Coventry City manager Andy Thorn has confirmed he would like to bring veteran striker Kevin Phillips to the club, according to the Coventry Telegraph. The ex-England striker is without a club after his release by relegated Birmingham City. Now Thorn is keen to secure an inadvertent swap deal after the Blues pinched Marlon King from the Sky Blues and left them short of a forward. Thorn said: âWe havenât spoken to Kevin but heâs a goalscorer isnât he and heâs had a good career. âI think you have to be really careful â with all due respect to him â because of his age but he is someone who sticks the ball in the back of the net and thatâs what we want. âSo we would have a chat with Kevin, thatâs for sure. "I am not saying that is the route we are going down but Iâd be silly not to at least speak to him with his track record. âIf we went down that route it would be him and a younger one because I want young, hungry and ready to go players and thatâs no sleight on Kevin Phillips because he is a terrific footballer and if we get the chance we will sit down with him. âI am sure heâll have a lot of offers and, financially, I am sure heâll be on a lot of money. "But heâs settled in the area so Iâd love to have a chat with him, but everything has to be in perspective because I imagine heâs been earning fortunes.â Phillips' goals have fired Sunderland, West Brom and Birmingham to the Premier League. He has scored 254 times in 561 career appearances. The former Aston Villa player has been largely a bit-part player since Birmingham were promoted to the top-flight two seasons ago.
Usual Coventry Telegraph attempt to generate news out of nothing. Reporter phones Andy Thorn and asks if he is interested in Kevin Phillips, gets an answer which is entirely non-commital and then makes a story out of it. They are so hard up for stories some days that they might put in banner headlines that the grass has grown half an inch up at the Ricoh
Could be media hype. Could be a possibility. Just because he's just turned 38 doesn't mean he couldn't get 15 goals for us in the Championship. He should be good for most games and be a terrific impact sub. If we can afford him, I'd sign him up for a year.
wouldn't disagree, it all depends on what kind of wages he wants. If he got winning goals in the first two matches Home to the mangy foxes and away to Brum, it would be a good start
I thought you weren't staying on here - Match moved to 12.30 kick off because you can't be trusted, Leicester will be top of the league after giving you a well deserverd beating
I post where I like Dangernouse and would remind you that the last recorded problem regarding football hooliganism in Coventry was when a rabble of Leicester supporters turned up in the quiet suburb of Earlsdon 3 or 4 years ago. Seems like they had their satnavs upside down as Earlsdon is nowhere near the Ricoh But the Leicester macho men created havoc by frightening some old ladies who were shopping. Some of Leicester's finest were stupid enough to get recorded on CCTV and the police tracked them down during the following year.
I know nothing of the sort but I don't have contact with football hooligans , whereas you obviously do to have inside information. Perhaps I should pass your details to the police.
crack on and do what you like - You can even pretend to be ignorant if you like...........................................Oh hang on a minute
Carry on spouting your rubbish but I only play mind games with people who are at least my intellectual equal, you are not worth bothering with.
Lecester fans are already in training for next season http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-13823427
Mangey Fox thinks he has some intellectual equals, or is at least looking for some. What a joker. I think he's got all the intellect of a lost soul suffering from dementia. Funny that he keeps poking his snout on to Coventry boards - but finding so called intellectuals in Leicester would like finding Keith Vaz (his M.P.) has a strong moral compass. They are all intellectually and morally bankrupt. So F*** Off!
King-Dion henceforth I decree that the name foxes be dropped and we call them zombies , we always knew Leicester was dead , now they have proved it http://www.economicvoice.com/crap-zombies-descend-on-leicester/50020727
back to the original post i think kevin would want paying---you know---money and before you ask keith vaz would want paying too
