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Igor Vetokele - May 2025 has retired (p21)

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  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885


    Anyone who has seen CAFC this season simply knows we have better players than last season.

    Which is rather the point everyone else who was laughing at your dependence on transfermarket.com was making.

    We can SEE they are better players, we don't need a silly website to tell us that.

    : - )
    As ever you are missing the point. From the moment these players arrived I was bigging up our chances based on their valuations. Whereas you simply stated "it's a bumpy road" and "we might finish anywhere between 1st and 23rd". As ever about as much insight as a fecking horoscope!

    Whereas I simply stated this lot look a hell of a lot better than last season's mob.

    If it's that silly why was there such a high correlation between the assigned squad value of last seasons championship clubs and the final league position? And for the Jupiler league the correlation is even higher.

    For someone with an 'A' level in stats you spend a lot of time laughing at data - perhaps you should have spent more time listening?


    Calm down, you're about to blow a gasket.

    I first said "bumpy ride" when Roland first came in, not just in the summer, and have been proven right.

    Three managers, floods of ineffective loans, staff redundancies including the two most senior office staff, huge turnover of players, young player of the year leaving, new pitch, tidied up ground, staying up with two games to go only for that coach to leave, getting off to a flyer this season, what next?

    Will still be a few more bumps in the road with Roland in charge IMHO but as I said in January when he took over it might take 3 or 4 years but we'll get there. I hope I over estimated that time scale but we shall see.

    I've been pro-Roland every since he came but not in the "he can do no wrong, he is perfect" way that you have.

    And it is still a silly website. It tells us that Derby's squad is more valuable than ours. Wow. Did anyone really need a website to tell us that but back in the real world we beat Derby. QED

    Have a day off pal
    No need to get upset, it's only an internet forum
    How are we going to get your fan club over 20k if you keep upsetting people Henners :-)
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,071
    Wonder if Igor will pick up a 2 week injury which will keep him out of travelling to Angola...
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,222
    RedChaser said:


    Anyone who has seen CAFC this season simply knows we have better players than last season.

    Which is rather the point everyone else who was laughing at your dependence on transfermarket.com was making.

    We can SEE they are better players, we don't need a silly website to tell us that.

    : - )
    As ever you are missing the point. From the moment these players arrived I was bigging up our chances based on their valuations. Whereas you simply stated "it's a bumpy road" and "we might finish anywhere between 1st and 23rd". As ever about as much insight as a fecking horoscope!

    Whereas I simply stated this lot look a hell of a lot better than last season's mob.

    If it's that silly why was there such a high correlation between the assigned squad value of last seasons championship clubs and the final league position? And for the Jupiler league the correlation is even higher.

    For someone with an 'A' level in stats you spend a lot of time laughing at data - perhaps you should have spent more time listening?


    Calm down, you're about to blow a gasket.

    I first said "bumpy ride" when Roland first came in, not just in the summer, and have been proven right.

    Three managers, floods of ineffective loans, staff redundancies including the two most senior office staff, huge turnover of players, young player of the year leaving, new pitch, tidied up ground, staying up with two games to go only for that coach to leave, getting off to a flyer this season, what next?

    Will still be a few more bumps in the road with Roland in charge IMHO but as I said in January when he took over it might take 3 or 4 years but we'll get there. I hope I over estimated that time scale but we shall see.

    I've been pro-Roland every since he came but not in the "he can do no wrong, he is perfect" way that you have.

    And it is still a silly website. It tells us that Derby's squad is more valuable than ours. Wow. Did anyone really need a website to tell us that but back in the real world we beat Derby. QED

    Have a day off pal
    No need to get upset, it's only an internet forum
    How are we going to get your fan club over 20k if you keep upsetting people Henners :-)
    quality not quantity is what matters as Roland was telling me in Belgium : - )
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    If you include his goal at Portsmouth, he has scored 2 with his head, 2 with his right foot and 2 with his left. !
    In cricketing terms - he's very much an all-rounder.
  • NomadicAddick
    NomadicAddick Posts: 2,114
    His English is fantastic too
  • If you include his goal at Portsmouth, he has scored 2 with his head, 2 with his right foot and 2 with his left. !
    In cricketing terms - he's very much an all-rounder.

    And in footballing terms - he's not that bad at all!
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,737
    The first "proper" run out I saw him have was at Portsmouth. I reckon he was playing at around 60% that day and he terrified the Portsmouth back four. Said on the post match thread we had something special on our hands and clearly we have.

    My fear is that if we don't go up this season and he scores 25 goals, he'll be gone. Given that he is on a 5 year contract I would hope if he did go we'd get a big fee.
  • I think we would get a second season at this level out of him unless someone came in with a 10 million plus offer.

    That is all assuming he continues to score for fun at this level.

    Either way, nice that our worry is now about losing a star striker rather then where the goals will come from.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334



    My fear is that if we don't go up this season and he scores 25 goals, he'll be gone. Given that he is on a 5 year contract I would hope if he did go we'd get a big fee.

    If this happens is there a worry that we get nothing as he goes to have a crack at the champions league with Standard?
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  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    rina said:



    My fear is that if we don't go up this season and he scores 25 goals, he'll be gone. Given that he is on a 5 year contract I would hope if he did go we'd get a big fee.

    If this happens is there a worry that we get nothing as he goes to have a crack at the champions league with Standard?

    The way there season has started they might struggle to get into Champions League
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    If he went to SL, the fee would not be big, part of group
  • Ben18
    Ben18 Posts: 1,638
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    edited September 2014
    Won Championship Player of the Month for August (on some fans twitter accounts - trying to find an official source...)
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    edited September 2014
    Love it! Well done Igor!

    Edit: I can't find anything on Twitter
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764


    Probably based off this..... brilliant. Sorry ignore what I said. Expect him to be nominated though!
  • Will he be going to the Africa Cup of nations with Angola in January?
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    If they qualify and he's fit, yes.
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,627
    Has he been called up for Angola's opening game against Gabon on Friday?
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  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Nicholas said:

    Has he been called up for Angola's opening game against Gabon on Friday?

    Yeah I think whats worse is he is going to play for them next Wednesday, with the flight back and whatever time he lands will he be ready for Watford
  • Stick some dough on him to score against Gabon won't we
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    Doesn't Bulot play for Gabon?
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974

    Doesn't Bulot play for Gabon?

    Yes
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
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    Anyone read this today?
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344

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    Anyone read this today?

    Promotion chasing Charlton
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,035
    The big man just got engaged - imagine how good he'll be now he's settled down !

    Congrats Igor
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,035
    Instagram pic from his (stunning) missus
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    any chance of a photo?
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,812
    I see he took her up the Shard