Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Hopefully enough to pay a significant part of Bent's
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CMS loan to Posh
- Thread starter Sheebo
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Hopefully enough to pay a significant part of Bent's
Seagull over Canaryland
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I guess this news explains his demeanour at Carrow Road. CMS did not look his normal cheery self warming up with the subs and hit some particularly venomous shots past Stockdale. The final insult was seeing loanee Halford getting a fairly aimless run out in the last 10 minutes, just as some huge gaps opened up in Norwich's defence.
I wish CMS well too and agree it seems likely that he is being given a chance to remind other clubs, including Posh, what he can do ahead of the transfer window and hopefully add a few zeros to a potential transfer fee.
Yes his Albion career has been unfulfilled, but I'm not sure that CMS has 'been a failure' and I can't say that I feel 'pleased' that he is moving on. IMO the Club failed in a) signing him in the first place b) burdened him with that price tag and then c) failed to gain the best from him etc etc.
Plus neither CMS or the Club could help his two significant periods of injury - especially the long term absence, just as he might have formed a real partnership with Ulloa.
On balance I would prefer to see players like O'Grady and Kemy moved on and retain CMS as a decent option off the bench, to maybe fight his way back into the team. However I recognise that we need to balance the books and cannot afford to have too many saleable assets and/or drains on the wage bill not getting regular first team footie.
I suppose Baldock is CMS's spiritual successor, so it will be very interesting to see how the records of their respective first seasons for us will compare...... and what any discrepancy is attributed to on NSC.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Agree with that, but I do feel a touch sorry for CMS.
Poyet bought him in, telling him that he was building a side round him, and then proceeded to play him as a lone striker, something completely alien to him.
I hope he plays well, scores shed loads of goals and we get a decent fee for him in January.
ATFC Seagull
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I agree that it's probably best that he moves on (we won't see him in an Albion shirt again now) but personally I am really gutted, although couldn't really give you a great explanation as to why.
I think it's some sort of mixture of the fact that he clearly was so highly-rated before we signed him, had some great early games (Leeds at the Amex), is obviously such a nice guy who seems to appreciate being a professional footballer, and us signing him for £2.5 million ahead of the likes of West Ham was so symbolic of the new era this club was entering into (esp for those of us that put £5 pocket money into a bucket to buy Rod Thomas).
I've always insisted under different managers and with a bit of injury luck it would come good, really sad that it hasn't.
I think it's some sort of mixture of the fact that he clearly was so highly-rated before we signed him, had some great early games (Leeds at the Amex), is obviously such a nice guy who seems to appreciate being a professional footballer, and us signing him for £2.5 million ahead of the likes of West Ham was so symbolic of the new era this club was entering into (esp for those of us that put £5 pocket money into a bucket to buy Rod Thomas).
I've always insisted under different managers and with a bit of injury luck it would come good, really sad that it hasn't.
ewe2
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I should imagine COG will only be allowed leave on loan,if it is a view to purchase in January.
maltaseagull
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Agree 100% We shouldn't have signed CMS unless we were prepared to fit a system around his strengths rather than expect him to be a Zamora type player.
Arguably one of the most disappointing signings in recent years. Fully expected him to shoot us to promotion, but regardless of systems, missed a number of chances and sadly it just never happened for him.
Seems a lovely chap and I hope he does well at 'Boro.
Seems a lovely chap and I hope he does well at 'Boro.
Of course we don't know how much of Bent's wages we are actually paying!
maltaseagull
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Why on earth did we sign him?
Who decided on this?
A complete waste of fee and wages. Was it Sami inherited and didn't want? Or COG didn't cut it?
1066familyman
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- Jan 15, 2008
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I wasn't alone on here before the season started in saying that a CMS move to Peterborough would be great for him and us. He needs the confidence that playing at his level will bring and we need a proper Championship striker. I wish him well as clearly he's a lovely bloke and works so hard that he deserves success.
Unfortunately, the sad thing is that we now have a CMS mark 2 in the shape of Baldock. I wasn't alone in saying that at the beginning of the season either.
RexCathedra
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Seagull on the wing
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Wonder if this is wise....Darren Bents loan so far is only till Jan....after that if we cannot re sign Bent...what then ?
brightonmark1234
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i bet we keep ogrady and not send him on loan
severnside gull
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Extending his loan is not an issue. Trust me.
portslade seagull
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Hope not
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
CMS the statement of intent that somehow didn't work, luckily he was such a likeable chap or he would have copped LOADS from the BOOBOYS at the AMEX
Seagull on the wing
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Hope you are right...
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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CMS hasn't featured much all season. He is surplus to requirements as we have a CMS clone in Baldock. His time is up at the Albion.
I wish him well at Boro
