Conor Coady Signs On Loan From Wrexham

Chunes said:

elbiglad said:

I’m talking about him in Doc’s role and not Carey’s, to be clear. 

I am obviously not putting him in the same bracket as Rice, don’t be obtuse. I am comparing the transition from ‘holding’ midfielder to ‘box to box’. CC and DR play a similar position, in a similar way, and people made the same criticisms of Rice that you have just made about Coventry. Arteta has given him more license to go forward and his game improved massively. 

I am saying I think he has the POTENTIAL to play the Doc position, and it’s worth trying because buying a player who can run AND play with the ball in that position will cost a lot of money. 

I get what you mean but not all good players cost good money. Sonny Carey didn't, we just need the CM version of him. Ebou Adams would have been great, I don't know why we didn't go in for him (or if we did). Galbraith went to Swansea but didn't cost anything. There are a decent bunch of Championship midfielders out of contract in the summer like Dozzell, De Norre, Doyle, Slater, Baker, etc.. And then there's always the chance Phil Chapple pulls the next Pirlo out of Poland.

There’s not one midfielder on that list we could attract cause they’re all regular starters at better clubs except Dozzell but he’s apparently not great. Our best chance is to go to top championship sides like your Ipswich’s Southampton’s and take players that are massively out of favour but would work for us. Seen it with Bree, Clarke, Coady, Dykes, even top prem prospects like Chambers who may be getting a little old and may want to be cashed in on. Id be knocking down the door for Marc Leonard from brum personally 

Callumcafc said:

Galbraith did cost Swansea some money FWIW, he wasn’t out of contract

Couple of million I believe in the end? Think the rumours were we offered £1m+ add-ons.

Crispywood said:

MarcusH26 said:

Callumcafc said:

Galbraith did cost Swansea some money FWIW, he wasn’t out of contract

Couple of million I believe in the end? Think the rumours were we offered £1m+ add-ons.

It’s 1.5M with some add ons. We had an offer accepted but Galbraith didn’t want to join us because of our style of play which is very ironic because Swansea played the exact same style of play as us before they sacked Sheehan and if they didn’t have Galbraith and we did we’d be above them 

 Hmm not sure on this. 

Fevrier is the most League One player I have ever seen

Don't mind his experience in a scrappy team to get us over the line til the end of the season, but surely we can't retain him after. He looks shot as a professional; he can barely move.

Can't play on Saturday as it's against his parent club, so i assume Coventry will play.

Might not be a bad thing anyway because after not playing for 4 months he's been thrown in and played 6 games in just over 3 weeks, so i think he could probably do with a rest.

Could Coady slot back into defence if Jones is out for a prolonged period?

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elbiglad said:

My man of the match last night. Big shoes to fill replacing L Jones, but he did it brilliantly - and a goal to boot. 

If there's a chance of keeping him next season then I'd be all for it. Obviously the finances may be an issue - primarily wages as I think Wrexham would let him go relatively cheaply, but his experience, versatility and leadership are huge.  

agreed - he was immense last night, I bet he's a great character to have around the dressing room as well

Can't half talk the hind leg off a donkey though. I have to slow the youtube videos down to 75% to give my brain a chance to keep up.

Last night was exactly the kind of game/situation he was signed for, a backs-to-the-wall, defensive set up where experience counts. Plus having that leadership when L. Jones is unavailable is invaluable.

If we can come to an understanding about wages etc I wouldn't mind him coming back next season but with the other things we need I wouldn't blow the budget on him either.

Crispywood said:

I don’t think we can talk about wanting to progress the style of football and then bringing Coady back.

His best games of the season have come against Boro and Southampton great when you plan on playing park the bus but when the games open up like we’ve seen at QPR Pompey and West Brom he’s not at his best. 

He’s been great for us, I’m sure he’s enjoyed it so been a good partnership and wish each other well at the end of the year 

Fair point, but you need variety in the squad and we will have more games like that next year. Progression in our style doesn't mean we will necessarily set up to play expansive football away to big teams next year.

Coady is pretty good on the ball, especially when playing deeper. Some were saying he was better than Coventry on the ball over the last few weeks. I think his experience and leadership are massive for a young team. We also need to look to improve all areas of the squad as depth is so crucial in this league. I would have Coady over Burke, for instance. 

If he’s willing to take a massive, massive pay cut I think he’d be brilliant to have for next season, just from a dressing room perspective like Andy hughes under Powell. Real leader, positive guy and top notch communicator, you could see him coaching gough through the first half. 

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

elbiglad said:

My man of the match last night. Big shoes to fill replacing L Jones, but he did it brilliantly - and a goal to boot. 

If there's a chance of keeping him next season then I'd be all for it. Obviously the finances may be an issue - primarily wages as I think Wrexham would let him go relatively cheaply, but his experience, versatility and leadership are huge.  

I suspect it will also depend on whether Coady wants to move down south for an extended period at this stage of his life as he has a young family. Probably OK to do it for a few months but longer might be more problematic. 

And I suspect getting £15K a week if he stays with Wrexham for another year  is another inducement not to uproot himself!

And the rest, he's supposedly on 25k a week.