cheshire_red Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Anyone else hear Pardew recommended Kodjia to us after his Board rejected his request to purchase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Nope, was just reading on BP site that it came through one of our scouts Where did you see that, Chesh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Palace supporter mentioned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider hoss rules Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 found his notebook up at the Avon Gorge hotel............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted May 5, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 I thought we had been watching him for a while before buying him Expect it's a bit of BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Seems a strange thing to mention in brief conversation when he found out I supported City. Considering our lack of Scouts at the time and no scouting arrangements on the Continent it appears rather plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedo Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 reccomended as an alternative to Gayle after we were rebuffed by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 2 minutes ago, Greedo said: reccomended as an alternative to Gayle after we were rebuffed by any chance? No because we tried to sign Gayle after signing Kodjia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Would the timing coincide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 22 minutes ago, cheshire_red said: Seems a strange thing to mention in brief conversation when he found out I supported City. Considering our lack of Scouts at the time and no scouting arrangements on the Continent it appears rather plausible. Burt and his team of scouts were regularly scouting French football actually. As I understand it Kodjia came through Burt so we should be thanking him. SC wasn't all that keen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Bloody foreigners. Taking jobs from all those top drawer English strikers we've developed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 He was French League 1 player of the year; I would hope we wouldn't need to have such a player recommended to our scouting staff by anybody and they would already be well aware of him. Unless Alan Pardew met him in a nightclub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 38 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Burt and his team of scouts were regularly scouting French football actually. As I understand it Kodjia came through Burt so we should be thanking him. SC wasn't all that keen. I seem to remember that SC was very much in favour of "11 Englishmen" but even he must have been able to see the talent that Jimi has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Mao Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Bloody hell,cotts didn't fancy Kodjia now? Did he have a brain transplant post Walsall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Bottom line - Codger is our player and it doesn't really matter how that came about. If it was Burts scouting network then well done KB. If it was a Pardew reccomendation then thanks AP. Codger has bagged 20 goals in his first season and done it in a struggling side. That feat won't have gone unnoticed by other clubs and the real issue this summer will be can City hang onto him? Lets hope so....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Kid in the Riot said: Burt and his team of scouts were regularly scouting French football actually. As I understand it Kodjia came through Burt so we should be thanking him. SC wasn't all that keen. Wow, wasn't that keen? Wonder why? Good job we won him round then, great player and in my opinion his ceiling is very high and his potential is frightening. I feel he's improved under LJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 10 minutes ago, Robbored said: Bottom line - Codger is our player and it doesn't really matter how that came about. If it was Burts scouting network then well done KB. If it was a Pardew reccomendation then thanks AP. Codger has bagged 20 goals in his first season and done it in a struggling side. That feat won't have gone unnoticed by other clubs and the real issue this summer will be can City hang onto him? Lets hope so....... Mods, any chance of an automatic autocorrect for Robbored? He doesn't seem to be able to spell correctly.. Codger, Wilbrahams/Abrahams to be corrected to their actual spelling as he doesn't seem able to manage it for some reason.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 1 minute ago, Phileas Fogg said: Mods, any chance of an automatic autocorrect for Robbored? He doesn't seem to be able to spell correctly.. Codger, Wilbrahams/Abrahams Phil, we've had this discussion before but I explain it again. Everyone around me in the Dolman calls Kodjia "Codger" probably because they're Bristolians and have a distinct accent. If ever his name comes up in conversation it's always "Codger" and it's a good job that you're not overhearing because you'd obviously have no idea who they're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Crystal Palace in trying to take credit for someone else's choices/history shocker. Shirts from Barcelona Nickname and logo from Benfica The first plastic club and all thanks to someone who went on to manage the Gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 6 minutes ago, Robbored said: Phil, we've had this discussion before but I explain it again. Everyone around me in the Dolman calls Kodjia "Codger" probably because they're Bristolians and have a distinct accent. If ever his name comes up in conversation it's always "Codger" and it's a good job that you're not overhearing because you'd obviously have no idea who they're talking about. I get the ideal but enuff already.... Bristolian phonetics but it's not right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Kodjia recommendation from Palarse? Ok. I'll raise you a Bolaisie. Difference is we get 20% any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Kid in the Riot said: Burt and his team of scouts were regularly scouting French football actually. As I understand it Kodjia came through Burt so we should be thanking him. SC wasn't all that keen. Unless Cotterill told you that himself that can only be treated as hearsay Kid, for all we know something you heard you from someone who disliked SC and didn't want to give him credit for anything. SC must have seen the potential for JK to succeed in his team in the Championship, after all he would have had the final say on signing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 36 minutes ago, Olé said: Crystal Palace in trying to take credit for someone else's choices/history shocker. Shirts from Barcelona Nickname and logo from Benfica The first plastic club and all thanks to someone who went on to manage the Gas. Why on earth are Palace a 'plastic' club??!!! And I wouldn't believe all you read on Wiki re kits and nicknames etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 2 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: Burt and his team of scouts were regularly scouting French football actually. As I understand it Kodjia came through Burt so we should be thanking him. SC wasn't all that keen. I don't think it was because of his skill that cotts wasn't keen, it was prob more to do with moving to another country and speaking little english that would of put him off, which is understandable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 2 hours ago, Robbored said: Phil, we've had this discussion before but I explain it again. Everyone around me in the Dolman calls Kodjia "Codger" probably because they're Bristolians and have a distinct accent. If ever his name comes up in conversation it's always "Codger" and it's a good job that you're not overhearing because you'd obviously have no idea who they're talking about. Just because that's how you perceive some people to pronounce it doesn't mean it should be spelt like that, repeatedly. To me it seems juvenile and stupid. Why Abraham/Wilbrahams then? They're both just incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 12 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: Just because that's how you perceive some people to pronounce it doesn't mean it should be spelt like that, repeatedly. To me it seems juvenile and stupid. Why Abraham/Wilbrahams then? They're both just incorrect. Guess what? Phil, I don't care that it's spelt incorrectly. So.....either ignore my posts or put up with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 22 minutes ago, Robbored said: Guess what? Phil, I don't care that it's spelt incorrectly. So.....either ignore my posts or put up with it. With my Evil Twin, here. It's a nickname based on an unfamiliar foreign name. I expect the rare Englishman who plays abroad might have similar. Dariusz Dzieckanowski's name wasn't Jaki, so what's the problem? If we're talking perfect pronounciation, the club and supporters regularly get it wrong. It should be Jon-atan Kod-eea. End of the day, Jimmy is easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 28 minutes ago, Robbored said: Guess what? Phil, I don't care that it's spelt incorrectly. So.....either ignore my posts or put up with it. RR at your finest here In the same sentence in which you state your lack of care over spelling you take the time to put the apostrophe in "it's". If that was the benefit of auto-correct please, don't tell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 1 hour ago, 29AR said: RR at your finest here In the same sentence in which you state your lack of care over spelling you take the time to put the apostrophe in "it's". If that was the benefit of auto-correct please, don't tell! To me, grammar is important and (strangely) so is spelling but when it comes to names especially foreign names I like to spell them phonetically as with Codger. Now, that spelling pisses off Phil but hey ho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 10 minutes ago, Robbored said: To me, grammar is important and (strangely) so is spelling but when it comes to names especially foreign names I like to spell them phonetically as with Codger. Now, that spelling pisses off Phil but hey ho You still haven't answered about Wilbrahams/Abraham - you don't even have the excuse that it's a foreign name! What's that about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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