Grendel
Well-Known Member
It was over 1 million and thorn was allowed to replace him. He did with Alex "goal machine" Nimeley.
However once it was clear in January that we were facing a relegation battle and the board decided it would be a good idea to sell our top striker for 750k and not replace him.
I do think Robins would have walked away in order to protect his own reputation as he has done before.
It was over 1 million and thorn was allowed to replace him. He did with Alex "goal machine" Nimeley.
cue the response about how many assists he got and what a great signing he was...
Official stats say one assist. Thorn when questioned about his lack of goal scoring said he had seen him "score loads of goals". Also lets not forget he sold Turner to raise funds for a striker as he had declared Eastwood not fit enough to warrant a place in the team. He then signed a player even more unfit than Eastwood.
We are going to sell your proven at this level goal scorer worth between 750k to 1.3 million.
You are allowed to replace him with a loanee. Who has been on loan at Middlesbrough mainly used as a winger.
We are going to sell your proven at this level goal scorer worth between 750k to 1.3 million.
You are allowed to replace him with a loanee. Who has been on loan at Middlesbrough mainly used as a winger.
Typical Grenduffy to constantly harp on about the one player who wasn't a success, yet ignore those signed for peanuts who have turned out half decent.
Fleck and Jennings still sub-standard. Edge still inept and agricultural?
He had more than one assistOfficial stats say one assist. Thorn when questioned about his lack of goal scoring said he had seen him "score loads of goals". Also lets not forget he sold Turner to raise funds for a striker as he had declared Eastwood not fit enough to warrant a place in the team. He then signed a player even more unfit than Eastwood.
Edge is still inept and agricultural. Fleck is still sub standard and the jury is really out on Jennings based on a reasonable 45 minutes last week. I guess we will just conveniently forget Kilbane, ball, brown, Barton and Malaga.
What does agricultural mean?
Where is thorn now? That pr company he hired arent doing very well are they?
Linell still says how right he is though!
BackRoomRummermill;This was fairly obvious from early on said:Thorn last term had a squad funded in the bottom three of the league and served up a result consummate with that. Robins has a team funded within the top three or four teams; and again is serving up a product consummate with that.
To try and compare their tenures is worthless, as its not even close to a like for like analysis
Anyone who seriously thinks AT has any long term career as a Manager of anything above L2 is either deluded or just trying to wind people up.
Also before anyone says that SISU or anyone else scuppered his chances needs to have a pretty good FACTUAL mitigation on that.
The only FACT i can deduce is that our poor form under the direct stewardship of AT has potentially cost us play off or promotion. Also I believe the man was greedy and totally unqualified but was still happy at taking a fair wedge at Coventry City.
This was fairly obvious from early on, MR has managed the team in the same circumstances and done very well.
I rest my case.
Thorn last term had a squad funded in the bottom three of the league and served up a result consummate with that. Robins has a team funded within the top three or four teams; and again is serving up a product consummate with that.
To try and compare their tenures is worthless, as its not even close to a like for like analysis
If he had replaced him with a loanee as successful as Norwood you would have hailed it as great business so you can't have it both ways.
The sale for £1.3 million was a necessity. Thorn wanted more players. He signed 3 from the sale. You say a loanee was a poor choice. Do you think mcgoldrick and bailey were poor choices? No as they did well. Also he needed a left back. He signed one who I believe had done injury worries. Poor choice in the end. Are you saying he did not choose nimeley in which case he didn't choose Norwood either.
Can't have it all wags. Also he blew half a million on a woefully unfit player who did not even start in anger until February.
No I am saying in January you sell your only proven goal scorer at championship level. You allow the manager to replace him with a loanee.
If the loanee scored ore than juke. I would have been very impressed.
IMO we risked 5 million according to some to recoup 1.3.
How many games did we win with him in the side last season out of interest?
Thorn would have liked to keep him and bring in 3-4 loan players .
We were bottom of the table.
He lost him and gained 3 loan players.
We finished second bottom.
How many did we win when he was playing?
How many did we win when he was playing?
I think we would have win a lot more with him and nimley up front and platt used sparingly.
Why did he spend half a million on McDonald then? Do you think winning two games in the first half of the season was acceptable when he had committed funds on a striker? Even you now acknowledge he was a catastrophic signing.
19 won
31 lost
18 drew
scored 18
http://www.11v11.com/players/lukas-jutkiewicz-49809/team/coventry-city/#clubmatches
You and MMM can keep your rather sad little campaign going (sorry forgot CJ) but in the words of the medieval thespian it does you no credit at all.
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