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Coventry
Posted by Floater on 5/8/2026, 19:31:31
Coventry have already spent almost £60m on the winger Loum Tchaouna, the defender Aurèle Ame and keeper Carl Rushworth. Now set to break their transfer record for the fourth time in this window after agreeing a £23m fee with Danish side Nordsjælland for the Ghana midfielder Caleb Yirenkyi.
Certainly different from our approach 😬. Hope that it doesn’t backfire.
Re: Coventry
Posted by Honey Badger on 6/8/2026, 07:09:05, in reply to "Coventry"
They will always have a soulless stadium 8 miles out of town, f##k that!
Re: Coventry
Posted by Gamekeeper on 6/8/2026, 12:32:18, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
Soulless definitely but the ground is in Longford part of Coventry one and a half miles from the city centre.
Re: Coventry
Posted by Music Critic on 5/8/2026, 22:44:37, in reply to "Coventry"
Why would it backfire?
Every time a team goes up from the Championship to the Prem and spend a few quid, people think it'll go bad for them. It generally doesn't these days
Burnley are a top 25 club now in a town smaller than Luton. Ipswich bounced right back. Apart from Leicester, no side has found themselves in financial problems after dropping out of the top flight for a long time. Sunderland in 2018 the only other example I can think of in the last decade
Wrexham will get to the top flight within the next 2 years and they'll establish as a top 30 side
Whatever happens, it's pretty unlikely that Cov will find themselves in L1 in 2 years time
We were double relegated from the prem and failed to make the 3rd division play offs but we are very quick to sneer at others. We need to stop being so self satisfied and stop thinking we are 'above' other clubs
Re: Coventry
Posted by MG on 6/8/2026, 18:14:37, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
Okay, so how much do you think we should have spent, and what, in your opinion, would that have got us?
Re: Coventry
Posted by The Questioner on 6/8/2026, 10:02:33, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
Spot on …I know it’s not a popular opinion but I believe it wasn’t just for the stadium the reason we spent so little. Just to be clear I fully expect the investors to get returns and money back as a huge gamble .
Re: Coventry
Posted by Andy Cappuccino on 6/8/2026, 09:10:35, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
+1 never heard of these players but they are obviously having a crack at staying up and fair play to them if they manage it
Re: Coventry
Posted by m on 6/8/2026, 08:40:22, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
Ipswich also doubled their outlay on Delap and Hutchinson
Re: Coventry
Posted by bbb on 6/8/2026, 00:36:39, in reply to "Re: Coventry" WUM 2
Spot on mate.
Many on here sneered at Ipswich for spending a few quid.
2 of their first 3 games this season are Man U and Liverpool.
We bought Hashioka and Holmes in our one season up there. Went down with a whimper. Then went down again. Then fucked a 3rd season. To rub it in, despite banking nearly £200m, we're back to being pretty skint and our debt free new stadium will leave us in a load of debt.
Whatever happened with that thing where some architects were suing us due to not being paid?
Jack really needs us to be at it from the off this season(I think/hope he will)
Re: Coventry
Posted by Sheff on 6/8/2026, 16:07:31, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
I really don't think we went down with a whimper.
The first ⅓-½ of the season might have looked that way but when Edwards decided to go on the attack we had some great games and fell two wins short of staying up.Farige Bought For £5m
Re: Coventry
Posted by bbb on 6/8/2026, 16:09:44, in reply to "Re: Coventry" WUM 2
We won just 1 of our last 17 games.
We went down with a whimper.
Re: Coventry
Posted by Doctor Ince on 6/8/2026, 06:56:51, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
+1 to both of you.
That Jan transfer window was a shambles. It's not even hindsight as many said it at the time.
We only signed Holmes because we got him on the cheap from Reading
Re: Coventry
Posted by Cuba on 6/8/2026, 06:42:25, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
💯 but we need to move on, those who questioned what was happening and called out these mistakes in real time know who they are and have been vindicated
I note many of those who defended the club 24/7 have since either stopped posting or had a name change 👀Winning is everything - more than you have
Re: Coventry
Posted by HH on 6/8/2026, 07:17:12, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
You say "move on" whilst still having a bit of a dig at anyone who disagreed with him. 🤣
Re: Coventry
Posted by Cuba on 6/8/2026, 07:34:01, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
Show me where I have raised this subject as a new thread this year????
Simply stating the obvious here based on the entirety accurate posts above.
The fact that I/we still trigger some suggests maybe some guilt from those who castigated those with more foresight and not wearing the sponsored blinkers.
Winning is everything - more than you have
Re: Coventry
Posted by HH on 6/8/2026, 07:37:55, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
Nobody said you started the thread; the irony is telling everyone to move on while still keeping score of who was right and who was wrong.
Re: Coventry
Posted by Cuba on 6/8/2026, 07:50:57, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
“Are you new?”
Some of us had to source large financial donations to afford our security detail such was the abuse for daring to question the narrative!
Winning is everything - more than you have
Re: Coventry
Posted by Earls on 6/8/2026, 08:58:51, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
“Afford a security detail”?!?! I didn’t realise (a) that Outlaws had a paramilitary wing and (b) anyone knows or cares your real identity. Having joined in the “This window is looking a bit shit” line, perhaps I should check my granola for arsenic.
Re: Coventry
Posted by Nearly a Genius on 6/8/2026, 14:46:10, in reply to "Re: Coventry" Legend of Outlaws
😀
Re: Coventry
Posted by Cuba on 6/8/2026, 09:55:36, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
😬
Personally I am happy with this window. My main concern is the consideration that Benagr will be loaned out.
Quality left footed left side players are increasing hard to find.
Don’t care if JW supposedly has worked with young players and “knows what he is doing” - the kid is 18 there is no urgency to loan, keep him around the first team squad and use him when required.
JJ was playing in the Premier League aged 17, he has never been loaned out so don’t understand why so many think we have to with BB.
Winning is everything - more than you have
Re: Coventry - JJ age
Posted by BoydCrowdersCollar on 6/8/2026, 10:40:24, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
James Justin or Joe Johnson? Neither were 17 when they made their debut (according to google) but bot still quite young
Re: Coventry
Posted by Earls on 6/8/2026, 10:14:37, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
I agree with a lot of that, but ultimately I think Wilshere’s experience with youth players, plus the goodwill he’s earned from last season, means we should trust his judgement on what’s best player by player. Also, he hasn’t said Benagr is going on loan, only that he might. I can maybe see Kodua being played more centrally and Benagr being a super sub this season, finishing teams off in the last 20 mins: he’s certainly more of a left winger than Kodua. But if Wilshere does send Benagr to League 2, I’ll assume that must be best for him and the club.
Re: Coventry
Posted by MG on 6/8/2026, 10:03:28, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
No two players are the same.
JJ was an exceptional talent.
What was right for him may not be right for Benagr.
Re: Coventry
Posted by Cuba on 6/8/2026, 10:21:15, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
I guess that could also argue then that the lack of a loan has held JJ back…..
Although to be fair two serious injuries have really affected him. Winning is everything - more than you have
Re: Coventry
Posted by Nearly a Genius on 6/8/2026, 14:47:51, in reply to "Re: Coventry" Legend of Outlaws
Do you ever stop moaning?
Re: Coventry
Posted by HH on 6/8/2026, 07:55:58, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
Morning Nigel. 😁
Re: Coventry
Posted by Wilt on 6/8/2026, 07:32:21, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
😂That's how I like my irony.
Re: Coventry
Posted by Cuba on 6/8/2026, 07:35:15, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
And 3, 2, 1….
Morning Chez.Winning is everything - more than you have
Re: Coventry
Posted by MkHat on 5/8/2026, 22:12:23, in reply to "Coventry"
Can't see any of the promoted clubs surviving. Cov haven't got a decent manager like Sunderland have.Feels like we're moving ever closer to a closed shop in the prem.
Re: Coventry
Posted by The Questioner on 5/8/2026, 21:33:50, in reply to "Coventry"
If they spend £100m but keep the contracts sensible then even assuming they come straight back down you should be ok.
Re: Coventry
Posted by pingu on 5/8/2026, 20:36:07, in reply to "Coventry"
itll all go pear shaped for them unfortunately.
Re: Coventry
Posted by Hatman on 5/8/2026, 21:34:25, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
🤣
Re: Coventry
Posted by Leigh hatter on 5/8/2026, 21:10:02, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
Even if goes Pear shaped i doubt they will have a double relegation followed by failure to reach play offs in L1 i suspect thats a record we will keep for a long time.
Re: Coventry
Posted by pingu on 6/8/2026, 00:48:55, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
cest la vie - dont be a sports fan if you cant handle the downs.
Re: Coventry
Posted by Buzzard on 5/8/2026, 20:01:15, in reply to "Coventry"
I guess that aren't building a new stadium.
But yer quite a commitment if it all goes wrong
Re: Coventry
Posted by Ampthill Fan on 5/8/2026, 20:38:31, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
The chat was stadium fully funded prior to promotion..now it appears prem money built it..that why we league one..As for Coventry..I hope they do well..and show like Sunderland..promoted teams can survive in the prem
Re: Coventry
Posted by Ronnies Finger on 6/8/2026, 08:25:05, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
I thought a large chunk of Prem money went to the total ground up redesign and associated build costs of that very redesign?
Surely the current build looks better then the previous efforts?
Re: Coventry
Posted by bbb on 6/8/2026, 09:21:06, in reply to "Re: Coventry" WUM 2
Which bit looks better?
Re: Coventry
Posted by Forza Twenty Twenty on 6/8/2026, 09:50:18, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
All of it !!!
Re: Coventry
Posted by bbb on 6/8/2026, 10:05:27, in reply to "Re: Coventry" WUM 2
Yeah, that's extra empty seats are going to look AMAZING.
Seriously, what looks 'better' than the original plans?
Re: Coventry
Posted by Ronnies Finger on 6/8/2026, 11:07:57, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
Even you must concede those original designs , especially the first one , looked odd at best, that one stand with the low roof, liked like a German bunker on the coast of Normandy.
Never looked right , even if practible.
Also the new stadium was turned round , and capacity increased for the long term, long after we have gone. But then again you know all that don’t you?
Re: Coventry
Posted by bbb on 6/8/2026, 11:33:23, in reply to "Re: Coventry" WUM 2
The original plans were 'quirky' like KR. No need for the extra seats. They'll be empty. The 17.5k with an easy expansion to 23k was perfectly fine. Debt free, built by now and exactly what we needed. Instead, we'll be rattling round in a stadium a third to half empty long after the 2 blokes that own a quarter of the shares have cashed in.
Re: Coventry
Posted by Ronnies Finger on 6/8/2026, 11:59:37, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
…. “ built by now”??
….. “ half empty stadium”???
As I said built for the future , and why wouldn’t any other club do the same with a totally unexpected windfall from the prem.?
Most of your accusations are total subjecture as well. You also come across as a bit of a Luddite
Personally for me , can’t wait to leave Kenilworth, and the shithole of is environment,. Anyway do carry on with your routine , I’m off to a wedding..,
Re: Coventry
Posted by bbb on 6/8/2026, 12:23:02, in reply to "Re: Coventry" WUM 2
Routine? If you say so.
Only a proper miser gets married on a Thursday.
Re: Coventry
Posted by Bruno on 5/8/2026, 22:34:18, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
Stadium funding chat quickly gets deleted on here.
Bravo for your post staying up this long. Tubby meladdo
Re: Coventry
Posted by Fotiadis' Left Foot on 5/8/2026, 20:19:00, in reply to "Re: Coventry"
They haven't got Power Court to pay for with Premier League Revenue!
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