BA12RED Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Doesn't seem to have realised the club that pays his wages and own him have been promoted... Quite funny imo https://twitter.com/aelabd6/status/588114995755515904 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Oh god forgot about him, and he's not a 3 year contract. Lets hope he does well enough for Bury for him to move on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswoodactor Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Twas an odd signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Nothing really wrong here, talking about the team he now plays for winning. Did not work out for him here obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_South_End Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 https://twitter.com/aelabd6/status/588118742778957824 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedo Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Why let the facts get in the way of a good story, eh? https://twitter.com/aelabd6/status/588118742778957824 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 The only signing Cotts has got wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 The only signing Cotts has got wrong? But it looked "right" at the time. I was assured by a Brighton STH what an asset El-Abd would be for us. You can run a rule over a player, track their progress, check their fitness, but there's no accounting for the vagaries of the human mind and how off-field issues might affect a new signing. I think that was the case here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 But it looked "right" at the time. I was assured by a Brighton STH what an asset El-Abd would be for us. You can run a rule over a player, track their progress, check their fitness, but there's no accounting for the vagaries of the human mind and how off-field issues might affect a new signing. I think that was the case here. Absolutely, wasn't suggesting otherwise. Like you say, everything we knew pointed to him being a good signing. Sometimes it just doesn't work out. Think we'll cut our losses in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA12RED Posted April 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 He's now congratulated us on it , hadn't at that Time I created the thread. Sisnt expect him to tweet again so late , he's up late for a professional athlete! (If you can call him that) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Jordan Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I doubt the guy intentionally came to us and didn't play to the best of his ability. He spent his whole career at Brighton and made a move to a completely new environment - like Louis at Coventry - and it just didn't work out. Good luck to him and no need to be making pointless digs at him. Tonight of all night's. Good luck to him wherever he ends up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Bcfc Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Feel sorry for him with the treatment he got (still gets) from City fans. Still calling him El-Bad, any need? Personally I'm happy to see him doing well at Bury and I'm convinced that, had he been given a chance this season we wouldve see a different player, much like the turnaround with Flint. He seems a good bloke so no need to still knock him, as Jordan said especially after gaining promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendip City Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 I don't know who added this tweet. How unnecessary and offensive. Nobody, let alone one of our own players deserves this, especially on a night when we should all be celebrating: https://mobile.twitter.com/cidercraig/status/588128046529585152 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin1988 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 I don't know who added this tweet. How unnecessary and offensive. Nobody, let alone one of our own players deserves this, especially on a night when we should all be celebrating: Very true. On a night when we should all be celebrating, you wonder why this thread was ever made, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Why are you using promotion as a stick to beat people with? His immediate thoughts were about the club he's playing for at the moment, I'd call that professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottsciderarmy Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 He's a rough and tough player. Brighton always play route one and he suited to it. He's an old fashioned solid rough centre half, it didn't work out here. Least he decided to go and play football and not rot in the reserves picking up his pay check. He's done well for Bury by all accounts and has a chance of playing League One football next year for them. They are very much a long ball football playing side and it suits him. It didn't work out for him here, but he was never unprofessional and don't think he can be accused of not trying. Not sure why fans want to say bad things about him. He knows his career is over here, and expect he would happily rip up his contract to be able to sign for someone else in the summer to guarantee football, as he's been happy to drop to the bottom league for football. Doesn't strike me as a waster money grabber and whilst he was ineffective here, he doesn't strike me as a big wage charlie, ala Michael Bridges and co from years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou-peters-dive Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 I don't know who added this tweet. How unnecessary and offensive. Nobody, let alone one of our own players deserves this, especially on a night when we should all be celebrating:https://mobile.twitter.com/cidercraig/status/588128046529585152 Very true. On a night when we should all be celebrating, you wonder why this thread was ever made, either. This and this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Rojo Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Fair play to him for giving it a go at Bury. Whats the guy supposed to do? Clearly it didnt work out here. His original message didnt disrespect City. Cant see anything wrong with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Rich Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Feel sorry for him with the treatment he got (still gets) from City fans. Still calling him El-Bad, any need? Personally I'm happy to see him doing well at Bury and I'm convinced that, had he been given a chance this season we wouldve see a different player, much like the turnaround with Flint. He seems a good bloke so no need to still knock him, as Jordan said especially after gaining promotion. From my understanding, El Bad was an affectionate nickname that Brighton fans gave him for being a tough no nonsense defender. We've clearly coined it as something to offend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Fair play to him for giving it a go at Bury. Whats the guy supposed to do? Clearly it didnt work out here. His original message didnt disrespect City. Cant see anything wrong with it. That's because there is nothing wrong with it! But why miss an opportunity to stick the knife in, this is City fans after all.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Fair play to him for giving it a go at Bury. Whats the guy supposed to do? Clearly it didnt work out here. His original message didnt disrespect City. Cant see anything wrong with it. Too right. Perhaps he should have been like those signings we made a few years ago and sat in the Williams picking up his wages all season rather than going and playing football for a living elsewhere, eh? Calling him El-Bad is pathetic, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JammyOne Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 It didn't work out for him here, he probably knows that too. No need to bash him. Let's just wish him the best at his new club and hope he can move on for everyone's sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Bcfc Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 From my understanding, El Bad was an affectionate nickname that Brighton fans gave him for being a tough no nonsense defender. We've clearly coined it as something to offend! That might be the case, but we both know that most our fans use it as a way of calling him sh*t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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