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Transfer Rumour Haji Wright (5 Viewers)
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Reckon he gave them the Pip.
bigfatronssba
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Agree that he is starting to look like the player we all hoped. I think he is still getting there but its now looking promising at least.
I also think the attitude of our match going fans towards him has been wonderful all things considered. In the grounds he has never had anything but support.
There are plenty of fanbases (including us in the past) who wouldn't have given that support to a player that wasn't meeting expectations. Remember the abuse Kevin Kyle used to get?
I also think the attitude of our match going fans towards him has been wonderful all things considered. In the grounds he has never had anything but support.
There are plenty of fanbases (including us in the past) who wouldn't have given that support to a player that wasn't meeting expectations. Remember the abuse Kevin Kyle used to get?
Yeah he’s had some unwarranted stick on here but good support in the stadium.
skybluecam
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Chris1987
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Undoubtedly the match day support has got behind Wright. He's now appreciating fully what's expected of him and appears to me to be more settled and integrated into the team. Still room for improvement but I expect opposing defences don't look forward to playing against him. Think he very much benefits from the return of The Solihull Messi. Hope he continues his upward curve and Simms can gain some confidence from playing alongside him .
Happy_Martian
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Wonder how much of that is down to the formation change ? From my perspective, we've moved to a 4-2-1-3 or even 4-2-3-1. Simms up front as a dedicated forward and Wrighty seems to be playing more on the left wing with Tats on the right. CoH in behind the three of them. May work better for Haji as he doesn't have a physical CB on his shoulder pummelling him as soon as he gets the ball, which allows HW the ability to turn and run at the defence at pace.
Happy_Martian
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Heard the rumours about a return to Turkey but sure I read that he wants to make it work here. And with the change in formation, its moving towards his style of play. The comments on here have shown a positive trend in opinions. Robins won't have missed his improvement either so I'm not sure he would even consider a sale.
Chris1987
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I think that the formation change has a lot to do with it.
I think he's got a bit of the Peter crouch legs against him in that he can look quite awkward when he runs/plays the ball. Like Bambi on ice. 
But the end product is starting to come I think he's unlucky not to have at least a couple more goals. His composure in front of goal is excellent and is happy to take a player on in the box to make room for a better shot. I'm looking forward to what the rest of the season brings.
But the end product is starting to come I think he's unlucky not to have at least a couple more goals. His composure in front of goal is excellent and is happy to take a player on in the box to make room for a better shot. I'm looking forward to what the rest of the season brings.
Astute
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You could see that we had a good player in Wright. He was doing things on the pitch you can't teach.
The problem was new players normally need 8 to 10 games to gel. Never playing a full game didn't help. And on top of that moving to a new country at the same time. All this while moving to one of if not the most competitive divisions in the world.
My predictions stay the same. Playoffs again this season. If we fail again next season in contention for the top 2. We would be starting the season with a settled side that know each other from the start. Just like Ipswich this season.
The problem was new players normally need 8 to 10 games to gel. Never playing a full game didn't help. And on top of that moving to a new country at the same time. All this while moving to one of if not the most competitive divisions in the world.
My predictions stay the same. Playoffs again this season. If we fail again next season in contention for the top 2. We would be starting the season with a settled side that know each other from the start. Just like Ipswich this season.
Skyblue Bangkok
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To be fair Kevin Kyle was a dreadful player.
bigfatronssba
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Skyblue Bangkok
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He is certainly in my all time worst Sky Blue 11.
HuckerbyDublinWhelan
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I dunno slumping down to League two opened us up to a whole new load of shit
Proschwitz, Mathieu Mansett and Simeon Jackson come to mind
Cov98
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Jesus Christ I'd managed to forget about those times. Imagine if Robins decided he'd leave and not manage us in League 2.. god knows where we'd be.
Grendel
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You clearly never saw Graham Withey and Tommy Langley
HuckerbyDublinWhelan
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Could have threw in Roy O’Donovan, Tudgay and Stewart Beavon…. I’d have had Kyle over all of these names all day of the week
Paul Anthony
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Now there's a throwback to a time where it felt like our scouting setup consisted of someone pulling names out of a hat. Christ, I'm glad we're more organised these days.
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Kyle did have a track record of scoring in this division, the fact we were against him from the start wouldn't help. We did have a bloke who was never going to be particularly good technically, but could have been a menace in trying to beat up the opposition.
I remember a freezing cold winter game against Crystal Palace, two blonde lasses spent the entire game hurling abuse at Kyle, begging him to be sent off(!) and generally being more of a handicap than anyting else.
Whatever talent he didn't have, we certainly made sure he didn't have the confidence to do what he could do.
I remember a freezing cold winter game against Crystal Palace, two blonde lasses spent the entire game hurling abuse at Kyle, begging him to be sent off(!) and generally being more of a handicap than anyting else.
Whatever talent he didn't have, we certainly made sure he didn't have the confidence to do what he could do.
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Robinson in charge by that point. Pay first, ask how to afford it later seemed to be his motto!
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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When we signed Proschwitz I thought we'd doubled the scouting department. A hat AND a scrabble board.
Chris1987
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I remember listening to an interview with Robinson on Radio 5 where he described the majority of the Cov debt as being " soft debt" in his words " money not owed now but sometime in the future but at Coventry we have that under control". Lol
StrettoBoy
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So far Haji Wright is averaging 0.43 goals for every 90 minutes he has spent on the pitch, which is a perfectly respectable return.
To put it into context it's better than Connor Chaplin and Joël Piroe.
To put it into context it's better than Connor Chaplin and Joël Piroe.
Covkid1968#
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These sorts of stats are Reassuring …and in theory will improve.
One of the worst and a miserable git to boot
Brighton Sky Blue
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If memory serves, like Leon McKenzie who was signed at a similar time he also had some personal problems going on which were later well publicised.
stupot07
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To be fair, Kyle had only scored 12 league goals in over 100 appearances before joining us, he had one ok season (2003/04), three seasons before joining us in 2006/07 season , where he scored 10 league goals in the regular season plus 2 in the play off from 46 games.
He was a poor signing. I'm not sure you can look that far back to say he had a good track record. We sold our goalscoring (and top scorer) and goalmaking winger, and replaced him with a lump who'd last had a good season 3 seasons previously.
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He was a poor signing. I'm not sure you can look that far back to say he had a good track record. We sold our goalscoring (and top scorer) and goalmaking winger, and replaced him with a lump who'd last had a good season 3 seasons previously.
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He was injured after that, plus Sunderland ended up promoted
stupot07
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He was, but he did only have one ok season in that league. He wasn't a proven goalscorer, and wasn't what we needed. McKenzie had scored goals at a few clubs and different levels. His issue is we signed him then played him on the wing, a bit like Eastwood.
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