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  • Start date Dec 13, 2022
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PVA

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  • Feb 2, 2023
  • #106
Seems like a good move
 
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PVA

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 2, 2023
  • #107
But let's hope this guy ends up with a better recruitment hall of fame than duds like Hamer, Gyokeres, O'Hare and Sheaf
 
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Frostie

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  • Feb 2, 2023
  • #108
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Feb 2, 2023
  • #109
shmmeee said:
Who is saying that?

The recruitment team you’re always ragging on left a couple of months ago.
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There has been a lot of fragility on here about the recruitment team, and consistent defending of them because 'sisu gave them a bad budget'.

It's just a light hearted joke, but it does still stand true. Our recruitment could be better.
 
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slowpoke

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  • Feb 2, 2023
  • #110
My guess is we will be moving into the foreign market perhaps bigger than we are now. This chap from Wimbledon will have his team of contacts as will Dean Austin I think we are lagging behind in the scouting/recruitment side of the club and it’s good to see something is being done about it.
 

JimmyHillsbeard

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 2, 2023
  • #111
So Storey’s blueprint of a DoF turned out to be a good one after all? Wonder how Austin would have compared to the “SkyBlue Legend” Mark Hateley.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Feb 3, 2023
  • #112
TomRad85 said:
Looks like we aren't going to be run like a Sunday league team anymore and I welcome it. Boddy probably not sitting too comfortably mind you.

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I doubt he'll be here beyond the summer.
 
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JonesBob

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  • Feb 3, 2023
  • #113
Sorry for my ignorance, but is this seen as a promotion or a sidewards move?
 
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Speedie's Head

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 3, 2023
  • #114
According to Wikipedia Ray Gooding is the only scout listed among the club's staff. Presumably there are others working to less formal arrangements but clearly there is room to improve there when/if funds allow

Coventry City F.C. - Wikipedia

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Gibbo

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 3, 2023
  • #115
I have watched Wimbledon twice in the last 3 weeks (for my pains) - not a great advert for him. Dire stuff - 0-0 and 1-0.

The only player I liked was the right back and he was clearly no better than good League 2. Currie the apparently much admired left back was invisble in the first game and absent in the second. Quite the most useless attack I have ever seen with the main striker a headless chicken of parks standard. Players with a first touch no better than mine.

It could mean nothing, the manager - Johnnie Jackson ex-City loanee - maybe the problem.

Paid £60 for two tickets to the first game (Bradford) to watch absolute tripe; thankfully for the second game (Stockport) I paid the concession rate of £5 to go in the away end.
 

slowpoke

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 3, 2023
  • #116
KenilworthSkyBlue said:
I doubt he'll be here beyond the summer.
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Boddy can concentrate on the administration and commercial side of the club wether that attracts the position of c.e.o. we will see.
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Feb 3, 2023
  • #117
slowpoke said:
Boddy can concentrate on the administration and commercial side of the club wether that attracts the position of c.e.o. we will see.
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Neither of which he's particularly competent at. Certainly not at this level anyway.

I strongly suspect Doug King will be looking to bring in a new face in the summer. Boddy isn't his man, he's SISUs. Equally, he has a lower league mentality and just isn't a right fit for where we want to be as a club.

I'd be astonished if he's still in the role next season.
 
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slowpoke

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  • Feb 3, 2023
  • #118
Do you wipe the blood from your knife ? I don’t know what is good enough or not but in fairness to Boddy under the last regime and that excuse of a chairman he was chief cook and bottle washer. Hopefully things will be easier now with more hands at the pump.
 

Frostie

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 3, 2023
  • #119
Speedie's Head said:
According to Wikipedia Ray Gooding is the only scout listed among the club's staff. Presumably there are others working to less formal arrangements but clearly there is room to improve there when/if funds allow

Coventry City F.C. - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org
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Ray Gooding hasn't been with us for years.
 

junglej13

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 8, 2023
  • #120
Anyone heard anymore word on Jamie Johnson coming in?
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #121
Nothing, but Austin to Directer of Football? Odd...
 

Greggs

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  • Sep 20, 2023
  • #122
My mate just spotted him on the M6. Austin was on a motorbike looking really happy. Bit weird. Says he got a photo, i'll keep you posted.
 
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Greggs

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  • Sep 20, 2023
  • #123
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Sep 20, 2023
  • #124
Greggs said:
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Heard we were in for this one from Duloc Rovers, then found out his diet was mostly cake and onions so we pulled out.

 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Sep 20, 2023
  • #125
Wasn’t he the one who joined from St Albans City?
 

Finham

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #126
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Heard we were in for this one from Duloc Rovers, then found out his diet was mostly cake and onions so we pulled out.

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Yeah he might eat Eccles.
 
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procdoc

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  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #127
Whoever said spend 12 million on Simms and Wright, it’s great value, needs fucking sacking. Bring back Kevin Kyle
 
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CCFC54321

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  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #128
The amount of money on these two is frightening and I’m pretty sure that who was responsible for scouting will be a touch nervous as football is a ruthless game. Believe me when I say most likely conversations are being had within Ryton on what’s going wrong with such an outlay on these two players in question.
 

slowpoke

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  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #129
CCFC54321 said:
The amount of money on these two is frightening and I’m pretty sure that who was responsible for scouting will be a touch nervous as football is a ruthless game. Believe me when I say most likely conversations are being had within Ryton on what’s going wrong with such an outlay on these two players in question.
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You don’t know what you are talking about.
 
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CCFC54321

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  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #130
slowpoke said:
You don’t know what you are talking about.
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You’ll be very surprised that I DO know what I’m talking about.

There’s a lot of stuff I don’t post on here that I know due to responses like that.

Enjoy your day and no hard feelings from my end.
 

Balli001

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  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #131
CCFC54321 said:
The amount of money on these two is frightening and I’m pretty sure that who was responsible for scouting will be a touch nervous as football is a ruthless game. Believe me when I say most likely conversations are being had within Ryton on what’s going wrong with such an outlay on these two players in question.
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The recruitment team wouldn't have decided how much to pay. They would just recommend the players. We are 7 games in. I highly doubt discussions like you suggest are happening
 
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CCFC54321

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #132
Balli001 said:
The recruitment team wouldn't have decided how much to pay. They would just recommend the players. We are 7 games in. I highly doubt discussions like you suggest are happening
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I’ll have my usual 50p that they are mate.

we beg to differ.
 

Dickie

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  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #133
CCFC54321 said:
I’ll have my usual 50p that they are mate.

we beg to differ.
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Surely it’s a team of people involved. At first team level maybe the recruitment team, Doug, Boddy, Robins and others. You’d think it would be a collective effort but who gets to approve the final figure?

I know at Brentford, Frank, the owner, DOF and the recruitment team are all involved in the process, Frank’s been very vocal about it. Might not be the same with us though…
 
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fatso

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #134
Balli001 said:
The recruitment team wouldn't have decided how much to pay. They would just recommend the players. We are 7 games in. I highly doubt discussions like you suggest are happening
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Ffs mate wake up.
Clubs like ours can't afford errors on the scale of £10+ million. If MR can't get a tune out of Simms and Wright very fucking quickly, then big Doug will be wanting answers, and some fuckers head will roll.

Once we get 10 games in, there better be some signs of progress or attendances will start to dip under 20k and fans will get pissed off and that will impact cash flow, and as a businessman Doug will demand answers.

You'd have to be naive in the extreme, to think Doug is happy at this point in time.
 
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CCFC54321

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  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #135
Dickie said:
Surely it’s a team of people involved. At first team level maybe the recruitment team, Doug, Boddy, Robins and others. You’d think it would be a collective effort but who gets to approve the final figure?

I know at Brentford, Frank, the owner, DOF and the recruitment team are all involved in the process, Frank’s been very vocal about it. Might not be the same with us though…
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I’d imagine that mark robins will advise what mold of player he is looking for and let the recruitment team go find them. That’s what they’re paid to do. King will only go with the advice he is receiving and can give the yes or no to approve the signing.
 
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SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #136
CCFC54321 said:
The amount of money on these two is frightening and I’m pretty sure that who was responsible for scouting will be a touch nervous as football is a ruthless game. Believe me when I say most likely conversations are being had within Ryton on what’s going wrong with such an outlay on these two players in question.
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Sounds like a great culture where people’s jobs are at risk because players aren’t performing after 7 games.
 
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CCFC54321

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  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #137
fatso said:
Ffs mate wake up.
Clubs like ours can't afford errors on the scale of £10+ million. If MR can't get a tune out of Simms and Wright very fucking quickly, then big Doug will be wanting answers, and some fuckers head will roll.

Once we get 10 games in, there better be some signs of progress or attendances will start to dip under 20k and fans will get pissed off and that will impact cash flow, and as a businessman Doug will demand answers.

You'd have to be naive in the extreme, to think Doug is happy at this point in time.
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The complete naivety that no conversation or comment has been had from king downwards is remarkable. I’ve said before football’s a ruthless game and if a tune isn’t being played soon by these two signings big questions are going to be asked.
 
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CCFC54321

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  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #138
SeaSeeEffCee said:
Sounds like a great culture where people’s jobs are at risk because players aren’t performing after 7 games.
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That’s football!!!! It’s not like the outside world.
 
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shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #139
Really not sure why Simms is getting it. He’s cost nothing like that Wright did, is younger, and has barely played. Kitching and Wright have to prove their worth, the rest are normal Championship signings.
 
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pusbccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 21, 2023
  • #140
We were looking at Haji well before Austin came in.
 
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