Dublin was a cracking player, but two seasons after that we had Keane, who was the most talented player I've seen in a city shirt. I think losing him (and McAllister) was the start of demise
Keane....another player sold for a quick profit. Keane was good for us, but as he was with us for such a short time it is hard to hold him as highly as Dublin.
Then we get upset these days for losing average or just above average players
But we seem not to get upset with the likes of Westwood who blatantly ran his contract down, King who made public his intent so he could get more money somewhere else and even Keogh who as soon as he saw the colour of the money did a runner.
But none of them went to Villa.......bigger rival than Brum, or was there already enough to dislike King for?
Maybe he should have not signed a new contract and left us nearly 6m out of pocket, filling his own bank account up with a 7 figure sum and also not vilified by some Cov fans. The same 6m we signed Keane for.
Westwood-not offered a new deal until it was too late despite him publically saying he wanted to open talks when he had over 2 years left.
King-shafted over the length of his contract, the 3-year offer he had verbally agreed transforming into a 2-year one days later.
Keogh-sold after a bidding war following relegation to a division he's too good for.
Not that I'm particularly calling any of the above legends. I wouldn't consider that tag for any of our players in the last 7 or 8 years.
Westwood-not offered a new deal until it was too late despite him publically saying he wanted to open talks when he had over 2 years left.
King-shafted over the length of his contract, the 3-year offer he had verbally agreed transforming into a 2-year one days later.
Keogh-sold after a bidding war following relegation to a division he's too good for.
Not that I'm particularly calling any of the above legends. I wouldn't consider that tag for any of our players in the last 7 or 8 years.
What a load of Tosh....he instigated the move not the other way round. Great player but he left because it suited him. He was not shafted and forced out at all.
Yeah, like Westwood would have signed a new contract if it was offered earlier...
King - you know that as fact or rumour?
But none of them refused to play for the club paying their wages.But we seem not to get upset with the likes of Westwood who blatantly ran his contract down, King who made public his intent so he could get more money somewhere else and even Keogh who as soon as he saw the colour of the money did a runner.
Did he ever refuse TO PLAY for us, Astute? Stop ignoring the reason why he isn't universally adored!
Did he ever refuse TO PLAY for us, Astute? Stop ignoring the reason why he isn't universally adored!
Only after he had been sold to Villa. Some try to make it out he did it to get a move. He didn't want to go. He was due to sign the paperwork a day or two after. I suppose you wouldn't have been p!ssed off with Richardson if he had done it to you?
I can understand why some people dislike him, but I can also understand why he did it. Can't you? I suppose you are the kind of person that will let people sh!t all over you. "Hey Dion, have sold you when you want to stay, but play one more game for me" Yeah right. Let's blame it on Dion. Nothing to do with teflon Richardson, the one that put our club where it is now.
No, I can't understand why he did it.
I wish someone would shit £20K a week over me. Now, I would love to be treated that "badly".
No he just refused to sign a contract which made him money and cost us a significant fee.
Only after he had been sold to Villa. Some try to make it out he did it to get a move. He didn't want to go. He was due to sign the paperwork a day or two after. I suppose you wouldn't have been p!ssed off with Richardson if he had done it to you?
I can understand why some people dislike him, but I can also understand why he did it. Can't you? I suppose you are the kind of person that will let people sh!t all over you. "Hey Dion, have sold you when you want to stay, but play one more game for me" Yeah right. Let's blame it on Dion. Nothing to do with teflon Richardson, the one that put our club where it is now.
Is that when someone else would have given you 1m plus to sign and then a fair bit more than 20k a week that actually wanted you at their club, not a chairman like Robinson that only wants you to sign so he could sell you to the highest bidder.
OK so some of you hate him for falling out with a chairman that did to him what he did, leaving Dion to do a major sin and refusing to play when already sold. I am wrong to see why he did it Everyone else is wrong to see it. The loudest are right again as usual.
Nobody has said they fully agree with not playing that 1 game, but it was not like some have made out it was to get a move as he was not wanted as much as Richardson wanted the money in his back pocket. How can anyone say how much they hate SISU, but say nothing against the person who put us on the slippery slope to where we are now and sold all the players he could when we were not in the position we are now, and finding a reason to blame a player for not playing a cup game and making him out to be a judas.
mark hately comes to mind but know what u mean m8Top player, top bloke. When he left we lost an awesome player. Our glory days left with him, although we didn't see it that way at the time. I feel sorry in a way for all our younger supporters that have never seen players such as him playing for our club. He is about the only player I would welcome back after joining Villa. We were lucky to have him as long as we did. He was so good he would have got into just about any team. When was the last time other than Dublin we had the top scorer in any division?
Is that when someone else would have given you 1m plus to sign and then a fair bit more than 20k a week that actually wanted you at their club, not a chairman like Robinson that only wants you to sign so he could sell you to the highest bidder.
OK so some of you hate him for falling out with a chairman that did to him what he did, leaving Dion to do a major sin and refusing to play when already sold. I am wrong to see why he did it Everyone else is wrong to see it. The loudest are right again as usual.
Nobody has said they fully agree with not playing that 1 game, but it was not like some have made out it was to get a move as he was not wanted as much as Richardson wanted the money in his back pocket. How can anyone say how much they hate SISU, but say nothing against the person who put us on the slippery slope to where we are now and sold all the players he could when we were not in the position we are now, and finding a reason to blame a player for not playing a cup game and making him out to be a judas.
OK he shouldn't have signed a new contract with us and gone elsewhere, taking a big signing on fee and much higher wage. He would have left us 6m down. Much better than missing a game after he had been sold against his wishes I suppose.
Fair play to the few that can never forgive or forget. But for me I remember the good times he gave us, keeping us in the prem nearly single handed. Some say not loyal, but moved once in 10 years, and that was when sold when he wanted to stay.
I am out of here now. Have fun picking to bits a player that gave his all until forced out. I just hope none of you ever need forgiveness for a decision you ever make after giving your all.
Thorn wouldn't play him rather than Eastwood refusing to play. Big difference.
Hang on a minute..sold against his wishes?!? So, erm..if he didn't want to move, he wouldn't have given a crap about a broken leg! Indeed, he should have thrown himself into 80/20 tackles looking for an injury, as then we wouldn't be able to sell him! It also begs the question: if he was such a militant young man, why the hell, when they agreed a sale against his wishes, why didn't he stand up to the club and say "No. I'm going nowhere. I love this club and want to stay". If he was so bleeding loyal, why the need for a get-out clause in his contract anyway? They only ever get inserted by players with one eye on the exit!
Ultimately, the guy even went to court to get his fine back as "it's the principle of the thing". Really sounds like a man who loved this club, that..no, He didn't give a shit about us by then, or our fans, and he bloody knows it. And he's only written anything positive about us as it's MEDIA WORK HE'S BEING PAID FOR!
Refusing to get fit enough to play when we were desperate for players and well short of strikers is not that bad? Standing by collecting lots of money that we couldn't afford? Wasting the money we paid to sign him?
So now Dion would have been looked at much more favourably if he would have seen out his 3 year contract whilst becoming a fat slob and not caring about our club or fans?
If he wanted a move why did he sign a new contract when he could have taken a big signing on fee just months before and much higher wages?
Don't hate him, but what he did is unforgiveable and if it's so acceptable to down tools, why are there ZERO other examples of it at our club? A footballer actually refusing to play for the club that pays his wages!
What you have to appreciate is that it's him talking about how "99.9% of Coventry fans understand". Looking on here, it's more like 50%. He really does think we all love him, and when he was making his way up towards the press box at one game the season before last, the look on his face as he walked through the stand was that of a God walking among his followers.
You wete the one to ask this question though
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