Sam Cosgrove question

He scored a grand total of 4 goals in his 88 appearances for Shrewsbury, Birmingham, Wimbledon, North Ferriby, Carlisle, Barrow, Wigan, Stockport and Chorley combined.
He managed 8 league goals in a season at Plymouth with a further 4 in the efl trophy against lower league opposition

His only real success came in scotland where he scored 47 goals in just over 100 games although 5 of those came in the europa cup against one club who play in the georgian 5th division and a finnish amateur club.

 

I thought Harvey had a good first touch, which was the main problem.

 

"plenty in league one."

15 in 120 games is not really plenty.

 

Ok, you’ve done more research than I could be bothered to do. Fair enough - I should have said he’s had SOME success elsewhere without being prolific. I still believe he has something to offer but it could be as a part time footballer at a much lower level than where he is now. I’m thinking after he’s passed his accountancy exams and secured a place in that field somewhere. He could then star in his local Sunday League…maybe.

 

Who’s his agent? Follow the money, mystifying transfers usually reveals themselves that way.

 

The stars in Sunday League tend to be the grafters, little skill but grafters. We've seen plenty of evidence of little skill, not much evidence of grafting with Cosgrove

 

I agree about O'Keeffe. I don't understand why he comes in for so much criticism. He used to exasperate me last season, but he has been going forward a lot this season and taking players on. He could have had even more than his 7 assists, if teammates' finishing had been better.

 

Trouble is, he rises like a salmon and has a head like a star fish

 

He gets criticised because, he can't tackle, he can't beat a man, he can't deliver a decent dead ball and he almost always goes backwards. He's a shocking footballer

 

He's absolutely dogger.

Summed up like a BFC press release.

 

I hope for his own sake he's better at sums than he is at football

 

From my excellent vantage point near the back of East Upper and almost in line with the halfway line, I've seen him beat a lot of men, deliver some good dead balls and go forward quite a lot. I'm not suggesting that he's a brilliant player, but he's decent. Only one player in League One has provided more assists than he has, which tends to contradict your assertion.

 

His corners, if they beat the first man, go miles past the back post, we'll not get many goals from them. His free kicks are proper dog sht, as summed up on Saturday with his assist for Huddersfield's first (does that count as an assist). A couple of months ago i thought he'd really picked up when he had 3 or 4 good games, but he's a big part of our problem at the minute. I really can't remember him beating a man more than a couple of times. I'll try to watch him from your perspective and you watch him from mine, see what we think at the end of the season.

 

O'Keeffe has a worse left foot than me. Defenders know to just shepherd him to the byline as he'll inevitably cut inside then play it backwards because he can't cross with his left peg.

 

You didn't need to put "with his left peg"