And What About This McDonald Bloke ? (1 Viewer)

EleanorRigby · Feb 16, 2012

On about needing another striker in another thread, but what about this Cody McDonald character, apparently been injured for ever, when not injured lacks fitness, apparently. Is he for real or what.

torchomatic · Feb 16, 2012

I think he was for real 25 times last season.

ccfcway · Feb 16, 2012

you can right him off for this season

We have had him for over 5 months now, and just hasnt been right at all...

Lets hope he comes good next season

Otis · Feb 16, 2012

Forgot all about him to be honest.

Thought he was supposed to be back in training.

ccfcway · Feb 16, 2012

na, MIGHT be back in another week !!

Wonder how fat freddie is getting on, not long till he is on the dole

WillieStanley · Feb 16, 2012

League 1 (should we end up there) is where he'll shine. Looking at his goals, he seems to prey off mistakes that only our defence makes in this division.

EleanorRigby · Feb 16, 2012

From a sisu point of view you can understand their reluctance to add another striker to the head count

Lord_Nampil · Feb 16, 2012

I personally think Cody would fit in with the team better now. His movement is excellent but Juke always drifted away from him leaving cause his runs to be pointless! If we get him fit do we need another striker???

Strangely since Juke has left (say Southampton in the cup) which was 7 games ago we have scored 9 goals. in the previous 7 games we scored 5 goals. Ok its only 4 more but it seems now we are more likely to score than when Juke was up top for us!

Astute · Feb 16, 2012

EleanorRigby said:
From a sisu point of view you can understand their reluctance to add another striker to the head count

Sorry but I don't understand anything SISU are trying to do. The only feeling I get from them is

ccfcway · Feb 16, 2012

do tell ?

We have Platt and Nimely

O'Donovan has gone, Eatswood is finished and McDonald might not play this season

So, we have 2 strikers ...

superskyblue · Feb 16, 2012

I can definitely understand it from Sisu's point of view, we are likely to go down, so why would they waste their money on a new striker for us?

However, from our point of view we'd like a new striker.

CovLis86 · Feb 16, 2012

I havent seen anywhere that Cody is out for this season? I keep seeing hes coming back to training in a week. Even if he is unfit, least it gives us an option to throw on, better than nothing. and nothing is potentially what we are looking at with this 'Loan snag' - ( aka SISU being cheap )

SydneySkyBlue · Feb 16, 2012

I think Platt and McDonald would make the perfect partnership for League 1.

EleanorRigby · Feb 16, 2012

What sums up Cody McDonald for me is you get to know and recognise your own players but I wouldn't recognise this bloke if he passed me by in the street, not a clue.

Lord_Nampil · Feb 16, 2012

GinettasStickySofa said:
I think Platt and McDonald would make the perfect partnership for League 1.

I think we should offer Platt a decent contract, ok hes getting on but to me hes playing as if hes 10 years younger (if only he was) Cody is good enough at this level, just needs the fitness and the right partner!

CCFCSteve · Feb 16, 2012

superskyblue said:
I can definitely understand it from Sisu's point of view, we are likely to go down, so why would they waste their money on a new striker for us?

However, from our point of view we'd like a new striker.

I wouldve agreed a week ago, however, with the pompey situation and our win the other night we're at least in with a shout. A 3 month loan of a half decent striker would cost around £150k in wages (if no loan fee is payable)

Surely worth the punt. The club is more saleable if its in the championship than league one !

superskyblue · Feb 16, 2012

CCFCSteve said:
I wouldve agreed a week ago, however, with the pompey situation and our win the other night we're at least in with a shout. A 3 month loan of a half decent striker would cost around £150k in wages (if no loan fee is payable)

Surely worth the punt. The club is more saleable if its in the championship than league one !

I do agree with you, but I genuinely believe Sisu think we're doomed, therefore any short term investment is not worthwhile. I don't think Nimely or Norwood will be on big wages at all and probably a percentage is being paid by their parent clubs. Someone like Hulse for example would be out of our price range RE wages.

covcity4life · Feb 16, 2012

we hve cody and eastwood,another midfielder on loan id want,not a striker

Astute · Feb 16, 2012

covcity4life said:
we hve cody and eastwood,another midfielder on loan id want,not a striker

Fat Freddie, a player thay can't be bothered to get fit. Takes the piss out our club and fans. McDonald, injured, unfit or even not good enough. Who knows? Think ibjured myself. Leaves us with 2 strikers. What happens when one gets injured?

superskyblue · Feb 16, 2012

Also if we could get in a target man from a Premier League team, it is likely they will be better than Platt in terms of goal contributions.

ccfcway · Feb 16, 2012

covcity4life said:
we hve cody and eastwood,another midfielder on loan id want,not a striker

pretty sure your sentance explained exactly why AT is looking for a STRIKER

Brighton Sky Blue · Feb 16, 2012

ccfcway said:
do tell ?

We have Platt and Nimely

O'Donovan has gone, Eatswood is finished and McDonald might not play this season

So, we have 2 strikers ...

At a push you could include McSheffrey into the reckoning there-and a Shaun Jeffers who looks horrendously out of his depth in this league.

EleanorRigby · Feb 16, 2012

If AT gets nobody in he will have promote that Johnson Clarke-Harris and what is that Courtney Richards like ?

Astute · Feb 16, 2012

Brighton Sky Blue said:
At a push you could include McSheffrey into the reckoning there-and a Shaun Jeffers who looks horrendously out of his depth in this league.

We need Sheffers where he is at the moment. Always seems to do better running towards goal than waiting for the ball. Also, don't he take the corners? Not much chance of scoring from them as well as taking them.

Brighton Sky Blue · Feb 16, 2012

Astute said:
We need Sheffers where he is at the moment. Always seems to do better running towards goal than waiting for the ball. Also, don't he take the corners? Not much chance of scoring from them as well as taking them.

Yeah, he's one of our smallest players isn't he? Guess the reasoning is he'd be good to have in the box for when the ball drops down. Point is, in Nimely we have someone prepared to run at defenders, show some skill, and provide more of an edge up front. If he gets injured, we'll be back to having Platt up by himself which isn't a comforting prospect!

covcity4life · Feb 16, 2012

Astute said:
Fat Freddie, a player thay can't be bothered to get fit. Takes the piss out our club and fans. McDonald, injured, unfit or even not good enough. Who knows? Think ibjured myself. Leaves us with 2 strikers. What happens when one gets injured?

eastwood is back in the squad,fat sharpe manages to grab goals as did a certain micky quinn

and cody resumes full training on friday...we have 4 strikers

lets not right cody off already puhleeeze

ccfcway · Feb 16, 2012

not writing him off long term, but he has never been fit and ready for the 1st team in 5 months, so "resuming full training" indicates we could almost write him off this season

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