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  1. ashbyjan

    What can Thorn do differently, assuming he can't bring anyone in?

    Its OK that formation because we have applied for league dispensation asking for Bell and Sheff together to only count as one player as they only ever contribute for half a game
  2. ashbyjan

    Top 10 Hard Men

    Terry Cooper Billy Bremner Norman Hunter Actually the whole Leeds side from that era Tommy Smith George Graham Chopper Harris Every team in those days had at least one hard man City: Curtis, Holton, Pearce, Allardyce, Konjic, Yorath, Wise, Carsley, Thompson, McGrath, Speedie, Hartson,
  3. ashbyjan

    The “Thorn has nothing to work with” quotes i keep hearing is bollocks and this is wh

    I blame SISU for appointing him in the first place - oops sorry SBID!
  4. ashbyjan

    Top 10 Hard Men

    Trevor Hockey - a blast from the past. I once went to see Poland v Wales and this horrid bearded little sod ran around the Welsh midfield simply kicking lumps out of every opposition player, not sure he ever actually touched the ball just bit, spat, snarled and hacked his way through the game...
  5. ashbyjan

    The “Thorn has nothing to work with” quotes i keep hearing is bollocks and this is wh

    Mumf - we are third from bottom of the table - we have won one game this season - if we were mid table or in the top 6 then I would say that AT has done a brilliant job but I agree that at the moment he has done ok but as things stand we would be going down if the season finished today so...
  6. ashbyjan

    Are We Simply Too Nice? Certainly No Crazy Gang!

    Non League - I definitely do not want us to return to the long ball shit that AB served up - what I was referring to was currently our team is small and too easily bullied off the ball - how many 50:50 balls are Bell, Clingan, Bigi, Sheff etc going to win? Almost every decent side has a hard...
  7. ashbyjan

    The “Thorn has nothing to work with” quotes i keep hearing is bollocks and this is wh

    Thanks Mumf - I am not convinced that AT is a brilliant manager and in some ways I am disappointed that he doesn't appear to have created a siege, everyone's against us type of mentality but I fear some of this may be down to the types of personnel at his disposal - we have no natural...
  8. ashbyjan

    Would you pay more to watch the team win?

    With such an innovative and unworkable idea I welcome Mr Leonard Brody to Sky Blue Talk - any news of the bank account number you want us to pay into to buy the club a player?
  9. ashbyjan

    The “Thorn has nothing to work with” quotes i keep hearing is bollocks and this is wh

    Whilst there is a grain of sense in what your saying Mumf the influence of a seasoned, skilful, dangerous striker like King cannot be over estimated, by the last 10 games of the season he was fully fit and firing on all cylinders. He was the focus of our attacks, his first touch was superb and...
  10. ashbyjan

    1 win in...

    I agree with you about McDonald as not having a reserve team there is no other way to get him match fit other than play him and personally would rather have a 25% fit Cody than a 100% fit ROD or Platt. He showed he does have an awareness in front of goal, even if he did fluff a couple of...
  11. ashbyjan

    'Supporters'

    Over estimating their tippex9 - this board has turned us into a Reliant Regal van with a flat front wheel. On side is written Dulieus Independent Company Koventry
  12. ashbyjan

    1 win in...

    Our best players are always the ones who are not in the side and once actually playing they become dire and crap. Murphy who hasn't actually done much wrong is obviously rubbish and Dunn who made one save in an uneventful 45 minutes is a budding international. McDonald, who has had no pre-season...
  13. ashbyjan

    Did Hoffman overvalue the club?

    What I have failed to understand is how do the League know that no one individual has more than 10% - because those trustworthy chaps at SISU say so? With their track record for misunderstandings and half truths is it any wonder that Collins wants some answers. How do we not know that one of the...
  14. ashbyjan

    CCFC a bit like amateur dramatics!

    Cov City is more like a Greek Tragedy with all the main characters dying agonizing deaths except the dasterdly villain who disappears into the sunset (Portugese sunset in our case) cackling incoherently to himself
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    'Supporters'

    I have found that at away games the support is usually far more passionate and pro the team than at the Ricoh where, I am sure, some fans turn up for a good moan and are almost disappointed if we play well as there us nothing for them to winge about. Still I suppose we are at least keeping them...
  16. ashbyjan

    1 win in...

    Cranie and Clingan are obviously off, either in Jan or summer so how high is their motivation? Juke is probably thinking "if only" about the possible move that was muted and is probably pissed off Bell is obviously playing with a hernia caused by laughing so hard when he was offered a new four...
  17. ashbyjan

    Are We Simply Too Nice? Certainly No Crazy Gang!

    I keep hearing this "pitbull" description of Deegan but have yet to actually see it - he seems a decent enough box to box player but have yet to see the nasty side that he is supposed to have. Hope you're right Rich and he is that missing x-factor and that he can stay fit long enough to make a...
  18. ashbyjan

    Are We Simply Too Nice? Certainly No Crazy Gang!

    As a team are we too nice? Do we have a reputation for being soft and easy pushovers? Under AB we started to get a reputation as a bit of a bullying side and teams didn't want to play us - now what have they to fear? Bell? McSheffery? Baker? Clingan? Some children? Even our central defenders are...
  19. ashbyjan

    2 week break...put in the time coaching then!

    Are We Just Too Nice? Certainly No Crazy Gang I am coming to the conclusion its the brand of tea served to the players pre match and at half time so I firmly put the blame on our current plight on the tea person - in this PC age cannot assume they are a tea lady. They must switch to a stronger...
  20. ashbyjan

    Did Hoffman overvalue the club?

    Hoffman was deadly serious and, as I understand it, once he has completed the minor matter of acquiring a large chunk of the Lloyds business in the UK for his current employers NBNK he will be back. Project Verde for anyone interested - 632 branches, 5 million customers, £50 billion in assets in...
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