Steve King

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JCJ wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 9:58 am
DFCTALK wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 12:44 am P.S Dfc won more this season than Ebbsfleet and we didnt spend a million quid plus to do it. Kingy lost in the play offs and gets tinned. The german loses in the play offs with a million pound a year budget and gets a two year extension. Am i seriously that wrong in my views.
Im leaning on
Kentc
BAWARMY
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JCJ
Simply to say look your views are ok but you cant say that as people will think you are the ante christ
I agree with Paul here, I don’t always agree with your views but I’m devastated by the removal of Kingy shows a lack of ambition in my opinion
I agree..I'm trying to get some enthusiasm going about the new guy but still gutted. Only seems yesterday an Eastbourne fan telling me it was the best football he'd seen there for years. The stuff about the wider community is irrelevant.He is the first team coach not the community development officer.

Anyway off to see my counselor now..
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Top Cat wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 10:25 am
DFCTALK wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 12:44 am P.S Dfc won more this season than Ebbsfleet and we didnt spend a million quid plus to do it. Kingy lost in the play offs and gets tinned. The german loses in the play offs with a million pound a year budget and gets a two year extension. Am i seriously that wrong in my views.
Im leaning on
Kentc
BAWARMY
Wookie
JCJ
Simply to say look your views are ok but you cant say that as people will think you are the ante christ
A very good valid point to make , which begs the question “why was he sacked?” Judging by the statement the Board put out it seems to be financial ? (Its only my interpretation, I may be wrong ,who knows ?) But reading post on here especially by our friendly neighbours , they are portraying him as some kind of Narcissistic monster who is open to corruption and causing a stink wherever he goes ?
I didn’t know him personally ,only a brief “hello or good luck “ and he seems a decent bloke , so until someone can actually explain to the Dartford Fans why he was dismissed when he was on contract until 2024 , we should not be second guessing ,and especially not be listening to the friendly neighbours gloating opinions .
TC ignore the Ebbsfleet mans rubbish. Its nothing like that. Look the board have made the decision and many agree and i cannot fault the fact the simple reason i am about to complain is down to them in the first place that we are even here as a club. Now ok ive spouted enough but i cannot get ot out of my crust that on the field it has been both entertaining to watch and also successful. I just dont get it. Sorry all for this but im gutted totally gutted. Feel whats the point anymore. I would prefer to speak to the board face to face but of course thats not possible. Hence im on here and hence why i put my real up on a previous post as not to hide. This has devastated me as a fan. As i say i see little difference here as to what goldberg did in sacking him at welling. Down to personality after being successful
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DFCTALK wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 12:44 am P.S Dfc won more this season than Ebbsfleet and we didnt spend a million quid plus to do it. Kingy lost in the play offs and gets tinned. The german loses in the play offs with a million pound a year budget and gets a two year extension. Am i seriously that wrong in my views.
Im leaning on
Kentc
BAWARMY
Wookie
JCJ
Simply to say look your views are ok but you cant say that as people will think you are the ante christ
So where has this million quid figure come from, more internet bull?
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V184 wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 1:07 pm
DFCTALK wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 12:44 am P.S Dfc won more this season than Ebbsfleet and we didnt spend a million quid plus to do it. Kingy lost in the play offs and gets tinned. The german loses in the play offs with a million pound a year budget and gets a two year extension. Am i seriously that wrong in my views.
Im leaning on
Kentc
BAWARMY
Wookie
JCJ
Simply to say look your views are ok but you cant say that as people will think you are the ante christ
So where has this million quid figure come from, more internet bull?
A loss of £1.5 million last year (or whenever) speaks volumes. DFC may not always break even, but at least any losses are always controllable.
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I can totally understand that fans are disappointed at losing a manager that has been successful, what I can't understand is the sniping at our board when all the facts aren't available to us. We have a board that showed its ambition by appointing Steve King in the first place, has it suddenly lost that ambition? Of course not.
Something has happened that is serious enough to make the board change course, what that is we may never know, though I suspect the reason will out in due course.
In the meantime we have a club with an amazing set up which will prove attractive to many talented managers Steve King is no more so let's be grateful for what he gave us and look forward together to a new era.
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No one is bigger than this club and that’s what makes us who we are. Thankfully we have a board full of, ‘common sense, Dartford FC through and through’ members. I have 100% confidence that they’ll ‘do it again’ and come up with a ‘name’ manager/coach. And on we go. We might, of course, have ‘found our level’ and this is what we can come to expect going forward. Especially whilst we are a
part-time club. That, of course, is the subject of another current discussion. The likes of Webbed Feet et al, may see promotion success and highly likely to come straight back down. There is a massive gulf now between the National League and it’s regional subdivisions. There didn’t use to be. Well, not as much.
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Need to get new manager sorted very quickly with Ade and Hyde moving on beginning to wonder who will be left by the time things get sorted.
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JCJ wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 5:53 pm Need to get new manager sorted very quickly with Ade and Hyde moving on beginning to wonder who will be left by the time things get sorted.
Patience all will be revealed early next week ;)
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All I know is that we can all argue and make a case for and against the sacking but.,...........
What is done is done and one day we will find out why King was dismissed
We move on with hopefully a new manager in place very soon.
I know at least 4 of our directors quite well and they are decent people with the clubs interest at heart.
Several of them were involved in resurrecting DFC in 1992 and they have my full support.
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Babylon wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 6:53 pm All I know is that we can all argue and make a case for and against the sacking but.,...........
What is done is done and one day we will find out why King was dismissed
We move on with hopefully a new manager in place very soon.
I know at least 4 of our directors quite well and they are decent people with the clubs interest at heart.
Several of them were involved in resurrecting DFC in 1992 and they have my full support.

And it’s your last sentence is the problem for me. They have the upmost respect for what they did in 1992 BUT we are not in 1992 anymore. The football industry has changed massively but we as a club hasn’t. We can’t keep harping back to those days every time something needs changing. By that I mean I’ve heard it a number of times on both match days and non match days from fans that the board are a bit frightened to go to the next level (full time etc) just in case there’s a repeat of 1992 because it will require extra income. I don’t want to believe it but it’s hard not to come to that conclusion after the sacking of SK, especially after finishing in the playoffs three seasons in a row.

I doubt very much that they wanted to bring him in the first place as it’s out of their comfort zone and will now use him an excuse to go back to what they know. Ie old ‘yes’ boys and back to 1992

Classic example is the one of the most profitable advertising boards in the ground - the 2 on the halfway line opposite the dugouts and very nearly constantly in every match video (which promotes the current administration of the council) How much do we receive for that? - absolutely nothing . Why? Because the board are scared of upsetting the council
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I've still haven't quite got over what must be the worst penalty shoot out I've ever seen in the play off final versus Weymouth.
All 3 off target. All 3 over the bar. By the time the third penalty taker stepped up surely you would have thought he'd be atleast thinking whatever I do just keep my bloody head down and keep it low.
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MickW wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 3:11 pm I can totally understand that fans are disappointed at losing a manager that has been successful, what I can't understand is the sniping at our board when all the facts aren't available to us. We have a board that showed its ambition by appointing Steve King in the first place, has it suddenly lost that ambition? Of course not.
Something has happened that is serious enough to make the board change course, what that is we may never know, though I suspect the reason will out in due course.
In the meantime we have a club with an amazing set up which will prove attractive to many talented managers Steve King is no more so let's be grateful for what he gave us and look forward together to a new era.
COYDs
Mick your comments are your views fair enough. But
the reasons for his dismissal are in the Boards statement. They waited 24 hours to declare some desperate nonsense that i hope the paying people will not except. This forum is just a few people. So its rubbish to go on here. Word of mouth is powerful.
Keep believing Mick you keep believing. Change course no. They are out of their depth. Dustmen by day Directors by night. Sorry i exclude some great members of the board but theyre some bad two faced people Running it for themselves and their friends
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Sleightly Deceptive wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 3:50 pm No one is bigger than this club and that’s what makes us who we are. Thankfully we have a board full of, ‘common sense, Dartford FC through and through’ members. I have 100% confidence that they’ll ‘do it again’ and come up with a ‘name’ manager/coach. And on we go. We might, of course, have ‘found our level’ and this is what we can come to expect going forward. Especially whilst we are a
part-time club. That, of course, is the subject of another current discussion. The likes of Webbed Feet et al, may see promotion success and highly likely to come straight back down. There is a massive gulf now between the National League and it’s regional subdivisions. There didn’t use to be. Well, not as much.
Therein lay all the arguments. Some have confidence in the board some dont, i do in some of the board. Its a split decision if they reveal the truth not unanimous. Thats fair enough. As for the Ebbsfleet man speak to people at your own club. You will find out more without speculation from your goodself
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sbarker wrote: Thu May 26, 2022 6:04 pm
The link that I posted was clearly from the "National League South Forum". Yes, it appeared on the Ebbsfleet forum by poster "Mick Bowra", who also supplied the link from the National League South Forum. Here is the link again:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/confere ... t1857.html
It has SFA to do with the Ebbsfleet forum.

That said "johndfc1" that posted it said he's the tannoy announcer at DFC.
Yes I know this has got nowt to do with Steve King (like the majority of posts in this thread), but I think it's funny (not ha ha) that the "Dartford tannoy announcer" said the above, but then we find that DFC are looking for a new one:

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DFCTALK wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 11:40 am Now ok ive spouted enough......
For once I have to agree with something you have said on this forum.
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sbarker wrote: Sun May 29, 2022 7:59 am
sbarker wrote: Thu May 26, 2022 6:04 pm
The link that I posted was clearly from the "National League South Forum". Yes, it appeared on the Ebbsfleet forum by poster "Mick Bowra", who also supplied the link from the National League South Forum. Here is the link again:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/confere ... t1857.html
It has SFA to do with the Ebbsfleet forum.

That said "johndfc1" that posted it said he's the tannoy announcer at DFC.
Yes I know this has got nowt to do with Steve King (like the majority of posts in this thread), but I think it's funny (not ha ha) that the "Dartford tannoy announcer" said the above, but then we find that DFC are looking for a new one:

I think it’s more a case of Gary Clarke possibly not doing it anymore as he’s got other priorities now and it’s a replacement for him rather than anything else. Also I think the advert was released before any comment was made or even the announcement regarding Steve King.
Apologies Gary if that’s wrong.
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He had these ideas on making the club professional or at least how he thought that worked. This involved withdrawing any social interaction between the players and supporters, not allowing players to enter the bar after the game. Simply driving a wedge in the club. For someone like me with 50 years of supporting the club I can’t remember ever feeling such a toxic atmosphere behind the scenes and I am just hoping to finally get my club back.


If thats the case :roll: surely they would have known weeks ago his fate and had someone ready to take over which isnt the case, more likely somethings been uncovered :shock: hence his sudden departure as per his previous clubs :lol:
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V184 wrote: Sun May 29, 2022 5:10 pm He had these ideas on making the club professional or at least how he thought that worked. This involved withdrawing any social interaction between the players and supporters, not allowing players to enter the bar after the game. Simply driving a wedge in the club. For someone like me with 50 years of supporting the club I can’t remember ever feeling such a toxic atmosphere behind the scenes and I am just hoping to finally get my club back.


If thats the case :roll: surely they would have known weeks ago his fate and had someone ready to take over which isnt the case, more likely somethings been uncovered :shock: hence his sudden departure as per his previous clubs :lol:
Supposition - Very quiet at Stonehenge is it ?
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The 5th Searcher wrote: Sun May 29, 2022 4:27 pm
sbarker wrote: Sun May 29, 2022 7:59 am
sbarker wrote: Thu May 26, 2022 6:04 pm
The link that I posted was clearly from the "National League South Forum". Yes, it appeared on the Ebbsfleet forum by poster "Mick Bowra", who also supplied the link from the National League South Forum. Here is the link again:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/confere ... t1857.html
It has SFA to do with the Ebbsfleet forum.

That said "johndfc1" that posted it said he's the tannoy announcer at DFC.
Yes I know this has got nowt to do with Steve King (like the majority of posts in this thread), but I think it's funny (not ha ha) that the "Dartford tannoy announcer" said the above, but then we find that DFC are looking for a new one:

I think it’s more a case of Gary Clarke possibly not doing it anymore as he’s got other priorities now and it’s a replacement for him rather than anything else. Also I think the advert was released before any comment was made or even the announcement regarding Steve King.
Apologies Gary if that’s wrong.
No, that's about right. I gave my notice a few months back as I have other things going on that mean I cant give the same commitment as I have for a long while, but will still be doing DFCSA things on matchdays (raffle, 50/50 etc) or helping out in other ways. That post, by the way, wasn't me.
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Number Six wrote: Sun May 29, 2022 5:22 pm
V184 wrote: Sun May 29, 2022 5:10 pm He had these ideas on making the club professional or at least how he thought that worked. This involved withdrawing any social interaction between the players and supporters, not allowing players to enter the bar after the game. Simply driving a wedge in the club. For someone like me with 50 years of supporting the club I can’t remember ever feeling such a toxic atmosphere behind the scenes and I am just hoping to finally get my club back.


If thats the case :roll: surely they would have known weeks ago his fate and had someone ready to take over which isnt the case, more likely somethings been uncovered :shock: hence his sudden departure as per his previous clubs :lol:
Supposition - Very quiet at Stonehenge is it ?
Signing expected very soon, you might know him :lol:
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