Bids for McNulty / McNulty to Reading (5 Viewers)

[SkyBlueCRJ]

If he engineered the move I really think from a PR point of view MR and CCFC should put a line detailing this in his departure press release to ease the fans' temperament.

Similarly without a proper replacement, McNulty's departure could seriously undo the work MR and AV has put in over the last few months...

 

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[pastythegreat]

I think most who actually watched the games supported him and said give him time, it was the muppets like Dongo who had never been to a game and those on social media who were obsessed with James Collins who were slating him.

The same ppl who slated Biamou

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[Corrado]

he played a massive part to get us out of L2 - Iv got no beef with him - wish his good luck

The worst part of this is the inevitability of logging onto here and seeing weekly threads posted about him scoring a goal for reading etc

 

[Sky Blue 1987]

At the end of the day it is a job to him as it is to all professional footballers, he has been offered a chance of career progression and a pay rise, in any other job I’m sure most wouldn’t turn that chance down Good luck to him

 

[better days]

On a positive note the players aren't down about McNulty going
It would have been a bigger surprise if he'd stayed once Championship teams start making offers
They have seen the good players who've come in so far and they're looking forward to the season

 

[fernandopartridge]

On a positive note the players aren't down about McNulty going
It would have been a bigger surprise if he'd stayed once Championship teams start making offers
They have seen the good players who've come in so far and they're looking forward to the season

Any examples of where a team prospers immediately after losing their top scorer? We've been relegated every time it has happened to us in my memory!

 

[Martw]

i wonder if we will trot out the old line that we have already spent the money knowing he would go!! - I am joking - I hope!!!

 

[NortonSkyBlue]

I wish McNulty only the best with his new club and have enjoyed having him at Coventry City and he has been a player who wins and changes games. To the naysayers I am sure that will continue.
However now it's about us and our season.
We have just lost our very best player.

 

[covcity4life]

I wish McNulty only the best with his new club and have enjoyed having him at Coventry City and he has been a player who wins and changes games. To the naysayers I am sure that will continue.
However now it's about us and our season.
We have just lost our very best player.

More than ever it is imports t that fullback and midfielders make more chances for our strikers this season.

If we have someone off less quality than mcnukty we can still get alot of goals if we make more chances

 

[Nick]

Any examples of where a team prospers immediately after losing their top scorer? We've been relegated every time it has happened to us in my memory!

We lost George Thomas last year

 

[IrishSkyBlue]

For us as fans this is football theres nothing we can do about it, hes a footballer its his job hes part of a wheel thats always turning, hes done well and looks like we've benefited from it we got him on a free and getting a nice return on him. All we can do is see what MR pulls out his magic hat and hopefully get a similar replacement or somebody better.

 

[smileycov]

Lincoln just signed John Akinde from Barnet. Shame would have liked him here

 

[TomRad85]

If we lose McNulty and bring in Chaplin and Crouch (using the players rumoured in this thread) then we're laughing tbh

Edit: Or McGoldrick for that matter

 

[Nick]

Surely not going to sign Crouch are we?

 

[luwalla]

Lincoln just signed John Akinde from Barnet. Shame would have liked him here

agreed, wasnt he also top scorer league two in recent years

 

[jordan210]

Surely not going to sign Crouch are we?

His wage must be huge.

 

[higgs]

Signing crouch would be a tall order

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[Mucca Mad Boys]

What the fuck are you talking about? Robins stayed loyal to him despite his non-scoring form, as did most of the fanbase (a few comments on social media isn't the end of the world). This is how he repays that faith. It leaves a very very sour taste for me.

Repays that faith? That is nonsense. He's not indebted to anyone because the relationship was give and take and without his goals, would we have finished 6th and won the playoffs? Probably not. He's got the opportunity to play at the highest level in his career too. Like Robins said, you don't want to be stopping players furthering their career and for £1.5m, it's a decent deal for a 25 striker unproven outside of L2. How much more could we realistically ask for? The context is completely different to the times we sold Clarke and Jutkiewicz as we're now in a better situation financially (the fee for Clarke was good too).

I don't think comparing sale prices with the pitiful values we've received for players previously really works. We should have held out for as much as we could possibly get.

£1.5m to £2m is the most we can get for him, realistically. He's not a starlet who's in his teens or early twenties.

 

[Martw]

when it was said an ex prem player from last year, Crouch was the name I first thought of but I can't see it to be fair, we cannot be anywhere close to a wage he would want even if he was prepared to drop down a further league.

 

[TomRad85]

His wage must be huge.

He's pretty old and a league one payslip is better than no payslip, so maybe.

 

[pastythegreat]

I saw McGoldrick down at Ipswich a few times last year, he is a class player on the ball and very intelligent but it would be his pace that would worry me alongside his injury record. I think we all agree that fully fit he would be a huge asset

It's not like McNulty was Usain Bolt. If we were replacing Jodi Jones with McGoldrick then I could understand the issue with his pace but I don't see it as an issue. Especially given that (on the whole) a L1 CH will be less fit and slower than the average Championship CH.

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[slyblue57]

Is it confirmed yet or is it a Stokes has signed for Bury ?

 

[better days]

Is it confirmed yet or is it a Stokes has signed for Bury ?

I've heard it's definite

 

[pastythegreat]

If we lose McNulty and bring in Chaplin and Crouch (using the players rumoured in this thread) then we're laughing tbh

Edit: Or McGoldrick for that matter

Wouldn't be a bad shout to get Danny Rose from Mansfield?!?!

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[pastythegreat]

If we lose McNulty and bring in Chaplin and Crouch (using the players rumoured in this thread) then we're laughing tbh

Edit: Or McGoldrick for that matter

Wouldn't be a bad shout to get Danny Rose from Mansfield?!?!

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[Cavan O'Doherty]

Should be able to sign McGoldrick and Chaplin with 1.5 million. If that happens i’d drive him down to Reading myself. He’s given me some of my best memories as a Cov fan, but if he wants to go let him. He’s not irreplaceable.

 

[Martw]

I've heard it's definite

you are in the know far more than most on here - do you reckon 2-3 more signings?

 

[covcity4life]

Chaplin and mcgoldrick would replace him adequately most probably!

Squad would be set then?

 

[TomRad85]

I've heard it's definite

Come on spill the beans, any of the strikers mentioned in this thread a possibility or is it all just hot air?

 

[pastythegreat]

Should be able to sign McGoldrick and Chaplin with 1.5 million. If that happens i’d drive him down to Reading myself. He’s given me some of my best memories as a Cov fan, but if he wants to go let him. He’s not irreplaceable.

I'm sure we could start a crowd fund to cover your petrol

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[Grendel]

Wouldn't be a bad shout to get Danny Rose from Mansfield?!?!

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Wouldn’t it? He’s been suggested to me by someone but looks pretty average to me

 

[jordan210]

Wouldn’t it? He’s been suggested to me by someone but looks pretty average to me

As you think everyone is average or below.

Who would you recommend as a McNulty replacement ?

 

[bawtryneal]

Would anybody like Leon Clarke back !!!

 

[TomRad85]

Not very often i have any inside info but bloke in my office just walked up to me and 'my Mrs was on the phone to the Coventry chief exec 3 times yesterday'. His Mrs works for Reading...

 

[pastythegreat]

Wouldn’t it? He’s been suggested to me by someone but looks pretty average to me

I think he'd be a good replacement. MR seemed to think so in January too.
Who do you think if not?

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