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Doug’s new year message (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter HuckerbyDublinWhelan
  • Start date Dec 31, 2025
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CovValleyBoy

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #211
I'll have Doug's seat when he is away scouting our new left back , particularly if Christine is adjacent.
 
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Tommo1993

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #212
SkyBluePower said:
Fisher came to every game.
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Lie number 1. Next.
 
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jto123

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #213
Fantastic message from Doug! Exactly what the club needs!
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #214
Gutted he wasn’t wearing his usual roll neck.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #215
Sick Boy said:
Gutted he wasn’t wearing his usual roll neck.
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Think it's actually a doppelganger, but it's small details like that that give the game away.
 
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #216
skyblueeyesrevisited said:
Happy New Year to Dictator Doug
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The Big G

Active Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #217
No real issue with any message. Tbh I agree with him about fans leaving, especially with this team and their normal resilience (although it never looked likely on Monday).
 

Hobo

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #218
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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Tell that to the fans if Doug King keeps his hands in his pockets. Fans are the best at telling owners what to do
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #219
Hobo said:
Tell that to the fans if Doug King keeps his hands in his pockets. Fans are the best at telling owners what to do
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Weve already paid our way .. so no its not an excuse to not buy players .. silly really
 

Hobo

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #220
Evo1883 said:
Weve already paid our way .. so no its not an excuse to not buy players .. silly really
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It really isn't. Your season ticket/ match day doesn't even cover the day to day running of the club.
 
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SBT

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #221
If I knew I could get a pint at HT, or wouldn't have to wait an hour to get a train after the final whistle then I'd be much less inclined to leave early
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #222
Hobo said:
It really isn't. Your season ticket/ match day doesn't even cover the day to day running of the club.
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Whose fault is that? Fans can only buy the tickets on sale. If your business isn’t profitable when selling out of products that’s very much a management skill issue in another other industry.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #223
Hobo said:
It really isn't. Your season ticket/ match day doesn't even cover the day to day running of the club.
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No. But King would have a bigger headache if we slipped down the leagues than we would.

He'll do what's right for his investment. Not act on awhim because fans left early.
 
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Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #224
Hobo said:
It really isn't. Your season ticket/ match day doesn't even cover the day to day running of the club.
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Sure but staying for 5 minutes wont be the reason doug doesnt spend money , as i said , fans have already done whats required of them financially

Some crazy silly nonsense on this thread about fans leaving early , adults too
 

Hobo

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  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #225
shmmeee said:
Whose fault is that? Fans can only buy the tickets on sale. If your business isn’t profitable when selling out of products that’s very much a management skill issue in another other industry.
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Sounds like you are advocating higher pricing on tickets?
 

Evo1883

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  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #226
clint van damme said:
No. But King would have a bigger headache if we slipped down the leagues than we would.

He'll do what's right for his investment. Not act on awhim because fans left early.
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Look if fans want to leave early they can , all of the nonsense suggestions of people abandoning their club and not being real fans and now talking about the owner not spending ..fucking weird , feel like im on twitter again
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #227
It was a weird thing to have a go at the fans for. It’s inevitable that with a crowd that size there’s going to be a sizeable number that’ll leave early considering there’s probably a hardcore of 15-20K these days.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #228
Sick Boy said:
It was a weird thing to have a go at the fans for. It’s inevitable that with a crowd that size there’s going to be a sizeable number that’ll leave early considering there’s probably a hardcore of 15-20K these days.
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Theres a hardcore of over 25,000 these days
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #229
Evo1883 said:
Theres a hardcore of over 25,000 these days
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I mean more those who’ve been going since League 1 to the earlier years of the return to the Championship.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #230
Sick Boy said:
I mean more those who’ve been going since League 1 to the earlier years of the return to the Championship.
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Ah well then .. thats a hardcore 9000
 
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SBT

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #231
Hobo said:
Sounds like you are advocating higher pricing on tickets?
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There is no ticket price that will realistically fund the club's ambitions. It's not our problem.
 
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Hobo

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #232
Evo1883 said:
Look if fans want to leave early they can , all of the nonsense suggestions of people abandoning their club and not being real fans and now talking about the owner not spending ..fucking weird , feel like im on twitter again
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I'm not suggesting he won't invest. I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of fans who like "their freedom of choice" but also like to tell owners how to spend their money.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #233
Evo1883 said:
Ah well then .. thats a hardcore 9000
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Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #234
Hobo said:
I'm not suggesting he won't invest. I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of fans who like "their freedom of choice" but also like to tell owners how to spend their money.
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Theres no hypocrisy , i leave early because i want to .. its not at all related to how succesful the club is
 

Hobo

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #235
SBT said:
There is no ticket price that will realistically fund the club's ambitions. It's not our problem.
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There still has to be balance between spend and expenditure. Some on here have very short memories.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #236
Hobo said:
There still has to be balance between spend and expenditure. Some on here have very short memories.
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Lets roll it back


What does this have to do with the fans wanting to leave early ?
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #237
Hobo said:
Sounds like you are advocating higher pricing on tickets?
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Well really I’m advocating for lower wages for crappy footballers. Or higher TV money. Or higher ticket prices. Or accepting football isn’t sustainable at this level and stop pretending fans have anything to do with funding. Any will do.
 
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MTK

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #238
Great_Expectations said:
Called this out against Ipswich.

Fully agree with DK!
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I leave a couple of minutes before the end for reasons I won’t go into on here. I am not a plastic fan and it’s pretty upsetting to be effectively called one in such a sweeping generalization.
 
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sotvtoday

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #239
Personally I don't like being lectured at. I think he could have phrased it better.
 
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Dougin

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #240
I get what he’s saying but he should of just said nothing. The money the fans have been spending in the etc must have broken records.

The fans are probably the best in the league home and away.

They leave early when they are winning too it wasn’t just because we were loosing it’s just what fans do for different reasons.

I think the pressure is getting to Frank a bit too and they are not thinking clearly.
 
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Tommo1993

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #241
Have read it again and still think the focus is more on the droves after the second. King isn’t dumb, he knows fans always have and nearly always will leave early regardless - as that’s just what they do

The thread has turned into a mess though, I don’t think there’s any reason someone should be offended by his message. And it’s weird that some on the other side of the fence have decided to push an idea that fans are shit for it.
 
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oscillatewildly

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #242
Raised one or two good points - As far as the ticket exchange is concerned - Ram that one straight up your hoop, Douglas ( and I know you will be reading this )
We (as ST holders don’t expect the world) but you are being somewhat a cheeky chappy with your paltry offer - Our commitment does not match yours.
Oh and when you’re being shalaked by vastly superior opposition for 95% of the game and THEN(!) going 2-0 down is it any surprise that 50% of the stadium should decide to leave a 30,000 attendance when travel infrastructure is on a par with our current defensive/attacking capabilities?
 
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SBT

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #243
Berating the customers for not taking you up on a ticket offer is slightly strange behaviour
 
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oscillatewildly

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 1, 2026
  • #244
SBT said:
Berating the customers for not taking you up on a ticket offer is slightly strange behaviour
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We are historically a ‘strange’ customer base to be fair.
 
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Dougin

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 3, 2026
  • #245
None stranger than celtics. They have won the title 13 times in last 14 years and the fans are currently singing sack the board in a protest outside the stadium
 
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