team or the manager.
People were turning on King Saturday but they still backed the team.
Old Warwickshire lad
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He is not spending any of his own money.
beat me to it
skybluecam
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Rubbing your hands at the thought of us doing badly so you can stick it to people on the internetAlso .. if things go massively wrong from here , some of us will have great fun with certain posters
Grendel
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A split between who?
Jesus not this again.
Yes he is.
All the assets of Coventry City are his, any income that arises from them are is. Whether he then banks that income personally or reinvests it in the club is his decision. Either way it’s his money.
Grendel
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He also has clearly injected funds into the club - at least £6 million
Otis
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The People's Front of Judea and the Judean People's Front.
Sky Blue Pete
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Fan base
Old Warwickshire lad
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Yes he owns us and can do whatever he wants with the income.. But talk about spending his own money,and people think it is from his own sources away from the club.
He may be reinvesting the income generated from transfers and season tickets etc. Good for him,he doesn’t have to.
If all this goes tits up,he walks away without any danger of losing any of his own personal wealth.
Do I trust Doug King? Mmmm the jury is out, is it better than having SISU here? I sincerely hope so.
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peteCCFC
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As soon as it becomes a chore to watch, the mangers position must be questioned.
The next appointment is crucial for the future of the club and I hope this first thing he focuses on is restoring the amazing connection we've had with the team the last half dozen years, and the defense.
The next appointment is crucial for the future of the club and I hope this first thing he focuses on is restoring the amazing connection we've had with the team the last half dozen years, and the defense.
Yes he did