robin_unreliant Posted November 8, 2018 Report Share Posted November 8, 2018 Luke Freeman left in the Jan window for a paltry fee and a lot of people went meh. He's now well appreciated by qpr fans, with speculation on other teams offering reasonably big money for him. I expect something similar will happen with COD. Think there is a very good player in there but LJ doesn't get the best out of him for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted November 8, 2018 Report Share Posted November 8, 2018 5 hours ago, Boston Red said: Where did you hear this, June? Wouldn't surprise me. Aden Flint, Joe Bryan, Bobby Reid, and an increasing majority of Bristol City fans have also lost all confidence in Johnson. When someone tears everything up, starts again, and tells you a completely different way to play every single week, with a completely new set of managerial buzzwords, you do tend to lose confidence in them. It's bad enough hearing it in the press before and after each match. What is it this week? "We continue to provide the correct process for the players to go and be successful." Until next week when it is another new buzzword. If I was a player having to listen to this every single day, and not just pre and post match in the press, I would be heartily sick of it. And yet gullible Lansdown sucks it up like an 8 year old swilling Coca-Cola. Bit of an assumption to say over 50% of fans have lost faith with Johnson at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted November 8, 2018 Report Share Posted November 8, 2018 4 hours ago, Cider red said: COD would be perfect for 4 3 3 in midfield or on the wing. West Brom fans were really impressed with him on their forum after the game up there. Would be gutted to lose him for a paltry fee in January. It would be chicken feed if he's sold in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted November 8, 2018 Report Share Posted November 8, 2018 3 hours ago, June Bailey said: Boston Its doesn't really matter where I heard this. I believe the source 100%. This one isn't going to be done, despite LJ's press call rhetoric. That's COD's lot . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen humphries Posted November 8, 2018 Report Share Posted November 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, hodge said: Bit of an assumption to say over 50% of fans have lost faith with Johnson at the moment. Yeah more like 75 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Brady Posted November 8, 2018 Report Share Posted November 8, 2018 4 hours ago, Carey 6 said: I’ll put my tin hat on here, but I don’t really care if he does or not. His first season for us he did extremely little, you give him a break for that because he was adjusting to the league. Last season, he goes on this little run of 4 or 5 games in October/early November where he plays well, scored against palace, changed the game away at Sunderland. Once back from injury, he wasn’t great & I feel his end of season form has carried on into this one. You will need the hat Carey. Most of COD's appearances leading up to his injury were nothing short of outstanding. For such an attacking player, his defensive nous is quite rare. LJ has been brilliant......at transforming a naturally gifted attacking winger into a negative, defence minded bench warming full international who will walk away from the club on a free. Top job Mr J!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted November 8, 2018 Report Share Posted November 8, 2018 6 hours ago, Carey 6 said: I’ll put my tin hat on here, but I don’t really care if he does or not. His first season for us he did extremely little, you give him a break for that because he was adjusting to the league. Last season, he goes on this little run of 4 or 5 games in October/early November where he plays well, scored against palace, changed the game away at Sunderland. Once back from injury, he wasn’t great & I feel his end of season form has carried on into this one. Totally agree. He's OK when he can sprint at a weak or tiring defence but he's not developed much at all and seems to me to doubt himself often. I don't mind if he stays or goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted November 8, 2018 Report Share Posted November 8, 2018 COD has a lot of energy about him, but his stats are simply not good enough for a Championship attacking player. Ditto Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortia Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 Callum' ODowda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, Distortia said: Callum' ODowda? No , Callum O'Dowda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distortia Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 46 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: No , Callum O'Dowda. No ' Callum O,Dowda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 2 minutes ago, Distortia said: No ' Callum O,Dowda. Nocall'um Odowda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 Is COD off then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 17 hours ago, robin_unreliant said: Luke Freeman left in the Jan window for a paltry fee and a lot of people went meh. He's now well appreciated by qpr fans, with speculation on other teams offering reasonably big money for him. I expect something similar will happen with COD. Think there is a very good player in there but LJ doesn't get the best out of him for whatever reason. I'd say the main reason would be the fact that he doesn't play him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted November 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 17 hours ago, Major Isewater said: It would be chicken feed if he's sold in January. Should we expect 'poultry' offers for COD then Major? (btw, do chickens even eat fish?) PS.. when the chips are down if its clear he's going to become 'one that got away' surely we can do 'batter' for him than that. I think he deserves a regular plaice in the team though, rather than stringing him along like a fish out of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted November 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 13 hours ago, AshtonGreat said: COD has a lot of energy about him, but his stats are simply not good enough for a Championship attacking player. Ditto Taylor … so he's good enough for Ireland internationals but you think COD is out of his depth here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Super said: Is COD off then? No F in cod . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted November 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Super said: Is COD off then? ….could he batter himself elsewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 6 hours ago, WhistleHappy said: ….could he batter himself elsewhere? It depends if he can deliver when the chips are down I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonGreat Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 6 hours ago, WhistleHappy said: … so he's good enough for Ireland internationals but you think COD is out of his depth here? I don't think he's out of his depth as such, I just don't see what he brings to the team. 1 goal and 6 assists in 72 appearances is not a good enough return for an attacking player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 On 08/11/2018 at 14:49, June Bailey said: Boston Its doesn't really matter where I heard this. I believe the source 100%. This one isn't going to be done, despite LJ's press call rhetoric. Confident statement @June Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 On 08/11/2018 at 13:44, Fiale said: Wouldn't surprise me, they tried to get Reid to resign on the cheap and until the last minute still thought he would sign whatever they gave him. He wanted to stay but we basically pushed him away. OK we got £10 million for him, which is good business, but when offering contracts surely you have to factor in the singing fees of the new players as well as wages and we should have maybe been a little more generous. Can't help but think things would be a lot different so far if he was still with us. Am I reading this right? Bobby wanted to stay with us and we pushed him away? And....not play in the premier-league, double his wages, progress his career....??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 10 minutes ago, Alessandro said: Am I reading this right? Bobby wanted to stay with us and we pushed him away? And....not play in the premier-league, double his wages, progress his career....??? Exactly, one of our own . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 25 minutes ago, Alessandro said: Am I reading this right? Bobby wanted to stay with us and we pushed him away? And....not play in the premier-league, double his wages, progress his career....??? His contract negotiations started well before he was looking at other clubs, we just took it for granted he would sign. The club seem pretty naive at times, just because someone has spent their entire life at the club doesn't mean they will just accept whatever crap you offer them. We have been really generous with some players, but were pretty loathe to open the wallet with Bobby. So yes, he looked elsewhere, got to more than double his wages, and plays in the prem, we got £10 million and a large hole to fill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuber Posted November 10, 2018 Report Share Posted November 10, 2018 5 hours ago, AshtonGreat said: I don't think he's out of his depth as such, I just don't see what he brings to the team. 1 goal and 6 assists in 72 appearances is not a good enough return for an attacking player. Would be interesting to see the full breakdown of these appearances though Ashton. I.e. how many were 90 minutes? What position did he play? LM? RM? CAM? LWB? CM? CF? Pretty sure LJ has only got to play COD in GK, RB, and CB, and he's our John O'Shea. We're 80% there. Did you know he's Irish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted November 10, 2018 Report Share Posted November 10, 2018 14 hours ago, Fiale said: His contract negotiations started well before he was looking at other clubs, we just took it for granted he would sign. The club seem pretty naive at times, just because someone has spent their entire life at the club doesn't mean they will just accept whatever crap you offer them. We have been really generous with some players, but were pretty loathe to open the wallet with Bobby. So yes, he looked elsewhere, got to more than double his wages, and plays in the prem, we got £10 million and a large hole to fill. The thing is, he was one who was needed to be sold because of the huge hole in our accounts last season. With such a loss in mind, selling him this summer may have been a necessity in any case. However I wish we'd been able to keep him- goals, assists, workrate- knowing when to press at the right time, and yeah technical ability which undoubtedly helped the team. Weimann? Has the workrate, good pressing and solid technical ability IMO, but insufficient goals or assists to date- zero after his brilliant start says a lot (it was 5 goals and 1 assist in his first 6). Maybe if he breaks his duck soon, he can go on a run again, bit like the team in fact- we are undoubtedly missing Reid though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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