We're not massively better now, 2 points off 3rd bottom with a better goal difference.Our league position wasn’t 9th when he was sacked. We were 1 point off relegation
Unlike you, I never actually said I wanted Robins out.Its true though? Why sack your manager for a lower league position?
The way you guys have dropped your standards just so you don’t look silly for wanting robins out is quite something.
Nick’s even positive in match threads now!
Whose head is going to roll though? We know that Robins wasn't involved in that side of things and Doug very much was. He's probably not going to sack himself?Tbh, heads should of rolled for completely pissing so much of the Gyokeres and Hamer up the wall on poor quality players.
Honestly, spending £10+ million on Kitchen, EMC and Torp is criminal, and it didn't stop there.
Paying a shit defender like Binks £30k a week is just embarrassing.
Ultimately someone had to pay the price,
and hopefully others will go too.
Not really sure why so many have voted POs? There's 29 games left this season which means we'd need at least 2 points per game to even be in contention - that's automatic form.
Huge task to expect that level of a turnaround which would have to start vs Cardiff on Sat. Especially when it's clear we need some new additions and we're still over a month away from the window.
Whose head is going to roll though? We know that Robins wasn't involved in that side of things and Doug very much was. He's probably not going to sack himself?
Not really sure why so many have voted POs? There's 29 games left this season which means we'd need at least 2 points per game to even be in contention - that's automatic form.
Huge task to expect that level of a turnaround which would have to start vs Cardiff on Sat. Especially when it's clear we need some new additions and we're still over a month away from the window.
They said they were willing to have lower standards with a new manager than they would have had with Robins as a third of the season had gone. Madness. Top ten has to be the minimum we expect with our squad and with any potential additions in January.Its true though? Why sack your manager for a lower league position?
The way you guys have dropped your standards just so you don’t look silly for wanting robins out is quite something.
Nick’s even positive in match threads now!
Remember the poll opened before the last 3 games. Theoretically if we’d taken 7-9 points from those we’d be very fucking keen on it.
Tbh, heads should of rolled for completely pissing so much of the Gyokeres and Hamer up the wall on poor quality players.I’m no
Im not sure this is quite right.
MR was not fired because of the first 9 or 14 matches.
He was fired because our league form was very mixed last year, he fell out with Adi and was not prepared to try and repair the relationship, he put in place an inexperienced coaching structure below him, and resisted the opportunity to change it when it wasn’t working.
The new manager will be given longer to improve us by DK than I suspect the fans will give him.
Apparently he's our highest paid player.He surely isn’t on that?
Right because expecting 9 points off Sunderland, Sheffield United and Burnley made it all the more realistic.
No, I’m exaggerating. If we’d have gained a bit of ground on 6th place then it would have remained an option. Instead, a 7 point gap stretched to 10. You can’t legislate for what other teams have done in that period as well.
I would fully expect Wright to be the highest paid if anyoneTbh, heads should of rolled for completely pissing so much of the Gyokeres and Hamer up the wall on poor quality players.
Honestly, spending £10+ million on Kitchen, EMC and Torp is criminal, and it didn't stop there.
Paying a shit defender like Binks £30k a week is just embarrassing.
Ultimately someone had to pay the price,
and hopefully others will go
Apparently he's our highest paid player.
Probably because we paid next to nothing as a fee.
Well you'd be wrong, and I think you'd also be very suprised at what Dovin is on.I would fully expect Wright to be the highest paid if anyone
May I ask how you know who earns what?Well you'd be wrong, and I think you'd also be very suprised at what Dovin is on.
Yeah, and this is the problem - people are interpreting that as total control over transfers budgets etc. We don't know anything about the process leading up to the point where he is presented with potential targets but we do know from what Robins, King and the Peterborough guy have said that Robins played no part in negotiations so pinning price tags on him is probably a huge stretch. At £1.5m EMC would be a fantastic buy. If people are blaming Robins for EMC costing £5m - that was what Doug agreed. Doug then agreed to loan him back for 6 months and Robins found out the morning after.Robins admitted he had final say on transfers
I didn’t want him out but can recognise this squad has bigger flaws in it than any of us anticipated. So even outperforming Robins by 50% we would still be in the bottom half. It would still be a higher league position than we were on course for.
The past does not equal the future.Robins season was going much how many of Robins previous seasons went after upheaval. Last season we were ninth, we’ve added to the squad and only lost O’Hare and Palmer really. It’s reasonable to assume Robins would have got us midtable from here even if you disagree it is reasonable to think that.
The past does not equal the future.
Well there’s reason enough to think that he’s learned and improved from his first couple of jobs.For the sake of Lampard let’s hope that’s the case!
Robins season was going much how many of Robins previous seasons went after upheaval...
I believe Robins would have taken us up the table and pushed for play offs but that is untestable and irrelevant now. Lampard is in and we just have to judge him on the job he does.Robins season was going much how many of Robins previous seasons went after upheaval. Last season we were ninth, we’ve added to the squad and only lost O’Hare and Palmer really. It’s reasonable to assume Robins would have got us midtable from here even if you disagree it is reasonable to think that.
Final say can also be interpreted many different ways.Yeah, and this is the problem - people are interpreting that as total control over transfers budgets etc.
May I ask how you know who earns what?
They said they were willing to have lower standards with a new manager than they would have had with Robins as a third of the season had gone. Madness. Top ten has to be the minimum we expect with our squad and with any potential additions in January.
Top 10 for me too. If we're saying we expect top 6 form from now on, then with the poor start, that should push into top 10.They said they were willing to have lower standards with a new manager than they would have had with Robins as a third of the season had gone. Madness. Top ten has to be the minimum we expect with our squad and with any potential additions in January.
I believe Robins would have taken us up the table and pushed for play offs but that is untestable and irrelevant now. Lampard is in and we just have to judge him on the job he does.
Reality now is that I have no real expectations. Just going to take it game by game and see where we end up.
I think momentum is key, we don’t want to be losing thousands of season ticket holders after spending decades building the support backJust like under Robins I want to see players giving it their all, everything else flows from that. If we can look like we have a plan going forwards as well then all the better.
Results/league position will come. I’m not worried about us not getting promoted, I’m worried about us not being any good.
You may.May I ask how you know who earns what?
You may.
It's been reported in a number of places.
Such as capology. (To name just one)
2024-2025 Coventry City FC Salaries and Contracts
Capology | Football Salaries & Financeswww.capology.com
Although I believe they can't always be trusted, for example, I've been aware that Binks was on £30k a week before we signed him and we agreed to continue to pay him that as there was no big fee involved.
I've also been made aware that Dovin's wages demands were exceptionally high, and the transfer fee was negotiated down to allow us to come to an agreement over his wages.
Which explains the delay in completing his transfer. (His wages are allegedly far higher than detailed by Capology)
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