Mowbray turned about to be a bit of a lemon really didn't he
Who?I remember that quote at the time and I thought harsh but fair enough, then he goes and replaces him with Turnball!
Who?
Never heard of him :shifty:
Mowbray turned about to be a bit of a lemon really didn't he
Steve Bull/Alan Ball
Would settle for either.
Maybe he should of kept Reda as he was the player he was looking although he was out injured for most of our season and has green piss.
Interesting piece in the telegraph and a interesting quote to read back from TM
I didn't realise Aaron Martin has snapped his Achilles' tendon last December and in now returning to fitness. Anyway the main interesting bit was TMs reason for releasing him. It still amazes me now
Mowbray told the Telegraph: “It was a tough decision – probably the toughest decision of them all I’d have to say because he has done everything I have asked of him.
“I have a photofit of how I see central defenders – I want them to come in and be aggressive and, at times, go to war and be leaders and men.
“Listen, he’s a fantastic lad and I haven’t got anything negative to say about him but he just falls a bit short of the central defender that I want for this football club, to be the man who can dominate the back line."
So he goes and signed for a fee Jordan Turnbull. A like for like in character and similar in abilities.
The most bizarre decision of the whole summer 2016.
Ex-City defender bravely battling his way back from horror injury
This all just goes to prove that Mowbray is not the great manager most of us thought he was.
Those blank looks in most of the photos of him should have told us something.
Yet when Mowbray arrived, he got Martin to concentrate on the basics and simple side of defending. It was under Mowbray that Martin started to look half decent. Before Mowbray arrived Martin was on most City fans lists to be binned at the end of the season.
Yeah, all true. Mowbray got him playing, but then binned him off at the end of his contract while paying a fee for a like for like replacement on a already tight budget.
That's what don't make sense.
Mowbray had his targets lined up then his budget was slashed. He went from his first or second choices to his last choices which as we know weren't up to it. Turnbull was a disappointment, but Southampton fans were unhappy he was released as they thought he would be pushing for the first team.
Mowbray gave us six months of hope and excellent football. If he had been given a bit more support maybe we would of signed a better calibre of player than Henderson, Damage and Hunt. He was also incredibly unlucky in that every centre half we had got a long term injury.
His slashed budget? So signing Turnbull on a fee and not resigning Martin was a sign of that? Resigning Ricketts and Tudgay? Embarrassing decisions really.
I think that it wasn't a free transfer and it was a fee says that?If you have any evidence we paid a fee for Turnbull I wouldn't mind seeing it. I was told he was free with Saints getting 50% sell on. Agree on Ricketts and Tudgay though, were past it.
Jordan Turnbull: Southampton defender signs for Coventry CityIf you have any evidence we paid a fee for Turnbull I wouldn't mind seeing it. I was told he was free with Saints getting 50% sell on. Agree on Ricketts and Tudgay though, were past it.
Or desperate decisions,,,,,By a demoralised man,,,,,,,,Chasing a Lost Cause.His slashed budget? So signing Turnbull on a fee and not resigning Martin was a sign of that? Resigning Ricketts and Tudgay? Embarrassing decisions really.
Honestly don't understand what the obsession with Martin is.
Bloody useless when he was here and bloody useless since!
I saw him at Oxford and he couldn't even get a game for them in Div 4.
Lots of ifs, buts and maybes.
But then that's always the case with anyone who leaves our club.
Interestingly no one saying the same thing about Kyle Reid and he arguably the better player....
PUSB SOTV IMCH NOAM (Not One Acronym More)
Not sure everyone is saying he was brilliant, just why a manager would release a player that doesnt fit his style of play then replace him with a similar style defender yet pay a fee for him.
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