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  • Start date Jan 31, 2013
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Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 1, 2013
  • #246
"He spoke to me last Thursday to confirm he wanted to stay, the story came out in the media that he had agreed to stay with us, yet 24 hours later we heard rumours that he was talking to Birmingham.”
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Said Andy Thorn...

ha no, I don't think AT would purposely come out and lie I believe what Snozzer said as he has told me things that have happened so don't doubt him.
 

BackRoomRummermill

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 1, 2013
  • #247
Snozzer said:
I can only tell you what I was told but certainly didn't get the impression I was being told porkies, he seemed genuinely peed off at the whole mess.[/QUOTE

This forum is full of Bull Shit

Get the FACTS or at least ask for them , too many pulled in like mugs and not just in player transfers. Cabbages
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lordsummerisle

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 1, 2013
  • #248
dongonzalos said:
Are you now saying as well as fat bold clown clueless. We are going to start calling Andy thorn a liar?

When will this rubbish end?
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I'm not calling him a liar, Snozzer is.

Snozzer was told by Andy Thorn that in the last January window we were going to be signing Nile Ranger on loan from Newcastle, but couldn't because no board members would answer the phone so he could do the deal.

Nile Ranger was however sent back to Newcastle from Barnley late December with a foot injury, which would keep him out for at least 3 months, he then went on loan to Sheff Weds in March when his injury cleared up.

http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/n...nger-s-loan-spell-at-barnsley-61634-29986732/


http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/ne...-move-for-injured-nile-ranger-79310-30040987/

Somebody is telling porkies, though wouldn't have put it past Thorn to try and sign somebody on loan who was already injured.
 

WillieStanley

New Member
  • Feb 1, 2013
  • #249
lordsummerisle said:
I'm not calling him a liar, Snozzer is.

Snozzer was told by Andy Thorn that in the last January window we were going to be signing Nile Ranger on loan from Newcastle, but couldn't because no board members would answer the phone so he could do the deal.

Nile Ranger was however sent back to Newcastle from Barnley late December with a foot injury, which would keep him out for at least 3 months, he then went on loan to Sheff Weds in March when his injury cleared up.

http://www.journallive.co.uk/nufc/n...nger-s-loan-spell-at-barnsley-61634-29986732/


http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/sport/ne...-move-for-injured-nile-ranger-79310-30040987/

Somebody is telling porkies, though wouldn't have put it past Thorn to try and sign somebody on loan who was already injured.
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Its feasable. During that time Thorn mentioned that he was in talks with a Premier League manager who he used to play with about the possibility of a loan.
 

lordsummerisle

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 1, 2013
  • #250
WillieStanley said:
Its feasable. During that time Thorn mentioned that he was in talks with a Premier League manager who he used to play with about the possibility of a loan.
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Still doesn't take away from the fact that he was injured, and expected to be out for three months during the time of this alleged loan.

Stupidity, mendacity or both.
 

WillieStanley

New Member
  • Feb 1, 2013
  • #251
lordsummerisle said:
Still doesn't take away from the fact that he was injured, and expected to be out for three months during the time of this alleged loan.

Stupidity, mendacity or both.
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Its not like we haven't signed injured players before!!
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 1, 2013
  • #252
dongonzalos said:
Are you now saying as well as fat bold clown clueless. We are going to start calling Andy thorn a liar?

When will this rubbish end?
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It ended after the bury debacle.
 
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ThisManHere

New Member
  • Feb 1, 2013
  • #253
Nick said:
What are the 2 black fellas standing up looking at?
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Someone smoking a reefa.
 

lordsummerisle

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 1, 2013
  • #254
WillieStanley said:
Its not like we haven't signed injured players before!!
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Very true!
 
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PGA

New Member
  • Feb 1, 2013
  • #255
Just seen this stuart linnels tweet, is this guy for real? even after being told it was us, he still went on with saying it was leicester fans..
 
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Sutty

Member
  • Feb 1, 2013
  • #256
PGA said:
Just seen this stuart linnels tweet, is this guy for real? even after being told it was us, he still went on with saying it was leicester fans..
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He likes to be seen as 'in the know'. In reality he knows as little as anyone else.
 
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PGA

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  • Feb 2, 2013
  • #257
Chris Cotterell ‏@cotchpot
@Stuart_Linnell @Fry_CCFC it was set up by PGA, nothing to do with leicester city fans, for a guy who is in the know you're rather dim!
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@cotchpot @fry_ccfc tell that to the club, who have traced the source.
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1m Chris Cotterell ‏@cotchpot
@Stuart_Linnell @Fry_CCFC HAHAHAHA you don't half talk some rubbish! We openly admitted we were responsible you trout!

Please tell me none of you take this clowns word as gospel? Talking as if he has some sort of connection with the club hahahaha
 
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stevo_ccfc

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  • Feb 2, 2013
  • #258
PGA said:
Chris Cotterell ‏@cotchpot
@Stuart_Linnell @Fry_CCFC it was set up by PGA, nothing to do with leicester city fans, for a guy who is in the know you're rather dim!
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@cotchpot @fry_ccfc tell that to the club, who have traced the source.
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1m Chris Cotterell ‏@cotchpot
@Stuart_Linnell @Fry_CCFC HAHAHAHA you don't half talk some rubbish! We openly admitted we were responsible you trout!

Please tell me none of you take this clowns word as gospel? Talking as if he has some sort of connection with the club hahahaha
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Unfortunately some people do, he presents the football and is a real Numpty
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 2, 2013
  • #259
How could the club trace the tweet? He probably means when we saw the tweet from hinckley...

He keeps misinforming people.

He wasnt wrong about thorn though was he!
 
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dongonzalos

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 2, 2013
  • #260
PGA said:
Chris Cotterell ‏@cotchpot
@Stuart_Linnell @Fry_CCFC it was set up by PGA, nothing to do with leicester city fans, for a guy who is in the know you're rather dim!
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2h Stuart Linnell MBE ‏@Stuart_Linnell
@cotchpot @fry_ccfc tell that to the club, who have traced the source.
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1m Chris Cotterell ‏@cotchpot
@Stuart_Linnell @Fry_CCFC HAHAHAHA you don't half talk some rubbish! We openly admitted we were responsible you trout!

Please tell me none of you take this clowns word as gospel? Talking as if he has some sort of connection with the club hahahaha
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Someone calling him Dim and a trout.

I don't really have an opinion on him. However even if he is wrong I am kinda edging more towards him. If keyboard warriors are involved.
 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 28, 2013
  • #261
I remember this
 
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Snozz_is_god

New Member
  • Jul 28, 2013
  • #262
Which should start a new Coventry word "Drangoed" meaning a false rumour that is believed for a short time.
 

ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 28, 2013
  • #263
any news on the "pompy - what on earth" thread ?
 

Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Jul 28, 2013
  • #264
ccfcway said:
any news on the "pompy - what on earth" thread ?
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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stagmanrob

New Member
  • Feb 27, 2018
  • #265
Mansfield fan here (in peace) just come on here to look at the fallout from our game on Saturday, and look at any possible team news for tonight (we could do with you doing us a favour really.)

On our own board, there's talk of Evans taking the managerial vacancy at Peterborough simply because he's the bookies favourite. I post on there and tried to explain that with next manager betting markets, it really doesn't take much money and betting volume to make the odds plummet on a particular option. That got me explaining how I used to be a member of a betting syndicate that when bored with nothing of significance to bet on, we used to do things like make obscure managers betting favourites for particular jobs just to see the reaction....or the big tradition was on deadline day, we used to make transfer rumours up and see how far we could get them to go....

That obviously led me here! I'm amazed this thread still exists to be honest!

It looks as though the rumour gained a bit of notoriety on here back in the day, I've just read through the thread and it is quite funny!
Just to shed light on a few things having read through it;

Kurt Drago is/was in fact a real player. He was a member of the PGA syndicate and that's where the idea started. Coventry were chosen simply because you are a sleeping giant, you have a large fanbase who could spread the rumours far and wide, without being at a level where the national media would do extensive research to ensure these rumours were true. Obviously we'd done it previously with the Frankie Hullett thing to Palace, but media rumbled it because of the level Palace were at, they looked into the rumour and discovered it was a fake much faster than anticipated.
Kurt himself played for a team called Naxxar Lions at the time, and his Dad was the Chairman of the club. They gained promotion to the Maltese first division in the same season we won the Conference. Our current Chairman has the main bulk of his insurance business banking in Malta (probably for tax purposes) and the following pre-season after promotion, he stated he'd like to take the team on a pre-season tour to Malta as a reward for promotion. No opponents were announced though, so as luck had it, I knew Kurt through the syndicate, so was able to help the club arrange a friendly against his Naxxar Lions club by him getting in touch with his Dad and bringing the two parties together.
The match report is here Report: Naxxar Lions (Malta) 0 - 0 Mansfield Town

Kurt played and they held us to a respectable 0-0 draw! (With Kurt at centre half, so he wasn't an entirely terrible player as you all thought!)

We have since been back to Malta this pre-season but we didn't play them this time around.

Also to clear things up, the cringey posts asking Drago to retweet and saying things to him like "They'd seen him play and couldn't wait for him to sign" etc were PGA members too. That's how well constructed the hoax was at the time!

Anyway, it was a good 5 years ago now, but a few of you probably still remember it well! Good luck tonight against Wycombe! Do us a favour please!
 
Last edited: Feb 27, 2018
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robbiekeane

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 27, 2018
  • #266
Wow that’s sad
 
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westcountry_skyblue

Guest
  • Feb 27, 2018
  • #267
We do have a bit of a good record v Wycombe home and away its nice to say we a bit of a bogey team for them.
So 13/5 to win for us its good value,Shit or bust really for us!!
 
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Captain Dart

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 27, 2018
  • #268
That's funny.
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 27, 2018
  • #269
It was a good blag to be fair
 
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