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  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,534
    NabySarr said:
    Conor Coady is keen to return. However, a return is very unlikely to happen as things stand 
    Really? I'd welcome it but never thought it was a possibility because he has a young family that he wouldn't want to be away from.

    Why is the move unlikely to happen as things stand?
    Got to be his wages, no way we spend that on him 
    Wrexham will be willing to pick up the majority of his wages, otherwise they will end up paying them all as he won’t sign for anyone unless they do that 
    Cheers Parky
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 45,185
    Think we’ll end up signing Redmond on a year contract

    Not a chance. If we do end up signing him which is a big if. It will be a short term deal, like the washed up Hernandez last season. 

    Wish we would move on from Redmond, can’t see us going for him whatsoever. 
    Pretty confident of you, for a player that's travelled to Slovenia and played in the three friendlies so far. I'd say we're seriously considering him. So he will stay in the conversation until he gets another club or signed by us... 
    Mind you, a couple of seasons ago there was Bishop who spent the whole pre-season and played all the friendlies - but wasn't signed
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  • Laddick01 said:
    sam3110 said:
    sam3110 said:
    Who said we were in for Just?
    Ronnie, so it's probably horse
    Probably?
    Eventually he'll get one right as he regurgitates everything he hears as if it were his own words. 
    Given infinite time, a monkey with a typewriter would eventually write the words of Shakespeare.
    Yes, but it would be difficult to put your hands on so many typewriters these days. There are only so many antique shops.
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 18,726
    edited July 20
    Bod said:
    Chunes said:
    Bod said:
    Conor Coady would be great to have back, calm and steady, good around the dressing room. If it suits all parties it makes sense.
    I think we all agree that we have to improve on our midfield from last season. But having Coady & Coventry as our two choices for DM isn't any improvement. 
    It certainly doesn't hurt to have Coady in our lineup at all. He didn't put a foot wrong throughout his spell with us. 
    Not hurting us isn't the same as helping us improve. We have to improve dramatically down the middle. I'm hopeful that we're looking to do that. 
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,497
    Laddick01 said:
    sam3110 said:
    sam3110 said:
    Who said we were in for Just?
    Ronnie, so it's probably horse
    Probably?
    Eventually he'll get one right as he regurgitates everything he hears as if it were his own words. 
    Given infinite time, a monkey with a typewriter would eventually write the words of Shakespeare.
    Yes, but it would be difficult to put your hands on so many typewriters these days. There are only so many antique shops.

  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 10,554
    Chunes said:
    Bod said:
    Chunes said:
    Bod said:
    Conor Coady would be great to have back, calm and steady, good around the dressing room. If it suits all parties it makes sense.
    I think we all agree that we have to improve on our midfield from last season. But having Coady & Coventry as our two choices for DM isn't any improvement. 
    It certainly doesn't hurt to have Coady in our lineup at all. He didn't put a foot wrong throughout his spell with us. 
    Not hurting us isn't the same as helping us improve. We have to improve dramatically down the middle. I'm hopeful that we're looking to do that. 
    I think we need to look beyond Coady as an answer , I don't mind Coventry but I feel like we need some size and physicality in the middle of the park , someone that'll do the dirty work and free whoever replaces Doc to get on the ball and get us going forward. 
  • 2121
    2121 Posts: 1,699
    Id have coady definitely. 

    Liverpool had and coming prospect, defensive midfielder, who has been on loan in la liga 2, stefan bajcetic. Surprised he was there and not in a top league. 

    No rumour though 😂🫣
  • Bod
    Bod Posts: 327
    Totally agree.
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,745
    edited July 20
    Personally I don’t see any problem having Coady sitting as a defensive midfielder when we’re away from home and under the cosh. At home for that matter. 
    I don't object to having someone as a "pure" defensive midfielder playing the role that Coady did, but ideally it wouldn't be Coady himself - at his age the law of diminishing returns is going to start taking a toll sooner rather than later.

    If he was to come back as an Andy Hughes type "player coach" who provides leadership and experience with limited actual playing time I would not overly object but I wonder if we have the space in the squad (or the budget) to allow for that.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,112
    2121 said:
    Id have coady definitely. 

    Liverpool had and coming prospect, defensive midfielder, who has been on loan in la liga 2, stefan bajcetic. Surprised he was there and not in a top league. 

    No rumour though 😂🫣
    He’s been injured for about 2 years which hasn’t helped him

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  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,745
    fenaddick said:
    2121 said:
    Id have coady definitely. 

    Liverpool had and coming prospect, defensive midfielder, who has been on loan in la liga 2, stefan bajcetic. Surprised he was there and not in a top league. 

    No rumour though 😂🫣
    He’s been injured for about 2 years which hasn’t helped him
    Two years injured you say? He'll be signed by the end of the week.

    And in the physio room a week later.
  • AberystwythAddick
    AberystwythAddick Posts: 2,018
    I didn’t want Coady last time and he proved me wrong. Let him do it again if the deal is right. 
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 5,074
    I hope we aren't just going round all the clubs buying all the broken lawnmower engines.
  • CafcSteve said:
    Spoke to an ex employee of the club last week who still has very good contacts within the club hence the reason I not posted till now ..cause I think one of our targets he was telling me about has signed for Swansea ( 6 mill been quoted ) .. New Zealand international who played for Motherwell he said he would have broken our transfer record , but he did say that NJ requested bigger wage structure which the owners have agreed , that should see a former player return now we know it’s Grant and most likey  our first 25k plus a week player. NJ very happy at the club and on the recent tour one of the owners turned up and spoke to the players about the season ahead. He believes Apter will stay and Jones and Ramsey contracts are not a problem .. only bids received are for Kanu. 
    Absolute Rubbish!
    That’s too well written for Ronnie, it’s been copied and pasted from somewhere 
  • What a ruthless summer it would be if both Dykes & Coady returned!

    Epic stuff from NJ & PC if that happened.
    I think our man ‘in the know’ was saying Coady was very unlikely to happen. Sounded like wishful thinking from Coady.
  • Southbank
    Southbank Posts: 5,809
    arny23394 said:
    wmcf123 said:
    arny23394 said:
    Hilarious if we end up signing Coady after what Jones has said he wants to add to the midfield. 
    I’m sure he’d like to add prime Parker and Jensen into the midfield , maybe with Kinsella and Graham Stuart off the bench.  
    He spoke about specific traits he wants to add to the midfield - Coady possesses none of them
    No, but he is better than Coventry in the defensive mid position. That is one reason  why we stayed up 
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,279
    Coady was decent but would hope we're looking for a longer term solution 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 10,554
    The right move despite how highly NJ speaks of him. Always gave 100% but the technical side of his game hasn't really developed. Hopefully we've got a good sellon built in. 

    Good luck Karoy. 

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  • CB1
    CB1 Posts: 384
    Maybe a midfielder is close? 
  • Danny Addick
    Danny Addick Posts: 4,182
    If we are to progress , yeah he has to go. But he’s a hard worker, by all accounts a good trainer and I feel like he cared about the club. Good luck Karoy
  • SheedyCAFC
    SheedyCAFC Posts: 1,349
    Can’t keep them all, hopefully he’s off to play under Johnnie Jackson (not a rumour)
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 6,269
    MarcusH26 said:
    The right move despite how highly NJ speaks of him. Always gave 100% but the technical side of his game hasn't really developed. Hopefully we've got a good sellon built in. 

    Good luck Karoy. 
    Not alone in not being technically good enough in that midfield .  I’m not averse to him going if we’re bringing in better but I think he’ll have a career.  Could be lapslie level, could be better . 
  • Sage
    Sage Posts: 7,430
    Anderson’s taken it down from his insta so probably pressed done too quickly… 😂
  • superdulvertonred
    superdulvertonred Posts: 1,284
    Good luck Karoy wish you every success in the future wherever that is
  • ElliotCAFC
    ElliotCAFC Posts: 2,658
    cafc4life said:
    Karoy is off
    Interesting that it’s been deleted already, perhaps he meant to schedule the post and accidentally put it live. 
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 11,127
    One of the good ones… all the best Karoy, I have no doubt you’ll go on to great things.
  • Charlton43
    Charlton43 Posts: 213
    cafc4life said:
    Karoy is off
    Interesting that it’s been deleted already, perhaps he meant to schedule the post and accidentally put it live. 
    U turn, he’s signing a new deal 
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,801
    Schrodingers insta post