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  1. The Philosopher

    Striker

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

    Striker

    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.
  3. The Philosopher

    Striker

    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
  4. The Philosopher

    Transfer Rumour Carl Rushworth

    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...
  5. The Philosopher

    season ticket sales

    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?
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    Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window

    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...
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    Transfer Rumour 25/26 Summer Transfer Window

    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.
  8. The Philosopher

    season ticket sales

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

    season ticket sales

    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?
  10. The Philosopher

    season ticket sales

    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...
  11. The Philosopher

    season ticket sales

    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.
  12. The Philosopher

    season ticket sales

    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….
  13. The Philosopher

    season ticket sales

    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...
  14. The Philosopher

    season ticket sales

    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...
  15. The Philosopher

    Leeks.

    Dom Hyam.
  16. The Philosopher

    Leeks.

    Some fool suggested this a while back.
  17. The Philosopher

    Ex Player Watch

    It’s all relative. Went for £1.4m in 2020 so 25% sell on would have been £350k. £350k to us at the time would have been useful; we were skint under SISU.
  18. The Philosopher

    Ex Player Watch

    Sign him up (satire) I had the audacity to suggest that rather than sign Waghorn, 33, on £12k per week (over a million over two years) when we hadn’t a pot to spit in we should look at local young players like 6ft9 Hudlin to develop instead. I thought he might be good to train to get on the...
  19. The Philosopher

    Players who we signed but never played in the First Team (or played just one game). Go !

    Iyesden Christie Tipped for great things - never quite hit the heights.
  20. The Philosopher

    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    I support Trump over Biden and Harris. I respect Elon Musk far more, the bloke has proved that he knows what he’s doing. Trump is a clown right now for how he’s behaving. There. I’ve said it.
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