Hard to see anything in that article that would make Robins upsetYeah the Telegraph article that apparently kicked it all off was in April I think.
Hard to see anything in that article that would make Robins upset
Hard to see anything in that article that would make Robins upset
I remember 12 months ago, and the feeling of optimism around the club & the fans. We beat Leicester at the CBS, and thrashed Oxford in the cup.
O’Hare was back and firing. Sakamoto, Wright & Simms were blooming, and we had a solid CB partnership in Thomas & Kitching.
Then…….
Dennis Lawrence leaves, with rumours that we wouldn’t pay what he wanted.
O’Hare is dropped in February and barely gets much game time until the end of the season. A fallout with Robins or Adi? His contract negotiations were going on months before this, and he was playing.
The dramatic total loss of form after the magical Wolves win. That kind of win and performance should galvanise a team. Leeds & Man U aside, our results, and performances were awful. 6 defeats in the last 9 league games. Was this the time that Adi & MR had their fallout?
As I’ve said before it’s a mixture of things, circumstance, bad luck, and some decisions.Dennis Lawrence left to be closer to his family in the Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago, if I remember correctly), nothing to do with us not paying him enough. Not replacing him adequately was a massive mistake, and I feel definitely contributed to our downfall in form.
Lawrence left as he was offered the assistant manager position at Minnesota got nothing to do with not being offered enough money.I remember 12 months ago, and the feeling of optimism around the club & the fans. We beat Leicester at the CBS, and thrashed Oxford in the cup.
O’Hare was back and firing. Sakamoto, Wright & Simms were blooming, and we had a solid CB partnership in Thomas & Kitching.
Then…….
Dennis Lawrence leaves, with rumours that we wouldn’t pay what he wanted.
O’Hare is dropped in February and barely gets much game time until the end of the season. A fallout with Robins or Adi? His contract negotiations were going on months before this, and he was playing.
The dramatic total loss of form after the magical Wolves win. That kind of win and performance should galvanise a team. Leeds & Man U aside, our results, and performances were awful. 6 defeats in the last 9 league games. Was this the time that Adi & MR had their fallout?
There’s a lack of depth across the board.I think the failure to recruit any depth out wide and Sakamoto's injury goes under the radar a bit.
You can almost pinpoint our loss of form in the league to the moment of his injury.
There is a guy who sits near me at the CBS and likes spouting that he's in the know about X,Y and Z. To be fair to him the majority of what he says turns out to be true, Palmer not being offered a new contract and O'hare going being just 2 of the nuggets that he's shared on a match day. The very start of this season he said that whatever had happened to end up with Ady leaving would stay behind closed doors because if it got out it would either cause or affect (I can't remember his exact words) a legal issue. Now that is still quite generic and could be 101 different things, but I suspect he isn't far wrong because I would have expected there to be more known about it by now.
If you read Kings interview apparently it was Adi who got the hump over a Robins interview.
That was his response, Robins didn't like it and it escalated.
I agree there seemed to be nothing in it, and the same goes for the original Robins interview but there's obviously egos involved.
Then there's the matter, and I think I've got this right, of King claiming the Viveash interview wasn't sanctioned by the club and Turner claiming the club press officer was present!
Okay, so what does Saddlebrains actually look like then?There is a guy who sits near me at the CBS and likes spouting that he's in the know about X,Y and Z. To be fair to him the majority of what he says turns out to be true, Palmer not being offered a new contract and O'hare going being just 2 of the nuggets that he's shared on a match day. The very start of this season he said that whatever had happened to end up with Ady leaving would stay behind closed doors because if it got out it would either cause or affect (I can't remember his exact words) a legal issue. Now that is still quite generic and could be 101 different things, but I suspect he isn't far wrong because I would have expected there to be more known about it by now.
On the Robins front it is clear he had the right team behind him up until DL left and ever since things just haven't been the same.
Aren't X,Y,andZ towards the back, thought everyone new that.Okay, so what does Saddlebrains actually look like then?
If you read Kings interview apparently it was Adi who got the hump over a Robins interview.
That was his response, Robins didn't like it and it escalated.
I agree there seemed to be nothing in it, and the same goes for the original Robins interview but there's obviously egos involved.
Then there's the matter, and I think I've got this right, of King claiming the Viveash interview wasn't sanctioned by the club and Turner claiming the club press officer was present!
And the other thing which the OP rightly points out, is the freezing out of O’Hare. It wasn’t that much of a surprise that he didn’t sign for us, I can’t think that he felt wanted.
Turner was telling the truth, club were fully aware both were doing interviews
Turner was telling the truth, club were fully aware both were doing interviews
Shame it went wrong like that, and that it couldn’t be resolved.That was because he decided to throw a wobbler for being took off at Albion away. A set to took place between him and the coaching staff. Doug got wind and withdrew his contract offer
This was only reinstated on Robins say so 6 or so weeks later but the damage was done. We then made another last ditch attempt in the summer
Mad that the club would lie about that.
Especially when it was all pretty innocuous and sounds like it only escalated because Robins and viveash decided to act like a pair of divas.
So summarising so far, we can choose between:-
a) MR and AV fell out over a newspaper interview
b) AV had an affair with someone in or related to the club
c) Dennis Lawrence left and wasnt replaced adequately
d) Poor signings
e) O'Hare and Palmer left for various reasons in less than savoury manners
f) AV left for disciplinary reasons based upon bullying young players.
g) Doctor Claire has caused havoc with her methods
h) No leadership on the pitch
i) Injuries and burnout to key players
Anything I have missed, as I am confused?
Whatever has happened, it’s sad, really sad that it all seemingly set off chain reaction that has dismantled 7 years of amazing work. That’s the really shit part.There's quite a few things I think they've been economical with the truth on. But then again, that's opposed to what ive been told, so I suppose it's just a case of believing whichever you want too. That's what makes places like this great, all manner of opinion and views
This is such an unbelievably stupid way to run a business that unfortunately I have a hard time believing it’s true.That was because he decided to throw a wobbler for being took off at Albion away. A set to took place between him and the coaching staff. Doug got wind and withdrew his contract offer
Whatever has happened, it’s sad, really sad that it all seemingly set off chain reaction that has dismantled 7 years of amazing work. That’s the really shit part.
there is clearly more to MR/AV also, they haven’t fallen out irreversibly over that article….clearly there is some wild theories, but there’s more to it.
then there’s king, some good, some bad. My biggest annoyance, like him to be little more visible now, when things are not good, that’s what good leaders do, own it, be brave, don’t hide.
This is such an unbelievably stupid way to run a business that unfortunately I have a hard time believing it’s true.
Is it hard to believe that Doug King deliberately torpedoed contract talks with one of our most valuable players over a game-day conversation that neither involved him nor was he even present for? Actually, yes.That's fair enough, as I say we all have different views and opinions. But I would say ask yourself this, knowing how much we have regressed on the field, knowing Doug is 'the board' and has cart blanche over all goings on at the club, which is pretty well known and even admitted by himself in interviews, is it really that hard to believe?
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