Nigel Reo-Coker doesn't want to stay at Aston Villa, according to pals and the Mirror
Saturday, 04 October 08, 02:13 AM · Comments (70)
First off, it's in the Mirror; the same paper that Bill Howell works for so you can take this with whatever you want, I'll take it with a pinch of salt. The thing is, it really wouldn't surprise me.
Despite Reo-Coker so far having a great season and for me having bags of talent and most definitely one that is going to get better, he's been played out of position and with his form as of late, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some interest and he's been tapped up.
Like yesterday, I've not actually seen the copy and suspect it's more than what the BBC gossip pages have listed, but it's now in the public domain, so I'm going to comment on it.
Aston Villa's London-born midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker has told pals he has no intention of signing a new deal with the Midlands club and is considering a return to the next summer.
Like I've said above, it wouldn't surprise me if he wanted off and it wouldn't surprise me if he has been tapped up but he really is onto a good thing at Villa and if there is any shred of truth in this then I'd be quite unhappy to see him leave.
He's a very good player and he's only 24 years old - everything is possible but I'd really not like to see him go. Still, it's only a rumour, so take it whichever way you want.
I'll tell you what I'd like to hear though; Reo-Coker coming out and saying he has no idea where this paper-talk has come from and that he's more than happy to commit his career to Aston Villa and that he's loving it at the club.
Only words I know, that in the modern game mean nothing, but I'd still like to hear them.
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Sounds like absolute rubbish to me but we're going to hear a few more rumours like this in the coming year as certain sectors try to unsettle our team.
Damian I couldn't disagree more. I'm amazed he's making the starting line up this season to be honest. He still needs an age on the ball and constantly gets dispossessed as a result of that. I sit in Trinity Road and have seen a lot of ocassions so far this season where he's been taking stick from the bench and has been arguing with people on it. Obviously still has a massive chip on his shoulder and doesn't even vice captain anymore, so something's not right. Weak link I say, and never worth the money we paid for him. Nigel Mediocre I say - send him back to the nuckle dragging racists.
No loss will leave us the ability to play milner and young in their favourite and best positions. NRC has been upstaged by petrov this year and salou looks to be a bright star for the not to distant future, MON should strike a deal for a world class striker and use HARWOOD and NRC as part of it
I will say he has been better this season, but thats not saying much..! I also think it would be a better midfield with Petrov and Barry, with Milner and young on the wings + sidwell as cover. Saying that who would he go to in London..?? Spurs being the team i can think of wanting him..! Ha.
The better we do in the league the more of this type of gutter press we will be subjected to. "Told by pals" no respectable journalist would put their name to such a story.
Whats the difference between spurs and a triangle?
A triangle has 3 points!
i think its because he was over looked for the captaincy so a bit of sour grapes perhaps. he is not our best midfeilder so can easily be replaced.
to put it in a nutshell if he shows no loyalty then piss off...simple!!!
I really hope he doesn't leave. What he adds to the team is very under appriciated and we'd recognise it if he left.
if its all nonsense then i take all what i said back but no fire without smoke...
The guy that wrote this story is delighted because people are talking about it. He has not revealed any source. Lads just forget it.
NRC is our unsung hero who has shone this season. Very hard worker and wins a lot of balls. Would hate to see him leave this early.
However I dont think there is any truth in this article. DeGough is right lets just forget it.
NRC has worked his tits off this season....granted he does sulk and winge quite a bit but he gets on with it, i know oneill has some mad practices when it comes to players playing well out of position but i think NRC realises that there are other team members willing to play whenever, wherever.....
So if villa finish top 4 he would go to spurs? Only chelsea and Arsenal could really buy him / attract him. Can't see it being Arsenal so it must be chelsea, 2 days before we play them, its mind games, typical of the london based media. When we break the top 4 we will have to get used to this type of unsettling media coverage.UTV
Damian
The only reference I found is the BBC gossip. I want to get the name of the guy that wrote the article and more importantly his email address. I think it would be nice for him to get a couple of thousand spam emails per day!
this dude is a black Gavin Macaan, probably bullshit but this guy would be no loss, slow on the ball questionable passing skills and scores no goals.
NRC has been one of our best players this season and I would be a bit disappointed if this story is true. However dont agree with him losing vice cataincy - Barry was captain vs QPR as NRC and Laursen didn't play.
The Mirror seems to be enjoying having a go at Villa lateley, maybe Bill Howell is getting his own back for the stick he's had. Firstly they tell us we can't afford Barry's wages and now this. They reported on 3rd October that NRC was to sign a new improved deal. Wish they'd make their minds up!
If he does leave (which i hope he dosent)it would be MONS fault wouldnt it?i mean its been a long time since he went in his favoured position.But if he does go i would let him go for 16 million or more.But like damain says its one of bill howels soon its bound to be made up or kind of true.
Anyway UTV
i definately remember arsene wenger having interest in reo coker and he came out and blatently said it.Wouldnt suprise me if he did leav to be honest.Then again nothing suprises me in football nowadays.
He's good but not irreplaceable. While it smacks of gutter press, there is usually no smoke without fire and I can imagine Reo-Coker wanting to play for Arsenal. Sidwell, Gardner, Milner, Osbourne will all be pleased. I guess MoN will have it out with him and if he says he wants to go, he will go. Don't think we'd get more than £11m for him.
chelsea will more than likely be his destination in the makelele role, just to stiffle us (ala barry pool) man city if its for money , arsenal for the football
either way the big boys are scared of us and trying ti dislodge our team spirt and ethics so they can stay where they are.....
but they wont....watch out top 3 and liverpool we're coming to get you and you wont see it coming
up the villa!
Not worth reading the mirror, have to agree with Joe Kinnear on the Daily Mirror
The mirror also running a story that Barry is better than Gerrard. Shows what a load of crap they write!
The sun on the other hand is reporting that Ashley Young close to agreeing a new 4 year deal.
Now i hope thats true
Absolutely nothing in this at all, he's committed to Villa and he won't dignify crap like this with a reply. His form has been great this season and he is one of the best ball winners in the league.
Although some on this blog never give him a chance he could play in any team in the top of the prem and be valued. I don't know what a player has to do to win o er some fans - this man has made such a big difference to our team - if nothing else just look out for how many times he wins the ball for us & how that helps our attacking style of play. Seemingly some people only notice the not so reliable distribution of the ball - there's a lot more gooing on out there.
Hokey Cokey is going nowhere...How much load of shit do we see in the press. This ones a no-brainer...It's aload of made-up shit to fill a column in a paper....No wonder I don't read the bloody papers..!
I really hope he doesn't go anywhere but he just appears like one of those people. I bet he grew up wishing he was 6 inches taller, and he just seems like he thinks he deserves more of everything than he gets, ie; respect without commanding it etc. Yes he is a valuable player to any team but it wouldn't surprise me to learn that his team ethics fall a bit short of everyone else's in the squad. My betting is that he got his hopes up about being the new Villa Captain and when that didn't materialise that's when he started to think about leaving.
didnt the west ham fans blame him for unresting their changing room??
I have no idea why we are even discussing this one..? He's our midfield battering ram and takes ut most attacks before they have even started. It's a load of steaming shit in the papers
Can we have a new storey please Damo, so that this one can be put to bed. Before anybody starts on me saying it's an open forum and we have a right to debate things then I fully agree, but let's face it there's sweet FA to debate. It's not even fact and it's from a source that I would trust Nasty Nick Cotton first...!
Oh hang on paul....when has it ever been said he's upsetting the villa dressing room. Let's not all start adding bits to this storey or we are all going to be booing him the next macth he's in fo being disloyal to the club. There's a good atmosphere in the team at the moment, let's not start making something out of this that is not even there.
well said aa nothing in it whatsoever
I have sent you a personal message on another subject Bob...Read your PM's..It's important..!
I can’t believe what I’m hearing from some of you so called Villa fans!!!
Claiming Reo Coker is mediocre or comparing him to Gavin McCann, saying he’d be no loss and easily replaced.
To you, I say, wake up, stop sniffing glue, don’t get drunk so early in the day and actually watch a Villa game this season. Reo has been immense; his work-rate alone puts nearly every other player in the Premiership to shame!
His running down the right, willingness to take on a full back and little bursts of pace have been a particular highlight of a so far great season. Most players will give 100% some great players give 110%, Reo gives 150% every match and never disappears on the pitch.
This is a natural leader, captain of Wimbledon in his teens, captain of West Ham in his early 20’s and still only 23/24... Vice captain of Villa last 2 years and I say future captain of Villa in 2/3 years and for many years after.
So all you mediocre and so called Villa fans...
F**K OFF! YOU CAN BE EASILY RERPLACED, HE CAN NOT!!!
UTV
irish villan
well said but theres still no need for the foul language!
Yes I got a bit upset at that....How dare yo mention the team that nicked our colours on this blog. Shame on you Irish Villan...!!!
These rumours and leaks are typical of the way that NRC and his agent work. We've seen it all before.
As a previous poster has stated, there is no smoke without fire. Long spells as captain for the England U21's and West Ham have done nothing but inflated his ego beyond his ability. We really did give him the captaincy when he was too young.
Anyway, I'm sure many West Ham fans would like to be where Villa are at the moment. NRC should realize what he's got...but these rumours are true, well true to form anyway. Deluded buy still thinks that he's good enough for one of the big 4.
nrc is having a good start to the season but last season not to good. and we still done well so its like i said the ather night about barry there r always players out there to take there place no one is bigger than the club life before coker there be life if he goes.if he goes . il believe it when it comes from the horses mouth p.s best chance we will have of beating shitski anelka out as well
is anelka out as well villabiker where did you hear that mate?
one of the lads i work with phoned up saying on radio that he is having spasms of some kind pulled out of training and wont be playing sunday . and hes a villa fan so no need to lie to me for a wind up has anybody got more info on this
Sky sports had sometning on earlier saying Anelka a doubt. Essien, Drogba, Carvalho and Deco are definately out, J. Cole rated 50/ 50 with A. Cole, Terry and Alex expected to play but are not fully fit.
Anelka has some 'bruising' according to Scolari (in the Telegraph), and may not feature. I guess he's been involved in some extra-curricular activity with Ashley Cole.
Villabiker - Scolari has told reporters that Anelka is a worry with muscle spasms but is hopeful he'll be able to play. Didn't train yesterday, not sure if he's training today. Can't see him not playing if he's even half-fit tomorrow.
DeGough - the Reo-Joker reporter is Steve Rogers. If you really want to congratulate him on his good work there's a good chance of his email being steve.rogers@mgn.co.uk
Wish I had tickets for tomorrow! If anyone's got any spare let me know
I have heard from a reliable source that it is in fact the case that NRC is not happy about being played out of position and has been slagging of MON.
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wot r u all on about? reo coker has been amazing this season!!! 5 times the player of this season and in my opinion candidate 4 man of the match in nearly every game. looks like he's been learnin from barry how t keep the ball. r u all watching the same aston villa?
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I heard this last season,and was told he would be joining portsmouth.I was also told by the same person that Harewood was going to Westbrom.There is a big conspiracy against the midlands in terms of football and this is just the media trying to shoot us down.If he goes then we have Milner to fill in so it aint the end of the world.
mores the point dont salifou have to play a certain number of game to keep his work permit ...im only saying this as the reo debate is pointless he wont leave its media tripe....
back onto salifou anybody know what the qualifying period is to keep his work permit?
boomy me too i kept trying to glide it into one of the peaks but it just keeps lifting above ...lol
I honestly believe Barry is behind all this, just because he didn't get his move now he's fuc*in with everyone else. One bad apple dont spoil the bunch but it does mess a few up!!
barry and his no good agent black could very well be behind this media spin! whos cokers agent?
black didnt get one of his clients a big money move yet could he be trying to engineer another players?
Never considered that Bob that's a bloody good point, Alex Bloody Black!!
I'm off down to stamford bridge tomorrow, can any of you offer me any advise on parking and a descent pub with some villa fans in?
Totally off topic, but does anybody know what the Spuds fans were chanting at Campbell last week?
not sure myself after the debates in the forum regarding this matter im not sure i really want to
If he wants out, show him the door. Villa is a team.
ir coker wants to go i will drive him back to london.he has been good for 10 games,he aint no gareth barrybut i hope he wants to stay.
I can't see it, to be honest.
I think he has improved massively since the middle of last season, but I don't think there is a team as good as us in the premier league where he would get a game in his favoured position.
However thinking about it perhaps there is water to the Jenas rumour - Spurs could really do with a player of NRC's bite and tenacity judging from their performance against us.
Just a thought.
Anyone any ideas on parking at Chelsea?
I think NRC could would consider leaving but only to a team who are in the Top 4 or on a par with us. Chelsea, United & Liverpool wouldnt be interested. That leaves Arsenal, who were interested before so it is possible, they do sometimes get bossed by more physical teams. Although NRC wouldnt exactly fit in well with their passing game he would toughen up their midfield and not get bullied.
Any live streams for the Villa V Chelsea game...?
Im feeling an historic win...up the villa!!!!
Always wondered how many of the squad read these blogs.If I was Reo Coker reading the ill informed comments about what I bring to the team from a number of 'fans' on here I think I might question whether this was a club I wanted to play for. If you think a player is rubbish, but Martin O'Neil keeps playing him then maybe you should question who is more likely to be right. The man who has taken Villa from the threat of relegation to the fringe of Champions League form, or you...some bloke who watches from the stands. If you think it's you, then you're unlikely to listen to sensible discussion. If you agree it's Martin O'Neil, then how about looking for what he clearly sees in the player and give him the benefit of the doubt in future.
same question as rapscillion any streams for the game if so how do i get it
Here is where I get my streams
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With some of them you have to install sopcast or flash player. The quality varies depending on the popularity of the game.
R WE ALL STILL IN BED OR R WE HUNG OVER been watching sunday supplement they ave said nowt about the villa game yet . anybody heard any news yet i.e villa team chelski team
I was lucky enough to have a good long chat with Ashley Young and Martin Laursen last week. They are really buzzing, delighted with the team, the results and league position. Ashley described how positive the Villa dressing room is, what a welcoming place it is, how everybody gets along and how new players feel part of the set up within a few days. Almost as if to prove the point Zat Knight walked in unexpected and got a warm welcome from both of them.
NRC isn't going anywhere, he's not disrupted, he's a very good player in a very good team that's going places.
But what about us. One stupid unattributed comment in the paper and look at the debate that follows. The villa team are loyal and committed to the cause We can't even stay loyal after one unfounded cheap article in the more unreliable section of the media.
Degough thanks 4 the streams cant wait
Coming to the next summer?