DaSilva sent to Coventry

[Jerseybean]

Their OS:

https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/transfer-coventry-city-agree-to-sign-jay-dasilva/

[E.G.Red]

2 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

Fair play to Jay. Done well to get a 4 year contract elsewhere.

He’s a good player but we clearly don’t give out contracts like that anymore. I hope it works out for him!

Good player still only 25. Just a shame that his injury impacted some of his time with us, but professional in his attitude to the end

[Northern Red]

Would have happened in January if we'd managed to get Currie in.

[Davefevs]

18 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Surprised they are better off financially than us considering we are both of similar size ?

They’ve not had to deal with £60m of losses and a mahoosive cost base holding them back.  They have issues, different ones, but they are building effectively.  We start our similar journey this summer.

Edited May 30, 2023 by Davefevs

[Fordy62]

Good pro, but not as good as Cam Pring. 

[Numero Uno]

23 minutes ago, slartibartfast said:

Surprised they are better off financially than us considering we are both of similar size ?

They didn’t have Ashton and LJ overseen by Steve spunking money up against the wall. Had Semenyo broken his leg or done his ACL before Christmas we could have been looking at a points deduction. Or we would have had to sell Scott for £12m or whatever!! Richard Gould admitted it was a realistic possibility.

[Numero Uno]

8 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

They’ve not had to deal with £60m of losses and a mahoosive cost base holding them back.  They have issues, different ones, but they are building effectively.  We start our similar journey this summer.

Exactly and for us it’s a case of spending the money in the best way not on a Left Back likely to make 15-20 starts next season (cos we have Pring).

[Loosey Boy]

Sign of the times….Coventry able to offer better terms than us.

As others have said, would much rather have Cam and JB as our two LBs though….that the JB rumours come true 

[Lew-T]

17 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

Good pro, but not as good as Cam Pring. 

Very different players. But it’s close I think…

[steviestevieneville]

1 hour ago, Jimbo123 said:

Given NP supposedly didn’t like Palmer’s attitude he’s not done too badly making the PO final now with two different clubs both without parachute payments.

Nothing of the sort . Pearson said plenty of times he’s a decent lad . Doesn’t suit us as a player that’s why he left & high wages. Don’t know why some keep peddling this myth 

[cidercity1987]

2 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

Very different players. But it’s close I think…

Pring has been first choice LB since October

[W-S-M Seagull]

I'm a bit baffled as to why we even offered him a contract? 

[1960maaan]

They are a good footballing side, he will fit in nicely in that respect.
I like him, technically very good, but crossing/final ball leaves a lot to be desired. His wages made the decision easy, his lack of stature and physicality too. Cam Pring pretty much sealed his fate with his performances, much more the sort of player Nige wants going forward. 

Another one we don't get any money back for, but hopefully one of the last. 

[Super]

49 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

Coventry fans seem a bit too happy to be signing the reserve left back of a team who finished 9 places below them 

Why not he's a good player.

[MC RISK77]

38 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

Good pro, but not as good as Cam Pring. 

Yeah I think Pring just before second half of season onwards was arguably our best player so may have made our decision easier 

[Charlie BCFC]

Wish him well, with the runs their front 3 like to make out wide I think he’d be a good addition. Although always preferred him as a full back as opposed to a wing back

[sh1t_ref_again]

Whilst I wish Jay well, was pleased he left as never thought he was a very good defender and not that great going forward, has some good close control which you would have thought should have seen taking his man on and getting into the box, but rarely seemed to try, also never had the same pace after his injuries. Maybe in a team that can get the best out of his attributes he may fulfil his potencial.

Give me Pring and Joe Bryan any day.

 

[Offside]

Best wishes to him. He always showed a good attitude for us. 

[ollywhyte]

Do we think this move would have still gone through if they had been promoted? Great move either way, really happy for him and he must be delighted with the security of  a 4 year deal  

[Red Skin]

Good move for him. Wish him all the best.  Great technically, but he was always a target for the opposition at LB due to his height.  Happy with Pring and hopefully JB

[Davefevs]

22 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I'm a bit baffled as to why we even offered him a contract? 

My theory:

At the time we offered a contract (having been in discussions for quite a while) it made sense.  Those discussions probably started whilst he was still first choice.

But over a period of time, the form of Pring changed the dynamic.  

There was a bit of clever wording from Nige more recently (different wording to what was used with Tomas) - we offered Jay a contract in January.  I read that as he turned it down and from that point onwards he’s been on his way.  Hell, he almost went in January.  I don’t think there were any more discussions or compromises being offered from either side at that point.  Jay had a deal with Cov sorted, they probably said we will come back in the summer.

In the meantime Jay is gonna do what he can to get the best deal he can, through touting himself to the likes of Swansea, but also showing decent performances on the pitch (after a very average spell just after the window closed and he didn’t move).

Summary, I think the contract offered was way back, not recently.

[Garland-sweden]

Think it shows how strong our team is. Dasilva backup for us, probably Coventry will have him in starting eleven. 

[BanburyRed]

Good luck to him.

And target him with 2 on 1, crosses, cross field passes etc in our next meeting. We should know his weaknesses by now.

[Gratz260689]

1 hour ago, Searles said:

He’s done very well. Sat on the bench and watched his teammates perform.

He played his part

[Bristol Oil Services]

6 minutes ago, BanburyRed said:

Good luck to him.

And target him with 2 on 1, crosses, cross field passes etc in our next meeting. We should know his weaknesses by now.

Naismith to knock some Marlon Pack diagonals to the back stick v Cov, hopefully with someone other than Nakhi lurking behind Jay to get on the end of them. Proper football 

[redkev]

2 hours ago, Davefevs said:

I reckon he would’ve.

Can you imagine them courting him since January and then saying “sorry, we are looking elsewhere now”?  I don’t, but that’s just me.

Do you think we would have upped our offer Dave to keep jay if we never had pring and possibly leeson in our ranks 

[Davefevs]

15 minutes ago, redkev said:

Do you think we would have upped our offer Dave to keep jay if we never had pring and possibly leeson in our ranks 

I defer to Percy.

[Bris Red]

Echo what others have said, a good deal for everyone concerned. Jay in reality had become a squad player for us, with Pring having performed consistently better than him over the last year or so it wouldn’t make financial sense to be offering him the 4 year deal Cov have on i’d imagine fairly strong wages.

Edited May 30, 2023 by Bris Red

[Sir Geoff]

1 hour ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

I'm a bit baffled as to why we even offered him a contract? 

As he's a decent player and we could have got a fee for him in 6/12/18 months time, had he signed.

[Searles]

Not sure what he offers tbh. Solid enough but terrible going forward and could be targeted due to height. Lacks any form of dynamism which is needed for a full back.