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Bye bye Clingan?

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It is clear to me that Clingan would never sign a new contract for us in League One, so the sooner he leaves the better.

He doesn''t want to play in league one, we don''t want to lose out on a fair bit of cash or even cash and a player.

I suspect that Gunn is making best of the Clingan interest and hoping to use him as a means of signing a player that we may otherwise have not been able to afford.

500k + Paul Parry would be a quality deal if you ask me.  Losing our best centre midfielder, but gaining a right winger who is twice as productive as Croft, and with 500k left to buy either a striker or another centre midfielder to fill the hole left by Clingan.

If we were, hypothetically of course, to buy Dickinson for that 500k....... we are effectively getting Paul Parry and Liam Dickinson for Sammy Clingan.

That sounds like a good deal to me.

As for Russell, the sooner he goes the better he is a liability. Pattison has a bad attitude, get rid of him too.

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[quote user="JuanVelasco"]

It is clear to me that Clingan would never sign a new contract for us in League One, so the sooner he leaves the better.

He doesn''t want to play in league one, we don''t want to lose out on a fair bit of cash or even cash and a player.

I suspect that Gunn is making best of the Clingan interest and hoping to use him as a means of signing a player that we may otherwise have not been able to afford.

500k + Paul Parry would be a quality deal if you ask me.  Losing our best centre midfielder, but gaining a right winger who is twice as productive as Croft, and with 500k left to buy either a striker or another centre midfielder to fill the hole left by Clingan.

If we were, hypothetically of course, to buy Dickinson for that 500k....... we are effectively getting Paul Parry and Liam Dickinson for Sammy Clingan.

That sounds like a good deal to me.

As for Russell, the sooner he goes the better he is a liability. Pattison has a bad attitude, get rid of him too.

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Would be great if we have the cash to bring in Goran Maric  - looks pretty sharp and is going on the tour to Scotland - check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVZL5Dejrk4&NR=1

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[quote user="JuanVelasco"]

It is clear to me that Clingan would never sign a new contract for us in League One, so the sooner he leaves the better.

He doesn''t want to play in league one, we don''t want to lose out on a fair bit of cash or even cash and a player.

I suspect that Gunn is making best of the Clingan interest and hoping to use him as a means of signing a player that we may otherwise have not been able to afford.

500k + Paul Parry would be a quality deal if you ask me.  Losing our best centre midfielder, but gaining a right winger who is twice as productive as Croft, and with 500k left to buy either a striker or another centre midfielder to fill the hole left by Clingan.

If we were, hypothetically of course, to buy Dickinson for that 500k....... we are effectively getting Paul Parry and Liam Dickinson for Sammy Clingan.

That sounds like a good deal to me.

As for Russell, the sooner he goes the better he is a liability. Pattison has a bad attitude, get rid of him too.

[/quote]If this was to happen i for one would be more than happy,Clingan lost his appetite when we needed it most towards the tail end of last season and he''s way over valued due to the apparent £3m Fulham bid back in january.

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Clingan will leave but you have to remember he only came out of this league last season, its not like he is some massive star who would never lower himself to play in League 1. All those seasons waiting for somebody who could score straight from a free kick and we lose him in a season .

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Why would he want to go to Coventry? They aren''t promotion material and in 12 months he''s a free agent. If he''s going to a Championship club I''d have thought someone like Cardiff would be the lowest he''d set his sights on as they have a realistic prospect for promotion.

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[quote user="crafty canary"]Why would he want to go to Coventry? They aren''t promotion material and in 12 months he''s a free agent. If he''s going to a Championship club I''d have thought someone like Cardiff would be the lowest he''d set his sights on as they have a realistic prospect for promotion.[/quote]

I would put money on Coventry finishing above Cardiff next year..... Cardiff need to cut their wage bill, and Coventry are supposed to have a few million to spend!

 

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Signing marshall and Chopra won''t have helped the wage bill. However you can off-load fringe players and still bring in quality and manage the wage bill.

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Perhaps he and Russell picked up injuries earlier in the week?

Maybe I''m being optimistic but then again maybe I''m seeing the obvious.

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[quote user="crafty canary"]Signing marshall and Chopra won''t have helped the wage bill. However you can off-load fringe players and still bring in quality and manage the wage bill.[/quote]

Like giving us Paul Parry!

Parry cannot get a game in his preferred position because of Joe Ledley, who is quality...... if Cardiff cannot keep hold of Ledley, then they will keep Parry....

They also have Mark Kennedy on that side as well, and Chris Burke on the right.

Actually, looking at their squad...... they are much better than Coventry!

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We knew he was going to leave us, guess it will be announced when we have got another couple of players signed up.

Bit surprised that Rusty is leaving though.

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[quote user="cityangel"]

We knew he was going to leave us, guess it will be announced when we have got another couple of players signed up.

Bit surprised that Rusty is leaving though.

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Two days after we got relegated Rusty was asked when signing books,you staying then? his answer was "erm we''ll see" as soon as i heard that i new he would go!

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[quote user="Loan City Fc "] All those seasons waiting for somebody who could score straight from a free kick and we lose him in a season .
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Didnt we already have someone who could though?  I remember Lappin doing just that...

Perhaps we need an american football approach - bring on the specialist kickers...

 

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http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-city-fc/coventry-city-fc-news/2009/07/13/coventry-city-fc-pull-plug-on-sammy-clingan-deal-92746-24138893/

not any more, bloody agents.

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