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CovScott88
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As far as I heard come out of the meeting with Leonard Brody and the board, they are not 100% sure where he will be playing next season.
They must be waiting to see whether Liverpool deem him to be over his injury and as to whether they put in a bid. Hopefully, regardless of if he goes or not, i'd like to see him here even if it's on loan. I think it's fair to say that if he was to stay, he will see a fair bit of football. Won't neccessarily start a whole host of games, but will certainly make alot of appearances.
They must be waiting to see whether Liverpool deem him to be over his injury and as to whether they put in a bid. Hopefully, regardless of if he goes or not, i'd like to see him here even if it's on loan. I think it's fair to say that if he was to stay, he will see a fair bit of football. Won't neccessarily start a whole host of games, but will certainly make alot of appearances.
rob9872
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We shouldn't expect too much, he's a young lad and it could crush him entirely. If given time he has promise but nothing more yet and I only hope he stays grounded enough and listens to the coaches without thinking he should be a regular starter. There are years ahead of him, so lets look after him and ensure that we get the right money for him when he will eventually be moved on if he's as hot a prospect as we are led to believe.
sw88, that's my thoughts exactly. i watched the Birmingham game thinking he was ok but didnt feature much.......then the monday after he's off to liverpool. Am i right in thinking we had to give that game so that we could give him a price tag rather than let him go as a trainee?
i'm really interested to see what he's capable of but also agree there's no point pushing him into the squad if he's not ready, can't imagine he would have featured in m/any of livepools first team games for a good few seasons yet
i'm really interested to see what he's capable of but also agree there's no point pushing him into the squad if he's not ready, can't imagine he would have featured in m/any of livepools first team games for a good few seasons yet
covcity4life
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boothroyd said he was the best young 1 touch passer of the ball he had seen
id like to see him play in front of clingan in the middle when hes given the chance
id like to see him play in front of clingan in the middle when hes given the chance
stevo_ccfc
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I'd like to see him stay at Coventry, so fingers crossed he turns down Liverpool
yes but Boothroyd said that, has he even heard of one touch passing?
Si80
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According to a work colleage of mine who is good friends with Jordan Clarke, Conor is coming back to us and not being taken up by Liverpool.
Apparently he hasn't adapted to life up there too well, and is missing his family back here.
If Gunnarsson does decide to not sign then I think it would be great if we gave CT a chance in the middle of the park.
Apparently he hasn't adapted to life up there too well, and is missing his family back here.
If Gunnarsson does decide to not sign then I think it would be great if we gave CT a chance in the middle of the park.
Nick
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Very true, that is what I meant that I have only seen him from one game so wasn't the best judge.
Si80
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We played Gunnarsson as an unknown quantatied 18 year old didn't we? And he was a revelation in his first season with us.
It's not like we are going to have a lot of money to go throwing about to bring in a seasoned Championship centre mid, so why not give CT the nod? If we look at possible replacements within the squad now then it's Baker or Deegan to fill that role. Baker probably shades it as I'd rather have an attacking minded player in there leaving Clingan to do the mopping up. But if CT is as highly regarded as it seems then he's got to be in with a shout.
I agree though, he wasn't very good against Blues and imo gifted them the first goal by not closing Bentley down quick enough.
It's not like we are going to have a lot of money to go throwing about to bring in a seasoned Championship centre mid, so why not give CT the nod? If we look at possible replacements within the squad now then it's Baker or Deegan to fill that role. Baker probably shades it as I'd rather have an attacking minded player in there leaving Clingan to do the mopping up. But if CT is as highly regarded as it seems then he's got to be in with a shout.
I agree though, he wasn't very good against Blues and imo gifted them the first goal by not closing Bentley down quick enough.
kg82
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Hah, I actually started typing that post before you'd posted Nick, so I didn't see it!
Yeah, I just feel there can't be that much hype about a player - who then goes on loan to Liverpool from a very average Championship club - without there being something to him. I'd actually be fairly excited to see him play under Thorn, see what he can do in that system!
Looking forward to it to, No smoke without fire i'm sure Liverpool had seem much more of him than we have when they took him on loan
Skyblueheff
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The bloke i sit next to at work is a Liverpool nut so saw quite alot of him in the reserves on TV. After I had finished abusing him about his club letting talent rot in reserve fixtures rather than get eductation at a lower level he went on to tell me that Thomas had been played in a role just infront of the back 4 to break up play and then start moves much in the shape of what Sammy was doing at the end of the season. Reckon he could be that natural replacement for Clingan when he's not playing rather than being further forward
covcity4life
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wish the season tarted today,i wanna see more games with this formation! lol