Sir Doug Ellis donates £1 million

[cheltenhamlion]

Tony Barton's testimonial. That is all. The spiteful ******.

[Brend'Watkins]

European Cup winners to relegation 5 years later,yeah,  good old Doug.  Still, giving away a sizable amount of money to charitable causes is commendable even if he has to make a song and dance about it.

[ktvillan]

I'm thinking of joining the Gym/Sport Centre at Aston Uni and went for a look around today.  Only to find it is called the Sir Douglas Ellis Woodcock Sports Centre.  Not being a fan of Sir Hairbert (understatement) that was a little off putting. Then I went inside and there was a massive photo of the old get in the foyer outside the gym looking just as smug as it's possible to be.   That kind of thing may or may not say something about Sir Witton Lane's motives for splashing cash, but I know what I think.   

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Tony Barton's testimonial. That is all. The spiteful c***.

Never, ever let it be forgotten. The egotistical knob head.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Tony Barton's testimonial. That is all. The spiteful c***.

Never, ever let it be forgotten. The egotistical knob head.

This.
Still find it hard to believe.
FFS!

[Gregorys Boy]

I respect Dong for things like this, but am not going to suddenly pretend that he was a good chairman who had our best interests at heart. 

What you have to remember also is that football has changed even over the last seven or so years.  For most of Ellis' reign money did not divide clubs as much.  A top six or seven club which we had been during a lot of those years were not so far away from a top three club/title contender, but now the gap is huge.  And don't forget Learner put a lot more money into trying to make us a top club than Ellis did, and because of the way the game has gone during his period in change when we didn't get 4th during the MON years then it had a bigger impact on us than it would have had during Deadly Doug's days. 

The worse thing I can say about Learner  is that he has been quite naive when it comes to the footballing side of things, but then you always run that risk when appointin a foriegn owner.  I don't know how anyone can say that he hasn't tried to do his best for the club, it just hasn't worked out sadly.

[darren woolley]

Well done Doug.

[LTA]

I doubt Doug would have stood for the crap we've had for 5 years and just stuck blindly with the same manager.

I also doubt he would let MON have the keys and combination to the safe so he could help himself.

Compared to Lerner's string of dismal appointments, Doug's record of appointing managers was practically flawless.

[LeeB]

I doubt Doug would have stood for the crap we've had for 5 years and just stuck blindly with the same manager.

I also doubt he would let MON have the keys and combination to the safe so he could help himself.

Compared to Lerner's string of dismal appointments, Doug's record of appointing managers was practically flawless.

[steamer]

Revisionist History Pisses me off.
Doug was a self-serving bugger who, having a good enough business acumen to create a travel business in the 60,s and 70,s wheeled and dealed himself  around Midlands football.
He tried his luck at us, the bloose and unless I am mistaken a stint at Wolves.
His exploits are well recorded on this forum, Paid Chairman, launching a share scheme, Accepting a stand named after him, yes Doug would have probably sacked Lambert after his first season, but so would I.
Doug is an old man and you can not take it with you, so (if I am cynical ) he is trying to create a legacy.
Well good luck to him, he still goes to the games, but so do many others without his resources and frankly what else would he do on a Saturday ?
I bear nobody any ill will (hey I watched Bunker and felt sorry for Hitler) but Doug is no Angel. At best he was a stubborn old fucker who missed the Premier League vision and did not invest when we finished second in the first year.
At worst he was a, greedy,  manipulative, spiteful, egotistical twat .
 

[Legion]

Tony Barton's testimonial. That is all. The spiteful c***.

Never, ever let it be forgotten. The egotistical knob head.

This.
Still find it hard to believe.
FFS!

Definitely.

[LTA]

I doubt Doug would have stood for the crap we've had for 5 years and just stuck blindly with the same manager.

I also doubt he would let MON have the keys and combination to the safe so he could help himself.

Compared to Lerner's string of dismal appointments, Doug's record of appointing managers was practically flawless.

Fair enough, Ellis made some bad appointments, but at least there was the odd good appointment thrown in.  All of the managers Lerner appointed have flattered to deceive.

[dave.woodhall]

Revisionist History Pisses me off.
Doug was a self-serving bugger who, having a good enough business acumen to create a travel business in the 60,s and 70,s wheeled and dealed himself  around Midlands football.
He tried his luck at us, the bloose and unless I am mistaken a stint at Wolves.
His exploits are well recorded on this forum, Paid Chairman, launching a share scheme, Accepting a stand named after him, yes Doug would have probably sacked Lambert after his first season, but so would I.
Doug is an old man and you can not take it with you, so (if I am cynical ) he is trying to create a legacy.
Well good luck to him, he still goes to the games, but so do many others without his resources and frankly what else would he do on a Saturday ?
I bear nobody any ill will (hey I watched Bunker and felt sorry for Hitler) but Doug is no Angel. At best he was a stubborn old fucker who missed the Premier League vision and did not invest when we finished second in the first year.
At worst he was a, greedy,  manipulative, spiteful, egotistical twat .
 

I'm not too keen on following a lengthy post with a one word reply such as 'agreed' but it's the only one possible here.

[garyshawsknee]

Yeah fare play to Doug for this, but history can't be re-written, breaking up the 82 team, two terrible successive appointments that cost us our league place. Never quite going the whole hog when we were in a strong position.

Things are awful now, but I can't believe 86 and 87 was any better and there must be a reason why USA USA was ringing round VP a few years back.

[Legion]

Revisionist History Pisses me off.
Doug was a self-serving bugger who, having a good enough business acumen to create a travel business in the 60,s and 70,s wheeled and dealed himself  around Midlands football.
He tried his luck at us, the bloose and unless I am mistaken a stint at Wolves.
His exploits are well recorded on this forum, Paid Chairman, launching a share scheme, Accepting a stand named after him, yes Doug would have probably sacked Lambert after his first season, but so would I.
Doug is an old man and you can not take it with you, so (if I am cynical ) he is trying to create a legacy.
Well good luck to him, he still goes to the games, but so do many others without his resources and frankly what else would he do on a Saturday ?
I bear nobody any ill will (hey I watched Bunker and felt sorry for Hitler) but Doug is no Angel. At best he was a stubborn old fucker who missed the Premier League vision and did not invest when we finished second in the first year.
At worst he was a, greedy,  manipulative, spiteful, egotistical twat .
 

I'm not too keen on following a lengthy post with a one word reply such as 'agreed' but it's the only one possible here.

I am. Agreed.