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  • Covered_End_Lad
    Covered_End_Lad Posts: 5,800
    MarcusH26 said:
    Small was gone from about January onwards , he'd already made his mind up regardless. I get NJs comments from last week about struggling to find cover in the summer , obviously he had Joe Bennett on trial for a bit but probably thought he wasn't up to it. 
    Bennett now plays non league for Walton and Hersham, probably the right call from NJ on that one.
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 8,456
    NabySarr said:
    DOUCHER said:
    Never been more convinced that we need to switch to 451 and get rak saki in on the other side to TC - pay him whatever it takes and sign him up at the end of the season if it works - the alternative will be a lot more costly 
    There’s absolutely no chance Rak-Sakyi will come here. Palace want to make money off him, we’d not be a good move for that at all. They’ll have plenty of better offers and even if JRS wants to come back here they aren’t going to allow it 

    They will want him to go to a team where he will put up good attacking numbers (not us), and a team that will add in a hefty permanent fee as part of the loan deal (not us) 

    First part of your case is subjective  - he’s needed, will play and can transform our attacking figures - second part is entirely in the hands of our owners and critically, he would likely want to come to us 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 38,200
    DOUCHER said:
    NabySarr said:
    DOUCHER said:
    Never been more convinced that we need to switch to 451 and get rak saki in on the other side to TC - pay him whatever it takes and sign him up at the end of the season if it works - the alternative will be a lot more costly 
    There’s absolutely no chance Rak-Sakyi will come here. Palace want to make money off him, we’d not be a good move for that at all. They’ll have plenty of better offers and even if JRS wants to come back here they aren’t going to allow it 

    They will want him to go to a team where he will put up good attacking numbers (not us), and a team that will add in a hefty permanent fee as part of the loan deal (not us) 

    First part of your case is subjective  - he’s needed, will play and can transform our attacking figures - second part is entirely in the hands of our owners and critically, he would likely want to come to us 
    I agree 4-5-1 is worth a go, with a proper wide attacker on both sides.

    I’m a lot less optimistic that money alone would be enough to bring JRS in for the other reasons Naby gave.
  • Southbank
    Southbank Posts: 5,558
    Diebythesword said:
    Apter and tanto being off on loan would just show what an utter shambles our summer recruitment was. Two players we paid money for who we won’t play. Shambolic 
    Because they are not good enough to fill the gaps on our team. Buying them was the mistake, not playing them is understandable.
  • RonnieMoore
    RonnieMoore Posts: 4,806
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Whatever happened to the Japanese right back we were liked with in the summer? His club turned a bid down but i thought he was out of contract once the J-League season ended.
    They changed their transfer windows he signed a new deal to the summer , he will be available then 
  • Southbank
    Southbank Posts: 5,558
    stjohnshill said:
    Callumcafc said:
    stjohnshill said:
    Personally, I have no issue with Tanto and Apter going out on loan. They both need minutes and its only fair.

    What concerns me is Jones record of signing attacking players so far is pretty poor. Godden has worked thats it. Gas man a flop and the jury is still out on Tanto and Kelman who between them cost about 5.5m. (too early to judge Dykes) 

    One of the Stoke fans’ biggest complaints about NJ was that he spent £7m on Sam Vokes who went on to score 8 in 78 for them.
    Wow that is a lot for him. You could easily make this argument for midfielders. His defensive signings at large have been good, which you'd expect from a former defender
    Apart from that apart from Bree they are all semi-fit at best.
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,569
    I wonder if we are interested in Luke Graham.  Left footed CB at Dundee.  We have scouts in Scotland.
  • CafcSteve
    CafcSteve Posts: 843
    Leuth said:
    Good work lads, wait until Jones has finally broken one of our best players (and he still plays) to break out the 'not fit to lace Dobbo's boots'. Have you seen the players Dobson is surrounded by? Have you not considered that if you surround Coventry with such players, he too might be in a team that's doing rather well? He is categorically, 100% getting offers from the Championship this summer if we go down. Keep the disrespect coming, keep showing your arses 
    He hasn’t played well for a long time.

    Couldn’t tell you if it was his fault, his teammates fault or the fault of Jones.

    Only thing that I can tell you is that we need to sort our midfield out in the next week.

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  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 5,001
    Scoham said:
    DOUCHER said:
    NabySarr said:
    DOUCHER said:
    Never been more convinced that we need to switch to 451 and get rak saki in on the other side to TC - pay him whatever it takes and sign him up at the end of the season if it works - the alternative will be a lot more costly 
    There’s absolutely no chance Rak-Sakyi will come here. Palace want to make money off him, we’d not be a good move for that at all. They’ll have plenty of better offers and even if JRS wants to come back here they aren’t going to allow it 

    They will want him to go to a team where he will put up good attacking numbers (not us), and a team that will add in a hefty permanent fee as part of the loan deal (not us) 

    First part of your case is subjective  - he’s needed, will play and can transform our attacking figures - second part is entirely in the hands of our owners and critically, he would likely want to come to us 
    I agree 4-5-1 is worth a go, with a proper wide attacker on both sides.

    I’m a lot less optimistic that money alone would be enough to bring JRS in for the other reasons Naby gave.
    If we got Rak-Sakyi then 4-3-3 would definitely be worth it. But without a player of that quality you are opening up our defence as our options for a back 4 are not good, and then relying on TC and Apter to score/assist enough to make up for it. I really don’t see that happening as neither are proven at this level 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,955
    Covered_End_Lad said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Small was gone from about January onwards , he'd already made his mind up regardless. I get NJs comments from last week about struggling to find cover in the summer , obviously he had Joe Bennett on trial for a bit but probably thought he wasn't up to it. 
    Bennett now plays non league for Walton and Hersham, probably the right call from NJ on that one.
    Ironic where Charlie Methven has just been appointed a non-exec director. 
  • CL_Phantom
    CL_Phantom Posts: 5,844
    Only a CL transfer thread could resurrect a "who's better" player debate from a season and a half ago.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 38,200
    NabySarr said:
    Scoham said:
    DOUCHER said:
    NabySarr said:
    DOUCHER said:
    Never been more convinced that we need to switch to 451 and get rak saki in on the other side to TC - pay him whatever it takes and sign him up at the end of the season if it works - the alternative will be a lot more costly 
    There’s absolutely no chance Rak-Sakyi will come here. Palace want to make money off him, we’d not be a good move for that at all. They’ll have plenty of better offers and even if JRS wants to come back here they aren’t going to allow it 

    They will want him to go to a team where he will put up good attacking numbers (not us), and a team that will add in a hefty permanent fee as part of the loan deal (not us) 

    First part of your case is subjective  - he’s needed, will play and can transform our attacking figures - second part is entirely in the hands of our owners and critically, he would likely want to come to us 
    I agree 4-5-1 is worth a go, with a proper wide attacker on both sides.

    I’m a lot less optimistic that money alone would be enough to bring JRS in for the other reasons Naby gave.
    If we got Rak-Sakyi then 4-3-3 would definitely be worth it. But without a player of that quality you are opening up our defence as our options for a back 4 are not good, and then relying on TC and Apter to score/assist enough to make up for it. I really don’t see that happening as neither are proven at this level 
    Every formation has a weakness, sticking with what isn’t working isn’t the solution. We need a few signings to lift the team, either get out 3-5-2 working or new signings to allow us to play another way.

    Jones is reverting to being overly cautious, and it isn’t the first time it’s happened.

    We need someone other than TC to be a wide attacking outlet with pace.

    The opposition then have to decide who they focus on/double mark, if they push high and leave space in behind, or sit deep and make it harder for them to attack.

    Bree, Clarke, Ramsay etc will get forward from WB, but they don’t cause the above problems for the opposition.

    TC will be more of a threat if we can either create more space for him, get him on the ball more often or require him to do less running. Players like Carey will benefit too.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,606
    CL_Phantom said:
    Only a CL transfer thread could resurrect a "who's better" player debate from a season and a half ago.
    It isn't about who's better. They're both good. It's about CL as usual taking potshots at the players who are doing their jobs as well as the ones who aren't up to it 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 24,036
    CL_Phantom said:
    Only a CL transfer thread could resurrect a "who's better" player debate from a season and a half ago.
    Stupid ain't it.




    Dobson by the way.
  • ThomasOliver3
    ThomasOliver3 Posts: 99
    edited January 26
    Covered_End_Lad said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Small was gone from about January onwards , he'd already made his mind up regardless. I get NJs comments from last week about struggling to find cover in the summer , obviously he had Joe Bennett on trial for a bit but probably thought he wasn't up to it. 
    Bennett now plays non league for Walton and Hersham, probably the right call from NJ on that one.
    The same team that none other than Charlie Methven has joined the board of yesterday. Local to me, and a club on the up, top of the league currently. Sorry for the random NL update.
  • ThomasOliver3
    ThomasOliver3 Posts: 99
    The concern is that we now know we need to much to plug all of the gaps. Really we need a RCB, LCB, CM, LWB and CAM.

    We're never going to do all of that or be able to afford it so whatever happens we'll have weaknesses. We've left ourselves to much to do.

    As I've said previously we need some pace and creativity either for NJ or for the inevitable replacement.
  • Diebythesword
    Diebythesword Posts: 579
    Another lcb/LWB, a rwb and a cm would be enough for us to stay up with cover etc. will we actually get any of those? I doubt it, maybe a lcb. 
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 5,001
    ThomasOliver3 said:
    The concern is that we now know we need to much to plug all of the gaps. Really we need a RCB, LCB, CM, LWB and CAM.

    We're never going to do all of that or be able to afford it so whatever happens we'll have weaknesses. We've left ourselves to much to do.

    As I've said previously we need some pace and creativity either for NJ or for the inevitable replacement.
    Yeah that’s way too much to do in a month let alone a week, so we have to prioritise. Add one more left sided defender (hopefully can cover LCB and LWB), one CM and then probably either a RWB or CAM.

    Don’t think we need a RCB with Burke, Ramsay, Clarke, Mitchell and Gough we have plenty there 

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  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,862
    edited January 26
    Leuth said:
    Good work lads, wait until Jones has finally broken one of our best players (and he still plays) to break out the 'not fit to lace Dobbo's boots'. Have you seen the players Dobson is surrounded by? Have you not considered that if you surround Coventry with such players, he too might be in a team that's doing rather well? He is categorically, 100% getting offers from the Championship this summer if we go down. Keep the disrespect coming, keep showing your arses 
    Dobson was notoriously surrounded by quality when he was here. Played just in front of Hector & Innis, and just behind Scott Fraser. He'll never have it so good!

    One of the criticisms of Dobson was that he was, "A good player, but in a poor team." I guess now he's only a good player because he's in a good team. Maybe he's just a good player and that's not dependent on who's surrounding him. 
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,664
    Scoham said:
    NabySarr said:
    Scoham said:
    DOUCHER said:
    NabySarr said:
    DOUCHER said:
    Never been more convinced that we need to switch to 451 and get rak saki in on the other side to TC - pay him whatever it takes and sign him up at the end of the season if it works - the alternative will be a lot more costly 
    There’s absolutely no chance Rak-Sakyi will come here. Palace want to make money off him, we’d not be a good move for that at all. They’ll have plenty of better offers and even if JRS wants to come back here they aren’t going to allow it 

    They will want him to go to a team where he will put up good attacking numbers (not us), and a team that will add in a hefty permanent fee as part of the loan deal (not us) 

    First part of your case is subjective  - he’s needed, will play and can transform our attacking figures - second part is entirely in the hands of our owners and critically, he would likely want to come to us 
    I agree 4-5-1 is worth a go, with a proper wide attacker on both sides.

    I’m a lot less optimistic that money alone would be enough to bring JRS in for the other reasons Naby gave.
    If we got Rak-Sakyi then 4-3-3 would definitely be worth it. But without a player of that quality you are opening up our defence as our options for a back 4 are not good, and then relying on TC and Apter to score/assist enough to make up for it. I really don’t see that happening as neither are proven at this level 
    Every formation has a weakness, sticking with what isn’t working isn’t the solution. We need a few signings to lift the team, either get out 3-5-2 working or new signings to allow us to play another way.

    Jones is reverting to being overly cautious, and it isn’t the first time it’s happened.

    We need someone other than TC to be a wide attacking outlet with pace.

    The opposition then have to decide who they focus on/double mark, if they push high and leave space in behind, or sit deep and make it harder for them to attack.

    Bree, Clarke, Ramsay etc will get forward from WB, but they don’t cause the above problems for the opposition.

    TC will be more of a threat if we can either create more space for him, get him on the ball more often or require him to do less running. Players like Carey will benefit too.
    This is the key. In L1 the thing that turned us from stodgy midtable nothingness to almost unbeatable monsters was putting pace on the opposite side to TC. So many opposition fans this season have pointed out that TC is our best or only dangerous player and it makes us so easy to defend against. TC isn't the best at taking on his man but it's a hell of a lot easier when he has a bit of space. Small becoming a problem for teams on the right spread opposition teams so much more and our midfield suddenly could operate in a bit more space and the defence had more breathing room. Apter was doing that at the start of the season. I understand why Jones dropped him after we ran out of LWBs but at this point given the breakdown in our attacking play I'd actually rather risk Apter's defensive lapses to get something going down the right side and give TC and Chambers some more space to work in on the left. I say that as someone who has been fairly critical of Apter's refusal to put himself about defensively with his attacking output not offsetting his cowardice enough. The best way to raise the spirits in this team is to actually create some pressure on the pitch and get the crowd up rather than going very safe and grinding something out, the confidence at the back isn't high enough to do that right now. Go a bit looser, take a few risks and hopefully get a couple of results and then work the solidity back in with a confident backline 
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 5,001
    Coventry is a better holding midfielder than Dobson. That is why when Jones took over he played Coventry there and Dobson further forward. And that is why Wrexham signed Dobson and played him in the same role 

    Could definitely argue Dobson is the better player overall but they play different roles so it was never one or the other for us. We replaced Dobson with Docherty, which was obviously a huge downgrade on the pitch but probably an upgrade off the pitch and in terms of leadership 
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,623
    edited January 26
    fenaddick said:
    charlton_hero said:
    Maybe nothing in this one, but Charlie Goode has recently started following Charlton on X. He's a right-footed CB, currently having a good season at Stevenage. 
    Fantastic sleuthing
    Interesting.

    I watched Charlie when he had his breakthrough season at Hendon FC. As a 19yr old centre-back at that level, he immediately caught the eye. Wisely, he wouldn't sign a Hendon contract and at the end of the season, Scunthorpe picked him up for nothing.

    Charlie did well at Scunthorpe and as skipper for Northampton before getting a big move to Brentford. He was a back-up player for Bees but did feature a few times in the Premier League. He picked up a knee injury while on loan at Sheffield United and has had to work his way back at Stevenage. He's played against us numerous times and I think may have scored at the Valley for Scunthorpe. 

    Charlie is 30 now. 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,869
    NabySarr said:
    Scoham said:
    DOUCHER said:
    NabySarr said:
    DOUCHER said:
    Never been more convinced that we need to switch to 451 and get rak saki in on the other side to TC - pay him whatever it takes and sign him up at the end of the season if it works - the alternative will be a lot more costly 
    There’s absolutely no chance Rak-Sakyi will come here. Palace want to make money off him, we’d not be a good move for that at all. They’ll have plenty of better offers and even if JRS wants to come back here they aren’t going to allow it 

    They will want him to go to a team where he will put up good attacking numbers (not us), and a team that will add in a hefty permanent fee as part of the loan deal (not us) 

    First part of your case is subjective  - he’s needed, will play and can transform our attacking figures - second part is entirely in the hands of our owners and critically, he would likely want to come to us 
    I agree 4-5-1 is worth a go, with a proper wide attacker on both sides.

    I’m a lot less optimistic that money alone would be enough to bring JRS in for the other reasons Naby gave.
    If we got Rak-Sakyi then 4-3-3 would definitely be worth it. But without a player of that quality you are opening up our defence as our options for a back 4 are not good, and then relying on TC and Apter to score/assist enough to make up for it. I really don’t see that happening as neither are proven at this level 
    Stop all this JRS business. We haven't got enough money (or dont want to spend it) on a fit LWB. Do you honestly think we are now going to splurge 10x that amount on a player that doesn't fit in with our very rigid system.

    You didn't want to listen 3 weeks ago. You are still not listening. 
  • EastbourneAddick
    EastbourneAddick Posts: 27
    NJ definitely needs to change the system rather than carry on putting round pegs in square holes.
    Have been reasonably impressed with Clarke, Dykes and Chambers but the big problem is playing TC LWB/Winger neither of which he is any good at.
    Lets be honest when he isn't left wing back and he is up on the left even when he does beat his man his end product either in assists or goals is really poor (apart from that great strike against Derby). He works really hard and is a nice lad but thinking he will suddenly be our saviour if he is no longer LWB is for the birds.
    Another poster said if we had 2 wingers perhaps JRS this would allow TC to have a bit more freedom and possibly have better stats. Real shame about Aptor but in NJ's system he needs someone that can attack and defend.
    Time for NJ to change the system as its not working now.

  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 5,001
    golfaddick said:
    NabySarr said:
    Scoham said:
    DOUCHER said:
    NabySarr said:
    DOUCHER said:
    Never been more convinced that we need to switch to 451 and get rak saki in on the other side to TC - pay him whatever it takes and sign him up at the end of the season if it works - the alternative will be a lot more costly 
    There’s absolutely no chance Rak-Sakyi will come here. Palace want to make money off him, we’d not be a good move for that at all. They’ll have plenty of better offers and even if JRS wants to come back here they aren’t going to allow it 

    They will want him to go to a team where he will put up good attacking numbers (not us), and a team that will add in a hefty permanent fee as part of the loan deal (not us) 

    First part of your case is subjective  - he’s needed, will play and can transform our attacking figures - second part is entirely in the hands of our owners and critically, he would likely want to come to us 
    I agree 4-5-1 is worth a go, with a proper wide attacker on both sides.

    I’m a lot less optimistic that money alone would be enough to bring JRS in for the other reasons Naby gave.
    If we got Rak-Sakyi then 4-3-3 would definitely be worth it. But without a player of that quality you are opening up our defence as our options for a back 4 are not good, and then relying on TC and Apter to score/assist enough to make up for it. I really don’t see that happening as neither are proven at this level 
    Stop all this JRS business. We haven't got enough money (or dont want to spend it) on a fit LWB. Do you honestly think we are now going to splurge 10x that amount on a player that doesn't fit in with our very rigid system.

    You didn't want to listen 3 weeks ago. You are still not listening. 
    If you actually read this thread and the actual post you quoted, I am the one saying there’s no chance of us getting Rak-Sakyi 
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,853
    Birmingham about to spend £7m on a player. 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,872
    The Red Robin said:
    Birmingham about to spend £7m on a player. 
    Which shows what we’ve been up against. I’d wager it’s never happened before that 2 of the 3 promoted sides spend like they have. Wednesday’s deduction sort of negates one of them but it’s a reminder that the Championship
    isnt “normal” this season
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,697
    I take your point, @fenaddick, but I'm beginning to wonder what normal is. The Championship looks to be a different beast since the time we were relegated from it. I read that there's a strong possibility that seven Championship teams will receive parachute payments next season. Will it get tougher still?


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