Grendel
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What on earth are you blabbering on about now? Still bearing a grudge that your dads choice of Preston “I’ve gone bankrupt” Haskell didn’t get the gig?
Let it go
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What on earth are you blabbering on about now? Still bearing a grudge that your dads choice of Preston “I’ve gone bankrupt” Haskell didn’t get the gig?
Let it go
Grendel
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None of it’s true? What part of what he said is true?
Sky Blue Pete
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Relationship with sisu - joy
Money from vik and Hamer was an amount of money that he was lucky to have
What did you disagree with
Sky Blue Pete
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I’ve had may reservations I only have a few now
He’s done a great job
I agreeIt’s funny on Doug that some are very quick to want to say we are successful in spite of him rather than giving him his credit.
Has he done what any half competent owner of this club would do. Probably but there’s the key, this club has been historically cursed with awful owners.
Now if we could get back onto Hamer
I’ve had may reservations I only have a few now
He’s done a great job
David O'Day
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We would have got far less for Vik if he hadn't taken over the club.
Sky Blue Pete
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Maybe and maybe not but that’s part of the success he has managed and you can’t argue with it
im told by joy and those around joy vik wouldn’t have been sold in the January but then didn’t make the decision Doug did and what a set of situations that set up
He’s literally sold 2 players for £35m and whilst losing no more than previous owners or peers has a team worth probably triple that figure
SkyBlueDom26
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Netz is a fifa wonderkid, get him in lol
oneofourown
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The Blues and Wrexham have the philosphy of a buxom blonde or a pools winner that 'if you've got it, flaunt it'. That belief is fine but it puts the manager's job in a precarious position, as he has to deliver.
shmmeee
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Like making up new accounts so I don’t miss out of the arguing?
David O'Day
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They are going to say "no we weren't going to sell him" but they would have also taken Sporting Clubs first offer
shmmeee
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The point is King came in when a lot of the hard work had been done. Wasps had failed. The club was on track for promotion. We’d got two generational talents to sell. The fans were back on board. Most owners are not so lucky. This has of course triggered half the forum but it’s obviously true.
And up pops one of the biggest dorks on here.....who is next, the cousin fiddler or the needy kitman wanker?
alexccfc99
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Not necessarily true, the last few games in the lead up to Doug's take over attendances were 16,000/17,000 - QPR game was the last home game under SISU, which was a slight uptick to 23,000 but that really was cause it was the last game before the World Cup break and their last chance to watch us for a few weeks off the back of a few wins
prufrock
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tbf he's exceeded all my expectations massively. have to pinch myself sometimes to realise where we are- owning our own ground- top of the league, refurbed the training ground for the first time in decades, record season ticket sales, selling out matches.
I don't know how deep Dougs pockets go, and I'm not sure how long he wants to stick around for. My belief is other clubs can weather multiple dodgy signings and spend much more on wages (parachute money and rich as fuck owners) and get away with it. For us i feel like it's more a case of every pound we spend has to be close to perfect to even stand a chance. Might not be the case- but feels like it.
I don't know how deep Dougs pockets go, and I'm not sure how long he wants to stick around for. My belief is other clubs can weather multiple dodgy signings and spend much more on wages (parachute money and rich as fuck owners) and get away with it. For us i feel like it's more a case of every pound we spend has to be close to perfect to even stand a chance. Might not be the case- but feels like it.
If the owner owns 100% of the shares it in effect does. He determines the capital allocation policy and with it can take what ever earnings he wants to from it.
Why do you think the Glazers still own man united ? It’s not for the glory ? It’s not for the adulation ? It’s not for the love of football ? It’s because it’s a cash machine for them …..
Doug isn’t currently running it like that …. Maybe that will change but for now it isn’t …
shmmeee
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This from the canal shitter who can’t stay away. Like ranting in Downtown about all the pissheads while wiping carling off your ankle tag.
shmmeee
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You think Championship football clubs print cash and it’s just kings good nature that means he hasn’t taken it out?
Like explaining the basics of UK football to a child…
shmmeee
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With all due respect when did you start supporting us? 16k is a lot more than we were getting.
Also the season before average attendance was 19k.
alexccfc99
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Had my first season ticket the first year the CBS opened and remained ever since, including Northampton and Brum...
I know a few, not a lot but a few who did not attend a game between us moving to N'hampton and the day Doug brought out SISU fully (After his initial 85%)
What I would call our 'core' fanbase was content, but we would never ever have consistently pulled the numbers we are pulling in now under SISU
Briles
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The FB forum is full of that kind of diatribe. "Get your hand in your pocket Doug FFS", I cringe Every time I see it.
Sky Blue Pete
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Maybe not half
You have to accept he’s made a number of fabulous decisions to progress the club
So argumentative. Deep down you must be really sad. Maybe interact with your wife/gf?
Ccfcisparks
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He certainly has. Shown his business accumen thats for certain, and I've praised him particularly on pricing for the boxes which was highly criticised at the time.
I just feel a bit of apprehension around him being fairly cautious this window, when it should be the window we go for it, if we ever will.
fernandopartridge
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Are you alright? You are quite consistently making yourself look quite silly.
TomRad85
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Yeh he's been very good. I think judge the window at the end, it's all you can do. If this is it i'll be a bit miffed but i don't think it will be. He doesn't even need to spunk his load honestly, just needs to do the right things. Onyeka could be a loan for all i care and if you got someone like Wilson on a free, even if you stuck a fat bonus in there, you are laughing really.
Ccfcisparks
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I think for me its the fact that even he admitted we were caught a bit short in the summer window, I was hoping we would have most our business ready to go. I appreciate there are lots of moving parts but I don't want to sacrifice points in January as we are waiting for the right deals to drop.
TomRad85
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Tbf even with just those 2 wingers, who i think will make a big difference, we've done more than most the league. It's a sellers market in Jan and most deals will drop in the last week.
Sky Blue Pete
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You have to trust him and he’s got lots of goodwill from how he’s handled so much
No I think he had the option to take the cash when we sold Vik and Hamer. Do keep up.
larry_david
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That is funny tbf
SkyBlueDaly
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Well after reading the last 15 pages since I last viewed this thread, its nice to know that ill never get back those 10 minutes.