Simeon Jackson (2 Viewers)

[bringbackrattles]

I have a friend who supports Norwich City and she has just told me we've got a quality striker who if he stays fit will score a lot of goals for us.He was well liked at Carrow Road and she reckons we've got a player who can be a fans favourite for us. Let's hope he is the real deal then !

 

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[Ibby]

he scored a winning goal that took Norwich up. He is a good signing.

 

[mark82]

I have a friend who supports Norwich City and she has just told me we've got a quality striker who if he stays fit will score a lot of goals for us.He was well liked at Carrow Road and she reckons we've got a player who can be a fans favourite for us. Let's hope he is the real deal then !

I remember similar things being said when we signed Cody.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

I remember similar things being said when we signed Cody.

Tbf the Norwich manager Lambert never actually rated McDonald and he hardly played, it was more the Norwich fans said he didn't really get a fair chance.

And as bad as McDonald was with us, he isn't a terrible striker in this division.

 

[dongonzalos]

Tbf the Norwich manager Lambert never actually rated McDonald and he hardly played, it was more the Norwich fans said he didn't really get a fair chance.

And as bad as McDonald was with us, he isn't a terrible striker in this division.

He has something like 120 goals in 260 odd appearances over his career

Norwich fans seem to know what they are talking about

 

[woody11462]

Tbf the Norwich manager Lambert never actually rated McDonald and he hardly played, it was more the Norwich fans said he didn't really get a fair chance.

And as bad as McDonald was with us, he isn't a terrible striker in this division.

Cody was never suited to playing up front on his own. Needs a target man to play off.

 

[lordsummerisle]

He has something like 120 goals in 260 odd appearances over his career

Norwich fans seem to know what they are talking about

How many above this level?

 

[lordsummerisle]

How many above this level?

Can answer that one myself.

5.

 

[LJC_CCFC]

I remember similar things being said when we signed Cody.

He is miles better than Cody

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

He has something like 120 goals in 260 odd appearances over his career

Norwich fans seem to know what they are talking about

We're not counting Sunday league goals...

 

[Grendel]

He has something like 120 goals in 260 odd appearances over his career

Norwich fans seem to know what they are talking about

He has scored 58 goals in professional football and only 5 above League One.

 

[LJC_CCFC]

People are also forgetting how many bang average strikers have scored 15 plus goals in this league over the past three seasons. The standard of this league has dropped significantly in recent years.

 

[lordsummerisle]

People are also forgetting how many bang average strikers have scored 15 plus goals in this league over the past three seasons. The standard of this league has dropped significantly in recent years.

Why we need to get out of it, the football is fucking awful to watch.

 

[LJC_CCFC]

Why we need to get out of it, the football is fucking awful to watch.

The gap in quality between this league and the championship is quite staggering

 

[1966skyblue]

Cody McDonald, in the to 5 worst ever players I have seen for Cov.

 

[mark82]

He is miles better than Cody

Until he comes to us.

 

[pw362]

Scored 17 league goals for Norwich in the championship and premier. So why has grendel posted he only scored 5 above league 1?

 

[lordsummerisle]

Scored 17 league goals for Norwich in the championship and premier. So why has grendel posted he only scored 5 above league 1?

Because he's right, and you're wrong?

 

[letsallsingtogether]

How dare you question him?

Scored 17 league goals for Norwich in the championship and premier. So why has grendel posted he only scored 5 above league 1?

 

[kg82]

Why does a thread have to go almost immediately on to another player? Completely different players. People just can't give it a rest can they. See something positive, let's crap on that.

 

[Astute]

Can answer that one myself.

5.

He has scored 58 goals in professional football and only 5 above League One.

This site makes me laugh sometimes.

There has been a lot of negativity about our club lately as we all know. Grendel picks people up on this and a lot of the time is backed up by Lord. Grendel even twists the facts sometimes.

Now there is some positivity about it is time for Grendel to not like the positivity and try to bring people down whilst trying to twist the truth. Don't worry Grendel, we all know you are more knowledgeable than us.

2010/2011 13 Championship goals including two hattricks.
2011/2012 3 Premiership goals 2 FA Cup goals.
2012/2013 1 Prem goal 2 cup goals, one of them against Spurs.
2013/2014 2 Championship goals.

Or are we only counting 2 seasons out of four where he has played above our level?

 

[Mary_Mungo_Midge]

Why don't we all wait and see? There are plenty of examples of players who can play at one team, and not another. From Torres at Chelsea to Lee bastard Hughes when he joined us. In the '80s, Oxford were kept afloat by selling Joey Beuchamp onto clubs he could never play for, then taking him back for peanuts.

Jackson may be a huge success. Equally, he might be a disaster. I saw a frankly astonishing post on GMK in which someone was actually thanking SISU for selling Clarke and Wilson, and replacing them with a just-as-good partnership of Tudgay and Jackson and 'saving money'. The reality being the Clarke-Wilson was the most prolific partnership, when together, in this league. Their replacements may, or may not be able to step up to the plate. Only history can prove the players to be right for us or wrong

 

[FRY-CCFC]

Why don't we all wait and see? There are plenty of examples of players who can play at one team, and not another. From Torres at Chelsea to Lee bastard Hughes when he joined us. In the '80s, Oxford were kept afloat by selling Joey Beuchamp onto clubs he could never play for, then taking him back for peanuts.

Jackson may be a huge success. Equally, he might be a disaster. I saw a frankly astonishing post on GMK in which someone was actually thanking SISU for selling Clarke and Wilson, and replacing them with a just-as-good partnership of Tudgay and Jackson and 'saving money'. The reality being the Clarke-Wilson was the most prolific partnership, when together, in this league. Their replacements may, or may not be able to step up to the plate. Only history can prove the players to be right for us or wrong

But Jackson was good at Gillingham and Norwich. I'm not thanking sisu but if before last season someone said who do you want up front Clarke and Wilson or Jackson and Tudgay, it would be Jackson and Tudgay every day.

 

[Mary_Mungo_Midge]

But Jackson was good at Gillingham and Norwich. I'm not thanking sisu but if before last season someone said who do you want up front Clarke and Wilson or Jackson and Tudgay, it would be Jackson and Tudgay every day.

I'm not arguing with that, but based on actual performance, playing in this division for Coventry City - Clarke and Wilson are proven. You'd be mad to prefer 'hope' and 'potential' over 'proven'

 

[FRY-CCFC]

I'm not arguing with that, but based on actual performance, playing in this division for Coventry City - Clarke and Wilson are proven. You'd be mad to prefer 'hope' and 'potential' over 'proven'

True, cov fans need to stop living in the past however.

 

[Grendel]

This site makes me laugh sometimes.

There has been a lot of negativity about our club lately as we all know. Grendel picks people up on this and a lot of the time is backed up by Lord. Grendel even twists the facts sometimes.

Now there is some positivity about it is time for Grendel to not like the positivity and try to bring people down whilst trying to twist the truth. Don't worry Grendel, we all know you are more knowledgeable than us.

2010/2011 13 Championship goals including two hattricks.
2011/2012 3 Premiership goals 2 FA Cup goals.
2012/2013 1 Prem goal 2 cup goals, one of them against Spurs.
2013/2014 2 Championship goals.

Or are we only counting 2 seasons out of four where he has played above our level?

What are you on about - I'm talking about Dons favourite player not Jackson who I've already said has scored goals at premier league level.

 

[Mary_Mungo_Midge]

True, cov fans need to stop living in the past however.

Way things are now, dear chap, isn't that a grand thing to do?

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

What does it matter how many goals he has scored above league 1 as we are in league 1 and he only has a 1 year contract.

 

[LJC_CCFC]

Until he comes to us.

Where he'll score 15 plus goals . Cody McDonald isn't a very good striker and has only started scoring at this level now that the standard has dropped, he's not fit to lace Simeon Jackson's boots. I would suggest the only reason he's here is because of a bad career move previously, to a poor German team where the teams awful early season form meant he was out of the team and left momentarily on the football scrap heap. He'll score loads here and be playing in the championship next season (with or without us)

 

[Cheshire Sky Blue]

Where he'll score 15 plus goals . Cody McDonald isn't a very good striker and has only started scoring at this level now that the standard has dropped, he's not fit to lace Simeon Jackson's boots. I would suggest the only reason he's here is because of a bad career move previously, to a poor German team where the teams awful early season form meant he was out of the team and left momentarily on the football scrap heap. He'll score loads here and be playing in the championship next season (with or without us)

Lets hope it is with us

 

[LJC_CCFC]

I'm not arguing with that, but based on actual performance, playing in this division for Coventry City - Clarke and Wilson are proven. You'd be mad to prefer 'hope' and 'potential' over 'proven'

That's like saying before embarking on a season in league 2, "Right instead of Jordan Rhodes and Ross McCormack to fire us up the league I'll have league 2's top scorers". Just wouldn't happen.

 

[Mary_Mungo_Midge]

That's like saying before embarking on a season in league 2, "Right instead of Jordan Rhodes and Ross McCormack to fire us up the league I'll have league 2's top scorers". Just wouldn't happen.

No it's saying that we had a proven strike-force, who's goals - we know - were good enough to win us the league. I'd rather stick with that, as opposed to the guy on GMK who's saying a strikeforce who's ever played for us, or together, will be as good. He - or anybody - doesn't know that. And frankly, given a choice between a known entity and potential, I'd take the known every time

 

[covcity4life]

leon clarke decided to leave us

wilson we cashed in on

50% our fault at most. we have to move on. although i would love it if we still had wilson i admit.

 

[Mary_Mungo_Midge]

That's like saying before embarking on a season in league 2, "Right instead of Jordan Rhodes and Ross McCormack to fire us up the league I'll have league 2's top scorers". Just wouldn't happen.

No it's saying that we had a proven strike-force, who's goals - we know - were good enough to win us the league. I'd rather stick with that, as opposed to the guy on GMK who's saying a strikeforce who's ever played for us, or together, will be as good. He - or anybody - doesn't know that. And frankly, given a choice between a known entity and potential, I'd take the known every time

 

[MusicDating]

Like it or not, 12-month contract seems to suit both parties. It enables us to sign players probably better than this league who don't want to risk being stuck here for 2 years if/when we don't get promoted (obvs if we did go up, we could then compete with Champ wages).

McGoldrick/Clarke have probably done us a favour in that other strikers can see a decent season with us might boost their career.