Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
He would have played Monday night against WHu
Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
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Isleworth_Bee
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Glad hes doing well at Coventry.
But that doesnt cloud the fact he isnt good enough for us. Yeah he might be getting game time for us if he was here............... Thats because we are well short in certain areas.
Good luck to him, we need better.
But that doesnt cloud the fact he isnt good enough for us. Yeah he might be getting game time for us if he was here............... Thats because we are well short in certain areas.
Good luck to him, we need better.
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
And didn't buy Eze, Olise or Marmoush. It's not an exact science.
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Whilst I still think he's criminally underrated by many...him doing well is only good for us if we are going to offload him.
For a regular starter that their fans absolutely love...it wouldn't be a stretch to ask for at least £15m (or more) once they're promoted and flush with PL cash.
For a regular starter that their fans absolutely love...it wouldn't be a stretch to ask for at least £15m (or more) once they're promoted and flush with PL cash.
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
I suspect a fee will have already been agreed should Cov get promoted mate.
LongLostBee
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Maybe so....maybe not. We might just have indicated we'll be willing to sell if all goes well!
Kingston Bee
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
They have an obligation to buy if the are promoted,they wouldn't have that clause and then say ok we're promoted how much do you want
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Ah. Didn't know about the obligation so yeah I'm sure there's a number too.They have an obligation to buy if the are promoted,they wouldn't have that clause and then say ok we're promoted how much do you want
Although, having never read the fine-print, I wonder whether such an obligation commits the seller to a deal, or just commits the buyer to an offer at a certain price.
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
If the terms aren't fixed then I reckon we could easily have asked for that. That's peanuts these days.We aren't getting 15m
Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
I don't know for sure of course but i expect the obligation goes both ways,they must buy and we must sell at the agreed price if promoted.
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
The Prem is a squad game not a first 11 game. If he was here he would be getting minutes at present as most people agree. And if that's the case, those minutes would be ahead of some current squad members. So you are effectively saying those players are not good enough. Great support.
Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Don't see Arsenal buying Frank the Tank...Too similar to Norgaard
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Therein lies the difference (in quality) between the Premier League and the Championship.
Frank was effective in specific moments (e.g. coming on to close out a game). I’m delighted for him that it’s working out (and that we’ll get a transfer fee to reinvest). But he would still be warming the bench behind (at least) Yarmo, Jensen, and Damsgaard.
Let’s see if Coventry’s fans are as complimentary after they’ve been playing in the Premier League for a few months.
Frank was effective in specific moments (e.g. coming on to close out a game). I’m delighted for him that it’s working out (and that we’ll get a transfer fee to reinvest). But he would still be warming the bench behind (at least) Yarmo, Jensen, and Damsgaard.
Let’s see if Coventry’s fans are as complimentary after they’ve been playing in the Premier League for a few months.
Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
You may well be right.
Otoh, some managers favour certain players at the expense of others. Maybe Thomas Frank didn't rate Onyeka quite so highly as some of his other players, or perhaps Onyeka didn't suit the system last season? Whereas maybe Lampard is getting the best out of him right now?
I only say that because Keith Andrews has this season picked eg Ajer over Collins, or Jensen over Damsgaard, in a way that Thomas rarely did, yet the team has thrived. (Absolutely NOT a criticism of Thomas Frank or any of those players, btw)
P.S. Onyeka turned 28 in January, so should be approaching his peak years?
finsbury_bee
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Yeah, different players, but I meant positionally. Playing Onyeka in a role he's less happy with because he's not going to play defensive midfield if Norgaard's available.Too similar to Norgaard
AB
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Alternatively, by leaving it open we could have found him coming back for preseason here.
I’m sure if he’d not gone out on loan he’d have got game time due to Vitaly’s injury and he seems a cheerful and diligent guy who’d have worked to earn that time and played to the best of his abilities. But I don’t think that would have altered the fundamental point that he’s not good enough for what we want and we and he’d still have been looking for a move.
Isleworth_Bee
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Behave yourself.
I haven’t said that at all.
He wouldn’t be in our starting 11. That’s a fact. At the minute he would be an option from the bench.
There’s a reason he was shipped off to Coventry.
HTH
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
It was made clear in the announcement that it will be permanent subject to conditions, which we understand to be linked to promotion. Fee has definitely been pre-agreed.
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Frank was decent enough with obvious serious limitations. The fact that he is one of Cov's standouts illustrates what a struggle they will have next season.
badgerbee
Mafeking Avenue........gets you there!!!!
Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Bit patronising that.
On a number of levels.
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
I don’t think many Sky Blue fans think he’s a stand-out; the more general opinion seems to be that he enables other players to stand out.
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Doesn't do well with idiots.
Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Back to headless chicken running round mode again today.
Not sure he even touched the ball
Not sure he even touched the ball
Kingston Bee
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Very true, the Coventry fans are loving him atm but as you say it just highlights the challenge they will have staying in the PL next season if they go up, without some serious upgrades.
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Most football fans confuse movement with action.
Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
I only watched from about 40 minutes in, and at the very end of the first half, he played a nice long forward ball to a player on the left wing, but I really don't recall him touching the ball in the 2nd half until he was rightly subbed.
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Wasn't great and rightly subbed for a more attacking midfielder when chasing the game
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They are obligated to buy if promoted so imho a fee must already have been set.
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Yeah I realised that after people said it the first and second times…the third and fourth haven’t really changed matters.
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I am amazed how many do not understand these things. As if we are stupid enough to sign an obligation to transfer without agreeing a fee first.
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I don't care what the Frank haters say. He's the kind of player we could have done with yesterday to sure up that midfield, make it difficult for them, and give it to the better players to pick them apart. The loss of Janelt (and Dams being walking wounded) is punishing at the moment.
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Years ago we would let a player go if somebody waved a ten bob note at us not anymore, if we let a player go now it's because we're being offered a serious increase on our initial outlay, or they're deemed to be not good enough for the Prem, sadly Frank falls into the second category.
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
The rumoured agreed buy price on top of a loan fee gives us both I think. As his transfer fee to come will have been fully accounted for the buy price will be pure in year profit.
I don’t think him doing well for Cov in the Championship is a sign they’ll struggle when thet come up. It’s more a sign that they know what they’ll need to be sufficiently competitive to have a chance of staying up. They’re probably not going to buy another 7 Onyekas but having him already in and integrated lets them focus on more flair over the summer.
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
I was pulled up by a cov fan whilst wearing my brown tracksuit top at Cockfosters on Saturday.
To say he was putting superlatives was putting it mildly
To say he was putting superlatives was putting it mildly
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Frank Onyeka (Joined Coventry City)
Was it because your tracksuit top reminded him of that classic Cov away kit from the 70s?
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