What on earth happened? (3 Viewers)

shmmeee said:

His words:

“We had a pretty good pre-season, to be fair, we were all at the Everton game and I think that was putting us under a false sense of security of what may occur when we got down to the real battle of trying to get out of this very difficult league.

“We then come to this point where we start badly, it’s a little unclear for all of us how it’s all working. Listen. I am talking here very openly. I have got employees who we are talking about who are fantastic coaches and who I respect very much. You saw what Rhys did at Sunderland and so I am putting a disclaimer on that because they are all fantastic people that this club respects very much.

“I had a meeting with Mark on September the 30th, I think it was, where I made it... Well, I shot him a memo and said to him that he has a few options. And the options were that we either keep it as it is or we look to put some hierarchy in. Or we look to, again, bring a head of first team coaching because I said he needs some balance, it seemed to me. That worked in the past, so we went out again to try to find a head of first team coaching and, again, we couldn’t get anyone through the door.


“The senior team of the club, myself, Dr Claire-Marie Roberts, Dean Austin and Mark met for a first quarter review to look at the situation on October 30, I think it was, and went through all the aspects of the football club. Anyway, it became clear that at this level, with this deck of players, we are lacking an elite coach/tactician to support the manager..”

So technically if you take 30th Sept as the date Doug decided it wasn’t working it was 10 games including three cup matches.

Viveash leaving was the starting point. King clearly decided to give Robins a go on his own. He was happy pre season. Ten games later he wasn’t. He blames end of last season on the fallout. This are his words.

Weird indeed.

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Nick said:

Yeah, not his word then.

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Brighton Sky Blue said:

You yourself have questioned whether or not the one decent bit of form was just a flash in the pan and the truth is that we just don't have a good team.

The evidence supporting that view grows by the week up to the point where now half the season we have been playing poorly yet most still seem unconcerned by a relegation battle.

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shmmeee said:

“ I think that was putting us under a false sense of security of what may occur when we got down to the real battle of trying to get out of this very difficult league.”

That’s the key quote. “What may occur” makes no sense if you’re halfway through a period. King saw this season as a new start with a new structure.

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stupot07 said:

It's only natural he would have also looked back at how we finished the previously too, especially in the context of losing his backroom staff.

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Sick Boy said:

We reinvested around £45m back into the squad.

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skyblue025 said:

We did and though it replaced Vik's goals it didn't replace Hamer's all round game, leadership offered by Kelly, Fadz and Godden. We bought mainly young players rather than finished articles which the 5 players above mainly were.

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Mucca Mad Boys said:

Exactly, in the aggregate we actually
Improved on Vik. However, the midfielders were nowhere near Hamer’s output in terms of goals and assists and other key performance indicators in chance creation and touches in the box and so on.

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clint van damme said:

Happened last season at home, think against Norwich, and when I kicked off on here got it explained to ne why it was a correct desicion.

I've no idea if that is the case or not

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