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  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,535
    Chunes said:
    Interesting that nobody ever worries about losing Conor Coventry in a transfer window. 
    Goes unnoticed by most of the opposition I would guess because his job isn't overly flashy. Would love to get him on a long term deal. 
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,590
    MarcusH26 said:
    Chunes said:
    Interesting that nobody ever worries about losing Conor Coventry in a transfer window. 
    Goes unnoticed by most of the opposition I would guess because his job isn't overly flashy. Would love to get him on a long term deal. 
    He’s OK. Long-term, we should be looking to
    upgrade.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,535
    Nathan " want to add more goals, more physicality in all areas, January a tough window without spending an immense amount of money" 
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 692
    Chunes said:
    Interesting that nobody ever worries about losing Conor Coventry in a transfer window. 
    Do we as fans over rate/ under rate our own players though, probably the wrong time after a shit performance to be balanced, but how many of ours would we be getting looked at by other championship sides as serious options, not many I’d say at the moment, a couple of months ago I’d of said a good number. 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,535
    Cawley " suggested that we've kept some powder dry but more likely we go big in the summer if survival is confirmed" , new investment process isn't going to be a quick thing that's done , more likely to affect the summer. Doesn't think we're going to see some big statement signings.
  • sammy391
    sammy391 Posts: 3,912
    MarcusH26 said:
    Cawley " suggested that we've kept some powder dry but more likely we go big in the summer if survival is confirmed" , new investment process isn't going to be a quick thing that's done , more likely to affect the summer. Doesn't think we're going to see some big statement signings.
    Would have hoped that a second Summer in the championship would be a big investment, regardless. No way we could realistically spend less! 

    January needs to see us get players in who will drag us kicking and screaming towards safety. Proven experience, guile and nouse. More JRCs, less Knibbs/Apters please  
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 8,296
    edited January 4
    Sword65pf said:
    Chunes said:
    Interesting that nobody ever worries about losing Conor Coventry in a transfer window. 
    Do we as fans over rate/ under rate our own players though, probably the wrong time after a shit performance to be balanced, but how many of ours would we be getting looked at by other championship sides as serious options, not many I’d say at the moment, a couple of months ago I’d of said a good number. 
    Ramsey, Jones and TC would all have championship takers i'm sure 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,568
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Completely meaningless post but it does make me laugh the Nathan Jones sleeps at the training ground. He lives by me in Greenwich and it’s not a long drive to the training ground, surely he’s got a phone and can deal with any transfer dealings from home? 

    Not that I’m complaining, it’s a privilege to have a manager that cares this much. 
    It's all talk.
  • wolfgang
    wolfgang Posts: 515
    Major said:
    golfaddick said:
    Crispywood said:
    Bell Burke have proven they can’t handle extreme workloads, Jones has looked liked he’s been limping in some games. Bree playing through injury, Leaburn needs some managing. Other 6 players aren’t a risk so wouldn’t be against seeing the likes of Coventry Kelman playing just protect those actually at risk 
    Might as well just play the U21's then.

    I do wonder how teams played 60 matches a season back in the 70's & 80's. Just 1 substitute & at this time if year pitches were mainly mud.

    OK - you want do do history? - Do you also wonder why, as a nation, since 1066, we have fought off invasion... until now?
    Are you that Major in Faulty Towers?

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  • Berkshire1970
    Berkshire1970 Posts: 48
    The Red Robin said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Nathan wanting " orthodox players in orthodox positions" 
    If only he picked the team. 
    Injuries possibly having an impact? 
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,278
    Valley11 said:
    Dykes has interest from Scotland, apparently.  
    Unless it's Hearts, Celtic or Rangers I can't see that being a concern unless he wants to go back to Scotland.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,812
    MartinCAFC said:
    Valley11 said:
    Dykes has interest from Scotland, apparently.  
    Unless it's Hearts, Celtic or Rangers I can't see that being a concern unless he wants to go back to Scotland.
    He almost went to Hibs in the summer window apparently
  • Berkshire1970
    Berkshire1970 Posts: 48
    To state the obvious this window will determine which league we’re in come May. Can’t think the owners will just let this slip away. 
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 17,487
    I don't expect there is masses of cash available. And tbh I wouldn't want to throw it around anyway as you get much less options and worse value in January. I expect us to be smart about it. One or two experienced loans to see us through to the summer, another one or 2 potentially with the option to buy/sign in the summer. Maybe 1 or 2 on perms/small fees. I would hope there is a bit of cash in case we find someone of real quality available for a good price at either LWB or CM - 2 positions we need not just short term reinforcements but longer term roles filling. 

    My priorities would be:
    LWB - Edwards mould. Battler, more like a LB in some sense but still good enough going forwards.
    CB - either, similar to Burke who can cover RCB and CB or similar to Ramsay and can cover RCB and RWB
    RWB - either Bree or another. 
    Striker - experienced physical presence, hold up play important. Take some pressure off Miles

    Nice to haves:
    Another RWB - so we don't have to play Bree every game and don't have one player as back up for multiple positions. Apter still an option here but allows us to have the more defensive option on this side evennin an injury crisis.
    CM- the Doc role but with a bit more championship quality. Would really help us but unlikely to be available in Jan.
  • Powell2ThePeople
    Powell2ThePeople Posts: 415
    Garrymanilow said:
    Lewis Coaches said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Lewis Coaches said:
    MarcusH26 said:
     I just hope there's a serious budget to go and get 3-4 quality players , not Prem U21 kids on their first loan in this situation. 
    The time for the serious budget was the summer transfer period, not now.
    Werent we one of the biggest spenders in the summer?
    Edit: We had the second highest net spend...
    Didnt spend wisely , did we.
    Of course we did. Kaminski is an improvement in goal no matter how many people have elevated Mannion to Buffon levels in their heads, Burke and especially Bell have been good signings, Apter was good until the Edwards injury forced him out and has plenty of time to adapt, JRC is just breaking through now, Carey has been very good, Kelman is looking great after an unfortunate injury. It's only really Olaofe and Knibbs who haven't really had a huge impact yet and Knibbs is our second top scorer despite that. We spent over £10m in one window and this squad just needs to be good enough to survive so we can build again next season on top of what we have. This club spent 8 of the last 9 seasons at L1 level, the entire squad wasn't going to get overhauled in one window.
    Completely agree.   Well said.    

    (I realise the "Like" button sort of covers that, but sometimes you've just gotta say it.)
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 692
    Powell2ThePeople said:
    Garrymanilow said:
    Lewis Coaches said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Lewis Coaches said:
    MarcusH26 said:
     I just hope there's a serious budget to go and get 3-4 quality players , not Prem U21 kids on their first loan in this situation. 
    The time for the serious budget was the summer transfer period, not now.
    Werent we one of the biggest spenders in the summer?
    Edit: We had the second highest net spend...
    Didnt spend wisely , did we.
    Of course we did. Kaminski is an improvement in goal no matter how many people have elevated Mannion to Buffon levels in their heads, Burke and especially Bell have been good signings, Apter was good until the Edwards injury forced him out and has plenty of time to adapt, JRC is just breaking through now, Carey has been very good, Kelman is looking great after an unfortunate injury. It's only really Olaofe and Knibbs who haven't really had a huge impact yet and Knibbs is our second top scorer despite that. We spent over £10m in one window and this squad just needs to be good enough to survive so we can build again next season on top of what we have. This club spent 8 of the last 9 seasons at L1 level, the entire squad wasn't going to get overhauled in one window.
    Completely agree.   Well said.    

    (I realise the "Like" button sort of covers that, but sometimes you've just gotta say it.)
    To be fair I thought I  was latest comedic genius for ages with the lol button, until I realised its mainly a tool for derision!!😂
  • Powell2ThePeople
    Powell2ThePeople Posts: 415
    edited January 4
    The Red Robin said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Chunes said:
    Interesting that nobody ever worries about losing Conor Coventry in a transfer window. 
    Goes unnoticed by most of the opposition I would guess because his job isn't overly flashy. Would love to get him on a long term deal. 
    He’s OK. Long-term, we should be looking to
    upgrade.
    If he's on a long term deal, he becomes more of an asset.     As do they all.  Miles' 3 year deal was very important for just that reason.  

    We've lost too many over the last few seasons after their contracts ran down.    CBT, Dobson, Small, etc. 

    I realise we got compensation for Small (how much was that btw?), and that we can't make players sign contracts, but they were all wanted at a higher or equivalent level.  So we must do everything we can to protect our assets.    

    I'm somewhat confident about Bree being a permanent addition soon (and I'll be pleased about that).    Otherwise Southampton will lose him for nothing in the summer.   Makes no sense for them.   But someone could come in with more money for both club & player.   

    However, it shouldn't distract from the fact we need 2-3 quality signings this window.  

    Not sure what I feel about our chances of that though.   
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 971
    Chunes said:
    Interesting that nobody ever worries about losing Conor Coventry in a transfer window. 
    West Ham have a ridiculous sell on when it was reported he was going to Wednesday apparently it was 50% before it broke down and we swooped in so firstly gives us far less incentive to sell if it’s a hefty sum.  

    Think the fact we lost CBT for peanuts at the time and Dobson who was also a brilliant CDM and imo better than Coventry (but that’s a different debate) and we didn’t get worse also unconsciously plays a part in not being as fearful losing a player like Coventry. 

    Also Coventry is solid but he’s not an elite midfielder, JRC has started 3 league games and on Thursday put in a better performance than I’ve seen from Coventry all season 



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  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,495
    Crispywood said:
    Chunes said:
    Interesting that nobody ever worries about losing Conor Coventry in a transfer window. 
    West Ham have a ridiculous sell on when it was reported he was going to Wednesday apparently it was 50% before it broke down and we swooped in so firstly gives us far less incentive to sell if it’s a hefty sum.  

    Think the fact we lost CBT for peanuts at the time and Dobson who was also a brilliant CDM and imo better than Coventry (but that’s a different debate) and we didn’t get worse also unconsciously plays a part in not being as fearful losing a player like Coventry. 

    Also Coventry is solid but he’s not an elite midfielder, JRC has started 3 league games and on Thursday put in a better performance than I’ve seen from Coventry all season 


    I think we actually got a great deal for CBT. We picked him up on a short-term contract initially and then turned him into an occasionally devastating player. His form peaked at the perfect moment as his contract was coming to an end and we still managed to get £300k for a player who would have left for free in 6 months. Nathan Jones would have beaten him to death within minutes as well so there wasn't any value in keeping him to the end of the season, especially given he'd clearly lost interest in playing for us anymore. He's then barely featured for Derby across that season and the next two and will do well to get a L1 deal after Derby let him go. I'm surprised Derby haven't tried to get the police involved on that deal 
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 692
    Garrymanilow said:
    Crispywood said:
    Chunes said:
    Interesting that nobody ever worries about losing Conor Coventry in a transfer window. 
    West Ham have a ridiculous sell on when it was reported he was going to Wednesday apparently it was 50% before it broke down and we swooped in so firstly gives us far less incentive to sell if it’s a hefty sum.  

    Think the fact we lost CBT for peanuts at the time and Dobson who was also a brilliant CDM and imo better than Coventry (but that’s a different debate) and we didn’t get worse also unconsciously plays a part in not being as fearful losing a player like Coventry. 

    Also Coventry is solid but he’s not an elite midfielder, JRC has started 3 league games and on Thursday put in a better performance than I’ve seen from Coventry all season 


    I think we actually got a great deal for CBT. We picked him up on a short-term contract initially and then turned him into an occasionally devastating player. His form peaked at the perfect moment as his contract was coming to an end and we still managed to get £300k for a player who would have left for free in 6 months. Nathan Jones would have beaten him to death within minutes as well so there wasn't any value in keeping him to the end of the season, especially given he'd clearly lost interest in playing for us anymore. He's then barely featured for Derby across that season and the next two and will do well to get a L1 deal after Derby let him go. I'm surprised Derby haven't tried to get the police involved on that deal 
    Think the police are still investigating Bonne to QPR!!😂
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,535
    Penny for CBTs agents thoughts after the comments he was making on Twitter about us :) 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,786
    MarcusH26 said:
    Penny for CBTs agents thoughts after the comments he was making on Twitter about us :) 
    ???
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,535
    ForeverAddickted said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Penny for CBTs agents thoughts after the comments he was making on Twitter about us :) 
    ???
    A lot of stuff about us being a small club that held CBT back etc and derby being a proper club 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 13,840
    cafc_se7 said:
    Crispywood said:
    Chunes said:
    Interesting that nobody ever worries about losing Conor Coventry in a transfer window. 
    West Ham have a ridiculous sell on when it was reported he was going to Wednesday apparently it was 50% before it broke down and we swooped in so firstly gives us far less incentive to sell if it’s a hefty sum.  

    Think the fact we lost CBT for peanuts at the time and Dobson who was also a brilliant CDM and imo better than Coventry (but that’s a different debate) and we didn’t get worse also unconsciously plays a part in not being as fearful losing a player like Coventry. 

    Also Coventry is solid but he’s not an elite midfielder, JRC has started 3 league games and on Thursday put in a better performance than I’ve seen from Coventry all season 


    Very Harsh. Take Conor Coventry out of our side and we are f**ked IMO. The work he does off the ball is unmatched!
    Agreed. No surprise that whenever he comes off our shape disintegrates 
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 692
    fenaddick said:
    cafc_se7 said:
    Crispywood said:
    Chunes said:
    Interesting that nobody ever worries about losing Conor Coventry in a transfer window. 
    West Ham have a ridiculous sell on when it was reported he was going to Wednesday apparently it was 50% before it broke down and we swooped in so firstly gives us far less incentive to sell if it’s a hefty sum.  

    Think the fact we lost CBT for peanuts at the time and Dobson who was also a brilliant CDM and imo better than Coventry (but that’s a different debate) and we didn’t get worse also unconsciously plays a part in not being as fearful losing a player like Coventry. 

    Also Coventry is solid but he’s not an elite midfielder, JRC has started 3 league games and on Thursday put in a better performance than I’ve seen from Coventry all season 


    Very Harsh. Take Conor Coventry out of our side and we are f**ked IMO. The work he does off the ball is unmatched!
    Agreed. No surprise that whenever he comes off our shape disintegrates 
    No surprise every now and then he has a bit of an off game, he’s the only one in his role that’s fully trusted, no wonder he looks knackered at times.
  • Covered_End_Lad
    Covered_End_Lad Posts: 5,776
    Coventry is the first name on the team sheet for me, maybe just behind Lloyd in that aspect.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,553
    The disrespect that still gets thrown at CC, I can't even

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