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Post by endicotton on May 14, 2019 16:27:30 GMT
Agogo made no impact last season. In fact I didn't even notice him. Really?? The amount of times he won tackles, got around the pitch etc was good. Not the best on the ball, but certainly an upgrade on Sinclair and a similar type of player. I think he's put this response because I mis-spelled Ogogo and wrote Agogo and he's made a joke out of it lol. If not and it's a serious comment then it's a shame because I thought he was a really good signing for us and does a lot of work back tracking/ball winning etc that sometimes gets unnoticed.
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Post by daniel300380 on May 14, 2019 16:27:36 GMT
Just asked Coventry fans what he's like. First said good on his day, although rumours are he likes a drink.
2nd said he's a no nonsense centre back, puts his head on the line and puts tackles in.
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Post by daniel300380 on May 14, 2019 16:28:09 GMT
Really?? The amount of times he won tackles, got around the pitch etc was good. Not the best on the ball, but certainly an upgrade on Sinclair and a similar type of player. I think he's put this response because I mis-spelled Ogogo and wrote Agogo and he's made a joke out of it lol. If not and it's a serious comment then it's a shame because I thought he was a really good signing for us and does a lot of work back tracking/ball winning etc that sometimes gets unnoticed. Didn't notice that lol
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Post by darkbluegas on May 14, 2019 16:28:10 GMT
Agogo made no impact last season. In fact I didn't even notice him. Really?? The amount of times he won tackles, got around the pitch etc was good. Not the best on the ball, but certainly an upgrade on Sinclair and a similar type of player. I think ggmi is being an a%#e daniel
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 16:31:10 GMT
I should add that choosing another club to be your feeder club is not inherently a bad idea if applied in the right way. Given Swansea’s proximity we should be working more closely with them seeing as they are getting back to their club ethos of having players who are good on the ball. From what I understand their age groups all play in the Swansea way and so their youngsters are well versed in good football by the time they compete for senior squad places (and they have won stuff in recent times too IIRC). How about we loan some of their players and start building a football philosophy of our own? Sadly I worry that our football philosophy going forward under TW and GC is based around Coventry cast offs and big bastards who can pump the ball down the pitch, which to be fair will probably keep us up but very little else. Hope I’m proved wrong on that one.
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Post by endicotton on May 14, 2019 16:31:11 GMT
I think he's put this response because I mis-spelled Ogogo and wrote Agogo and he's made a joke out of it lol. If not and it's a serious comment then it's a shame because I thought he was a really good signing for us and does a lot of work back tracking/ball winning etc that sometimes gets unnoticed. Didn't notice that lol In my defence... Agogo was also a good signing when we brought him in haa
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 16:33:24 GMT
In my defence... Agogo was also a good signing when we brought him in haa Ian Atkins may not agree
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 16:39:34 GMT
I don't get the moaning about 'Coventry cast offs' tbh, without Ogogo and JCH we would have gone down last season. If he's anywhere near as good a signing as those 2 players were then I welcome it. You don't get why people would be frustrated that we seem capable of only signing players from one single club and a club that up until this season we had been above for years? Hmmmmm, seems quite obvious to me!! In the last 50 years how often do you think we have finished above coventry in the league?
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Post by Antonio Fargas on May 14, 2019 16:46:05 GMT
You don't get why people would be frustrated that we seem capable of only signing players from one single club and a club that up until this season we had been above for years? Hmmmmm, seems quite obvious to me!! In the last 50 years how often do you think we have finished above coventry in the league? 2017, 2018.
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Post by gasify on May 14, 2019 17:05:22 GMT
I don't get the moaning about 'Coventry cast offs' tbh, without Ogogo and JCH we would have gone down last season. If he's anywhere near as good a signing as those 2 players were then I welcome it. You don't get why people would be frustrated that we seem capable of only signing players from one single club and a club that up until this season we had been above for years? Hmmmmm, seems quite obvious to me!! Umm... Really? Have a look at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Coventry_City_F.C._seasonsand en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bristol_Rovers_F.C._seasonsSeems since 1964/65 season, I think we have only finished above them twice? 2016/17 and 2017/18 ?
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Post by Topper Gas on May 14, 2019 17:09:24 GMT
You don't get why people would be frustrated that we seem capable of only signing players from one single club and a club that up until this season we had been above for years? Hmmmmm, seems quite obvious to me!! In the last 50 years how often do you think we have finished above coventry in the league? My point was how are Coventry managing to recruit seemingly better players, the suggestion when JCH moved was we were paying in more, so it seems money might not be the factor. It's OK saying JCH & Ogogo were good signings but logic suggests if we signed even better players, for the same or less money, then we'd finish even higher in Div 1. Anyway he looks a decent signing to replace Locks, regardless of the Coventry issue, and it's good to see we're getting our business done early if he does sign.
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Post by daniel300380 on May 14, 2019 17:23:43 GMT
Comments from 11 Coventry fans know and all positive. A few saying can't believe they are letting him go and they rate him as thier best centre back. Looking at the comments, hope this is true.
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Post by aghast on May 14, 2019 17:29:56 GMT
Amazed that people have jumped to be uninspired yet again by someone they don't know after the 'whoops' moment with JCH.
Reminds me of that sort about a bee caught in a house.
He flies to the window and bumps against the glass again and again,trying to get out.
A wasp buzzes up to him and says "You're well stuck here mate, aren't you? How are you going to get out?"
The bee says "Don't worry about me pal. I have a cunning plan. I'm going to bump into the glass again".
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 17:35:56 GMT
Poor bloke - being slated before the thread even got past page 1.
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Post by Topper Gas on May 14, 2019 17:41:39 GMT
Amazed that people have jumped to be uninspired yet again by someone they don't know after the 'whoops' moment with JCH. Reminds me of that sort about a bee caught in a house. He flies to the window and bumps against the glass again and again,trying to get out. A wasp buzzes up to him and says "You're well stuck here mate, aren't you? How are you going to get out?" The bee says "Don't worry about me pal. I have a cunning plan. I'm going to bump into the glass again". Pretty sure it's posters uninspired by the fact we're rumoured to signing our third player from our HoR's former club, nothing to do with the player himself. You never know if he cast his web a bit wider we might sign even better players.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2019 17:42:03 GMT
Can understand why people are underwhelmed after a truly awful season. Can't see things getting any better any time soon either, but let's give the lads a chance innit.
Have enough armchair managers who make themselves look stupid on here as it is.
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Post by Topper Gas on May 14, 2019 17:48:01 GMT
I should add that choosing another club to be your feeder club is not inherently a bad idea if applied in the right way. Given Swansea’s proximity we should be working more closely with them seeing as they are getting back to their club ethos of having players who are good on the ball. From what I understand their age groups all play in the Swansea way and so their youngsters are well versed in good football by the time they compete for senior squad places (and they have won stuff in recent times too IIRC). How about we loan some of their players and start building a football philosophy of our own? Sadly I worry that our football philosophy going forward under TW and GC is based around Coventry cast offs and big bastards who can pump the ball down the pitch, which to be fair will probably keep us up but very little else. Hope I’m proved wrong on that one. How the hell can anybody work that out based on the fact we're rumoured to be signing a 6'1" CH to replace Locks, who was of similar height? As far as having an ethos of having players good on the ball what other Div 1 side as a similar ethos, most teams we saw at the Mem last season had virtually every player over 6'. DC's team of midgets failed miserably last season.
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Post by hollyhillgas on May 14, 2019 17:51:04 GMT
I don't get the moaning about 'Coventry cast offs' tbh, without Agogo and JCH we would have gone down last season. If he's anywhere near as good a signing as those 2 players were then I welcome it. Agogo made no impact last season. In fact I didn't even notice him. Opposition players noticed Ogogo and felt his impact.
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Post by stuartcampbell on May 14, 2019 18:07:12 GMT
I hope he can be a good player. But it's a bit uninspiring that we're signing essentially cast-offs from a club in the league whose position last season we want to resemble. That being said, Clarke-Harris has been a fantastic signing, although I don't think Ogogo has been as outstanding as people so far in this thread have implied, but he's been solid nonetheless. I would criticise saying we seem to have a lot of "on their day players," but Upson was seen as a fantastically consistent midfielder by MK Dons fans and for the fast half of the season he was shocking, albeit throughout the season a bit of a scapegoat generally.
But I think as a fanbase I think we may think a bit unrealistically. Last season we wanted Christian Doidge, Mo Eisa or Jayden Stockley and all ended up at Championship clubs whose budget far surpasses ours (although Doidge has returned). I mean in January we were linked with Brett Pitman and just in the last couple of days we've been linked with Leon Clarke. We've not got the finances to get any of these.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on May 14, 2019 18:54:56 GMT
Agogo made no impact last season. In fact I didn't even notice him. Really?? The amount of times he won tackles, got around the pitch etc was good. Not the best on the ball, but certainly an upgrade on Sinclair and a similar type of player. Oh dear, think you have missed my point. Agogo.
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