dongonzalos
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WBA is the way to do it. Yo Yo for a few years but manage the finances wisely as you go
Sky Blue Kid
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Another fuck that can't count!...... Dann signed at almost midnight on the last day of January 2008 so he played 3 months of 2008. Then 8 months of 2009... Unless you class close season as actually playing(I didn't know a season lasted 12 months!!!
Westwood wanted a contract extention but was ignored by SISU and when Boothroyd was asked by CET if he had been offered another contract yet, the reply was.... "I haven't bumped into him on the training ground yet!" Total disrespect in my eyes. Gunarsson could see what was going on and did the same as Westwood. but there again Mr "All knowing" knows differently.
skybluetony176
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Or Burnley. Who not that many seasons ago were in the forth tier playing to sub 5K crowds.
Astute
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Good idea.
Westwood wanted a new contract. SISU dragged their feet on offering one. He eventually got one offered elsewhere.
Totally true we are fickle. if we could get a winning team back and get some belief going again and maybe our own ground back, then more would get behind the club. I still have my love for City (many on here would question that) but I do. we all do. last season was so good. I was busting with belief. then it's come to this. I want my Coventry back.
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
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Don't be stupid they've always had 20000 plus crowds everybody knows that.
SkyblueSpecial
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That can't be true.
Coventry City fans are the only ones in the world who turn up in fewer numbers when things are bad.
Fergusons_Beard
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You are fuckin hilarious!
It was you that said that they were only here for 9 months and now your saying 3 months and 8 months which is 11! Now you are not counting the off season as actually being contracted because 'they aren't playing'....
Yet quote more fake bollocks as justification for your fake news.
Did Westwood tell you he wanted a contract extension? And what's Boothroyd got to do with SISU? He's the bloody manager!
Just actually read my post- we were shit under Coleman and shit under boothroyd and finished the 2011 season with a fat football scout in charge.
Hmm I wonder why they didn't want to extend their contracts......
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Astute
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Are you Grendel in disguise?
Everyone knew Westwood was waiting for a contract to be offered. It didn't happen so he signed for another club.
Grendel
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Out of interest how do you know he was waiting? Ranson tried to flog him to Everton in the January by the way.
Astute
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It was all out in the open. Westwood said he was waiting for an offer. The word from our club was on the lines of not bumping into him on the training ground. But you will know that.
Nick
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That was Murphy wasn't it?
Astute
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Not just happened to Murphy. We have lost a few players by SISU not wanting to offer a contract until as late as they can. Then they don't have to pay out wages until it is signed. They just don't understand football.
While it wasn't pretty I thought we were effective and decent under Boothroyd, until Turner got injured, the prevarication ovrr signing King and the boardroom reshuffle.
Another letdown in January so to speak.
Nick
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Remember Cardiff I think it was moaning we were too physical.
Yeah and even though the style was, well, dull the crowds seemed to hold up.
I think?
fernandopartridge
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It wasn't dull as such, it was direct and about getting the ball into the opposition's box as much as possible.
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Sky Blue Kid
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@ Fergusons_Beard...... I don't have to know him personally. I just read his interview with the CET where he says in his own words this........
Read and digest you thick fuck!
Westwood said: 'Six months ago I would have signed a new deal, 12 months ago I was asking for a new deal, and the year before that they promised me a new deal but nothing ever materialised and I don't know why.
'I want to see how things go but I am being slaughtered in the papers for it like it is my fault. I am being made to look the bad guy which is unfair.
'I was offered a new contract four weeks ago. The manager asked me if I was going to sign and I said no and that is it. I have not asked to leave, I just said I don't want to sign the contract.
'I love it at the club and that has not changed. I am still committed. The manager asked for an answer, he wanted me to be straight up and honest, which I have been.
'Next thing I know, I am out of the team, and find myself being attacked in the press. I didn't want to get embroiled in this kind of political issue. I have not done one interview all summer, but have kept my mouth shut and wanted to let my performances do the talking.
'I just want to play football but now I am being slated in the papers everyday and I have been dropped for no reason. And enough is enough. I always train hard and work hard and give my best in games.
'I really don't know what is going to happen. Bullying me is not going to work.'
Boothroyd, who was appointed as Coleman's successor by chairman Ray Ranson in May, also criticised Westwood for his performance in the opening day win over Portsmouth.
The former Watford and Colchester boss accused the Republic of Ireland stand-in keeper of being 'inconsistent' despite earning a reputation as one of the best keepers outside the Premier League.
Boothroyd said: 'We’ve got two very good goalkeepers, one who’s proved himself to be the best in the division but last week he nearly cost us the game then he won us the game, and I don’t want to work with that inconsistency.
'We’ve got a situation where I want him to sign, his representatives want him to sign, the club and everybody in Coventry wants him to sign but he’s not quite sure yet but he’s not ready, nobody’s come in for him and therefore I’ve got to go with what I think is consistent and settled.
'I want Keiren to play in the Premiership with us but, as good as he is, I’ve got a decision to make before the next game. I have to have a chat with him and find out it he’s part of the future here or not.
'If he isn’t, we’ll have to deal with it.'
Westwood, who missed his club's second game at Watford due to a family bereavement, said he was bewildered by Boothroyd's comments.
'It is a slur on my character,' he said.
'I want to do well for the club but I am not being allowed to do that. I will always be available for selection and I will always perform to my best.
'The manager has said I am the best keeper outside the Premier League and yet he doesn't want to play me. Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you I am not a bad lad and I train hard everyday.
'This hurts me because I just want to play. I am not arrogant. Since I was released by City I have worked hard every day, I have played in the conference and I know what it is like to be on £150 a week, so I am not a big-time Charlie.
'I am not going to change because I am out of contract. I know I have to work hard to get where I want to be and that has always driven me and always will or I know I will get nowhere.'
Read and digest you thick fuck!
Westwood said: 'Six months ago I would have signed a new deal, 12 months ago I was asking for a new deal, and the year before that they promised me a new deal but nothing ever materialised and I don't know why.
'I want to see how things go but I am being slaughtered in the papers for it like it is my fault. I am being made to look the bad guy which is unfair.
'I was offered a new contract four weeks ago. The manager asked me if I was going to sign and I said no and that is it. I have not asked to leave, I just said I don't want to sign the contract.
'I love it at the club and that has not changed. I am still committed. The manager asked for an answer, he wanted me to be straight up and honest, which I have been.
'Next thing I know, I am out of the team, and find myself being attacked in the press. I didn't want to get embroiled in this kind of political issue. I have not done one interview all summer, but have kept my mouth shut and wanted to let my performances do the talking.
'I just want to play football but now I am being slated in the papers everyday and I have been dropped for no reason. And enough is enough. I always train hard and work hard and give my best in games.
'I really don't know what is going to happen. Bullying me is not going to work.'
Boothroyd, who was appointed as Coleman's successor by chairman Ray Ranson in May, also criticised Westwood for his performance in the opening day win over Portsmouth.
The former Watford and Colchester boss accused the Republic of Ireland stand-in keeper of being 'inconsistent' despite earning a reputation as one of the best keepers outside the Premier League.
Boothroyd said: 'We’ve got two very good goalkeepers, one who’s proved himself to be the best in the division but last week he nearly cost us the game then he won us the game, and I don’t want to work with that inconsistency.
'We’ve got a situation where I want him to sign, his representatives want him to sign, the club and everybody in Coventry wants him to sign but he’s not quite sure yet but he’s not ready, nobody’s come in for him and therefore I’ve got to go with what I think is consistent and settled.
'I want Keiren to play in the Premiership with us but, as good as he is, I’ve got a decision to make before the next game. I have to have a chat with him and find out it he’s part of the future here or not.
'If he isn’t, we’ll have to deal with it.'
Westwood, who missed his club's second game at Watford due to a family bereavement, said he was bewildered by Boothroyd's comments.
'It is a slur on my character,' he said.
'I want to do well for the club but I am not being allowed to do that. I will always be available for selection and I will always perform to my best.
'The manager has said I am the best keeper outside the Premier League and yet he doesn't want to play me. Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you I am not a bad lad and I train hard everyday.
'This hurts me because I just want to play. I am not arrogant. Since I was released by City I have worked hard every day, I have played in the conference and I know what it is like to be on £150 a week, so I am not a big-time Charlie.
'I am not going to change because I am out of contract. I know I have to work hard to get where I want to be and that has always driven me and always will or I know I will get nowhere.'
Sky Blue Kid
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Westwood had effectively finished being a CCFC player at the end of that season.
Sky Blue Kid
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Some people won't take written proof in "Black and White" when the player himself has told his story in his own words Astute. He'll probably say that it wasn't Houchen who scored Coventry's second goal in the 1987 FA Cup final too.
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I think its pretty obvious to most that from that and a few other players that sisu piss players about to save a few quid not offering new contracts or reduced terms until the last minute. I hate to think the amount of decent playersweve lost either by sisu fucking them about or offering a shit term
Out of interest can anyone think of a player in the last 10 years who has renewed a contract with us as im struggling. The message i get is that any decent player weve had under sisu has fucked off at the earliest oportunitythey have had and not looked back
Out of interest can anyone think of a player in the last 10 years who has renewed a contract with us as im struggling. The message i get is that any decent player weve had under sisu has fucked off at the earliest oportunitythey have had and not looked back
Sky Blue Pete
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Think rcc signed a new contract
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Like who other than academy players. Im talking about top first team players who we would have wanted to keep like westwood, gunerson, murphy, dare i say king etc. Cant think of any who didnt leave when they could
Grendel
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Bell, baker, mcsheffrey, fleck off the top of my head.
Sky Blue Kid
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Bell re signed as the offer was a joke by a joke of a chairman and bell couldnt believe his luck. Baker was kicked out as sisu wouldnt pay, mcshefrey fucked off for the same and fleck saw sense and fucked off also
Grendel
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All those players signed new contracts with the club.
chiefdave
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All that article really tells you is that Westwood was offered a contract and turned it down and then after getting stick from fans he went to the papers making out he was desperate to sign but could for some reason only sign if the contract had been offered earlier.
That may well be true, it also could be totally made up to make him look good and get the fans off his back.
That may well be true, it also could be totally made up to make him look good and get the fans off his back.
Sky Blue Kid
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Astute
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How many left for free because they were out of contract?