Casualobserver

9 hours ago, pillred said:

Might just be me but when I first saw your post name I thought you were called Casualobster :laugh:.

You inspired me to get a profile pic...

2 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

It’s an unhappy truth for some that when COD moves on in the summer, he will have suitors at this level. Not too old, experienced at this level, full international and a degree of versatility on paper. I’m not suggesting in any way we should keep him, but I wouldn’t be shocked to see him back at AG in opposing colours next season.

The sliding doors moment for me was Hull away a few years ago. Coming up to that game, he was in quality form and showing signs of kicking on to the next level. Picked up a bad injury and hasn’t ever got back to the same level. Without that, the conversation around COD would be markedly different.

I think you are absolutely correct and you've phrased it perfectly with "sliding doors moment". If I were to go back a little further, I wish he'd have had one more season at Oxford. He would have matured a little more, taken the team forward and been a potential big fish in a small pond with other options (no offence to Bristol City!). 

Enough of Captain Hindsight from me...

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

He's got to wait his turn hasn't he?  Others ahead of him from a "waiting for their chance" perspective....and NIge has rules!

Fairenoughsky!

I thought COD might make the bench today...

Without wishing to cast aspersions or create unfair speculation - wasn't this injury initially described as a "knock"? I confess, I don't follow players' injuries as close as others might, but this seems to have been going on a bit. Will there be full disclosure at some stage as to what's happened? I understand there might be a desire to keep some information confidential, I'm just not sure about such protocols.