those guys who claimed Mowbray is biding his time for quality (2 Viewers)

ms639 · Aug 7, 2015

Time to face up to reality?

CovisGod · Aug 7, 2015

Just said in a press conference he's looking to bring in 3 or 4 more players, what you on about ? Has the window shut early or summat ?

scouseskyblue · Aug 7, 2015

In my experience it's never a good idea to face up to reality if you are Coventry fan. Run away from reality.

kg82 · Aug 7, 2015

This thread is insightful!

chiefdave · Aug 7, 2015

ms639 said:
Time to face up to reality?

He's said its a two year project, we haven't played a single competitive game in the first year yet. Probably a bit early to panic!

armybike · Aug 7, 2015

He's done and is continuing to do exactly that. He'd never said he was going to have a full squad by day one of the season. It's not an ideal situation, but much better than drafting in people just to fill spaces.

ms639 · Aug 7, 2015

This blind faith is so baffling

Ashdown · Aug 7, 2015

chiefdave said:
He's said its a two year project, we haven't played a single competitive game in the first year yet. Probably a bit early to panic!

Yes there was last year and now it's this year..............oh do you mean another after that and after that ?.............repeat infinitum.

chiefdave · Aug 7, 2015

ms639 said:
This blind faith is so baffling

What blind faith? Not going into meltdown before a game has been played is not blind faith its being realistic.

Nobody is saying we're going to stuff Wigan 5-0 or storm to the top of the league. People are talking about a gradual improvement and hoping for a top half finish.

ms639 · Aug 7, 2015

I'm 'on about' the fact that the players we have signed have no proven record (bar Vincelot) we are crying out for a striker yet sign ANOTHER CM who apparently doubles up as a CB (Just rings class doesn't it) and that we are going into the first game of the season with a strikeforce who have managed 1 goal all pre season?

Would love to be proven wrong, but i feel that your blind faith in this guy who let's be honest has had a very very average managerial career, is completely irrational

FRY-CCFC · Aug 7, 2015

He's already signed players of quality in midfield and defence. He's now working on strikers.

It's not like there is 3 and a half weeks of the window left or anything

SkyBlue_Bear83 · Aug 7, 2015

Personally I reckon we're gonna stuff Wigan 5-0 and storm to the top of the league.

FRY-CCFC · Aug 7, 2015

ms639 said:
I'm 'on about' the fact that the players we have signed have no proven record (bar Vincelot) we are crying out for a striker yet sign ANOTHER CM who apparently doubles up as a CB (Just rings class doesn't it) and that we are going into the first game of the season with a strikeforce who have managed 1 goal all pre season?

Would love to be proven wrong, but i feel that your blind faith in this guy who let's be honest has had a very very average managerial career, is completely irrational

There is no arguing with people who are this dumb.

Hobo · Aug 7, 2015

ms639 said:
This blind faith is so baffling

It is not blind faith, nothing in life is certain. But it does show some people are realistic in that it takes time to build a team especially on a limited budget.

ms639 · Aug 7, 2015

chiefdave said:
What blind faith? Not going into meltdown before a game has been played is not blind faith its being realistic.

Nobody is saying we're going to stuff Wigan 5-0 or storm to the top of the league. People are talking about a gradual improvement and hoping for a top half finish.

in TM the most average manager in the land, his only achievement was taking WBA up but they had a great budget and the personnel in place, at celtic he was toff and that's the easiest job in world football and at boro where he was the old beloved he was completely average. I agree meltdown at this stage is irrational which i don't think im doing but i think on the flip side all the posts about TM biding his time, TM this TM that are completely unfounded, the proof is ultimately in the pudding and quite frankly right now the pudding is Asda smart price angel delight

oldfiver · Aug 7, 2015

ms639 said:
This blind faith is so baffling

You appear to have more blind faith in your own judgement?

armybike · Aug 7, 2015

ms639 said:
This blind faith is so baffling

Mowbray doing exactly what he'd always said he would and people not being on his back about it. What's so baffling about that?

ms639 · Aug 7, 2015

FRY-CCFC said:
There is no arguing with people who are this dumb.

The response of a 4 year old girl, congratulations.

Hobo · Aug 7, 2015

ms639 said:
I'm 'on about' the fact that the players we have signed have no proven record (bar Vincelot) we are crying out for a striker yet sign ANOTHER CM who apparently doubles up as a CB (Just rings class doesn't it) and that we are going into the first game of the season with a strikeforce who have managed 1 goal all pre season?

Would love to be proven wrong, but i feel that your blind faith in this guy who let's be honest has had a very very average managerial career, is completely irrational

So while you are negotiating for the strikers you want, you would not complete a deal for a good promising CM/CB who is ready to sign? Bizarre; considering we haven't really got a replacement for Fleck and Reda is injury prone.

you want it all at once that's your problem.

kg82 · Aug 7, 2015

FRY-CCFC said:
There is no arguing with people who are this dumb.

Ha, I was thinking this exact same thing!

matesx · Aug 7, 2015

I'm 'on about' the fact that the players we have signed have no proven record (bar Vincelot) we are crying out for a striker yet sign ANOTHER CM who apparently doubles up as a CB (Just rings class doesn't it) and that we are going into the first game of the season with a strikeforce who have managed 1 goal all pre season?

Sam Rickets has 52 international caps

rupert_bear · Aug 7, 2015

I think the re-building of our team, which is what it is, is ticking away nicely. First thing he did was secure the defence, got the experienced Ricketts, then the tough guy in midfield Vincelot, secured Johnson for the season, i think the doubt on that one held things up a bit and is now bringing in others, has also signed half a dozen of our youngsters up and this year should or should i be saying must be the year they come to fruition. Remember it isn't about being top dogs in August/September/October it's March/April/May

ms639 · Aug 7, 2015

kg82 said:
Ha, I was thinking this exact same thing!

I would bank on the fact that my intellect is far superior to both of yours but this is a football forum not a platform for measuring intelligence.

oldfiver · Aug 7, 2015

ms639 said:
The response of a 4 year old girl, congratulations.

She seems to be a very knowledgeable person for her age !

kg82 · Aug 7, 2015

ms639 said:
I would bank on the fact that my intellect is far superior to both of yours but this is a football forum not a platform for measuring intelligence.

Haha! Well then maybe stick to what you know professor

ms639 · Aug 7, 2015

oldfiver said:
You appear to have more blind faith in your own judgement?

Thus far my judgement has served me very well, I'd put more faith in it than most things

oldfiver · Aug 7, 2015

ms639 said:
I would bank on the fact that my intellect is far superior to both of yours but this is a football forum not a platform for measuring intelligence.

Northern Rock?

skybluegod · Aug 7, 2015

No guys he's right... It's wrong to ever believe in something or someone. It's wrong to believe that someone with a proven record could ever do anything good for this club. we should all say how's he's a shit manager because that's the way to make this club go forward, dont get behind him and support him... He hasn't got a striker in 3 weeks before the window closes, that's certainly not enough time...

ms639 · Aug 7, 2015

oldfiver said:
Northern Rock?

No no, far more confidence thanks

ms639 · Aug 7, 2015

skybluegod said:
No guys he's right... It's wrong to ever believe in something or someone. It's wrong to believe that someone with a proven record could ever do anything good for this club. we should all say how's he's a shit manager because that's the way to make this club go forward, dont get behind him and support him... He hasn't got a striker in 3 weeks before the window closes, that's certainly not enough time...

Talk me through his PROVEN record?

Captain Dart · Aug 7, 2015

ms639 said:
This blind faith is so baffling

No need to panic, but from my point of view the whole structure of the club is on trial until some sort of success is delivered.

TM still needs to show results but I have a lot more confidence in him than SP.

ms639 said:
I would bank on the fact that my intellect is far superior to both of yours but this is a football forum not a platform for measuring intelligence.

I needed a laugh.

Woz01 · Aug 7, 2015

The fact that a player who has played his whole career in the PL and championship wants to join us shows Mowbray is absolutely right in taking his time and waiting for the right players. Would that have happened under Pressley?

ms639 · Aug 7, 2015

Woz01 said:
The fact that a player who has played his whole career in the PL and championship wants to join us shows Mowbray is absolutely right in taking his time and waiting for the right players. Would that have happened under Pressley?

He brought in Kevin Kilbane

skybluegod · Aug 7, 2015

ms639 said:
Talk me through his PROVEN record?

You said it yourself success at both WBA and Celtic (not success but 50% win ratio is good) and you can't use he had a big budget argument, because you still have to make the most of it and get the best out of your players. He lay down the foundations for Middlesbrough, with a lot of this current players ones he brought in.

he rebuilt the WBA squad that got promoted while still cutting the wage bill.
He also has a win percentage of 43% which includes a relegation season, so how you can call that unproven I don't know.

SkyBlue_Bear83 · Aug 7, 2015

Kevin Kilbane was signed by Andy Thorn

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