[Albion] Significant transfer news at 3pm **C O G Staying**

[Soulman]

Well my opinion is firstly that i am pleased that COG is staying.
Like many others i was a bit meh when we signed him, but any signing as a replacement for Leo was going to seem ordinary. I was not a fan after seeing his early contributions but what changed it for me was his sub appearance at Fulham. Bear in mind he had come back from loan from a club that wanted him, and as we were lead to believe he wanted to go back north to a club that valued him, he could have just gone through the motions at the Fulham game, but he was up for it.
His touch, his passing and work rate albeit for about 15 minutes was excellent. The same at Charlton.
Against Ipswich he was in the best three.
He gave the Arsenal defence a hard time and scored a good goal. So after the last 5 games he has played very well.
The amount of posts that have stated we need a big man up front, well we have got him and i do not see him going to ground much and he wins more headers than he loses in the opponents half.
What other strikers are there around that we could afford and are better.
Perhaps Baldock has now settled and his two goals in two games is because he likes playing up the front alongside COG.
Maybe the team (especially the defence) are more confident knowing that the ball is not coming straight back every time it is played forward.
Improvements have been made all round since Nathan and then CH took over, some of it is due to COG........hope it continues.

 

[Soulman]

The RELEVANT stats are the ones where they have played and scored at this level - I am ignoring their L1/L2 records as its irrelevant to us as a Championship club.

And whilst COG's short Albion career in terms of goals is obviously poor so far, he has only just recently started playing for a manager who actually has half a clue and (crucially) *wants* him at the club. Plus we have been utter GASH all season up until recently, as were Barnsley. Whereas CMS has featured in a top 6 team most of his career here.

I'm not saying COG is Marco van Basten, but to imply he's not fit to lick the piss off CMS's bogseat is something of a stretch IMO.

Exactly, plus how many full games has COG played.

 

[saafend_seagull]

How can you compare CMS? He is SHIT.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Mustafa, you are really doing a great job of looking like a bitter, one-eyed, vindictive prat on this thread Top work.

 

[B.W.]

Really, really pleased COG is staying. Don't see the need to slag off CMS (a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT type of striker). I would like to see CMS get a chance to play off of COG or Best now. We finally have good options upfront with Baldock added to the mix.

 

[HantsSeagull]

So to save me reading 11 pages of argument about cms - does this mean we aren't signing another striker?

 

[Gazwag]

So to save me reading 11 pages of argument about cms - does this mean we aren't signing another striker?

Pretty much

 

[Pizza]

What matters is form, every player will have purple patches and times where they can legitimately be called ****.

CMS is not a terrible striker, simply lacking in confidence (owing to injury and Hyypia's atrocious tactics), at his best he's unmanageable and no doubt in his last two games he ran defences ragged enough to open the door for others.

The conundrum is how many chances do you give a misfiring striker?

I'm pleased CoG is staying, he's in form, confident and putting a shift in every game for the team.

 

[GreersElbow]

Ince off? Would the club be so stupid? I hope not.

Oh my word, you are quite the broken record.

 

[GreersElbow]

You do that! Must be weird seeing a Premier League player around Brighton!

This must confirm it surely, you're new to Palace. Haha, brilliant. What a **** you really are. Was it Chelsea or Arsenal before 2013?

 

[surlyseagull]

Well my opinion is firstly that i am pleased that COG is staying.
Like many others i was a bit meh when we signed him, but any signing as a replacement for Leo was going to seem ordinary. I was not a fan after seeing his early contributions but what changed it for me was his sub appearance at Fulham. Bear in mind he had come back from loan from a club that wanted him, and as we were lead to believe he wanted to go back north to a club that valued him, he could have just gone through the motions at the Fulham game, but he was up for it.
His touch, his passing and work rate albeit for about 15 minutes was excellent. The same at Charlton.
Against Ipswich he was in the best three.
He gave the Arsenal defence a hard time and scored a good goal. So after the last 5 games he has played very well.
The amount of posts that have stated we need a big man up front, well we have got him and i do not see him going to ground much and he wins more headers than he loses in the opponents half.
What other strikers are there around that we could afford and are better.
Perhaps Baldock has now settled and his two goals in two games is because he likes playing up the front alongside COG.
Maybe the team (especially the defence) are more confident knowing that the ball is not coming straight back every time it is played forward.
Improvements have been made all round since Nathan and then CH took over, some of it is due to COG........hope it continues.

Sensible and accurate imo

 

[surlyseagull]

Colin Wanker had the final say, I say no more

You say no more ...now if only that were true !! we live in hope .

 

[Return of the Makh]

This must confirm it surely, you're new to Palace. Haha, brilliant. What a **** you really are. Was it Chelsea or Arsenal before 2013?

Nice insult. Unless I'm going mad, I'm pretty sure I also got to witness my team play Premier League football in 1992/93, 1996/97 and 2004/05?

 

[nwgull]

Nice insult. Unless I'm going mad, I'm pretty sure I also got to witness my team play Premier League football in 1992/93, 1996/97 and 2004/05?

I guess the fact that the team you support are better than than the team we support makes up for the fact that you don't have a life and are a virgin.

And don't try and claim otherwise. No-one with any semblance of a life would spend so much time on the forum of a team that they don't support.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Shirley comparing CMS & CoG, is the equivalent of comparing a whippet with a Great Dane.
Technically they are the same, generally do the same things, but specifically they are very different.

Feel free to cheap shot away at a virtually open goal.

Personally with CoG staying, confident, and supported on and off the field.
I'm looking forward to the prospect of a Great Dane AND a Whippet (whichever one) playing up front together.

It's likely to be a vast improvement (by virtue of the fact it couldn't get much worse) on what has preceded it throughout the short history of the AMEX.

Add a fit, forward thinking, attack minded, pivotal midfielder into the mix, and it would appear Hughtown has the one that has also been lacking for a while.

A fit and healthy squad.

Do Whippet's chase sticks?

 

[Return of the Makh]

I guess the fact that the team you support are better than than the team we support makes up for the fact that you don't have a life and are a virgin.

And don't try and claim otherwise. No-one with any semblance of a life would spend so much time on the forum of a team that they don't support.

1/10

 

[Zebedee]

Oh my word, you are quite the broken record.

Eeh?

 

[supaseagull]

Do Whippet's chase sticks?

Yes but sometimes their control is so poor, the stick bounces off their nose

 

[Stat Brother]

Do Whippet's chase sticks?

Chasing sticks is as pointless as chasing 40 yard hoofs up field, when facing 2 brick out houses.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Chasing sticks is as pointless as chasing 40 yard hoofs up field, when facing 2 brick out houses.

Unless you're Chris O'Grady and you can out muscle the defenders, win possession and pass the ball to a team mate.