McNulty (2 Viewers)

[Blind-Faith]

With his goal scoring record , anyone else worried he might be off in the summer with the right bid? Obviously will be easier to keep hold if we get promoted but I’ve just got a horrible feeling.

 

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[ccfcway]

With his goal scoring record , anyone else worried he might be off in the summer with the right bid? Obviously will be easier to keep hold if we get promoted but I’ve just got a horrible feeling.

same as willis, McDonald, davies, hyam, bayliss, jones

No one is bigger than the club. Sadly, gone are the days of heros, players aren't here long enough these days

 

[Cov kid 55]

With his goal scoring record , anyone else worried he might be off in the summer with the right bid? Obviously will be easier to keep hold if we get promoted but I’ve just got a horrible feeling.

Well, it may depend on whether we get promoted. I’m not sure that any Championship club will come in for him, and he would then be playing League 1 with us, so why would we sell to another League 1 club? So let’s hope it falls in to place for us!

 

[Sick Boy]

If we go up I think he will stay but if we don't then we have little chancrazy of keeping him, sadly.

 

[better days]

It's not long since some experts on here were inventing piss taking names and the Duke wouldn't pass the ball to him
Robins always had faith and said so

 

[JulianDarbyFTW]

If we go up I think he will stay but if we don't then we have little chancrazy of keeping him, sadly.

I agree, but then again he's never really set L1 alight.

 

[ccfcway]

It's not long since some experts on here were inventing piss taking names and the Duke wouldn't pass the ball to him
Robins always had faith and said so

Grendel called for a strike force of Biamou and Beavon

wonder have that would have gone !!

 

[Sick Boy]

I agree, but then again he's never really set L1 alight.

Maybe not but he's a cut above this league and somehow will be sure to take a punt on him after his excellent performance this campaign.

 

[Londonccfcfan]

Funny how it works. He has played better lots of other games and yet bags a hatrick in this game.

That’s football. Never ceases to amaze me.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Who would want him he's shit never be any good at a higher level.........



Where have we heard that before????

 

[luwalla]

Genuine worry, great to see players doing well... but even with promotion it means they will be on the radar of bigger clubs ... like acrington Stanley !! LOL

20+ goals a season.strikers are what every manager wants & in short supply. To think he did it after taking so long to get going too!

 

[ccfcway]

if we get promoted and someone buys McNulty, just put a bid in for Eisa or Kee

 

[I_Saw_Shaw_Score]

I’m sure there will be boss for him and many other promotion or not.

Is he Champ quality/ ready (yet) I wouldn’t be too sure. Hopefully he’ll get to test himself in League 1 next season (with us)

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

if we get promoted and someone buys McNulty, just put a bid in for Eisa or Kee

Yes - the Cheltenham lad seems to be having a cracker of a season. I was saying on my way to the game today, that - whether League1 or League2 - I have a feeling it may be the season for Jordan Ponticelli to really shine. If we don't go up and McNulty goes, I really do think JP will be a ready replacement for him.

 

[covcity4life]

Get promoted and we will keep him imo
Hes only just found a house and think he wont want to start searching again

Also hes got a manager who gets best.oit.of him

 

[Liquid Gold]

I'm not too worried about losing anybody to be honest. We have most of our core contract up so will take a decent bid to get any of them away. Jones is the big worry as he's still so young and could easily develop to Championship level, same as Bayliss. Apart from that very few league 1 clubs have any meaningful cash to spend on players. Blackburn, Posh, Wigan, Bradford probably have the money but I think they'd be looking at someone with a better record at that level or someone couple of years younger.

 

[Mcbean]

Did he really have a poor game today ? he never stopped running and in his own words once he had two he wanted three - this is a man on a mission - well impressed as was my Derby supporting neighbour who came to the match

 

[itsabuzzard]

Get promoted and we will keep him imo
Hes only just found a house and think he wont want to start searching again

Also hes got a manager who gets best.oit.of him

I know there's talk of a housing crisis, but ffs are you seriously suggesting he wouldn't accept a better offer because he'd have to find somewhere else to stay?

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[Otis]

if we get promoted and someone buys McNulty, just put a bid in for Eisa or Kee

Very impressed with Eisa when he played against us.

 

[clint van damme]

Genuine worry, great to see players doing well... but even with promotion it means they will be on the radar of bigger clubs ... like acrington Stanley !! LOL

20+ goals a season.strikers are what every manager wants & in short supply. To think he did it after taking so long to get going too!

but the alternative is to have everyone playing shit and creating no interest. If we go up we have a better chance of holding on to everyone simple as that, but nothings guaranteed.

 

[hill83]

I know there's talk of a housing crisis, but ffs are you seriously suggesting he wouldn't accept a better offer because he'd have to find somewhere else to stay?

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“Sorry Pep, I’ve forgot my Rightmove password. Not interested.”

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

There’s a constant hysteria within our supporters about selling players. I think things are taking a turn for the better. All our key player, fit and injured, are under contract, and the clubs finances appear to be in a better place than in the L1 years. The only player to worry about is Bayliss, and that’s because his contract is up.

We could’ve held a car boot sale for all our players last summer and in January, but didn’t. The only player’s to leave were Harries, Thomas and Stevenson. Thomas was the only one who’d have started for us and his contract had expired.

 

[Grendel]

Grendel called for a strike force of Biamou and Beavon

wonder have that would have gone !!

You tried this once before and I exposed your pathetic attempts regarding this - do I really have to do it twice?

 

[covcity4life]

I know there's talk of a housing crisis, but ffs are you seriously suggesting he wouldn't accept a better offer because he'd have to find somewhere else to stay?

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It wouldnt be thenfirst timr a player turned doen a move because they are settled

Also i am assumijg its league 1 teams that come in foe him not championship

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Interview in the Daily Record this morning:

Marc McNulty opens up on abuse he took after Coventry City switch as he stands on verge of breaking club's scoring record
Former Livingston star McNulty is set to jump above Sky Blues legends Dion Dublin and Callum Wilson but it hasn't all been plain sailing for the Scot.

Marc McNulty knows it will barely cause a ripple north of Hinckley.

But just one more goal for Coventry City this season would see the hitman create a little bit of club history.

If the Scot achieves it he will have scored more in a campaign than any Sky Blues player for 25 years, jumping above City legend Dion Dublin and current Bournemouth ace Callum Wilson.

As a League Two striker, it might not generate too many headlines.

But for the Edinburgh-born frontman, who bagged a hat-trick in the 4-0 win over Grimsby Town yesterday, his feeling of pride will be threefold.

Firstly, it will have justified his decision to join Coventry last summer when less turbulent clubs were interested in him.

Also, after getting dog’s abuse at first from the club’s vociferous support he’s now being hailed by their loyal band of fans.

And finally, McNulty’s goal haul will be further proof to himself that – if given the chance – he can perform at a higher level.

Yet despite all of that McNulty believes people in Scotland probably won’t even notice.

He has been in England for almost five years, plying his trade at huge clubs like Sheffield United, Portsmouth and now Coventry.

At Livingston , he was regarded as one of the country’s most talented young scorers. He has fulfilled his potential – but because it hasn’t been done on our doorstep, he won’t get much credit.

Since leaving in 2013, he has started 95 games in the EFL and bagged 48 goals, a decent ratio by anyone’s standards.

Irrespective of Coventry’s continued off-field issues, he feels happy and settled at the Ricoh Arena. McNulty told MailSport : “I didn’t know about it at first but a few people have now mentioned the 25-year record.

“If I could achieve that at a massive club like this, it would be great. There are some great players on the list, most of whom were operating at a higher level than me.

“But it would still be a feat.

“With everything that has gone on behind the scenes at Coventry, it would be great to get at least four more goals this season.

“It has been a really good time for me. Before I signed, a lot of stuff was going through my mind because I knew the problems Coventry had.

“But the manager Mark Robins assured me the trouble was behind them. Other clubs were interested but when you see the size of Coventry, it was a no-brainer.

“This is a massive club and the stadium and facilities are excellent.

“I’ve been at Sheffield United and Portsmouth, which are also big clubs, and I get the same feeling here at Coventry.

“This is definitely on a par with both of those.”

City spent 34 years as a top-flight team before being relegated to the Championship in 2001 when
Gordon Strachan was boss.

But the decision to leave their Highfield Road home in 2005 – and rent out the Ricoh Arena – upset fans and sparked a slide that saw them end up in the fourth tier.

Some of the protests in recent times will live long in the memory and matches were halted last season due to either angry punters or objects being thrown on the pitch, shortly before the club’s undignified relegation.

The supporters and owners are still at loggerheads, which isn’t ideal for any player.

But thanks to his 21 goals so far this term, McNulty is now a firm favourite with the punters.

He said: “Thankfully, there have been no major protests this season. It’s not over but the fans have been great with us this term.

“We had one guy run on the pitch at a home game when we were losing – but I think it was more to do with the fact that we were s***e that day.

“It’s disappointing what has happened in the last few years. The fanbase is there. But only when the owners and fans put aside their differences will the club be able to realise their potential.

“It was difficult for me at the start. I wasn’t playing badly but I was snatching at chances. The longer I went without a goal, the worse it got and I was doing stupid things. But I always tried to stay confident because I know I can score goals.

“The manager has been brilliant. There were times when he could have dropped me but he didn’t.

“Once a couple of goals went in, I got on a run. And now the fans are great with me.

“Football’s mental that way. At the start of the season, they probably couldn’t have got me out of the club quick enough. The amount of abuse I got .. luckily I’m thick-skinned and took it all on the chin. I was getting it stinking but rightly so because I wasn’t scoring.”

He is now, which makes you wonder why Scottish clubs aren’t taking note. McNulty is convinced he could do it in our top flight.

But since leaving Livi in 2013, he feels like a forgotten man in his homeland.

He refuses to rule out a return to Scotland though and insists if he can score for the likes of Sheffield United, Pompey and Coventry then he can cut it in the SPFL Premiership.

He said: “It does feel like people in Scotland forget about you down here. In League One or League Two it doesn’t matter how many goals you score.

“I don’t think you get noticed up the road. A lot of people in Scotland probably won’t even know my name.

“But if I was to score 15 or 20 goals in the Scottish Premiership then they would be saying Mark McNulty is unbelievable.

“Yet the standard here won’t be that much worse than up the road in Scotland.

“Guys like Louis Moult have gone from the lower leagues down here and scored goals up there.

“I’m an Edinburgh boy so maybe one day I’ll move back up.

“I can’t say for definite that I’d do well in the Premiership but I’d like to think I would.”

Marc McNulty on verge of breaking 25-year Coventry City scoring record

 

[Adge]

Interview in the Daily Record this morning:



Marc McNulty on verge of breaking 25-year Coventry City scoring record

Fair play to him-took a lot of stick in the beginning but most could see that he had ability. Will definitely make the magic 20 league goals mark.

 

[ccfcway]

It wouldnt be thenfirst timr a player turned doen a move because they are settled

Also i am assumijg its league 1 teams that come in foe him not championship

Could see a league one club taking a punt, but doubt that a championship club would come in for him. If we have to sell, we can use the money to buy a replacement. This team is showing it’s a sum of the parts.

Yesterday’s 2nd goal showed that.

 

[higgs]

Could see a league one club taking a punt, but doubt that a championship club would come in for him. If we have to sell, we can use the money to buy a replacement. This team is showing it’s a sum of the parts.

Yesterday’s 2nd goal showed that.

How many goals is he off the record now?

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[BlueElephant]

Shoot me for being optimistic but..... IF we go up this season, there is no doubt McNulty will be with us next year and if we add a couple to this squad (maybe a keeper and left back along with a few squad players) we will be in with a serious chance of promotion from league one next season.

In Robins I trust.

 

[sw88]

“Since leaving in 2013, he has started 95 games in the EFL and bagged 48 goals, a decent ratio by anyone’s standards.“

His goal scoring for us looked decent but this stat in itself shows he knows where the net is.

I think if the worst happened and we didn’t go up, some clubs in L1 might take a punt. Even with these stats the goals have all come at this level (haven’t they?), but if (or when ) we go up, he’d Likely opt to take the chance to prove himself in a higher division with us, and we’d be silly not to let him.

I just wonder who he would line up alongside though; whilst he seems to have built up good links with both biamou and JCH, are either of those two likely to fit into L1? I’m not sure!

 

[SBAndy]

“Since leaving in 2013, he has started 95 games in the EFL and bagged 48 goals, a decent ratio by anyone’s standards.“

His goal scoring for us looked decent but this stat in itself shows he knows where the net is.

I think if the worst happened and we didn’t go up, some clubs in L1 might take a punt. Even with these stats the goals have all come at this level (haven’t they?), but if (or when ) we go up, he’d Likely opt to take the chance to prove himself in a higher division with us, and we’d be silly not to let him.

I just wonder who he would line up alongside though; whilst he seems to have built up good links with both biamou and JCH, are either of those two likely to fit into L1? I’m not sure!

McNulty and JCH would be more than adequate in L1.

 

[SkyBlueCRJ]

“Since leaving in 2013, he has started 95 games in the EFL and bagged 48 goals, a decent ratio by anyone’s standards.“

His goal scoring for us looked decent but this stat in itself shows he knows where the net is.

I think if the worst happened and we didn’t go up, some clubs in L1 might take a punt. Even with these stats the goals have all come at this level (haven’t they?), but if (or when ) we go up, he’d Likely opt to take the chance to prove himself in a higher division with us, and we’d be silly not to let him.

I just wonder who he would line up alongside though; whilst he seems to have built up good links with both biamou and JCH, are either of those two likely to fit into L1? I’m not sure!

Biamou and League 1 shouldn't even be uttered in the same sentence

 

[Londonccfcfan]

McNulty and JCH would be more than adequate in L1.

and add Jodi Jones!

 

[Otis]

Biamou and League 1 shouldn't even be uttered in the same sentence

But you just did.

 

[SBAndy]

and add Jodi Jones!

Agreed, I was merely answering in relation to the point about whether JCH or Biamou would cut it at L1 level. Kind of mad considering JCH is coming from the Champ.