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Not sure Barton is the answer. I like the football he plays for the first 20 minutes, but he does have a habit of going missing later on.

Agree with the OP, thanks DMC for being someone that I felt confident backing for first goalscorer! Personally, I don't think he'll cut it if he moves to a Championship team, but he's come here and done the business, so I guess he deserves a shot. Even if he was ours permanently, I suspect we'd...

Opposition teams must love playing at the Ricoh. No atmosphere, no fans screaming for decisions etc. Even when we were winning yesterday, it was the Preston fans making the noise. I would personally close the Telegraph stand and bunch all the fans together which improved the atmosphere against...

Whilst it would be great to sign DMC, I think it's starting to look unlikely. I suppose we're not too far from Nottingham, he looks settled and we've treated him better than the Forest fans did, but it's money that talks. If we don't get him, it's essential we hold onto Moussa, Bailey and...

Had him banging in the goals for me too! Back to real football, I reckon Robins has been working closely with McDonald over the last couple of months, almost like a preseason. He didn't look in shape at the start of the campaign and Robins gives me the impression that he won't stand for it. It...

To the Heartbeat theme tune David, David McGoldrick, he scores the goals for me du du... 'He scores when he wants' is terrible

I remember reading that after Leicester sacked him, Holloway went to watch Roberto Martinez training the Wigan team. Said it completely changed his view on how football should be played and he's been pretty successful since. Maybe something similar has happened to Robins. I'm really impressed...

I disagree. They wouldn't have got to where they are if they were no good at turning around failing businesses. Like it or not, football has become just as much about business as it is kicking a ball. I don't think they quite realised the mess they were getting into. Football clubs aren't a...

I didn't include Thorn because the whole thing with him seemed strange. We played some decent football when he was caretaker and we had players of reasonable quality - King, Westwood etc. Last season you could see that he was out of his depth, but there are plenty of experienced managers who...

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced SISU wanted us to go down last year. - Use L1 attendances, stadiums and income as an attempt to reduce the rent, which certainly seems to be happening at the moment. It also means less income for the ACL, which appears to be advantageous to...

Aside from LAST, it has to be Twist and Shout. Never forgot at West Brom when it went on for ages. Even when they scored their 5th, you still couldn't hear them. Our fans did themselves proud that day. Even the West Brom fans couldn't believe the level of support they were watching.

Yeah I thought Oxlade-Chamberlain was still in League 1 when they got him. I'm not saying he's as talented (yet!), but considering Bigi was on a long term contract and I do think we could've got 3/4 million with appearances etc.

It was far too little. I'm really surprised Thorn didn't intervene, his talent and potential were worth way more than that and as a scout you'd have thought he'd have realised. When you see Oxlade-Chamberlain going for £12million, it does show that the bigger clubs are prepared to spend the...

Yeah that game seemed to be the turning point in our season. Both of them were the two most influential signings since the Premier League days in my opinion. It's a shame we got them towards the end of their careers, but at the same time that was sort of what made it special - they made a big...

Deanocity3 - Thanks for uploading these mate, I have loved watching them. The 2-1 Villa game in 1999 I could watch on repeat for hours! Still breaks my heart seeing Highfield Road in its prime like that, compared to the soulless, plastic, clone of a stadium that we can't afford to pay for now.

A lot of people remember Wise in that season, but Don Hutchinson was also a great signing. His goal against Leeds was magic.

That I can come on this forum, search the threads and (most of the time) find accurate and up-to-date information regarding rent offers etc. Yet I go on the Coventry Telegraphs website and find an article about half season tickets being withdrawn (something which could be found out by going on...

I actually thought it looked better. We got in late due to the queues, went to go up to the Telegraph stand but were stopped at the top of the stairs. The Main stand looked full. One full stand looks better than two sparsely populated ones in my opinion. This ground is too easy for away teams to...

Obviously outside last night was a bit of a shambles, so I'm not sure the official attendance is right, but that seemed to be the liveliest the Ricoh has been for a while. Is it time to close the CET stand permanently and move all the fans into one area? In my opinion, it is. Last night proved...

I think the better atmosphere coincided with the Telegraph stand being closed. Might as well do it for all the home games I reckon.