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But yes atm a 50 year old Adebola would be fine but for that virus he caught. (Old joke)

As others have said, he’s come through a top PL stream and the Simms I saw v Man U showed he can play against the top level - if his head’s right.

We have two great strikers in Wright and Sims. Both have technical ability and are proven to be dangerous at this level. Both are low on confidence. I’m old enough to remember Dele Adebola. Rather than write off our strikers, perhaps we need to get to the nub of the issue

It was £800k. Rangers paid £600k for him and sold him for a profit. Listened to a Drinkell podcast / interview with him on it a bit ago. Slated Cov and said it was the biggest mistake of his career. He said that he scored headers a plenty pre-Cov and that we didn’t play to his strengths. At...

But was it him? It’s either him, the Council or the MP. I genuinely don’t know. See video above (source CCFC official page). Anyone in the know care to elucidate?

Yep. For every 10 ,50k (say) Dexter Walters / Kyle Hudlin / Reise Allisani / Hillsner type gamble there’s a rare Sam McCallum. Or, a Stuart Pearce or Cyrille Regis (Hayes - WBA). Having a flutter on a long shot that everyone writes off sometimes pays off. WRT Hudlin, he did end up playing...

By now I would have expected us to have signed a couple of non-league / young foreign prospects for the development squad. Sam McCallum - type punts that aren’t dependent on Gyok money. It’s a bit quiet on that front.

Put the Leicester fans there when they visit. They’ll feel at home.

Yes, I mentioned this earlier. Apparently drainage and underfloor heating are an issue. Just for fun, what would AI make of the concept of safe standing for the “new” areas. What capacity then?

Grok says (posting without comment here) The possibility of extending the Coventry Building Society (CBS) Arena has been a topic of discussion, but there are significant challenges and mixed opinions on its feasibility. The CBS Arena, home to Coventry City FC, has a current capacity of 32,609...

I thought that myself. Would have been short sighted to restrict the stadium potential but at that time the decision makers seemed clueless so who knows.

Thinking about this, the easiest way would be lower the pitch and extend the stands forwards (ie extra rows at the front) (Ibrox style) maybe safe standing all the way around the pitch perimeter. Long throws might be affected though….

Probably answered elsewhere but give the CBS was originally planned for 40 odd thousand, (retractable pitch, roof, helipad, rocket launcher (satire)) and downscaled during construction; is it still possible to put another tier on? If we got to the Prem, 40k crowds aren’t implausible. MA could...

It’s a bit of a boggle comparing crowds from the 80’s to now. In the 80’s it might well have been that crowds were under-declared - more actual people in the ground than the declared figure. Cash at turnstiles, two getting a squeeze in from their mates, chairman might want to be tax efficient...

Dom Hyam.