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Post by theonlooker on Jul 17, 2023 15:14:23 GMT
Concerned that Coventry have let him go as it doesn't sound like he was offered a new contract. On the plus side the price is right and I'd prefer to see a proper centre back playing there than a makeshift whatever Morgan Fox was. Hopefully about as concerned as Chelsea were letting salah go I never thought I'd log on to the Oatcake and see Michael Rose compared to Mo Salah. What a great day. 👍
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Post by scfcno1fan on Jul 17, 2023 15:15:22 GMT
He’ll he starting vs Rotherham won’t he?
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Post by sportsman on Jul 17, 2023 15:16:19 GMT
Hopefully about as concerned as Chelsea were letting salah go I never thought I'd log on to the Oatcake and see Michael Rose compared to Mo Salah. What a great day. 👍 Just a comparison of players sometimes leave clubs and go on to play really well for someone else. Simple really, even for you 😜
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Post by theonlooker on Jul 17, 2023 15:17:39 GMT
I never thought I'd log on to the Oatcake and see Michael Rose compared to Mo Salah. What a great day. 👍 Just a comparison of players sometimes leave clubs and go on to play really well for someone else. Simple really, even for you 😜 Sorry, struggling to grasp that one...
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Post by stokemark on Jul 17, 2023 15:19:37 GMT
He isnt over 30 which is good !
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Post by beats88 on Jul 17, 2023 15:20:46 GMT
Just a comparison of players sometimes leave clubs and go on to play really well for someone else. Simple really, even for you 😜 Sorry, struggling to grasp that one... Your struggling to grasp that some players underwhelm at one club but go on to have an outstanding career at another? By no means was he trying to compare Salah to Rose in terms of ability.
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Post by theonlooker on Jul 17, 2023 15:21:25 GMT
Sorry, struggling to grasp that one... Your struggling to grasp that some players underwhelm at one club but go on to have an outstanding career at another? By no means was he trying to compare Salah to Rose in terms of ability. Yes, just can't get my head around it...honest!
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Post by johnnysoul60 on Jul 17, 2023 15:22:45 GMT
Another one like Johnson and Stevens who is a slight upgrade for us from what we have had , nothing yet to transform us into play off contenders but could nudge us close to half way if we find a decent target man and right back and winger plus squad players
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Post by onepara on Jul 17, 2023 15:23:10 GMT
They keep asking for signings, but when they come, all they do is criticise. The Club can never do any good, for some.
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Post by sportsman on Jul 17, 2023 15:26:48 GMT
Your struggling to grasp that some players underwhelm at one club but go on to have an outstanding career at another? By no means was he trying to compare Salah to Rose in terms of ability. Yes, just can't get my head around it...honest! Then there's no hope for you. I bet Chelsea were glad they waved salah through the door weren't they? Players of all levels and ability obviously leave a club and can go on to be great somewhere else.
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Post by sportsman on Jul 17, 2023 15:28:10 GMT
They keep asking for signings, but when they come, all they do is criticise. The Club can never do any good, for some. Exactly. Were sone on here expecting us to spend 15m 12 times on signings ? 😁
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Post by theonlooker on Jul 17, 2023 15:35:10 GMT
Yes, just can't get my head around it...honest! Then there's no hope for you. I bet Chelsea were glad they waved salah through the door weren't they? Players of all levels and ability obviously leave a club and can go on to be great somewhere else. Oh right, I think I've got it now. Thanks guys 👍
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Post by silsdenstokie on Jul 17, 2023 16:02:56 GMT
If they turned down 750k from us in January, they must have wanted to keep him, surely? Otherwise its pretty dumb on their part
Dont know a lot about him but a free transfer on a 2 year contract hes low risk and will provide squad depth if nothing else
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Post by Los Alfareros on Jul 17, 2023 16:08:29 GMT
Welcome to Stoke City Michael.
Thoughts from Cov fans seem very positive, surely he is not coming here to provide back up.
Nailed on starter, and another good solid signing.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2023 16:23:27 GMT
Never heard of him, know absolutely fuck all about him, so can't pass comment on this signing at all.
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Post by neddy on Jul 17, 2023 16:29:18 GMT
Welcome to Stoke City Michael. Thoughts from Cov fans seem very positive, surely he is not coming here to provide back up. Nailed on starter, and another good solid signing. Just can’t understand if they valued him that highly why the two year contract?
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jul 17, 2023 16:30:57 GMT
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Post by pavel on Jul 17, 2023 16:35:57 GMT
He’s young, can walk/run, has potential to be a very good player and he’s better than what we have got (not that we have much in his area). I’d rather sign players like this than washed up has been’s. At worst he will be back up and he’s on a free.
More to be done and an experienced defender would be nice but this will do for now.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 17, 2023 16:36:59 GMT
He's started 40% of games for Cov over their 3 seasons in the Champ The chances of Neil, with an entirely blank canvas to construct his team to challenge, seeing him as a member of his ideal XI, do seem slim I think we're on pretty safe ground in saying he's unlikely to be starting 30-odd games. But having him in the squad's a totally different thing. So a squad player at Cov then. Seems reasonable to hope that’s what he will be here. We’re signing a lot of squad players though 🤣🤣
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Post by FullerMagic on Jul 17, 2023 16:40:41 GMT
He's started 40% of games for Cov over their 3 seasons in the Champ The chances of Neil, with an entirely blank canvas to construct his team to challenge, seeing him as a member of his ideal XI, do seem slim I think we're on pretty safe ground in saying he's unlikely to be starting 30-odd games. But having him in the squad's a totally different thing. So a squad player at Cov then. Seems reasonable to hope that’s what he will be here. We’re signing a lot of squad players though 🤣🤣 We need a lot though, don't we? 20 slots in every matchday squad. And, being generous, about 8 or 9 you'd be happy with filling them
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 17, 2023 16:44:06 GMT
So a squad player at Cov then. Seems reasonable to hope that’s what he will be here. We’re signing a lot of squad players though 🤣🤣 We need a lot though, don't we? 20 slots in every matchday squad. And, being generous, about 8 or 9 you'd be happy with filling them I think we need 9 genuine starters. It was 10 before Pearson arrived. Johnson is the same ilk. Almost certainly an improvement on what we had last year but you’d hope we could get better to play regularly. Same for Stevens, same for Rose.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jul 17, 2023 16:45:44 GMT
We need a lot though, don't we? 20 slots in every matchday squad. And, being generous, about 8 or 9 you'd be happy with filling them I think we need 9 genuine starters. It was 10 before Pearson arrived. Johnson is the same ilk. Almost certainly an improvement on what we had last year but you’d hope we could get better to play regularly. Same for Stevens, same for Rose. Yep, I'm hoping the cavalry of difference-making starters are still to arrive. I think Johnson is borderline starter quality, but could be more of the kind who'll impact things off the bench And I'm leaning towards the other two starting considerably less than half the games Sarkic and Pearson the only two that you comfortably see as difference makers in the XI so far
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jul 17, 2023 16:52:22 GMT
I think we need 9 genuine starters. It was 10 before Pearson arrived. Johnson is the same ilk. Almost certainly an improvement on what we had last year but you’d hope we could get better to play regularly. Same for Stevens, same for Rose. Yep, I'm hoping the cavalry of difference-making starters are still to arrive. I think Johnson is borderline starter quality, but could be more of the kind who'll impact things off the bench And I'm leaning towards the other two starting considerably less than half the games Sarkic and Pearson the only two that you comfortably see as difference makers in the XI so far For sure. But I think Johnson will play pretty regularly if he can stay fit. Not so sure re Rose. You’d hope we can sign a really good CB because both him and Wilmot leave a bit to be desired quality wise. I expect Stevens to start more than he doesn’t as well if he stays fit.
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Post by FullerMagic on Jul 17, 2023 16:55:56 GMT
Yep, I'm hoping the cavalry of difference-making starters are still to arrive. I think Johnson is borderline starter quality, but could be more of the kind who'll impact things off the bench And I'm leaning towards the other two starting considerably less than half the games Sarkic and Pearson the only two that you comfortably see as difference makers in the XI so far For sure. But I think Johnson will play pretty regularly if he can stay fit. Not so sure re Rose. You’d hope we can sign a really good CB because both him and Wilmot leave a bit to be desired quality wise. I expect Stevens to start more than he doesn’t as well if he stays fit. Stevens is the one I can't figure out where he fits in the thinking. Depends if Tymon and him are the two left-backs come September 1st. Got to be a decent chance that isn't the case. I definitely think Wilmot's primary partner isn't at the club yet though. Agree that Johnson will get a lot of games, but not sure he's absolutely pencilled in as a 'if he's fit, he plays' kind.
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Post by pottersrule on Jul 17, 2023 16:59:10 GMT
Would seem we must have missed out on someone for us to move to Rose as he’s been available? He could have surely been signed ready for the training camp? A tad worrying to read a quote that he’s not good in the air for a centre half? If he signs we will get behind him though but we must be looking to get a ready made better centre half in as well? Rose himself might have had other options too though tbf. Rose was offered a new deal,but wanted to leave apparently.On the Coventry fans forum it was stated on the 30th of May that Rose had sorted a deal with an unnamed club weeks ago.Doesn’t really fit with us missing out on someone.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jul 17, 2023 17:12:49 GMT
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Post by questionable on Jul 17, 2023 17:21:47 GMT
Yep, I'm hoping the cavalry of difference-making starters are still to arrive. I think Johnson is borderline starter quality, but could be more of the kind who'll impact things off the bench And I'm leaning towards the other two starting considerably less than half the games Sarkic and Pearson the only two that you comfortably see as difference makers in the XI so far For sure. But I think Johnson will play pretty regularly if he can stay fit. Not so sure re Rose. You’d hope we can sign a really good CB because both him and Wilmot leave a bit to be desired quality wise. I expect Stevens to start more than he doesn’t as well if he stays fit. In truth it concerns me that Wilmot seems to be a nailed on starter, let alone our player of the season. For me Wilmot has more bad games than good ones and has a major clanger in him every game, if we’re serious in doing well I’d seriously want better than him
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 17, 2023 17:29:54 GMT
Welcome to Stoke Michael. We certainly need a ball player defender, now let’s go and get a beast and it’s job done
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Post by sportsman on Jul 17, 2023 17:43:53 GMT
Let's hope he doesn't read the oatcake messages. If you do Michael don't worry if we signed VVD some on here would question if he's finished since his injury
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Post by iamstokie on Jul 17, 2023 17:47:23 GMT
Let's hope he doesn't read the oatcake messages. If you do Michael don't worry if we signed VVD some on here would question if he's finished since his injury it must break your little happy clapping heart that some of the more reknown posters on here are saying he’s only a squad player , you want a tissue
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