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Doug’s new year message (12 Viewers)

  • Thread starter HuckerbyDublinWhelan
  • Start date Yesterday at 6:29 PM
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rob9872

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  • Yesterday at 9:43 PM
  • #141
chiefdave said:
Think King is spot on here. There's always excuses, and while there will always be the occasional 'genuine' case for most part its exactly that, an excuse.

The team deserve all the support we can give them, as frustrating as it can be when we have a bad game.

I get that some people believe they should get more if their ticket is resold but having 3,000 empty seats is piss poor when the game was sold out. People literally can't be arsed to click a button which will give someone else the chance to attend. We normally get the 'I sell / give it to a mate' line but that's clearly not true for the number of tickets being scanned into the ground.

There's gaps every week in the family stand, which is supposed to be sold out and has the exchange active for every game, despite people moaning that the area was too small when tickets first went on sale. And if you check online there's only ever a handful up for resale.
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Presumably the FS ones are often late shouts with illness, especially this time of year and when it's cold.
 

rob9872

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  • Yesterday at 9:45 PM
  • #142
SBAndy said:
The one thing I’ll say on this - and I think I raised it with @Sky Blue Pete previously - there’s no real way of knowing when the teams have come back out. I’ve had it before where I walk back to my seat and it’s 2-3 minutes into the 2nd half. Would be good if they could stick something over speakers in the concourse (assuming there are some?) even if it’s just the “please welcome back Coventry City” bit.
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Do they not play the same adio on the concourse? I very rarely go fiwn at HTbut assumed you'd hear Gangsters.
 

Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 9:46 PM
  • #143
Deity said:
Of course they can but don’t call yourself a fan ( fanatic ) or a supporter, call yourself a spectator !
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Samo

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  • Yesterday at 9:49 PM
  • #144
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
The sentiment is correct… but interesting new years message making a thinly veiled attack on the fans

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Not in the slightest bit veiled. Don't abandon your team after all they have given you pricks
 
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Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 9:50 PM
  • #145
Samo said:
Not in the slightest bit veiled. Don't abandon your team after all they have given you pricks
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When me and dad and the kids left early against ipswich , we stopped by the statue and i turned to my dad and said " dad , why did we abandon the team that has given us so much " he laughed and we went home
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Samo

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  • Yesterday at 9:53 PM
  • #146
Evo1883 said:
When me and dad and the kids left early against ipswich , we stopped by the statue and i turned to my dad and said " dad , why did we abandon the team that has given us so much " he laughed and we went home
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You will be visited by 3 ghosts...
The first will be the Doug of Ipswich past.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 9:54 PM
  • #147
SBT members if we are 5-0 down
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Yesterday at 9:56 PM
  • #148
Another thing micro analysed and blown out of proportion. Just don’t communicate and leave the club to rot like the last cunts did, Doug.
 
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Hobo

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  • Yesterday at 10:01 PM
  • #149
clint van damme said:
Dig at people leaving is a bit silly.
We were beat, it was freezing, its Christmas, people want to beat the traffic and get back to their families.
And I say that as someone who was there to the end.

He could of appealed for people to stay to the end for the upcoming fixtures without having a go at those who left early.
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But it wasn’t going to be a late finish was it. Most people seemed appropriately dressed for the weather. Most importantly people haven’t left in those numbers when we are winning. As fans don’t complain about players when you have no backbone yourself.
 

Tommo1993

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  • Yesterday at 10:03 PM
  • #150
Give the stewards on the stairway a clipboard with a survey on it. Why are you leaving early?

• Cold
• Losing
• Traffic
• Text a sub isn’t working
 
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covcity4life

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  • Yesterday at 10:05 PM
  • #151
mmttww said:
so basically you're saying your life is represented by...

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Don't use my profile pic without permission please mate.
 
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Hobo

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  • Yesterday at 10:05 PM
  • #152
Tommo1993 said:
Give the stewards on the stairway a clipboard with a survey on it. Why are you leaving early?

• Cold
• Losing
• Traffic
• Text a sub isn’t working
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You left off the I used to support Manchester United option.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Yesterday at 10:06 PM
  • #153
Hobo said:
But it wasn’t going to be a late finish was it. Most people seemed appropriately dressed for the weather. Most importantly people haven’t left in those numbers when we are winning. As fans don’t complain about players when you have no backbone yourself.
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How do you know its not a late finish?
Surely individual circumstances influence what somewhat deems late or not?
Again, it's easy for me, I'm half hour away, some people come tomorrow further afield. Some people have young kids in tow, there could be lots of reasons.
 

Tommo1993

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  • Yesterday at 10:09 PM
  • #154
FWIW I wasn’t up for it all, 6pm was a joke. Didn’t even get half an hour to sit down when I got home from work to wind down and collect my thoughts, livid!
 

Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Yesterday at 10:11 PM
  • #155
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Concerned if we do that too often there would we’d get in some kind of hassle from the club.
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Doubt it, as if they say they'll penalise you, people won't use the exchange system, and they'll get less income.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Yesterday at 10:11 PM
  • #156
Tommo1993 said:
to wind down and collect my thoughts, livid!
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That wouldn't take very long though mate
 
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Hobo

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  • Yesterday at 10:13 PM
  • #157
clint van damme said:
How do you know its not a late finish?
Surely individual circumstances influence what somewhat deems late or not?
Again, it's easy for me, I'm half hour away, some people come tomorrow further afield. Some people have young kids in tow, there could be lots of reasons.
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I can still guess the biggest driver. There were also lots of reasons why we were not necessarily beaten at 0-2 after 80 minutes, plus injury time to play.
 

clint van damme

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  • Yesterday at 10:15 PM
  • #158
Hobo said:
I can still guess the biggest driver. There were also lots of reasons why we were not necessarily beaten at 0-2 after 80 minutes, plus injury time to play.
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We were very much beaten.
As I said earlier, we were outplayed and out of ideas.
 

Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 10:16 PM
  • #159
Hobo said:
I can still guess the biggest driver. There were also lots of reasons why we were not necessarily beaten at 0-2 after 80 minutes, plus injury time to play.
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People can leave whenever they choose , its really that simple .. Doug can ask nicely but fans will ultimately do as they please
 

Tommo1993

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  • Yesterday at 10:16 PM
  • #160
clint van damme said:
That wouldn't take very long though mate
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On Monday it was about which colour crayon I should eat.
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Yesterday at 10:18 PM
  • #161
Doug can get away with a lot, due to the credit he has in the bank with the supporters. However, fans have short memories and can be fickle, so he would get flak for being bolshy if the team is struggling. Don't mind his forthright style though.
 

Tommo1993

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  • Yesterday at 10:20 PM
  • #162
Evo1883 said:
People can leave whenever they choose , its really that simple .. Doug can ask nicely but fans will ultimately do as they please
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That aside, which has always happened and it’s fair enough, the ‘droves’ he’s on about was very noticeable. What was even more awkward was the little chants against those leaving
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Yesterday at 10:20 PM
  • #163
hill83 said:
We stayed until the end. But I’ll leave when I fucking want Douglas
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Next time we go 1-0 down at home:

I'll leave when I want
I'll leave when I want
Douglas King
I'll leave when I want
 
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clint van damme

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  • Yesterday at 10:22 PM
  • #164
Tommo1993 said:
That aside, which has always happened and it’s fair enough, the ‘droves’ he’s on about was very noticeable. What was even more awkward was the little chants against those leaving
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Forgot about those!
 

Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 10:23 PM
  • #165
Tommo1993 said:
That aside, which has always happened and it’s fair enough, the ‘droves’ he’s on about was very noticeable. What was even more awkward was the little chants against those leaving
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Hobo

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  • Yesterday at 10:23 PM
  • #166
clint van damme said:
We were very much beaten.
As I said earlier, we were outplayed and out of ideas.
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Yes I don’t disagree. But one mistake, one stroke of luck and the picture can change dramatically. Ipswich needed a win and we only needed a draw. I know you have enough experience of watching football to know that. It was poor and would look poor on a live televised match. I know someone who watched the game on TV and they said they showed our fans streaming out.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 10:26 PM
  • #167
hill83 said:
We stayed until the end. But I’ll leave when I fucking want Douglas
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Amen
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Yesterday at 10:26 PM
  • #168
SBAndy said:
The one thing I’ll say on this - and I think I raised it with @Sky Blue Pete previously - there’s no real way of knowing when the teams have come back out. I’ve had it before where I walk back to my seat and it’s 2-3 minutes into the 2nd half. Would be good if they could stick something over speakers in the concourse (assuming there are some?) even if it’s just the “please welcome back Coventry City” bit.
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I think that’s what’s been added maybe it’s not hears downstairs
 

Tommo1993

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  • Yesterday at 10:27 PM
  • #169
clint van damme said:
Forgot about those!
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Felt a little bit like a ‘please react to me so I can kick off’ chant. Cringe. It was all cringe, punch me in the head so I can forget it.
 
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Adge

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  • Yesterday at 10:32 PM
  • #170
Hobo said:
You left off the I used to support Manchester United option.
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Used to leave Old Trafford 10 minutes early to beat the traffic back to Torquay.
 

Hobo

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 10:34 PM
  • #171
Evo1883 said:
People can leave whenever they choose , its really that simple .. Doug can ask nicely but fans will ultimately do as they please
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Perhaps our fans should stop calling teams tinpot then and having ago at poor away followings.
 

Evo1883

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  • Yesterday at 10:37 PM
  • #172
Hobo said:
Perhaps our fans should stop calling teams tinpot then and having ago at poor away followings.
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Ok
 
T

trevorsathispeake

Member
  • Yesterday at 10:37 PM
  • #173
Always find it annoying even when we win and people don’t stay to clap the team at the end.
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 10:38 PM
  • #174
Tommo1993 said:
Give the stewards on the stairway a clipboard with a survey on it. Why are you leaving early?

• Cold
• Losing
• Traffic
• Text a sub isn’t working
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Just give the stewards tazers
 

Tommo1993

Well-Known Member
  • Yesterday at 10:42 PM
  • #175
chiefdave said:
Just give the stewards tazers
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I heard @Evo1883 has a kink for that shit.
 
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