foghornred Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 http://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/26814/? Underrated by many at City but one of their best signings according to the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chivers88 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Know an Ipswich fan who said he has been there best signing in years. I always rated him just for the record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real_bristol Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Attending the Colchester game with the away fans summed this guy up for me. Sounds like all he needed was a change. Already a legend IMO and he'll be back a better player. Was he mis-managed here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodEmperor Palpatine Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I thought he got worse and worse as the seasons rolled on.. Clearly a change of club has done him the world of good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 He's the type of player who will always divide opinion, some will say he is absolutely useless and doesn't contribute to the game, and others way say he's the exact type of player that's needed to produce a winning team. Have to say though I'm not exactly sitting in my seat at AG thinking how we miss Cole Skuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_eastender Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Korey Smith is twice the player Skuse will ever be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNBT Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Always rated him myself but did notice his form drop as we struggled in relagation scraps and the change was obviously what he needed to get his spark back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 He was ok, no more, no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Korey Smith is twice the player Skuse will ever be... If he plays eight consecutive seasons of Championship football at some stage in his career only then we can say he is as good, let alone "twice" as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negan Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Korey Smith has been better in his half a season than Skuse was in his 9 years here... I liked Skuse but he wasn't all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Skuse was average here,Korey will go on to much better things,hopefully with us of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Rich Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Jesus, we were saying Marvin Elliot was the new gazza after 1 season so let's got get ahead of ourselves. Yes Korey is looking a decent signing but nobody can argue that Skuse is playing week in week out in the Championsip and has done for many years. Korey still has some way to go that's for sure.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Marsh Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 If he plays eight consecutive seasons of Championship football at some stage in his career only then we can say he is as good, let alone "twice" as good. Yep wasn't a fan of Skuse but have to agree here, Smith has only played ONE season in the Championship, that's way less than Skuse..... Anyone take a guess why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakes Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I thought he got worse and worse as the seasons rolled on.. Clearly a change of club has done him the world of good. Good player in a poor team at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepUpLino Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 As above Korey is by far the better player.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomad Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Agree - Korey is better but Skuse was way better than most thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNBT Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Jesus, we were saying Marvin Elliot was the new gazza after 1 season so let's got get ahead of ourselves. Yes Korey is looking a decent signing but nobody can argue that Skuse is playing week in week out in the Championsip and has done for many years. Korey still has some way to go that's for sure.. If we go up this season I reckon Korey will handle the pressure of moving up a league fine and will establish himself well in the Championship with us & will hopefully be part of the team keeping us fighting for play off places year in and out should we not get promoted to the Premiershit within the next few seasons, I hope that we do it right this time if we go up and make sure we establish ourselves as a Championship team rather than yo-yoing from League 1 and the Championship over years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I thought he got worse and worse as the seasons rolled on.. Clearly a change of club has done him the world of good. Na. You just got more and more used to seeing him on the pitch. It's something we don't see, but I'd imagine he's a prozone stat friendly player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Skuse was so consistent and so will really flourish in a Mick team which tend to be based on consistency and discipline. Skuse is and was just that, but in a team that was crying out for creativity, skuse was never going to achieve that. We had Marv, Cisse and Skuse all similar players and so Skuse was seeming given the responsibility of providing that flair which he could not provide. Now he's playing in a team and for a manager that suits him he is thriving, Personally thought he was an excellent player if unspectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Skuse is what I like to call a "footballers footballer". He may rarely do the fancy stuff, but his teammates will always appreciate the work he does on the pitch. At a higher level, Owen Hargreaves was the same for England. I'll never forget a game when Cole was about 21 and he was easily our best player on the night. A friend and I were walking out after the game, when someone walked past us saying how shite Skuse was all night and he how he never influences matches. My friend and I just looked at each other with bemusement when an old guy behind us piped up with "did he just watch the same game as me? Skuse was fantastic". Just shows that you can never please everyone and that there's much more to football than just looking good with the ball at your feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Support your team - not Sky/Bt sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 What does McCarthy know? He's just some bloke who played for Man City, Celtic etc and who managed the Republic of Ireland, Sunderland, Wolves & Ipswich. How does that compare to the experts on the forum who know that Skuse is total crap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 What does McCarthy know? He's just some bloke who played for Man City, Celtic etc and who managed the Republic of Ireland, Sunderland, Wolves & Ipswich. How does that compare to the experts on the forum who know that Skuse is total crap? More times you get sacked the better - got it. Football is a mad business. Remember the monkey playing darts beating the stock exchange """"""experts"""""? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 He even got a tie and a white shirt. Impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeepUpLino Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Skuse is what I like to call a "footballers footballer". He may rarely do the fancy stuff, but his teammates will always appreciate the work he does on the pitch. At a higher level, Owen Hargreaves was the same for England. I'll never forget a game when Cole was about 21 and he was easily our best player on the night. A friend and I were walking out after the game, when someone walked past us saying how shite Skuse was all night and he how he never influences matches. My friend and I just looked at each other with bemusement when an old guy behind us piped up with "did he just watch the same game as me? Skuse was fantastic". Just shows that you can never please everyone and that there's much more to football than just looking good with the ball at your feet. I'm sorry but comparing Owen Hargreaves to Skuse is ridiculous, Hargreaves was a winner, a hard man who changed games, a powerful player who even scored the odd goal... Poor poor comparison I'm afraid.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 His strike of a dead ball is one of the worst I've ever seen. His lack of fight in our relegatin season unfortunately is my overriding memory. Some players need a change sometimes he was one of them. Top guy though good luck to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Marsh Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Yep wasn't a fan of Skuse but have to agree here, Smith has only played ONE season in the Championship, that's way less than Skuse..... Anyone take a guess why? No takers? He won promotion. Smith has done more in one season that Skuse has in 8 up in the Championship. Much much happier with our Korey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED4LIFE Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 I'm sorry but comparing Owen Hargreaves to Skuse is ridiculous, Hargreaves was a winner, a hard man who changed games, a powerful player who even scored the odd goal... Poor poor comparison I'm afraid.. At what point in my post do I compare their ability? The point I was trying to make was that they have both been maligned by fans at various points in their respective careers, but their teammates would undoubtably know their true worth to the team. You do seem to enjoy being rather aggressive towards other posters whilst coming across as knowing very little about football. Another to add to my ignore list in other words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bend it like brian Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 Skuse was so consistent and so will really flourish in a Mick team which tend to be based on consistency and discipline. Skuse is and was just that, but in a team that was crying out for creativity, skuse was never going to achieve that. We had Marv, Cisse and Skuse all similar players and so Skuse was seeming given the responsibility of providing that flair which he could not provide. Now he's playing in a team and for a manager that suits him he is thriving, Personally thought he was an excellent player if unspectacular. great post pretty much how i saw it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 No takers? He won promotion.Smith has done more in one season that Skuse has in 8 up in the Championship. Much much happier with our Korey.Ridiculous mate.Smith - half a season in division 3.Skuse - mostly played in Division 2, that's why he's there now.Skuse - unspectacular, etc. Yes. Nobby Siles has got a World Cup Winners Medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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