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Martin180

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #36
Grendel said:
I believe Mowbray at the time claimed we didn't need him as we have enough cover in that area.

Mowbray is rapidly becoming the Basil Fawlty of management. He will never descend to the depths plummeted by thorn but he seems to be attempting to be runner up.
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Why because of stuff Turner is reporting he has allegedly said ?
 

covcity4life

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #37
Martin180 said:
Why because of stuff Turner is reporting he has allegedly said ?
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whats this?
 

Grendel

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #38
Martin180 said:
I thought he claimed he was coming back from an injury (neck if I recall) and couldn't gamble on his recuperation time ?
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He said he would take a couple of months to get up to full speed. The guy turned out for Finland when he said that. Given Mowbray has decided it was worth writing off an entire month anyway that seems rather odd.

Not odd to TM I'm sure.
 

Martin180

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #39
covcity4life said:
whats this?
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Look at the opening post , and many of the other threads on here this week .Most of them are all about stuff Turner has reported that Mowbray has hinted at or allegedly said to him .Just seems like it's been a very slow week over at CET HQ and Turner is looking to stir things up .

Whenever I've seen Mowbray he always comes across as a manager not comfortable in front of a camera , so it seems strange he's letting these little " snippets " out to Turner

Unless Turner is really Juggy ?
 

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #40
oh i thought you meant ben turner

the CET take all their stories from twitter

they did a story other day to start pontecelli because one guy retweeted his goal and said play him city!
 
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gspotgaz

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #41
He's feathering the nest. Look out for 4-4-2 in the next few weeks
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #42
Martin180 said:
When did the Finnish league become a decent standard ?
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The Champions of what is in effect the Finnish Premier League are better than Coventry City by a margin.

For once I actually agree with Grendel, he was playing at the time Mowbray quoted that he wasn't able to. It was an excuse.

We'd already missed out on Wilson by that stage too...

He signed Turnball, possibly even blew more of the budget than he thought on it.

It's all bonkers really, our defence especially in the centre is far too weak.
 

Martin180

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #43
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
The Champions of what is in effect the Finnish Premier League are better than Coventry City by a margin.

For once I actually agree with Grendel, he was playing at the time Mowbray quoted that he wasn't able to. It was an excuse.

We'd already missed out on Wilson by that stage too...

He signed Turnball, possibly even blew more of the budget than he thought on it.

It's all bonkers really, our defence especially in the centre is far too weak.
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As long as it backs up your bizarre transfer conspiracy theory then I suppose you are delighted
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #44
Martin180 said:
As long as it backs up your bizarre transfer conspiracy theory then I suppose you are delighted
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What conspiricy theory?

As the weeks go by, people like you are looking more and more stupid.

The team is absolutely shocking at the moment and alarm bells were ringing ages ago.
 
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PVA

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #45
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
The Champions of what is in effect the Finnish Premier League are better than Coventry City by a margin.
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Absolutely no chance.

One of the most ludicrous statements I've seen on here in a while.
 
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Martin180

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #46
PVA said:
Absolutely no chance.

One of the most ludicrous statements I've seen on here in a while.
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It fits his agenda mate
 

Martin180

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #47
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
What conspiricy theory?

As the weeks go by, people like you are looking more and more stupid.

The team is absolutely shocking at the moment and alarm bells were ringing ages ago.
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They were and Mowbray tried to bring players in and failed , just like every other club in the league system did .

Are you still suggesting he did this on purpose ?
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #48
PVA said:
Absolutely no chance.

One of the most ludicrous statements I've seen on here in a while.
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You really think if we played against SJK we would win?

Not a chance in hell.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #49
Martin180 said:
They were and Mowbray tried to bring players in and failed , just like every other club in the league system did .

Are you still suggesting he did this on purpose ?
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No, I'm suggesting at the moment that he is demonstrating nothing other than being fucking clueless.
 

Martin180

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #50
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
No, I'm suggesting at the moment that he is demonstrating nothing other than being fucking clueless.
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Fits in well with most of our fanbase then
 
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ccfchoi87

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #51
PVA said:
Absolutely no chance.

One of the most ludicrous statements I've seen on here in a while.
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Yeah they only play champions league football. Who'd wanna play for them?
 

JulianDarbyFTW

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #52
I genuinely can't believe the slating Mowbray is getting. I hope he wins the league and then shoves the trophy up some of your backsides in punishment.
 
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stupot07

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #53
Absolutely no chance of winning the league this season.

Would love it if we did mind.


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ccfchoi87

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #54
JulianDarbyFTW said:
I genuinely can't believe the slating Mowbray is getting. I hope he wins the league and then shoves the trophy up some of your backsides in punishment.
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I hope we win the league too. But for a manager who's had as poor a calendar year as he's had why is it unbelievable? Stats show Pressley did just as good in harder circumstances and he got the bullet
 
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PVA

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #55
ccfchoi87 said:
Yeah they only play champions league football. Who'd wanna play for them?
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Seriously?

They played champions league qualifiers. Have a look at the standard of some teams that played at that stage.

Have a look at their squad on Wikipedia. Their star striker was released by Leeds as a youth and played a few games for non league Newcastle Benfield.

It's a really poor standard.
 

JulianDarbyFTW

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #56
ccfchoi87 said:
I hope we win the league too. But for a manager who's had as poor a calendar year as he's had why is it unbelievable? Stats show Pressley did just as good in harder circumstances and he got the bullet
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It's unbelievable because it is so early in the season, with half a team of new players. Give it a few weeks. If it's still shit then, then yes, it's time to review things. But after a half-dozen games I don't see how you can't write the guy off, especially off the back of the best season in years. And yes, before someone mentions it, I'm well aware we tailed off last season, but the finishing league table position was still the best we've had in L1.
 
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ccfchoi87

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #57
PVA said:
Seriously?

They played champions league qualifiers. Have a look at the standard of some teams that played at that stage.

Have a look at their squad on Wikipedia. Their star striker was released by Leeds as a youth and played a few games for non league Newcastle Benfield.

It's a really poor standard.
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Our star striker got released by Colchester, our best defender came from forest green in the non league. What's your point?
 
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ccfchoi87

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #58
JulianDarbyFTW said:
It's unbelievable because it is so early in the season, with half a team of new players. Give it a few weeks. If it's still shit then, then yes, it's time to review things. But after a half-dozen games I don't see how you can't write the guy off, especially off the back of the best season in years. And yes, before someone mentions it, I'm well aware we tailed off last season, but the finishing league table position was still the best we've had in L1.
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Yes it's early in the season but like I said it's not just this years form. I wouldn't call it tailing off I'd call it a capitulation which was 100% his fault. He had a good few months like Pressley did and that's it. Same as he did at Middlesbrough. He's shown me nothing in the last 9 months to suggest he's gonna turn this around
 
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ccfchoi87

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #59
PVA said:
Seriously?

They played champions league qualifiers. Have a look at the standard of some teams that played at that stage.

Have a look at their squad on Wikipedia. Their star striker was released by Leeds as a youth and played a few games for non league Newcastle Benfield.

It's a really poor standard.
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If you look around the other teams in that league there's a good few players in there. Taye taiwo for one (ex Milan and marseille)
 

Martin180

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #60
ccfchoi87 said:
Our star striker got released by Colchester, our best defender came from forest green in the non league. What's your point?
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You're kinda arguing against your own point now
 

Martin180

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #61
ccfchoi87 said:
Yes it's early in the season but like I said it's not just this years form. I wouldn't call it tailing off I'd call it a capitulation which was 100% his fault. He had a good few months like Pressley did and that's it. Same as he did at Middlesbrough. He's shown me nothing in the last 9 months to suggest he's gonna turn this around
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So we sack another manager and employ another manager who has a honeymoon period and then results start to go against him , so we sack another manager and employ another manager who has a honeymoon period and then results start to go against him , so we sack another manager and employ another manager who has a honeymoon period and then results start to go against him ..........and on and on and on and on

At what point should we invest in a manager for 5 years or so and ride the high and lows with him ? Or should we just carry on with the successful policy of the last 10-12 years ?
 
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ccfchoi87

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #62
Martin180 said:
So we sack another manager and employ another manager who has a honeymoon period and then results start to go against him , so we sack another manager and employ another manager who has a honeymoon period and then results start to go against him , so we sack another manager and employ another manager who has a honeymoon period and then results start to go against him ..........and on and on and on and on

At what point should we invest in a manager for 5 years or so and ride the high and lows with him ? Or should we just carry on with the successful policy of the last 10-12 years ?
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When did I say sack him? I just said its not unbelievable that people are asking questions of him
 
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ccfchoi87

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #63
Martin180 said:
You're kinda arguing against your own point now
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How so? I'm saying their standard is better than ours
 

robbiekeane

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #64
JulianDarbyFTW said:
I genuinely can't believe the slating Mowbray is getting. I hope he wins the league and then shoves the trophy up some of your backsides in punishment.
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So do i

Still slating him though, he's lost the plot and needs to go
 
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PVA

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #65
ccfchoi87 said:
How so? I'm saying their standard is better than ours
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It's really isn't and I can't believe anyone would say so.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #66
AFCCOVENTRY said:
Why can't Turnbull and Willis play together in the centre?

Have the feeling Mowbray is being over protective.

RCC
Geordie Willis Turnbull Page
Jones Gadzhev McCann Reid
Sordell Agyei
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Willis will be right back if we go to a back 4, new player will slot alongside Turnbull and Sterry will drop to the bench
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #67
PVA said:
It's really isn't and I can't believe anyone would say so.
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No disrespect meant whatsoever, but I don't see how you can question other people's knowledge of football when you throw statements about seemingly knowing nothing about the Scandinavian leagues. Yes the Veikkausliiga isn't quite as strong as say the AllSvenskan, but those leagues aren't shit by any means. The top teams in those leagues could compete in lower Championship/higher League 1 level without problems. The fact that the team Ojala has joined (SJK) won the league last year, and then you look at our current league position, the teams wouldn't be matched if they played a game.
 
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PVA

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 9, 2016
  • #68
If it's so good why aren't there lots of Finnish players being brought over here to play in the championship?

Looking at the playing history of the two British players at the Finnish champions tells me all I need to know.

We'll have to agree to disagree, and I guess the argument isn't really that relevant to anything so we've gone off on a bit of a tangent.
 
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johnwillomagic

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 10, 2016
  • #69
I think we can play 4-4-2 now and should be playing it now with our current squad make up it is blatantly obvious!
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 12, 2016
  • #70
Standard arguments aside. Ojala just completed 90 minutes for his new team.

Not really that far away was he Mr Mowbray?
 
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