CyderInACan Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said: I would still like to have seen how the season would have panned out if Benik hadn`t done his ACL. Something very good was beginning to show itself then. Good luck KP. You can’t base him “making it” here on a potential partnership with just one other bloke though, can you? It takes more than that and yes, it showed promise, but form/rotation/injuries will always dictate that can’t always be a foregone conclusion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrick's Marvels Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 Not exactly like losing Gary Collier to them, is it? Quite the opposite, in fact - a time for unbridled celebration. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomThumb84 Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 So anyone totting up how much £ in players have walked out of the door or been moved on that were signed during Mark Ashton’s ego-driven spending spree without a sell-on value? About £12m I make it, but working it out properly makes me depressed and sad. ”Value on the pitch”….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 Thank god he's gone, one of the biggest flops we've had and a complete waste of money, I do wish him well as it wasn't his fault but ashton has alot to answer for 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: Alongside the utterly cringe lyrics, it was one of the things that irked me most about the Kasey Palmer song. Folks were belting it out when he hadn't done enough really to deserve having his own song. Plenty of other players should've been ahead of him in the adulation stakes. Absolutely. Totally agree. He almost instantly gained a song which was popular amongst the singers, then he failed to live up to it (having a song, that is). He became a victim of his own hype. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_eastender Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 Be interesting to see how KP gets on. Fully motivated, on his day a matchwinner. We didn't get to see his best that often for whatever reason, but wish him well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 38 minutes ago, TomThumb84 said: So anyone totting up how much £ in players have walked out of the door or been moved on that were signed during Mark Ashton’s ego-driven spending spree without a sell-on value? About £12m I make it, but working it out properly makes me depressed and sad. ”Value on the pitch”….. I forgot my Mark_Ashton.xls Ive updated it: £18.75m in fees on players who left for free. 1 1 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 25 minutes ago, Davefevs said: I forgot my Mark_Ashton.xls Ive updated it: £18.75m in fees on players who left for free. Likely break the £20m this summer too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 He doesn't look very motivated by that brick wall and Cov shirt does he. In fact he doesn't look very happy at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out of his pie crust Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 2/52 (loans excluded)with any decent sell on value. Good arrows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fammyfan Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 I’m fairness we have an improved squad now to what MA inherited but the number of failed signings is high. He’s been bailed out by a couple of the success stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityfan1958 Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 Most important transfer of the summer. I really thought we would struggle to get him gone. i have no knowledge of the deal, but I would guess, minimal fee (enough to cover admin legal fees etc). With no transfer fee Coventry can give him a signing fee, and then lower wages over the 3 year period of the contract. A player who was ‘King of the Academy’ but can’t/won’t step up to the full man’s game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 A good signing for the Cov fans at least, must be their highest profile purchase for quite a few years now. A bit of a risky one for Robins I imagine. Even if we are paying something, Palmer is going to cost them a lot compared to what they have been used to spending. I guess they think he's the missing link to push them to the play offs but his history would suggest he is not actually of that calibre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watkins1983 Posted June 21, 2022 Report Share Posted June 21, 2022 Finally goodbye Kasey. Some magic but mostly no effort, slight argument you didn’t get a fair spin of the wheel but there was absolute 0% ***** given last season. What a waste of a talent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirlieBeachRed Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 A mate of mine who is a Coventry fan says Palmer took a 50% pay cut to sign. Dont know how true this is? It does fit more to there pay structure if he did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 2 hours ago, AirlieBeachRed said: A mate of mine who is a Coventry fan says Palmer took a 50% pay cut to sign. Dont know how true this is? It does fit more to there pay structure if he did. He would have taken a pay cut to join us as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 Seemed to get on well with Afobe on and off the pitch, as someone said when Benik got injured there was a noticeable difference in Kasey. Not the only reason of course, the guy just needs to be settled, with a formation that works for him, wish him the best, there’s a good player there, but it’s a big lump off the wages & the right move for everyone. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 10 hours ago, 22A said: and so they are; https://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/kasey-palmer.143300/page-3 Oh boy are the Coventry fans going to be amazed at what he gives compared with what they think they are getting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Nugget said: Seemed to get on well with Afobe on and off the pitch, as someone said when Benik got injured there was a noticeable difference in Kasey. Not the only reason of course, the guy just needs to be settled, with a formation that works for him, wish him the best, there’s a good player there, but it’s a big lump off the wages & the right move for everyone. He probably should've signed for Millwall, mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 14 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: Alongside the utterly cringe lyrics, it was one of the things that irked me most about the Kasey Palmer song. Folks were belting it out when he hadn't done enough really to deserve having his own song. Plenty of other players should've been ahead of him in the adulation stakes. It's because his name has four syllables so scans perfect with many popular songs. Try "Alex Scott" and it doesn't work. Bob Taylor had to be "Bob-bee" in song. It's like "Liv-er-pool" or "Ev-er-ton" went seamlessly with "clap, clap, clap" in the 60s and 70s and then "Here we go" in the 80s but "Bristol" doesn't, hence we have no atmosphere. And why we had to stretch it to "Buh-riss-tawl." Bristol and/or Bristol City is/are poor names/words for singing. Bed-mins-ter would've been better. People sang his name because it had four syllables and it scanned nicely. And it was about shagging. "Oh Ni-gel Pear-son ... " that might work too, thinking about it ....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 15 hours ago, Davefevs said: Work all summer with a 4231 built on: Webster, Kalas Pack, Brownhill Weimann, Szmodics or Paterson , Eliasson or Paterson Diedhiou Then toss it all up in the air in the week leading up to the season, and then after one game after a defeat v Leeds (and that’s wider than just Palmer). Lordy, Lordy, Lordy. I was comfy to sign Palmer, just the way we did it was wrong. 100% Dave Worst player we've signed? Not by a long way. Worst signing from a timing/strategy/planning point of view? Definitely up there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 07/06/2022 at 16:47, Arkateee said: Touch wood that everything goes through well for Kasey palmer, and the medical doesn’t hold the move back. Too much of luxury player for me, although technically very talented, and unfortunately we’ve never managed to find a system that suits his talents, I wish him all the best for the future. Neither has any other club, it seems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 Not sure about the song they are making up for him. Oh, Kasey Palmer's magic/ He wears a magic hat/ And if you try to tackle him/ He'll tackle the ****** back/ He dribbles to the left/ He dribbles to the right/ And when we get promoted we'll sing this song all night! They might get a shock if they are expecting him to tackle... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, TonyTonyTony said: Not sure about the song they are making up for him. Oh, Kasey Palmer's magic/ He wears a magic hat/ And if you try to tackle him/ He'll tackle the ****** back/ He dribbles to the left/ He dribbles to the right/ And when we get promoted we'll sing this song all night! They might get a shock if they are expecting him to tackle... Why, Kasey was never shy of putting a tackle in. He was very committed in the challenge. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 13 hours ago, Merrick's Marvels said: Not exactly like losing Gary Collier to them, is it? Quite the opposite, in fact - a time for unbridled celebration. Or Louis Carey.. On a par with signing Naismith as highlight of the summer so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 25 minutes ago, italian dave said: 100% Dave Worst player we've signed? Not by a long way. Worst signing from a timing/strategy/planning point of view? Definitely up there. Well we signed that lad we sold to Peterborough (name escapes me at the moment) because we couldn't get palmer then signed palmer anyway......there was no strategy or planning, ashton was playing fm in real life with the clubs money, and like after johnson left its taken this long to course correct, Thankfully it doesn't appear as if relegation had to happen this time round, Progress I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 7 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Why, Kasey was never shy of putting a tackle in. He was very committed in the challenge. That's not how i remember him. Mind you, im not exactly spoilt for choice in the memory banks 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 6 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Why, Kasey was never shy of putting a tackle in. He was very committed in the challenge. Doesn't fit the narrative Dave. If anything he had a tendency to be a bit reckless in the tackle but he certainly didn't lack commitment as you say. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTonyTony Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 35 minutes ago, chinapig said: Doesn't fit the narrative Dave. Are you telling me KP was well known for his tackling? That was the best feature of his game? The narrative here, is that he was crap for us. We have debated whether he was lazy or not - done that one to death. Some say he had an attitude problem - i personally havent heard that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted June 22, 2022 Report Share Posted June 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, TonyTonyTony said: Are you telling me KP was well known for his tackling? That was the best feature of his game? The narrative here, is that he was crap for us. We have debated whether he was lazy or not - done that one to death. Some say he had an attitude problem - i personally havent heard that. If that was what I meant that is what I would have said so the answer is no. I was however agreeing with @Davefevs. Nobody disputes that he was a bad signing but the narrative in some quarters is that he is either lazy or has a bad attitude or both. I didn't see evidence of either. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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