City fans reply to Alan Poole article (1 Viewer)

DerekFaulkner · Feb 17, 2015

rupert_bear said:
No threads and 11 posts in 2 years, come on then who are you ?

I'm DerekFaulkner - i'm on here waiting for GMK to get fixed.

That Dawkins is a know it all, thinks he is the 'voice of the people' in Coventry - the reality is he knows sod all more than anyone else about what's going on, doesn't go to games (especially away ones) and just because he has had a pint with Gary McSheff and Jordan Clarke he thinks he is the mouthpiece of the players. Self important tosser.

Giving it loads on his social media about making statements/responses, issuing his own press releases in a way. He's a complete prick. And The Enemy are crap.

Astute · Feb 17, 2015

DerekFaulkner said:
I'm DerekFaulkner - i'm on here waiting for GMK to get fixed.

That Dawkins is a know it all, thinks he is the 'voice of the people' in Coventry - the reality is he knows sod all more than anyone else about what's going on, doesn't go to games (especially away ones) and just because he has had a pint with Gary McSheff and Jordan Clarke he thinks he is the mouthpiece of the players. Self important tosser.

Giving it loads on his social media about making statements/responses, issuing his own press releases in a way. He's a complete prick. And The Enemy are crap.

I agree with you. The Enemy are crap. But just about everything else is right. Voice of the people? No. But saying what most people are thinking. Or are you saying that nobody should say anything and we should just let this pathetic situation that we find our club is in carry on without at least asking questions?

And you will have a long wait for GMK to be fixed. It has been crap for about 4 years now.

DerekFaulkner · Feb 17, 2015

Astute said:
I agree with you. The Enemy are crap. But just about everything else is right. Voice of the people? No. But saying what most people are thinking. Or are you saying that nobody should say anything and we should just let this pathetic situation that we find our club is in carry on without at least asking questions?

And you will have a long wait for GMK to be fixed. It has been crap for about 4 years now.

You're misinterpreting what my problem with him is - generally speaking i couldnt care less about the statements he makes or the questions he asks about the club. It's more his general manner, he really thinks he's a bit special, whereas in reality he's just bellend who has been to maybe 5 cov games in his entire life. What makes him the voice of authority? Just another sad social media self promoter.

DerekFaulkner · Feb 17, 2015

Astute said:
I agree with you. The Enemy are crap. But just about everything else is right. Voice of the people? No. But saying what most people are thinking. Or are you saying that nobody should say anything and we should just let this pathetic situation that we find our club is in carry on without at least asking questions?

And you will have a long wait for GMK to be fixed. It has been crap for about 4 years now.

Also, depends what your definition of 'crap' is. This place is absolutely atrocious.

rupert_bear · Feb 17, 2015

DerekFaulkner said:
Also, depends what your definition of 'crap' is. This place is absolutely atrocious.

Fuck off then !

Astute · Feb 17, 2015

DerekFaulkner said:
Also, depends what your definition of 'crap' is. This place is absolutely atrocious.

Go back to GMK then. Oh I forgot it is so good that it never works

This place is much better. You are allowed an opinion on here. On GMK you have to agree with the masses (5 people with multiple accounts) or get constant verbal attacks.

DerekFaulkner · Feb 17, 2015

rupert_bear said:
Fuck off then !

The day can't come soon enough Rupert! Too many frothing idiots such as yourself on here.

Deleted member 5849 · Feb 17, 2015

DerekFaulkner said:
The day can't come soon enough Rupert! Too many frothing idiots such as yourself on here.

tbf, (s)he's on GMK too...

Astute · Feb 17, 2015

DerekFaulkner said:
The day can't come soon enough Rupert! Too many frothing idiots such as yourself on here.

A typical reply from someone on GMK to anyone who has an opinion that differs to everyone else.....and they have warped minds most of the time these days. GMK used to be a good site. Absolute waste of space now. But you are welcome to go back and never return to here if that is how you feel. We don't need you. We have someone called RFC. We only have the room for one village idiot.

Grendel · Feb 17, 2015

All Derek is saying is that like byng, Elliot etc the guy is a self publicist and hasn't got the regard for the club it seems.

Still lets develop a conspiracy around him anyway.

Grendel · Feb 17, 2015

Astute said:
A typical reply from someone on GMK to anyone who has an opinion that differs to everyone else.....and they have warped minds most of the time these days. GMK used to be a good site. Absolute waste of space now. But you are welcome to go back and never return to here if that is how you feel. We don't need you. We have someone called RFC. We only have the room for one village idiot.

There's room for a whole planet of idiots on here.

DerekFaulkner · Feb 17, 2015

Deleted member 5849 said:
tbf, (s)he's on GMK too...

Good point.

Anyway, asides from getting bites from the frothing masses on here, what i'd really like is for Dawkins himself to get on here and explain himself.

Come on Dawkins - where are you??? How many away games have you been to this season??

Astute · Feb 17, 2015

Grendel said:
All Derek is saying is that like byng, Elliot etc the guy is a self publicist and hasn't got the regard for the club it seems.

Still lets develop a conspiracy around him anyway.

So are you saying that what he says and the points he makes are wrong? By the look of it most people agree with what he has said. He isn't trying to take the club over or pretending to do so. But he is slightly more high profile than the rest of us so has more chance of getting his and our point across. What is wrong with that? You normally stick up for people with a higher profile than the rest of us. For instance Les Reid, Nikki Sinclaire.....................

DerekFaulkner · Feb 17, 2015

Astute said:
A typical reply from someone on GMK to anyone who has an opinion that differs to everyone else.....and they have warped minds most of the time these days. GMK used to be a good site. Absolute waste of space now. But you are welcome to go back and never return to here if that is how you feel. We don't need you. We have someone called RFC. We only have the room for one village idiot.

Hahahaha - too easy.

hill83 · Feb 17, 2015

The classic 'too easy' good work. #banter yeah?

DerekFaulkner · Feb 17, 2015

hill83 said:
The classic 'too easy' good work. #banter yeah?

You know hashtags don't work on here, right? What's wrong with you?

Houdi · Feb 17, 2015

bigfatronssba said:
I think it does a good job of highlighting the unprofessional stance of Alan Poole on this one.

Problem with Poole, Eakin, & Linnell, is they have known Presley for a couple of years now, and they have probably become good friends with him. Therefore, it is an automatic reaction to defend a friend when you hear them getting slagged off, but, as professional journalists, they should know not to allow personal feelings to get in the way of the story.

I think that's the nub of the problem. Local journalists and radio reporters will inevitably have their views compromised by having an almost daily contact with Pressley. I would imagine it would be very difficult to write a scathing assessment of Pressley's managerial ability, knowing you have to interview him the very next day.
Pressley's stock has only really fallen over this season, for large parts of last season, a lot of fans were singing his praises. During Pressley's honeymoon period when at least on field the team was doing ok, I would imagine that the local media built up a very cordial relationship with him, now the wheels have come off big time, they simply lack the guts to properly criticise his recent disastrous decisions.

Joy Division · Feb 17, 2015

DerekFaulkner said:
Good point.

Anyway, asides from getting bites from the frothing masses on here, what i'd really like is for Dawkins himself to get on here and explain himself.

Come on Dawkins - where are you??? How many away games have you been to this season??

Why does that even matter, does that make someone more a authentic fan if they have been to more away games?

olderskyblue · Feb 17, 2015

Grendel said:
All Derek is saying is that like byng, Elliot etc the guy is a self publicist and hasn't got the regard for the club it seems.

Still lets develop a conspiracy around him anyway.

TBF, he's saying a bit more than that isn't he?

He's saying he's giving it loads on social media, and infers he is in some authorative position. Must admit, I didn't see that bit in anything he wrote.

But the main thing he is saying is that he is an arsehole. That does make me wonder why someone who can't stand the bloke goes on his social media to read things he says... Is he a stalker? Jealous? Or is it just a gay crush.... ??

What conspiracy?

Joy Division · Feb 17, 2015

DerekFaulkner said:
Good point.

Anyway, asides from getting bites from the frothing masses on here, what i'd really like is for Dawkins himself to get on here and explain himself.

Come on Dawkins - where are you??? How many away games have you been to this season??

And also, why does he have to come here and explain himself when he wrote something on his personal FB page. If you have a problem with it why not confront him on there? What do you have to hide?

DerekFaulkner · Feb 17, 2015

Joy Division said:
And also, why does he have to come here and explain himself when he wrote something on his personal FB page. If you have a problem with it why not confront him on there? What do you have to hide?

Why would i want to be mates with him on Facebook???

hill83 · Feb 17, 2015

DerekFaulkner said:
You know hashtags don't work on here, right? What's wrong with you?

Ha ha too easy etc

covcity4life · Feb 17, 2015

DerekFaulkner said:
You know hashtags don't work on here, right? What's wrong with you?

lol he is so stupid isnt he?!

Joy Division · Feb 17, 2015

You don't have to be friends with him to post on his page or even you could message him? But, of course you wont.

DerekFaulkner · Feb 17, 2015

Joy Division said:
You don't have to be friends with him to post on his page or even you could message him? But, of course you wont.

Why are you getting so worked up? Are you one of his followers?

Joy Division · Feb 17, 2015

DerekFaulkner said:
Why are you getting so worked up? Are you one of his followers?

Says the guy getting all worked up on here.

covcity4life · Feb 17, 2015

shut up alan

skybluetony176 · Feb 17, 2015

DerekFaulkner said:
Good point.

Anyway, asides from getting bites from the frothing masses on here, what i'd really like is for Dawkins himself to get on here and explain himself.

Come on Dawkins - where are you??? How many away games have you been to this season??

Perhaps you could explain how not attending away games either make his opinion wrong or invalid. Clearly you think it's one or the other otherwise you wouldn't keep bringing it up.

covcity4life · Feb 17, 2015

hes a super fan

Sterling Archer · Feb 17, 2015

To be fair, if the feller has only been to 5 games since relegation, he's hardly in a good position to judge the team is he?

Deleted member 5849 · Feb 17, 2015

Houdi said:
I think that's the nub of the problem. Local journalists and radio reporters will inevitably have their views compromised by having an almost daily contact with Pressley.

Of course the other side is the argument is they'd see at first hand better than us what kind of job he's actually doing, within the constraints he has to work under.

Astute · Feb 17, 2015

Deleted member 5849 said:
Of course the other side is the argument is they'd see at first hand better than us what kind of job he's actually doing, within the constraints he has to work under.

Like playing players out of position, Making subs at the wrong time....subbing the wrong players......or both, trying to defend when losing, always wanting Webster in the side when we played much better when SP had to make a forced change.......could go on. Constraints? He gets too many of the basics wrong yet still has many making excuses for him. SISU have backed him with many players.

DerekFaulkner · Feb 18, 2015

skybluetony176 said:
Perhaps you could explain how not attending away games either make his opinion wrong or invalid. Clearly you think it's one or the other otherwise you wouldn't keep bringing it up.

He claims to love CCFC but can't even be arsed to put himself out and travel to watch the lads.

CTID · Feb 18, 2015

DerekFaulkner said:
He claims to love CCFC but can't even be arsed to put himself out and travel to watch the lads.

So going to watch the team you clearly love more than anyone else does is "putting youself out"?

Ive not been to a single away game this year, so you obviously trump me in the superfan top trumps game. Therefore I will accept I am not entitled to an opinion, and only your opinion counts.

DerekFaulkner · Feb 18, 2015

CTID said:
So going to watch the team you clearly love more than anyone else does is "putting youself out"?

Ive not been to a single away game this year, so you obviously trump me in the superfan top trumps game. Therefore I will accept I am not entitled to an opinion, and only your opinion counts.

That is correct. Your opinion is inherently useless.

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