25/26 January Transfer Window (102 Viewers)

[TomRad85]

All the owner talk is so boring, as long as he isn't pillaging the club and running it like a circus like his predecessors were I couldn't really care less tbh

Throwing money about has took Blues from mid-table to mid-table via League 1 - It is not the be all and end all

Sure he's doing a good job but has he promised a ridiculous looking AI stadium with more chimneys than fans and pissed £15 million up the wall on Jay Stansfield? I think not! #KingOut

 

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[Sky Blue Goblin]

It’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

 

[Grendel]

Damn whoever made him buy a championship football club needs a stern talking to. Especially one that loses money! Those are so rare!!

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]

All true but so is that some of the decisions he has taken have been brave and correct
Not least to sack robins and recruit Lampard

None of it’s true? What part of what he said is true?

 

[Freddie]

All you tarts still arguing amongst yourselves after all these years. Get a proper hobby, fucking drips.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

None of it’s true? What part of what he said is true?

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]

I

It’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 agree
I’ve had may reservations I only have a few now
He’s done a great job

 

[David O'Day]

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

We would have got far less for Vik if he hadn't taken over the club.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

We would have got far less for Vik if he hadn't taken over the club.

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]

Netz is a fifa wonderkid, get him in lol

 

[oneofourown]

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]

All you tarts still arguing amongst yourselves after all these years. Get a proper hobby, fucking drips.

Like making up new accounts so I don’t miss out of the arguing?

 

[David O'Day]

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

They are going to say "no we weren't going to sell him" but they would have also taken Sporting Clubs first offer

 

[shmmeee]

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

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.

 

[Freddie]

Like making up new accounts so I don’t miss out of the arguing?

And up pops one of the biggest dorks on here.....who is next, the cousin fiddler or the needy kitman wanker?

 

[alexccfc99]

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.

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]

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.

 

[Deity]

“Business is that everything that belongs to the business belongs to the owner. Iamverysmart”

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]

And up pops one of the biggest dorks on here.....who is next, the cousin fiddler or the needy kitman wanker?

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]

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 …

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]

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

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]

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.

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

 

[usskyblue]

 

[Briles]

I find it hilarious when people say things like ‘King has invested nothing’. It’s literally available on a public website for all to see. It will likely be even more than the figure you quoted when accs to May 2025 are published.

People moaning he’s mortgaged the CBS like it’s a bad thing are just as funny.

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]

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.

Maybe not half
You have to accept he’s made a number of fabulous decisions to progress the club

 

[Freddie]

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.

So argumentative. Deep down you must be really sad. Maybe interact with your wife/gf?

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Maybe not half
You have to accept he’s made a number of fabulous decisions to progress the club

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]

Damn whoever made him buy a championship football club needs a stern talking to. Especially one that loses money! Those are so rare!!

Are you alright? You are quite consistently making yourself look quite silly.

 

[TomRad85]

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.

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]

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.

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]

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.

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]

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.

You have to trust him and he’s got lots of goodwill from how he’s handled so much

 

[Deity]

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…

No I think he had the option to take the cash when we sold Vik and Hamer. Do keep up.

 

[Marty]

 

[larry_david]

And up pops one of the biggest dorks on here.....who is next, the cousin fiddler or the needy kitman wanker?

That is funny tbf