Summer transfer thread

  • Please bear with us on the new site integration and fixing any known bugs over the coming days. If you can not log in please try resetting your password and check your spam box. If you have tried these steps and are still struggling email [email protected] with your username/registered email address
  • Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!
Teessidemackem said:
I wouldn't say world beaters but they do have a decent squad and its a big step up from the squads abd calibre of players we're used to playing against.

Itll be interesting to see how Doyle does for them if he starts on Sun.
Click to expand...

They had a fairly decent start to last season but only managed 8 or 9 wins from the end of October through the end of the season.

They rave about O’hare like he belongs in the Prem - he’s managed 24 goal involvements as a No.10 in 90+ championship games and at the age of 24 has never played beyond the championship. In comparison, there was numerous AM/IF’s who managed close to that just last season - Semenyo who we had on loan being one of them. Gyokores looks a decent player but again, had one good season last year and that’s it - the season before he was at Swansea loan and didn’t manage a single goal so they sent him back then he was loaned to Coventry and managed 3 in 19. One of the lads was on Twitter saying Panzo is playing well below his level - he’s had one season in blokes football and got relegated with Dijon, and only played about 20 games :emoticon-0102-bigsm

Their fans are quick to claim we’ll be struggling at the bottom whilst they’ll be fighting for promotion but I just don’t see it. Think we definitely need a few more quality faces in but we’ll be alreet.
 
  • Like
Reactions: smithy in nl, Billy Batts, C Montgomery Burns and 1 other person
WorkyTicketFTM said:
Couldn’t think of owt worse than being on there. I’d lose me rag too often.
Click to expand...
Unfortunately it's probably not right for me to copy and paste his work.

It basically said that they're a decent Championship team and should be on the periphery of the play offs.

I'd say it's a decent barometer for a first game and if we compete and put in a good showing against them then the signs are good for us this year.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Young Ted
Culinary said:
Unfortunately it's probably not right for me to copy and paste his work.

It basically said that they're a decent Championship team and should be on the periphery of the play offs.

I'd say it's a decent barometer for a first game and if we compete and put in a good showing against them then the signs are good for us this year.
Click to expand...

They definitely try to play football the right way, Robins is a good manager I was a little gutted when he didn’t come here years ago. Like a bet and I seen them battering decent teams some weeks - but for a team who finished mid table identical to QPR’s W/L/D tally (who we put out of the cup, even though it’s only a cup game I know, and made about 8 changes to our first team whilst they put out the majority of their strongest Xl) and haven’t really overly-improved their squad I just don’t see where their confidence is coming from. Maybe I’ll see on Sunday <laugh>

Seen a spreadsheet pop up on Twitter of their fans predictions for a league they must do, was over 500 entrants on it and there was 1 who had predicted a Sunderland win in about 80 predictions - most being 2 or 3 goal wins, some 4-0s anarl.


Edit; and albeit it was a cup game so didn’t mean much, we more than held our own against QPR who fielded the majority of their strongest team whilst we made 7/8 changes iirc.
 
  • Like
Reactions: smithy in nl
TopCat_ said:
Moyes didn't do hie due diligence before taking the job - he was desperate to get back in the PL after 2 failures and didn't know that Short had switched off the cash machine (although the purchases of Ndong and Djilibodji were weird). He quickly realised that a) there was no money and b) the players weren't good enough and that he'd made a mistake. The worst thing he did was to stay at the club and effectively sit on his hands and let us slide into oblivion. A better man would have resigned and given someone else a go at it.
Click to expand...

Moyes was little short of disgusting, If he was short at all.

He was lazy, ( no work done in sussing out potential targets despite being nearly a year out of the game) and just accepting two hopeless players because he had no better ideas. He lazily brought in ancient players who he knew from way back. He was arrogant and indifferent, even abusing a woman reporter for daring to question his infallibility. Typical bully.

He was archaic. Dispensing with much of the medical expertise brought on by BSA.

He gave in immediately on a team which had gathered around 27 points in the second half of the previous season. He spent the rest of his season making excuses, distancing himself from the players and bigging himself up. No wonder the players hated him.

A far superior manager did far better than him only months prior to his coming.

There will never be a day I live when I do not loathe that man. No re-writing of his time here should ever be considered. He was shameful, and almost the equal of Mackemenemy as being the worst we have ever had.

He deserves to look like a troglodyte.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Hefty fullback, slacksafc, RokerStoker and 3 others
I fancy Coventry as well, but they do have players that might leave. I think their manager is very good and Sunday will be a great test. It might also being a bit tough luck playing them now whilst they still have their better players, when one or two might end up leaving.
 
Because I’m a sad bas**rd I done some digging on those who the cov lads were claiming to have strengthened them enough to push promotion. Been reading some back and forth between the fans just there and to be fair there seems to be a lot more, realistic/humble whatever you want to call it, Coventry fans speaking up today.

Anyway since it’s a transfer thread, see below - I know what our fans would be saying if these were our signings.. makes me actually appreciate the quality we’ve brought in so far and what we’ll have come the end of the window.

Panzo - 90 minutes for Monaco once, 3-0 loss. 17 games for the Cercle Brugge, 12 losses. 3rd bottom but only 1 team gets relegated, survived by 2 points. 21 games at Dijon, 15 losses - relegated. Signed by Forest and sent straight out on loan.

Doyle - no digging required. Not sure he’ll play ahead of Panzo.

Tayo Adaramola - future prospect, however only played 20 games of u23s football, 2 goal involvements from LWB. Cirkin managed 2 in 14 games at a similar age so probably a fair comparison - Cirkin now has a full season of proper football under his belt which will be massive going into this season.

Kasey Palmer - hasn’t managed more than 2 league goals since 2016. Not sure he’ll be a first team player.

Again, they finished 12th in the league albeit as mentioned above had a decent xG (if you’re into all that) so could’ve finished higher but still were only 4 points ahead of Blackpool in the table. 10 points were between 7th and 16th with Coventry slap bang in the middle, meaning they weren’t a million miles away but there’s also 3 teams who failed in the play offs plus the 5 who finished above them.
 
  • Like
Reactions: RTB, rowley, samwise_new and 8 others
WorkyTicketFTM said:
Because I’m a sad bas**rd I done some digging on those who the cov lads were claiming to have strengthened them enough to push promotion. Been reading some back and forth between the fans just there and to be fair there seems to be a lot more, realistic/humble whatever you want to call it, Coventry fans speaking up today.

Anyway since it’s a transfer thread, see below - I know what our fans would be saying if these were our signings.. makes me actually appreciate the quality we’ve brought in so far and what we’ll have come the end of the window.

Panzo - 90 minutes for Monaco once, 3-0 loss. 17 games for the Cercle Brugge, 12 losses. 3rd bottom but only 1 team gets relegated, survived by 2 points. 21 games at Dijon, 15 losses - relegated. Signed by Forest and sent straight out on loan.

Doyle - no digging required. Not sure he’ll play ahead of Panzo.

Tayo Adaramola - future prospect, however only played 20 games of u23s football, 2 goal involvements from LWB. Cirkin managed 2 in 14 games at a similar age so probably a fair comparison - Cirkin now has a full season of proper football under his belt which will be massive going into this season.

Kasey Palmer - hasn’t managed more than 2 league goals since 2016. Not sure he’ll be a first team player.

Again, they finished 12th in the league albeit as mentioned above had a decent xG (if you’re into all that) so could’ve finished higher but still were only 4 points ahead of Blackpool in the table. 10 points were between 7th and 16th with Coventry slap bang in the middle, meaning they weren’t a million miles away but there’s also 3 teams who failed in the play offs plus the 5 who finished above them.
Click to expand...

Good post that mind...
 
WorkyTicketFTM said:
Because I’m a sad bas**rd I done some digging on those who the cov lads were claiming to have strengthened them enough to push promotion. Been reading some back and forth between the fans just there and to be fair there seems to be a lot more, realistic/humble whatever you want to call it, Coventry fans speaking up today.

Anyway since it’s a transfer thread, see below - I know what our fans would be saying if these were our signings.. makes me actually appreciate the quality we’ve brought in so far and what we’ll have come the end of the window.

Panzo - 90 minutes for Monaco once, 3-0 loss. 17 games for the Cercle Brugge, 12 losses. 3rd bottom but only 1 team gets relegated, survived by 2 points. 21 games at Dijon, 15 losses - relegated. Signed by Forest and sent straight out on loan.

Doyle - no digging required. Not sure he’ll play ahead of Panzo.

Tayo Adaramola - future prospect, however only played 20 games of u23s football, 2 goal involvements from LWB. Cirkin managed 2 in 14 games at a similar age so probably a fair comparison - Cirkin now has a full season of proper football under his belt which will be massive going into this season.

Kasey Palmer - hasn’t managed more than 2 league goals since 2016. Not sure he’ll be a first team player.

Again, they finished 12th in the league albeit as mentioned above had a decent xG (if you’re into all that) so could’ve finished higher but still were only 4 points ahead of Blackpool in the table. 10 points were between 7th and 16th with Coventry slap bang in the middle, meaning they weren’t a million miles away but there’s also 3 teams who failed in the play offs plus the 5 who finished above them.
Click to expand...

Good digging mate.

It's a football forum and your post is well researched and logical ...

... much better than some of the wild guesses passed off as fact.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Whittylad, C Montgomery Burns, TopClub and 2 others
WorkyTicketFTM said:
Because I’m a sad bas**rd I done some digging on those who the cov lads were claiming to have strengthened them enough to push promotion. Been reading some back and forth between the fans just there and to be fair there seems to be a lot more, realistic/humble whatever you want to call it, Coventry fans speaking up today.

Anyway since it’s a transfer thread, see below - I know what our fans would be saying if these were our signings.. makes me actually appreciate the quality we’ve brought in so far and what we’ll have come the end of the window.

Panzo - 90 minutes for Monaco once, 3-0 loss. 17 games for the Cercle Brugge, 12 losses. 3rd bottom but only 1 team gets relegated, survived by 2 points. 21 games at Dijon, 15 losses - relegated. Signed by Forest and sent straight out on loan.

Doyle - no digging required. Not sure he’ll play ahead of Panzo.

Tayo Adaramola - future prospect, however only played 20 games of u23s football, 2 goal involvements from LWB. Cirkin managed 2 in 14 games at a similar age so probably a fair comparison - Cirkin now has a full season of proper football under his belt which will be massive going into this season.

Kasey Palmer - hasn’t managed more than 2 league goals since 2016. Not sure he’ll be a first team player.

Again, they finished 12th in the league albeit as mentioned above had a decent xG (if you’re into all that) so could’ve finished higher but still were only 4 points ahead of Blackpool in the table. 10 points were between 7th and 16th with Coventry slap bang in the middle, meaning they weren’t a million miles away but there’s also 3 teams who failed in the play offs plus the 5 who finished above them.
Click to expand...
Heard on the radio the other day that xG only works between top and middle and bottom teams. They said that there no correlation between xG and real goals when comparable teams play each other. That makes sense as if you put a good ball into the box against a bad team you might score, but against a good team they might have a defender there.

That might all sound a bit [insert what ever word for stupid here], but the point is we are going to learn an awful lot about how good we are going to be on Sunday.
 
  • Like
Reactions: C Montgomery Burns and Young Ted
WorkyTicketFTM said:
Because I’m a sad bas**rd I done some digging on those who the cov lads were claiming to have strengthened them enough to push promotion. Been reading some back and forth between the fans just there and to be fair there seems to be a lot more, realistic/humble whatever you want to call it, Coventry fans speaking up today.

Anyway since it’s a transfer thread, see below - I know what our fans would be saying if these were our signings.. makes me actually appreciate the quality we’ve brought in so far and what we’ll have come the end of the window.

Panzo - 90 minutes for Monaco once, 3-0 loss. 17 games for the Cercle Brugge, 12 losses. 3rd bottom but only 1 team gets relegated, survived by 2 points. 21 games at Dijon, 15 losses - relegated. Signed by Forest and sent straight out on loan.

Doyle - no digging required. Not sure he’ll play ahead of Panzo.

Tayo Adaramola - future prospect, however only played 20 games of u23s football, 2 goal involvements from LWB. Cirkin managed 2 in 14 games at a similar age so probably a fair comparison - Cirkin now has a full season of proper football under his belt which will be massive going into this season.

Kasey Palmer - hasn’t managed more than 2 league goals since 2016. Not sure he’ll be a first team player.

Again, they finished 12th in the league albeit as mentioned above had a decent xG (if you’re into all that) so could’ve finished higher but still were only 4 points ahead of Blackpool in the table. 10 points were between 7th and 16th with Coventry slap bang in the middle, meaning they weren’t a million miles away but there’s also 3 teams who failed in the play offs plus the 5 who finished above them.
Click to expand...
Man City wont be impressed if Doyle plays less than 30 games this season I reckon. Never heard of Panzo, but I a reckon Doyle is a good un personally.
 
  • Like
Reactions: The Berk and C Montgomery Burns
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom
Back