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Sounds like the legendary Richie Reynolds Countdown to Kick-Off
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COG and CMS
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Sounds like the legendary Richie Reynolds Countdown to Kick-Off
clippedgull
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Good idea, but I would rather we got ourselves a bit further up the table before we started experimenting!
But maybe CMS or COG coming off the bench with the other one staying on, assuming a winning position, for say the last 20 minutes could be the Plan B.
murphy's law
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- Nov 24, 2008
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I agree with these comments, they seem like nice blokes, however, we've seen enough of CMS now to know he is not the required standard for a team that is looking to get promoted. Those who think he'd prosper in a 442 are deluded. COG offers a bit of physical presence & we'd do need someone like him, but better.
Meade's Ball
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It could be true that there is worth in keeping COG to come off of the bench and provide something different, but i can't see him starting many games when teams are generally on their toes and space is limited. If he's content with that, and we're happy to pay his wage to put in the odd appearance here and there, then fine, but to announce him to be answer to our problems is the same as saying that Nathan Jones should be our fulltime manager purely on having drawn at home and won one away. Silly. We need greater firepower, and the pair of workhorses of different sizes we have aren't the solution. I like them enough, but someone Ulloa-esque needs to come our way.
durrington gull
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Spot on - one of the reasons we're in the sorry league position we find ourselves in! - both are Lge1 players and not nearly good enough for regular Championship strikers unless of course we are planning for league 1 next season!?
How can you possibly have seen enough of COG to judge? He's had 13 apps, the majority as late subs under a manager that clearly didn't rate him.
and often out of position (too wide) and/or with zero support
I'm not advocating he's the answer to our problems at all but we should give the fella a chance
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
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Offload CMS to anyone interested and buy a proper center forward.
symyjym
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COG's goal was superb, his body movement sent the defender the wrong way sliding on his ar5e and out of the game, and then he slipped the ball perfectly pass the keeper. His cool head and composure made the goal look easier than it was.
Edited for accuracy.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Guess some folk need longer than others to judge a player
What's that got to do with anything? It's down to the player to prove the manager wrong.
DarrenFreemansPerm
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I didn't go to Fulham, but I watched COG at Brentford and he was really good, it was strange, he linked up well with Baldock and Halford, he was making the right runs into the right positions, he was doing all of the things you'd expect from a target man. CMS might have run around a lot but he simply could not keep hold of the ball, COG however was some sort of bloody magnet for the ball? I've only seen COG play like this once, but those who went to Fulham have seen it twice in quick succession, it may be coincidence, it may be COG is actually a good striker but I guess time will tell. What I am sure of is that if I was picking the team on Saturday, and using the same formation as we played against Brentford, it would be COG in the XI and CMS definitely on the bench. CMS has had enough chances, time to let COG try and prove himself.
Unless COG is going to be a regular in the starting eleven I think we should sell. He said himself in an interview after the Brentford game he doesn't have the physique to be a bit part player. The reason he looks sharper recently is because he got a few games with Sheffield utd. Once he is sat on the bench again for another month his sharpness/fitness will go and he'll yearn to go back up north again getting games.
Thunder Bolt
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With respect, the vast majority of the fans think the manager was wrong. That's why he went.Guess some folk need longer than others to judge a player
What's that got to do with anything? It's down to the player to prove the manager wrong.
A caretaker manager and an experienced manager have shown a different side to O'Grady.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Happy to resume this discussion at the end of January.
Although some seem to think irrelevant add his short spell at Sheff Utd. My mate is a fan and says he was their MOM v Port Vale and their fans (forum) are "suicidal" at the prospect of not getting him back.
It's only L1 but seems we're not allowed to use his 15 goals for Barnsley last season either
Thunder Bolt
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Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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COG is finally settling, CMS and Baldock will get gametime now Bent has gone. I back Hughton to get something from all 3, but maybe we should get someone like Chris Wood in on loan for the rest of the season, then really look to replace Ulloa early in the summer.
durrington gull
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Sorry but if we are relying on those 3 strikers to keep us up we have no chance - they havent done anything to convince me and plenty others they are nearly good enough. Sami should take some flak of course but our strikers have been abysmal all season, so i would be happy if possible to unload all 3 in the Jan window and bring in 2 PROVEN strikers at Champonship level and not rely on our Lge1 strikeforce!
London Irish
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He may have toiled at Brentford but CMS's great pass won us the game at Fulham. I think it's unlikely either have a big future here but it's up to them, looks like they will be given the chance. It's interesting that both Nathan Jones and Chris Hughton started with CMS