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  • Start date Jan 31, 2023
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edgy

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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Thanks for the memories.
 
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Joy Division

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #2
SISU out
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #3
Fishing?
 

fatso

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #4
Hopefully to Everton for £25million
 

AStonesThrow

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #5
Deleted member 5849 said:
Fishing?
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No he’s genuinely gone, terminated contract by mutual consent
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #6
SHFWF
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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AStonesThrow said:
No he’s genuinely gone
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Insane?
 
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AStonesThrow

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #8

NEWS: Marcel Hilssner leaves Coventry City

Marcel Hilssner has today left Coventry City Football Club.
www.ccfc.co.uk
 

CovLis86

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #9
Gave us even less memories than Kastaneer. That's some doing.
 
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long way home

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #10
He was never here never mind gone
 
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rob9872

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #11
Ffs

Season ticket for sale
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #12
We’ll always have that turn in the Rangers friendly.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #13
Another one for the recruitment team hall of fame.

He's probably going to become the new punch line of that long running joke about the time we all foolishly thought Gray had gone.
 

Evo1883

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #14
edgy said:
Thanks for the memories.
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rob9872

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Another one for the recruitment team hall of fame.

He's probably going to become the new punch line of that long running joke about the time we all foolishly thought Gray had gone.
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Gray's gone?
 
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MusicDating

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Another one for the recruitment team hall of fame.

He's probably going to become the new punch line of that long running joke about the time we all foolishly thought Gray had gone.
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Can people please stop doing this. No recruitment team in the world only signs successes.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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MusicDating said:
Can people please stop doing this. No recruitment team in the world only signs successes.
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They don't, but when they have a small budget, the room for error is much smaller.

Given how fucked our squad has been this season, and how many players need to be moved on, they've been responsible for signing some absolute dross. It's only fair to call that out alongside championing the good signings.
 
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fatso

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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rob9872 said:
Gray's gone?
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I heard he turned Everton down!
 
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PVA

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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MusicDating said:
Can people please stop doing this. No recruitment team in the world only signs successes.
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Yeah teams spend £80m on duds, so imagine how many duds you're going to sign when you're shopping in the bargain bin like we are.
 
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1ccfc

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #20
Surly he was worth a contract extension? He would have been like a new signing in the summer.
 
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saveitforthewombles

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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Wish the guy success in the future - can't have been easy moving to a new country, picking up covid and then a long-term injury. Shame it didn't work out for either side.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
They don't, but when they have a small budget, the room for error is much smaller.

Given how fucked our squad has been this season, and how many players need to be moved on, they've been responsible for signing some absolute dross. It's only fair to call that out alongside championing the good signings.
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That’s nonsense. The less a recruitment team is working with the more gambles they have to take and obviously will have a higher failure rate. The trick is the few success say turn into £25m players.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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shmmeee said:
That’s nonsense. The less a recruitment team is working with the more gambles they have to take and obviously will have a higher failure rate. The trick is the few success say turn into £25m players.
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Madness.

You cannot just give them a free ride because Joy had a tight arse. It's part of the job to work within a budget. They've signed some absolute disasters and should be called out on it.
 
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fatso

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #24
With Hillsner gone, and Cashman loaned out, could we be making funds available for a last minute signing?
Hopefully someone exciting rather than a WB please.
 

shmmeee

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #25
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Madness.

You cannot just give them a free ride because Joy had a tight arse. It's part of the job to work within a budget. They've signed some absolute disasters and should be called out on it.
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For an outlay of less than £10m we’ve produced over £30m of talent. That’s a success whatever way you put it.
 
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fatso

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Madness.

You cannot just give them a free ride because Joy had a tight arse. It's part of the job to work within a budget. They've signed some absolute disasters and should be called out on it.
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I think they have been called out for it, which is why they are no longer here.
 

ajsccfc

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #27
Neeeeeeeeeeeeein
 
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PVA

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #28
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Madness.

You cannot just give them a free ride because Joy had a tight arse. It's part of the job to work within a budget. They've signed some absolute disasters and should be called out on it.
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But the Hilssners, Dacostas, Kastaneers etc are the price you have to pay for the Gyokeres, Hamers, Sheafs and O'Hares.

It's just the nature of the beast.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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shmmeee said:
For an outlay of less than £10m we’ve produced over £30m of talent. That’s a success whatever way you put it.
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What is the 30million? As far as I'm aware we haven't sold anyone recently.

There have been some good signings, but I don't see how anyone can say that they were outrageous risks at the time. There have been some really odd acquisitions however, and it has seen our small squad inflated with ineffective players using up wages. We are in need of a massive clear out, that isn't because the recruitment team have done overwhelmingly well, is it?
 

fatso

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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shmmeee said:
For an outlay of less than £10m we’ve produced over £30m of talent. That’s a success whatever way you put it.
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Hamer, Sheaf, O'hare and Gyokeres for a combined fee of less than £3m ain't bad.
Fadz was a great acquisition too, Dabo was good before injuries, and some of the loans look good.

Yes we've signed some less succeful players, too many to list in fact, but with a bottom 6 budget we can't complain too much if we're still in sight of the playoff places.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 31, 2023
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fatso said:
Hamer, Sheaf, O'hare and Gyokeres for a combined fee of less than £3m ain't bad.
Fadz was a great acquisition too, Dabo was good before injuries, and some of the loans look good.

Yes we've signed some less succeful players, too many to list in fact, but with a bottom 6 budget we can't complain too much if we're still in sight of the playoff places.
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You can’t split it out like that really. Some come off, some don’t. You hope that overall more do than don’t. The only real “big money” failure is Walker.
 
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Otis

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #32
We can all be happy in the knowledge that at least he hasn't committed any war crimes.

On the other hand, he is German isn't he.
 

Gint11

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #33
Looks like our only target is this Jay Silva lad from Bristol. I would have thought MR was going for a striker but I guess with Godden and Walker due back he might not need one?
 

fatso

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #34
shmmeee said:
You can’t split it out like that really. Some come off, some don’t. You hope that overall more do than don’t. The only real “big money” failure is Walker.
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And Waghorn, not for the fee, but for the fact that he's the highest paid player, and hasn't given value for money.
I don't blame Waghorn for signing the contract, but surely we must of known that he was well past his best.
 

MusicDating

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  • Jan 31, 2023
  • #35
shmmeee said:
That’s nonsense. The less a recruitment team is working with the more gambles they have to take and obviously will have a higher failure rate. The trick is the few success say turn into £25m players.
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Exactly. And as we've moved up from L2 to the Championship, they can't have too badly overall!

Constantly pointing the failures is like moaning about a striker that scored a hattrick but missed a chance for a fourth.
 
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