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SkyBlue_Bear83

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,016
Jamesimus said:
Absolutely not bothered about Mehmeti signing for Ipswich. Decent enough player, but petulant and not better than what we already have. Goes missing in a lot of games.
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Let's be honest, it would have been huge to bring on ready made champ quality in Mehemeti in place of EMC or Rudoni in matches, instead we have Yang who's not trusted for a single minute in the league yet.

Mehmeti is exactly the kind of signing teams who get promoted make at this time of year.

We've made one signing of significance in Esse so King has a huge job for the last week.
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,017
Wilder just needs to come out and say Gus is a bit of a shit c**t who won’t shut up about Samoan Joe’s, stop wasting everyone’s time with passive words.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,018
SBAndy said:
I mean, that’s just not true is it.

Fascinated by your ability to completely warp statistics to bring yourself to an opinion you’re so confident on.
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Read it and weep.
 

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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,019
shmmeee said:
No because he’s literally not playing 90 mins right now because of his lack of fitness and has had several periods out of the team already. If you don’t think we need another option fine but I suspect Lampard does.
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I’ve said we need another profile… It’s got nothing to do with Torp ‘not being able to play in England’ which is just nonsense.
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,020
Imagine if we could assemble a group of players to get us to the top of the league. Surely we need all sorts in this window? We’ve added 2. Lost no one (the stat no one wants to mention) and it’s probable we’ll add a CM. We don’t need anything else. As for Mehmeti - no thanks
 
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skybluecam

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,021
3 kebabs on the grill
Garlic sauce still steaming
Sheff United’s fitness team
Couldn’t stop him eating

He’s coming home,
He’s coming home,
He’s coming
Hamer’s coming home!
 
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SBAndy

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,022
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Read it and weep.
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Unfortunately the comparison data in FotMob isn’t particularly comprehensive/strong; I don’t know why when they clearly have the data. But anyway…

Hamer in 22/23:


Hamer this season:
 
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SkyBluePower

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,023
Seems unlikely that we will get anyone else if our first midfield target fell through. Doesn’t feel like Doug really favours a last minute chase to get someone through the door - assume that’s when you overpay .
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,024
SBAndy said:
Unfortunately the comparison data in FotMob isn’t particularly comprehensive/strong; I don’t know why when they clearly have the data. But anyway…

Hamer in 22/23:
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Hamer this season:
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Obviously the raw totals are higher… how else do you compare a player who’s played 1,198 minutes versus the same person playing 3,476? That’s without considering that they’re playing in different positions.

You’d hope a player who’s played 2,278 more minutes would have the higher raw totals!

In any case, the original point was that Hamer isn’t going to play CM for us and his numbers wouldn’t magically get better just playing deeper. It’s pretty clear he isn’t the same player stylistically as was with us.

What’s ironic, is that the interceptions and tackles dropping off is the operative point here… they’re the key defensive stats for a CM.
 

skybluecam

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,025
SkyBluePower said:
Seems unlikely that we will get anyone else if our first midfield target fell through. Doesn’t feel like Doug really favours a last minute chase to get someone through the door - assume that’s when you overpay .
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Kitching, EMC, Woolfenden
 
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CCFC96

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,026
SkyBluePower said:
Seems unlikely that we will get anyone else if our first midfield target fell through. Doesn’t feel like Doug really favours a last minute chase to get someone through the door - assume that’s when you overpay .
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We don't set up with one target then pack it in if that doesn't work. The recruitment team will have a huge list I imagine, with it being tiered from most desirable to least.
 
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SBAndy

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,027
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Obviously the raw totals are higher… how else do you compare a player who’s played 1,198 minutes versus the same person playing 3,476? That’s without considering that they’re playing in different positions.

You’d hope a player who’s played 2,278 more minutes would have the higher raw totals!

In any case, the original point was that Hamer isn’t going to play CM for us and his numbers wouldn’t magically get better just playing deeper. It’s pretty clear he isn’t the same player stylistically as was with us.

What’s ironic, is that the interceptions and tackles dropping off is the operative point here… they’re the key defensive stats for a CM.
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A) it’s ‘per 90’ data.
B) interceptions and tackles are also more common in the middle of the pitch rather than on the left wing.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,028
SBAndy said:
A) it’s ‘per 90’ data.
B) interceptions and tackles are also more common in the middle of the pitch rather than on the left wing.
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Exactly, and the per 90 shows that Hamer’s numbers are higher. So the data isn’t warped, it’s a matter of fact.

On your second point, Wilder wouldn’t be playing Hamer LW/AM if he was his most trustworthy defensive player. This where posters lime yourself are getting the symptom and the cause the wrong way around. Hamer played CM in the Prem and ever since, has played further forward where the defensive duties, specifically tackles and interceptions are lighter.
 

shepardo01

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,029
SkyBluePower said:
Seems unlikely that we will get anyone else if our first midfield target fell through. Doesn’t feel like Doug really favours a last minute chase to get someone through the door - assume that’s when you overpay .
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The only thing you are right about here is that we might not get anybody.
However, we are and will be trying.

It also isn't just a case of, oh well, our top target is staying at his club- never mind. We're done for the window!! There will be contingency targets.

We , as I've said before are now in the same market as some big clubs, many who have more money than us... We'll be trying our best to get too players in.
We may get some, we may not....but we'll be trying!!
 
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Captain Dart

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,030
JSL said:
It has the Wrexham OAP home written all over it
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They're doing OK now.
 
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SkyBluePower

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,031
skybluecam said:
Kitching, EMC, Woolfenden
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Keep praying then.
 

SBAndy

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,032
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Exactly, and the per 90 shows that Hamer’s numbers are higher. So the data isn’t warped, it’s a matter of fact.

On your second point, Wilder wouldn’t be playing Hamer LW/AM if he was his most trustworthy defensive player. This where posters lime yourself are getting the symptom and the cause the wrong way around. Hamer played CM in the Prem and ever since, has played further forward where the defensive duties, specifically tackles and interceptions are lighter.
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You started this off saying:
Mucca Mad Boys said:
Bar tackles and interceptions, his numbers are better this season than at his peak in 22/23 with us!
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and yet the data shows that his ‘duels won’ and (most importantly) ‘recoveries’ were significantly higher in his last season with us than this season. I’m setting aside the fact that tackles and interceptions are already quite a big part of being a centre mid.

But your real kicker all along was “well Wilder doesn’t play him centre mid”. Fine, whatever. Why blabber on about his defensive stats then when you know it’s no comparing like with like?
 

DT-R

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,033
skybluecam said:
It’s not that they need it, it’s that players like Esse will have multiple suitors and some will be prepared to offer more money.
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Not every transaction in football is about money though is it? Especially when it comes to loans. A lot more will go in to loaning a player out than "which club will pay us more"!

What sort of exposure is my player likely to get? Minny for example. Do Spurs want him at Pompey, fighting to stay in the league? Or at Coventry, fighting for promotion? Clearly we offer a spurs player more exposure to the better side of football currently than Pompey do.

How many minutes will he play? Is he likely to be 3rd choice at X club that'll pay me £200k but almost guaranteed 60-65 mins most weeks at another that will only pay his wages?

What team plays football more like our style of football? ie, we're heavily reliant on using our full backs pushing high and helping wingers get balls in to the box, whereas Norwich whenever ive seen them play this season sit deep in a low block. So if ive got an attacking young LB to loan out, do I loan him to the attack minded team that plays a similar style to my own? Or send him to sit in a low block and never get past the halfway line?

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Saddlebrains

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,034
Seen Minny mentioned a lot above so thought id pass on a nugget

He is a decent player, looks good in training, club happy with him, Lampard just feels he needs to adjust a bit more to our system on the training pitch. Hes gone from a club who are fighting relegation and playing pretty direct stuff to a fast flowing side at the top of the league.

He will get minutes, just needs to bed in a bit
 
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DT-R

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,035
CovRes said:
Part of Hull's transfer embargo is, or so it has been reported, is that they cannot pay loan fees for a player. Why would would a practice that doesn't happen be embargoed?

Plus, loan fees are regularly reported on, such as this from Sky Sports transfer page.
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But it also means that loans DO happen without fees. So like i said, in reply to somebody saying hes already paid for the ground (which he hasnt) and fees for the Esse loan (where the proof he has?).

I also dont know how reliable Transfermarkt is? But according to that hull signed Amir Hadziahmetovic and under fee it says "Loan Fee: €700k". Next to both Esse and Minny it just says "loan transfer".

So ok, loan fees are a thing id never head of. But either way, it was in response to somebody saying we cant call for doug to splash out as hes already splashed out buying the ground and paying a fee for esse. The first is simply not true and the second has no evidence to back it up. So I stand by the calls for doug to splash the cash and buy us the promotion we're ever so close to achieving.

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Alkhen

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,036
Saddlebrains said:
Seen Minny mentioned a lot above so thought id pass on a nugget

He is a decent player, looks good in training, club happy with him, Lampard just feels he needs to adjust a bit more to our system on the training pitch. Hes gone from a club who are fighting relegation and playing pretty direct stuff to a fast flowing side at the top of the league.

He will get minutes, just needs to bed in a bit
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Bit of bedding in is to be expected.

Last 2 weren't the fixtures to drop him into, both were on a knife edge for the entire 90. Its much easier to stick him on if we are winning comfortably or losing and in need to gamble for the last 10.

Liked the look of him at Stoke
 
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Lamps

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,037
SkyBlueDom26 said:
Any excuse to back Doug not spending a penny so far, it’s 1 player we need not 10 ffs
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We could do with another player or two. But the players we're after are top Championship or average Prem players and they're not as easy to sign as an average squad player.
 
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jordan210

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,038
Bored now can we sign a midfielder
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,039
SBAndy said:
You started this off saying:


and yet the data shows that his ‘duels won’ and (most importantly) ‘recoveries’ were significantly higher in his last season with us than this season. I’m setting aside the fact that tackles and interceptions are already quite a big part of being a centre mid.

But your real kicker all along was “well Wilder doesn’t play him centre mid”. Fine, whatever. Why blabber on about his defensive stats then when you know it’s no comparing like with like?
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If you followed the thread of conversation, I was responding to a post that said Hamer would flourish playing at CM. My basic point was no because on a fundamental level, he’s no longer a CM really.

Why go on the attack and say I was warping the data? We were looking at two different things and you could’ve pointed out duels and recoveries. I missed it because the YoY comparisons didn’t include them.

The irony continues because the data points you’ve just introduced that because if his tackles, interceptions, duels won, recoveries are all down below all of our CMs… what makes you or anyone think he’ll come back and suit playing there for us? That was 3 years ago and it’s apparent that he is a different player now.
 
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CovRes

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,040
DT-R said:
But it also means that loans DO happen without fees. So like i said, in reply to somebody saying hes already paid for the ground (which he hasnt) and fees for the Esse loan (where the proof he has?).

I also dont know how reliable Transfermarkt is? But according to that hull signed Amir Hadziahmetovic and under fee it says "Loan Fee: €700k". Next to both Esse and Minny it just says "loan transfer".

So ok, loan fees are a thing id never head of. But either way, it was in response to somebody saying we cant call for doug to splash out as hes already splashed out buying the ground and paying a fee for esse. The first is simply not true and the second has no evidence to back it up. So I stand by the calls for doug to splash the cash and buy us the promotion we're ever so close to achieving.

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I'm not sure that anyone said that loans always come with a loan fee. They are common though, especially if a player is in demand.
Full details of transfers are rarely made public, so I've no idea where Transfermarkt gets its figures from.

There is very little chance that anyone has lent King 100% of the money to buy the stadium. Money will have had to be put up by him. It may be 5%, it may be 50%. We don't know the details. But he's likely to have put money into the purchase. In an interview after the purchase he made a comment about having to move money around (within his investments) to make the deal happen. If it was all borrowed then he wouldn't have needed to do that.
 

SkyBlueDom26

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,041
If we don’t sign a cm then it’s clear Frank hasn’t been backed, it’s a real shame as he was basically begging a few weeks before the window opened. Esse is a good signing but we are still short
 
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MusicDating

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,042
Following our polite enquiry and Wilder's press conference words about not playing Gus, I'm curiously optimistic we're going to sign him
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,043
MusicDating said:
Following our polite enquiry and Wilder's press conference words about not playing Gus, I'm curiously optimistic we're going to sign him
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Very strange comments by Wilder.
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jan 23, 2026
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,045
MusicDating said:
Following our polite enquiry and Wilder's press conference words about not playing Gus, I'm curiously optimistic we're going to sign him
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,046
I would take Hamer over Neil every day of the week.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,047
Beware the Ides of Will Grigg is all I'll say on spending lots of money on a high reputation player who doesn't necessarily fit into the system
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,048
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Beware the Ides of Will Grigg is all I'll say on spending lots of money on a high reputation player who doesn't necessarily fit into the system
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In fairness to Hamer though he's pretty adaptable, a very competent footballer who is if in good nick capable of going box to box, can tackle, can shoot, can press.
 
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jordan210

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,049
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Beware the Ides of Will Grigg is all I'll say on spending lots of money on a high reputation player who doesn't necessarily fit into the system
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but he was on fire once
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 23, 2026
  • #8,050
fernandopartridge said:
In fairness to Hamer though he's pretty adaptable, a very competent footballer who is if in good nick capable of going box to box, can tackle, can shoot, can press.
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I just don't think he offers what we need most at this point in time.
 
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