COV
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Strachan said in Rick Gekoski's book that Jess was the best player at the club by far on the training pitch, but didn't have the mentality to cut it on the pitch
Coventry City Transfer Disappointments (2 Viewers)
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Strachan said in Rick Gekoski's book that Jess was the best player at the club by far on the training pitch, but didn't have the mentality to cut it on the pitch
wantageskyblue
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Mark Hateley for me. Went to Portsmouth for a paltry fee set by tribunal and after 1 season in a lower division gets sold to AC Milan for £1m. Still feel resentful about it now!
Sky Blue Harry H
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Mortimer, Huckerby, Dublin plus the dismantling of the Gillespie, Steve Hunt, Steve Whitton, Garry Thompson etc team
PUSB-We_are_going_up
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Skouse Messi
JulianDarbyFTW
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Peter Atherton was the first disappointment I had. Not really sure why in hindsight, but I really liked him. I also really liked Andy Pearce. I was a big fan of centre halves as a kid, for some reason.
More modern-day, Leon Clarke leaving pissed me off. I knew he was a mercenary type, and at least we replaced him well with McGoldrick, but it really stung at the time.
More modern-day, Leon Clarke leaving pissed me off. I knew he was a mercenary type, and at least we replaced him well with McGoldrick, but it really stung at the time.
SlowerThanPlatt
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McGoldrick was the season before Clarke I thought?
NortonSkyBlue
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Dennis Mortimer was a painful transfer as he was one of our own and a great player, some transfers out were and are easy to understand with our perilous financial situation through the years but some leave you shaking your head. Pearce was another who should have been handcuffed for a couple more years. Am I correct in thinking that Greg Downes was his replacement?
JulianDarbyFTW
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You're right. Memory playing tricks.
harvey098
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McSheffrey the first time whacked me (I was about 14 at the time, so at the idolising age). Davenport, similar. Tabb.
In more recent years, Maddison as I just felt he was a rare, rare talent which we never got the full fruits of - sold too soon.
I was a bit too young to fully appreciate Keane but if you gave me a veto on any transfer, it probably would be that.
In more recent years, Maddison as I just felt he was a rare, rare talent which we never got the full fruits of - sold too soon.
I was a bit too young to fully appreciate Keane but if you gave me a veto on any transfer, it probably would be that.
Sick Boy
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That was done during pre-season with the confirmation of Thorn.
Blind-Faith
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Westwood
McSheffrey
Davenport
Wilson
Maddison
McSheffrey
Davenport
Wilson
Maddison
COV
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Veto any one transfer and it’s Dublin for me- when he left it affected the whole club, we could have built theteam around him for another 5 years, his impact on everything was massive.
SlowerThanPlatt
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No it was mid season he went there on loan
Torquay Sky Blue
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Gary Thompson sold by Jimmy Hill over Dave Sextons head. Caused the demise of a good manager and the break up of a very good young team
fernandopartridge
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Clarke was McGoldrick's replacement in 2012/13
Wasn't it during Boothroyds spell then the protracted deal to bring King in
DazzleTommyDazzle
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I was in the back of my parents' car heading to spend Xmas at my Uncle's, when I heard that Dennis Mortimer had been sold to Villa. I cried. It ruined Christmas (even though John Craven replaced him in the Boxing Day game away to Wolves and scored the only goal).
SkyblueDad
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There’s loads Dennis Mortimer best player to come out of our youth team and Stuart Pearce absolutely conned by Brian Clough paying pennies for a player going on to win over 80 England caps
Awful boardroom more like.
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Robbie Keane was the worst one for me, and replacing him with Bellamy didn't help.
Dublin next, and Terry Gibson. Then McAllister, Regis and Hutchison, all of whom we got rid of too early.
Dublin next, and Terry Gibson. Then McAllister, Regis and Hutchison, all of whom we got rid of too early.
Terry Gibson's perm
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Obviously one for me stands out and to get a crocked Brazil as part of the deal didn’t help.
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It’sabatch87
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I remember being in Lanzarote in a bar watching skysports news and seeing Keane walking through Milan airport.Robbie Keane will always be my biggest transfer upset. Hated it when he left.
Totally pissed off!!
Peter Atherton was one of my favourites at the time
the rumpo kid
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Steve hunt ( not Stephen fucker hunt )
Legia Sky Blue
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Was really upset when Tommy Hutchison & Bobby McDonald left for Man City. As a kid I idolised both, and in retrospect if we had kept them their added experience might have proven the difference in getting us past West Ham in the 80/81 League Cup semi final. Of course both made it to the FA Cup Final themselves later in the season so was a decent move for both players, if not necessarily for us.
COV
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One of the worst times was 02/03 when literally every day you were waking up to read who was leaving next- Carsley, Thompson, Hughes etc (that was a loss at the time), and we ended up with David Pipe, Lee Fowler, Robert Betts, Scott Shearer and the like, and I think we won one game after Xmas. So not a single transfer but a prolonged period where the whole team was dismantled and destroyed
The Great Eastern
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The club didnt make anything out of the Keane deal. The profit was around 7 million but that ended up in the pocket of the individual who loaned us the original 6 mill purchase money.
SkyblueDad
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A taxi colleague of mine took Robbie Keane from the the Hilton to Birmingham airport bit of a petrol head not a footie fan at all would hardly know what colour we played in he rang me and told me this Coventry footballer was joining an Italian club, no idea who the club or player was found out it was Keano couple of days before it became public news, gutted. If I’d had that fare I’d have made sure he missed the flight
COV
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A taxi colleague of mine took Robbie Keane from the the Hilton to Birmingham airport bit of a petrol head not a footie fan at all would hardly know what colour we played in he rang me and told me this Coventry footballer was joining an Italian club, no idea who the club or player was found out it was Keano couple of days before it became public news, gutted. If I’d had that fare I’d have made sure he missed the flight
Rumour had it that Keane got into a bit of bother with the infamous Barrington Patterson while he was here
Frostie
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Yes, I meant awful management at board level tbh. Although Thorn managing the team certainly didn't help with avoiding relegation either!