Steve Taylor is Robin's Assistant (2 Viewers)

sw88 said:

Can we not let finch go too? I'll pay for someone to take him if he would command a fee. Free transport too

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I dunno, I have a soft spot for academy players, and we're going down a level and are short on DM players.

shmmeee said:

I dunno, I have a soft spot for academy players, and we're going down a level and are short on DM players.

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we've spent too many seasons keeping hold of academy players in the hope they'll come good. Connor Thomas. Shaun Jeffers etc etc

Plus, it's one thing keeping hold of them as they play In a position your short in; and then there's Jack Finch

I am very pleased for once that we had a new man lined up straight away.
However I think this is desperation to stay up as oppose to planning for next year.
Which makes you wonder what does relegation actually mean?

dongonzalos said:

I am very pleased for once that we had a new man lined up straight away.
However I think this is desperation to stay up as oppose to planning for next year.
Which makes you wonder what does relegation actually mean?

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It means you drop down in to the division below where you currently are, I think?

sw88 said:

It means you drop down in to the division below where you currently are, I think?

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It sure does and some other side affects we are yet to know about, I think.

The Reverend Skyblue said:

I feel really good today about Robins coming back. I remember sat on a cold winters Tuesday night at Colchester when he was manager and we played the best I'd seen us for years . We won and looked so dangerous on the break, literally could have been a cricket score.
Yes he's a turncoat, and a hypocrite to come back, as no way are his working conditions better than three years ago, but I will forgive him if he wins the league next season.
If he thought we were in a mess last time he is in for one almighty shock when he finds what's it's like now.

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Which makes his decision to come back all the more strange. It's not as if he won't know what the situation is like, how much worse it is since he was here last time and how much worse the squad is since he was here.

I don't buy the line that he was desperate for a job...regardless of his last two roles, there would be other L1/L2 cubs that would've taken him.

The only logic I can apply is that he's been given assurances that he'll have the resources required to get back to L1 at the first attempt or even better, he knows something positive on the ownership front.

shmmeee said:

Reposting from the other thread. This is who is left for next season :

RCC
Addai, Maycock, Leahy, Shipley
Willis
Turnbull
Harries
Jones
Reid
Finch (maybe)
Stevenson
Sayoud
K Thomas
Beavon

I'd expect at least Willis and Stevenson to go from that lot. Leaves you with a base of:

???
??? Turnbull Harries ???
??? ???
Jones Beavon Reid
K Thomas

S: RCC, Leaghy, Maycock, Finch, ???, ???, ???

Addai, Shipley, Sayoud either not ready or will probably not have their contract extended. Maybe add Ponticelli who could be ready.

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You've omitted Lameiras again...

standupforcity said:

You've omitted Lameiras again...

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Signed a two year deal in 2015:

SIGNING: Coventry City sign Ruben Lameiras on a two-year deal following a successful trial