The Carl Cort thread

The Carl Cort thread

In his day he was a good player, but don't really know too much about the last few years. Seems like a very big gamble, but he has five months to prove himself.

Personally, although not his greatest fan, I would rather have kept Nathen, but I guess Mr. Scott knows what he's doing.
 

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kevalutonbee said:
Blimey I knew things were bad at Wycombe but if we can now offer better terms than them we must be heading in the right direction
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Differing or better terms do not have to be soley about finance. It could also be that with the season just 4 days away he needed to get himself in the shop window and amended his own expectations, with hi srecent injury record it could also be pay as you play.
Think we need to give him a chance before rubbishing him too.
 

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I think comparisons with Shipperley and claridge are harsh, seeing as how this is only 31 and looks to be in shape (at least compared with Neil 'I ate all teh Pies' Shipperley...
he is 6ft 4, so as long as he can use that to his advantage and knock a few flick ons to whoever he is playing with, i think he will do fine.
 

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An interesting signing, not sure he will get the required goals but could be a good target man and foil for Weston who I assume is now being converted into an out and out striker. Only short term so can't really lose in this situation and I assume another striker is on the way soon...
 
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Ace Face said:
I still have faith in AS so I am very pleased.:wave:
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Me too.

Some of you people are unbelievable slagging him off before he's even pulled on the red and white shirt.

Give the guy a chance.

Welcome to GP Carl.

Jakalo said:
When AS took charge we had Thorpe. Now we have Cort.

I know who I prefer. Hopefully he'll stay away from the injury bed.
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and the arm wrestling on the coach to Carlisle.
 

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Unbelievable, the season hasn't started, the lad hasn't kicked a ball yet and everyone is slagging the deal off already... :rolleyes:

I'm at least prepared to give him a chance.
 

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Wycombe might not have been able to agree terms with Cort?

5 months isn't a big gamble. Scott might be saying to him: "Do well and you could be back in the Championship in January" and giving him the opportunity to revive his flagging career. We could be moaning in 5 months that we didn't give him a two year contract. It's a predominantly risk-free signing.
 

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LingfieldBee said:
What a gamble!!!
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It's only five months. Even if he's on £1,500 a week that's only 30k & not a gamble like some dross we've brought in on 2/3 year contracts in the past. Let's just wait & see.
 

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Daft to say people are slagging him off - they are just expressing their opinion on a messageboard.

I think one poster hit on why some may be wary - there are some similarities with some of our more dubious signings a couple of years ago.

Personally I don't really know what to make of it.

Does seem AS is turning a little more to experienced players
 

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How is a 5 month deal a big " gamble " ? If he doesn't do the business he won't play.

simples
 

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He may have 5 months to prove himself to other clubs but he only has 5 days to prove himself to us!

AS has assembled what seems to be a good selection of wingers/crossers; what is needed is a target man and some speedy front runners, either alongside and/or from midfield. We're not asking Cort to be a sprinter but to be a centre forward and I would expect that this is not a panic buy but a negotiated signing. :hopeandpraysmilie: He's not going to have Elder's pace but I would expect that his ability to make his presence felt, with his elbows down, and head a ball with purpose and direction may be better.
 

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NorthamptonBee said:
Not true, you are allowed to be excited when we sign someone and go for it and in the same light you are allowed to say "sh*t!"
I say sh*t!!!:eek:
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I hope to show this Quote to you in a month time and show you how wrong you were.
Trust AS :sorted:
 

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just don't see him scoring regularly, as he hasn't done so for a fair few seasons now. We were hardly prolific in pre-season, just concerned with 5 days to go that we are relying on Cort and a converted left winger to find the onion bag......I think most peoples frustrations are that we have built a really solid unit around the strikers, and now due to our injury curse, we are scrapping around for available players to fill the gap.
 

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maddogging said:
just don't see him scoring regularly, as he hasn't done so for a fair few seasons now. We were hardly prolific in pre-season, just concerned with 5 days to go that we are relying on Cort and a converted left winger to find the onion bag......I think most peoples frustrations are that we have built a really solid unit around the strikers, and now due to our injury curse, we are scrapping around for available players to fill the gap.
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You are not allowed to have negative views.:nono:Can't you at least act happy?
 

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Just because Norwich and Wycombe (Not sure) didn't want him doesnt mean he's going to be Sh*t!!!

How many strikers have we signed that have been shocking/very average for us then gone on to score hatfulls or impress at other clubs.

Can people not just be positive FFS??? :confused:
 

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To read some of the responses on here suggest that Andy Scott suddenly and unexpectedly sold Nathan Elder and then picked up the phone in panic and grabbed the first player he could find as a replacement.

Whatever your inital thoughts about the signing, do you not think Andy Scott has at least proved, if nothing else, during the last eighteen months that he works to a strategy?

I suspect that both deals (Elder and Cort) have been under discussion with the various parties for several weeks. Andy Scott said a week or so ago in a local paper report that he was awaiting responses from a couple of players and that he was looking to bring in players "who wouldn't normally consider coming to Brentford", rather than those who were desperate to sign on!
 

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maddogging said:
just don't see him scoring regularly, as he hasn't done so for a fair few seasons now. We were hardly prolific in pre-season, just concerned with 5 days to go that we are relying on Cort and a converted left winger to find the onion bag......I think most peoples frustrations are that we have built a really solid unit around the strikers, and now due to our injury curse, we are scrapping around for available players to fill the gap.
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Don`t forget he is dropping down a league and he may suit ASs style of play next season.

When Strevens and Charlie are fit we will have 3 decent strikers & Weston. With also possibly another striker on loan on the way.

We need to be top in May not Sep.

Did Bliss play with him?
 

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he will be a great signing for us, hes a proven goalscorer at the top level. will score muh more goals than elder did..:sorted:
 

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Greenholme Bee said:
Unbelievable, the season hasn't started, the lad hasn't kicked a ball yet and everyone is slagging the deal off already... :rolleyes:

I'm at least prepared to give him a chance.
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:imwith:
Its a bit of a gamble, but then so is every other player.

Its short term, limited risk and hopefully it will be another excellent rabbit pulled from the hat of the football magician Andy Daniels-Scott:D
 

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maddogging said:
and now due to our injury curse, we are scrapping around for available players to fill the gap.
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Thats what happens with the lower leagues though. Hope will always be above expectation.
His scoring record at Wolves is quite good and since leaving them he's had loads of injuries and hasn't actually had many games at all. I'm sure he can continue to be a 1 in 3 scorer if he can stay fit, which is my biggest concern bearing in mind our other injuries we don't want a any part of our budget injured and sitting in the stand for too long.
 

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Gazza Bee said:
An interesting signing, not sure he will get the required goals but could be a good target man and foil for Weston who I assume is now being converted into an out and out striker. Only short term so can't really lose in this situation and I assume another striker is on the way soon...
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Well I reckon we stand a good chance of getting another striker in rather than a sticker. :wave:
 

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Ace Face said:
Don`t forget he is dropping down a league and he may suit ASs style of play next season.

When Strevens and Charlie are fit we will have 3 decent strikers & Weston. With also possibly another striker on loan on the way.

We need to be top in May not Sep.

Did Bliss play with him?
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chances are that Charlie and Strevens might not play this side of Xmas, they are not then all of a sudden going to be on fire and bag 15+ in the last 20 games, who knows what position we will be in at the turn of the year, goalscoring is always my concern with the current squad.

The injury course has not helped, just slightly surprised that we have offloaded someone who is striving to work his way up, and have signed someone that is very much on his way down
 

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Don't know what everyone's worried about; he'll be carried of with some sort of rupture at Carlisle and most of you will never see him in a Bees shirt.
 

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Jimbee said:
Don't know what everyone's worried about; he'll be carried of with some sort of rupture at Carlisle and most of you will never see him in a Bees shirt.
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I wont even go that far the way our luck is he will probably be strechered off in the friendly tonight, thats if a player of his experience even knows where Harrow is :cool:
 

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beesboy1987 said:
I wont even go that far the way our luck is he will probably be strechered off in the friendly tonight, thats if a player of his experience even knows where Harrow is :cool:
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He's sprained his wrist signing the contract
 

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He's one of only seven English players who've gone for a transfer fee of over £7 million, to have never played for England.

Who are the others?
 

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a great signing, funny when i saw he was not going to be taken on at wycombe i said we should have him, his experince should help us a lot and if so may be he will stay longer!
 

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I don't know.
 

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Newcastle boss Bobby Robson paid £7million for Cort in the summer of 2000. He is one of seven English players who have made a £7 million transfer and never played for England, the others being Dean Richards, Kevin Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker, Curtis Davies, Anton Ferdinand and James Milner.[citation needed]

from Wikipedia
 

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We are really strong down both flanks and I reckon that he'll be a great target man for the wide men and Hunty's long throws.
 

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Ghost said:
Newcastle boss Bobby Robson paid £7million for Cort in the summer of 2000. He is one of seven English players who have made a £7 million transfer and never played for England, the others being Dean Richards, Kevin Davies, Nigel Reo-Coker, Curtis Davies, Anton Ferdinand and James Milner.[citation needed]

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Wow you've all kinds've pee'ed on my chips... :(
 

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................an interesting signing....good luck to him.................
 

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Very very injury prone but hes only on a five month contract I suppose. I dont see how people can slag him off for his ability. At no point in his career has he had a decent run of first team football without it being blighted by injury. In 05/06 in the Championship he scored nine goals in his first 11 matches but then picked up an injury and once he was back he was unable to get back into full momentum again. The previous year he scored 16 goals and the season after (06/07) he was injured pretty much for the whole season so Wolves released him. From looking at his career so far he looks like a player that has great ability (hence big money signings, scoring when given the chance etc) but has been unlucky. Im not saying he will definately be good but he does has the ability to be a lot better than Nathan and has experience as well. He played 7 games for Norwich and scored only one goal, for a player that has been out for long peroids in his career and mabye not as fit as he can be how can you expect him to make an impact in that short space of time. Nathan went 9 games without scoring last year and got sent off twice during that time, imagine if that were his first 9 games? Give him a chance guys. Could be rubbish, could be very good, but at least wait till hes played a few games.
 

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Not conceding goals is just as important as scoring them.
Man City is doing it one way and AS the other way. rofl
l think he has got it just about right with a lot of pace wide surrounding a hold up the ball man in Strevens ( yes l know hes crocked ) and Cort with Charlie on the mend and a very solid looking defence.
Looks very promising to me:sorted:
 

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Adam said:
Very very injury prone but hes only on a five month contract I suppose. I dont see how people can slag him off for his ability. At no point in his career has he had a decent run of first team football without it being blighted by injury. In 05/06 in the Championship he scored nine goals in his first 11 matches but then picked up an injury and once he was back he was unable to get back into full momentum again. The previous year he scored 16 goals and the season after (06/07) he was injured pretty much for the whole season so Wolves released him. From looking at his career so far he looks like a player that has great ability (hence big money signings, scoring when given the chance etc) but has been unlucky. Im not saying he will definately be good but he does has the ability to be a lot better than Nathan and has experience as well. He played 7 games for Norwich and scored only one goal, for a player that has been out for long peroids in his career and mabye not as fit as he can be how can you expect him to make an impact in that short space of time. Nathan went 9 games without scoring last year and got sent off twice during that time, imagine if that were his first 9 games? Give him a chance guys. Could be rubbish, could be very good, but at least wait till hes played a few games.
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Dont be so sensible and logical on here please.:nono:
 

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Strange signing, but lets give him a chance eh. It will be interesting to see how he performs in a team that has a great deal of confidence. Norwich last year were fighting a relegation battle and had Glenn Roeder in charge who only got a job at West Ham because he had a knack of picking winners out of the sporting times. I am sure that Cort is playing for his future.
 
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