Max joins the Vikings! (12 Viewers)

[Sick Boy]

The hype wasn’t warranted but neither is/was the derision.. he scored some important goals and always put in a shift. He’s obviously not a legend but he was a decent former player that I’m glad to see has another club.

The derision is usually in response to the inevitable hyperbole. I’m glad that he’s managed to find himself a club, personally but the ‘haterz’ stuff is just ridiculous.

 

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[fernandopartridge]

Not a criticism of Biamou but Doncaster must be desperate to sign a player who hasn't played more than a half of competitive football for 3 years. Fair play to him if he's kept himself fit but he's surely a long way off.

 

[stay_up_skyblues]

Incredibly loyal is a bit of an over statement

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Don’t you remember him turning down a move to Chelsea to help us secure safety first season back up?

Fair play to him for his move though.

 

[Joy Division]

He was once described as having the most impact of any ccfc player in 20 years.

By who?

 

[curly_tom]

The derision is usually in response to the inevitable hyperbole. I’m glad that he’s managed to find himself a club, personally but the ‘haterz’ stuff is just ridiculous.

It certainly looks like hate. If you so much as mention Biamou on this forum there are one or two (you may be one of them, I’m not sure) who pounce on you and tell you why you shouldn’t have affection for him. If it isn’t hate then it’s obsession.

 

[Sick Boy]

It certainly looks like hate. If you so much as mention Biamou on this forum there are one or two (you may be one of them, I’m not sure) who pounce on you and tell you why you shouldn’t have affection for him. If it isn’t hate then it’s obsession.

I’ve met him and he was a decent guy but I didn’t think he should have been kept on after the first season in the Championship. It turns out Robins agreed with that and he was released.

Not rating someone as a footballer is very different to ‘hating’ them.

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

I’ve met him and he was a decent guy but I didn’t think he should have been kept on after the first season in the Championship. It turns out Robins agreed with that and he was released.

Not rating someone as a footballer is very different to ‘hating’ them.

If that had remained the tone of the criticism of him then I don't think anyone would have referred to those critics as 'haters'. Unfortunately there were undoubtedly some really vitrolic stuff hurled at him however, much of it not even aimed at his footballing ability but at him engaging with the fans and seeming to have an affection for the club, which to me always seemed a strange thing to criticise him for.

 

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[Otis]

The hype wasn’t warranted but neither is/was the derision.. he scored some important goals and always put in a shift. He’s obviously not a legend but he was a decent former player that I’m glad to see has another club.

Definitely second that.

 

[PVA]

I never understood the derision either.

He was a limited player but put in far more effort and gave more to the club than many much more talented players.

 

[StrettoBoy]

What’s he been doing for 2 years?!

Out with a long term injury.

 

[Deleted member 9744]

I'd rather have had Biamou than ol Waghorn Leghorn actually looking back

Yes never understood the derision aimed Biamou and the support from some quarters for Waghorn, who was truly awful for us. It's similar to the comments about Norton-Cuffy compared with Todd Kane.

 

[Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon]

I would take him now over Godden in a heartbeat. Crazy how Biamou has spent over two years in the footballing wilderness, yet players like Godden, Kelly & Allen are deemed good enough for a top-half Championship side.

Yeah it's not like they've appeared regularly for a side that has finished in the top half of the Championship to warrant such an assessment either. Crazy.

 

[torchomatic]

Looking on Twitter, there are some who reckon he could still do a job for us.

Would have saved a lot of money keeping Max rather than spunking it on Waghorn.

 

[Evo1883]

Would have saved a lot of money keeping Max rather than spunking it on Waghorn.

Waghorn was a decent signing on paper and had all the attributes to be a good here , just didn't work out especially after his injury .. had a far superior career to max

 

[torchomatic]

Waghorn was a decent signing on paper and had all the attributes to be a good here , just didn't work out especially after his injury .. had a far superior career to max

If only football was played on a sheet of A4...A far superior career maybe, but not for Coventry City FC, and that's all I care about. Max was head and shoulders above Waghorn here.

 

[Evo1883]

If only football was played on a sheet of A4...A far superior career maybe, but not for Coventry City FC, and that's all I care about. Max was head and shoulders above Waghorn here.

At Championship level they were both shite for us if we're being honest , hence why the manager didn't renew him for mere pennies

 

[torchomatic]

At Championship level they were both shite for us if we're being honest , hence why the manager didn't renew him for mere pennies

I don't think six goals in 36 Championship games is "shite". No, not setting the world alight, but better than many we've had here.

 

[Evo1883]

I don't think six goals in 36 Championship games is "shite". No, not setting the world alight, but better than many we've had here.

Well that's true , its 5 btw

 

[torchomatic]

Well that's true , its 5 btw

In the League, one in the Cup.

 

[Evo1883]

In the League, one in the Cup.

I did say championship

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Nothing to say, other than I have his shirt, and a.pair of his size 11 boots

 

[PVA]

Let's be honest Waghorn was dogshit for us.

2 goals in 54 games for a striker on (presumably) high wages is appalling.

He had one half decent spell where he linked well with Gyokeres (without scoring or creating anything). And that was it.

Biamou's goals per minutes ratio at championship level was almost twice as good.

 

[Evo1883]

Let's be honest Waghorn was dogshit for us.

2 goals in 54 games for a striker on (presumably) high wages is appalling.

He had one half decent spell where he linked well with Gyokeres (without scoring or creating anything). And that was it.

Biamou's goals per minutes ratio at championship level was almost twice as good.

Granted he was shite , but where have you got 54 games from ?

He had a championship goal to minute ratio of 1 every 278 minutes over his career of almost 400 matches

Biamou 1 goal every 402 minutes from 34 championship matches

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Let's be honest Waghorn was dogshit for us.

2 goals in 54 games for a striker on (presumably) high wages is appalling.

He had one half decent spell where he linked well with Gyokeres (without scoring or creating anything). And that was it.

Biamou's goals per minutes ratio at championship level was almost twice as good.

He had 3 in 42 actually

 

[covcity4life]

Biamou just reached his ceiling with us. He helped us as a club smash a few ceilings before that mind you so fucking be grateful?

There are so many players who let us down. Why get on the back of those that actually helped us?

Just weird.

 

[fatso]

I’ve met him and he was a decent guy but I didn’t think he should have been kept on after the first season in the Championship. It turns out Robins agreed with that and he was released.

Not rating someone as a footballer is very different to ‘hating’ them.

Oh no no, unless your constantly blowing smoke up a players arse your a hater according to some on here. Honestly it's getting as bad as X

It's amazing how many fans suddenly lose the ability to objectively rate any player once they pull on a sky blue shirt.

In the case of Max he did a decent job of leading the line for us, he scored a few important and spectacular goals along the way, he's remembered fondly, but ultimately he was never going to score often enough to earn another contract here once we got promoted.

I'm glad he's got another chance to show what he can do, and I wish him every success at Doncaster.

 

[fatso]

He had 3 in 42 actually

Well that's bordering on the prolific!

 

[Evo1883]

Biamou just reached his ceiling with us. He helped us as a club smash a few ceilings before that mind you so fucking be grateful?

There are so many players who let us down. Why get on the back of those that actually helped us?

Just weird.

I think he's a nice bloke , did some good things .

Wasn't a good footballer though sorry

 

[Otis]

I don't get all the debating. Same old back and forth, that's been done to death so may times before.

We should all be pleased he's found himself a new club shouldn't we?

He was a decent bloke (even turned up at the playoff final), tried his very best and scored a few fabulous goals for us.

I didn't think he was crap and I didn't think he was brilliant. He did a job while he was here though.

Good luck to him. Hope he does well at Doncaster.

 

[Evo1883]

I don't get all the debating. Same old back and forth, that's been done to death so may times before.

We should all be pleased he's found himself a new club shouldn't we?

He was a decent bloke (even turned up at the playoff final), tried his very best and scored a few fabulous goals for us.

I didn't think he was crap and I didn't think he was brilliant. He did a job while he was here though.

Good luck to him. Hope he does well at Doncaster.

 

[Johhny Blue]

What’s he been doing for 2 years?!

Practicing overhead kicks

 

[Johhny Blue]

He was once described as having the most impact of any ccfc player in 20 years.

I think that was related to forum posts

 

[PVA]

Granted he was shite , but where have you got 54 games from ?

He had a championship goal to minute ratio of 1 every 278 minutes over his career of almost 400 matches

Biamou 1 goal every 402 minutes from 34 championship matches

Oops my bad, the 54 was his total times in the squad, so included the times he didn't get off the bench.

So it's 2 goals in 38 games and still almost twice as poor as Biamou's minutes per goal.

What Waghorn did in his career prior to joining is irrelevant when discussing his performances for us.

 

[Evo1883]

Oops my bad, the 54 was his total times in the squad, so included the times he didn't get off the bench.

So it's 2 goals in 38 games and still almost twice as poor as Biamou's minutes per goal.

What Waghorn did in his career prior to joining is irrelevant when discussing his performances for us.

Ofcourse but as I stated earlier , waghorn had the pedigree , it's easy to see why we signed him .