7th in the prem is 'decent' he reckons
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Coventry, Ipswich and Hull
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The Situation
Striker
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Theyre after that Harwood Bellis too apparentlyYou must be logged on to see media items
It honestly wouldn't be that bad a signing, free agent, experienced. They could do worse.You must be logged on to see media items
Not that I want him here mind!
Which kind of tells you his back up isn't worth £20M
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The Situation
Striker
He is absolutely finished.
West Ham were about to let him go earlier in the season, ended up having to throw him on as a substitute due to injuries, he scored in the last minute so kept him, but it was at the point where they were paying him off to leave prior to that.
Yeah but you've blown an extra £10M of a limited budget.
Shite and a bell end, great combination.
His injury record is appalling. You'd be putting your eggs in a leaky basket.
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G Force
Striker
The difference in attitude between the Coventry fans on here so far this summer compared to the Sunderland fans EARLY last summer are poles apart. This time last year we mostly thought we’d go straight back down, whereas the Coventry fans seem to have very high opinions of their players…
We ended up recruiting incredibly well and we’re simply pointing out that the newly promoted teams will likely need to do the same to survive.
This nonsense about arrogance isn’t true, and it’s disingenuous about what the majority are saying. Most are merely pointing this out…
We ended up recruiting incredibly well and we’re simply pointing out that the newly promoted teams will likely need to do the same to survive.
This nonsense about arrogance isn’t true, and it’s disingenuous about what the majority are saying. Most are merely pointing this out…
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We would have all taken 17th before a ball was kicked. Coventry last season were comfortably worse than Burnley the season previously and are going down a similar route of signing ex loan players and seemingly ignoring our blueprint.
More fool them.
Smiler
Striker
It really is weird, even after buying Xhaka and spending nigh on 170 million on a team that included defenders from the likes of Atletico Madrid and PSG and another who was in some media outlets defence of the season in Spain we were still incredibly doubtful. Coventry fans are all over the web claiming they are the best ever promoted side from the Championship despite getting less points than both Leeds and Burnley last season and conceding far far far more goals (more than we did that season and we stopped trying the last couple of months or so).
Their defence is shite at present and they are of the opinion a keeper who conceded more than Patterson did for us is going to be more than good enough and worth blowing a third of their (alleged) budget on. They need to completely revamp their defence and find some ridiculous bargains as we did or it'll be a hell of a long season.
sponge
Winger
Exactly this, we’ve been up a year so we have an idea, it isn’t arrogance at all. If I’ve been in a job a year I don’t know it like the back of my hand but I know more than the person who started yesterday.
GBSAFC
Striker
Complacency is key ...
The europa should focus minds on not only recruiting for it but more critically the needs and demands of thd PL.
The massive opportunity we have is to grow beyond what we currently are: but like any evolution ... the real challenge is making the right changes. Second seasons can be more tricky than ths 1st but I have faith that we are better equipped than anytime before
Copying our model might be tempting for conventry ... but it is risk heavy and many who sign up for it might want assurances about relegation clauses in player contracts which is where conventry might have real problems
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Regis makes this same point. Says yes we know it will be another big challenge and that Europe can take 10 points from you. But the knowledge gained from the 38 games under the squad's belt is massive.
Alfa
Striker
That would have meant us finishing what 16th / 17th this season? I’d take that if it meant we won the Europa League mind ! That said I don’t think you’ll need 40 points to stay up next season.
Smiler
Striker
Second season syndrome isn't as big a thing as a lot of people (Mags and Leeds fans) make out. In fact apart from the odd one or two barely any teams have done much worse in their second season. Leeds for example when they went down were only 2 places lower than the season before. That isn't second season syndrome, it's just them being a tiny bit worse than they were
It really does depend on how clever the 3 promoted teams are in the transfer market. Every one of them needs to revamp their defence and they need to do it very very well otherwise your statement will be absolutely bang on. It'll only take one of them to do it though
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Yeah, he says, on average a team that starts in Europe "is supposed to lose 10 points", but it doesn't sound for 1 minute that anyone's accepting that. He does also say however that because of Europe we need 3 or 4 additional, consistent players in different positions. By consistent I'm guessing he means first team ready as rotation will be important.
