Sam Cosgrove

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  1. Tyk

    Tyke1 Well-Known Member

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    Apparently in talks with Reading
     
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    Saw that on X. Not sure how reliable the source is as why on earth would they want him?!
     
  3. Don

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    One word… skint
     
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    They've just been taken over I believe? I think it got announced an hour or two before we played them on the last day of the season.
     
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    Think the guy who owned Wycombe bought them
     
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    I hope he finds his mojo, good luck to the lad.
     
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    I concur.
     
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    Must have a good agent
     
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    He’ll come good again. Some players just don’t do it at certain clubs but thrive at others
     
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    Not so sure. He's only ever really come good once in his career
     
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    It's a move that makes sense when you know the Reading team bus driver has hit retirement age.
     
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    He's had one good season in scotland. Not sure how long he can live off that. One of the worst strikers I've ever seen in nearly 30 years of watching us.
     
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    Pinching a living. Might as well sign me on half his wages. Well done to him for getting more money. Clever.
     
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    Looks a good player. Isn't a good player. Like one Mr Marciano van Homoet
     
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    Nowhere near as good a footballer as Max Watters, who also built a career from dining out on one good season. That must be a description no striker wants to hear!
     
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    The worst player i have ever seen play over 50 times for Barnsley. And it isnt close. Made Odejayi look like Pele. Truly good bloody riddance.
     
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    Like a **** Dave Regis
     
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    Is he quoting them for some tarmacking or summat?
     
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    I’ve said that before. That Dave often gets called out as the worst we’ve had. Yet he was playing for us (very rarely) in the second tier and was actually part of the only BFC squad to ever reach the top flight.

    Sam Cosgrove is much worse.

    I don’t often knock footballers. It feels harsh. But you can only say what you see. As Roy Walker used to tell us. And I saw a terrible striker.
     
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    Tommy Wright was far worse than Cosgrove.
     

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