Just scored in serie a.
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Just scored in serie a.
He couldn't. When he briefly played for us, other players were telling him where he should be.
People seem to have their own agenda and conveniently forget the point was that Cornelius was bought for big money, given big wages, given the number 9 shirt and only after it became clear he couldn't cut it at Prem level at that point in his career he got called a project.
If he'd been bought for say £2m, wages say 10k and explicitly called a project from day one, there wouldn't have been a problem and he'd have had time to develop or not.
When he did come on, he looked lost like a deer in the headlights. Again, if the fee was a lot less, wages a lot less then we could have afforded to carry him to see if he could progress.
He cost £10m. Medel, Caulker both £8m - £8.5m. Both instant starters. For the money spent on Cornelius, there's no argument he should have been at the level of being able to make an impact instantly. No way we would carry him on the money he was on.
Again, I refer you to the pressure that Tan put on his young shoulders. A £10m striker - no chance, but he's better than his time at Cardiff.
Medel cost £11m and was a recognised international, Caulker had had a few seasons in the Premier before Cardiff. When Cornelius signed, I suspect you were one of the ones wetting your pants over the you tube videos.
I doubt many footballers would want out of a 45k per week contract. Not impossible, just not very likely. It was probably more the case he knew the club wanted rid of that contract and by consequence him.
I meant 'Wanted away from CCFC'.
Well, it seems his career is on track, good luck to him.
Medel and Caulker both being defensive players? Pickford and Buffon being the most expensive keepers (i believe) but about a third of the price of most expensive players of all time. Who is the most expensive defender?
Teams get a reputation for how they handle youngsters breaking into the team, for how they handle players from abroad. Cornelius may have been the worst player in our history (he's not) but we have attracted attention for how we treated him, and still treat him, as part of Tan's personal dispute with Malky. We also lost money (if that is the key thing) because running down a players reputation is no way to recoup money.
I have never believed he's the "worst player in our history". Far from it. it's laughable that history is being re-invented that somehow magically it was all down to Tan.
Whilst he was nowhere near the "worst player in our history", it's pretty obvious it the was "worst contract in our history". I find it staggering that nobody seems to recall that expectations were high for Cornelius due to the way Mackay bigged him up. Cornelius was clearly presented as someone ready for the Prem. Maybe that's why he had the contract he did - there's little to no chance Tan would have sanctioned such a ridiculous contract if informed the player was intended to be a long-term project.
http://eachgoal.com/2017/09/atalanta...-1-highlights/
was a very good finish too tbf
He's still got time to see his project through. A poor signing and way behind recent strikers on a par perhaps with the mighty Gavin Gorden ,maybe not Gavin scored 6 for us.
A little humility wouldnt go amiss by many on here imo
It just shows we can all be wrong sometimes and some of the slagging off many on her gave him seems a little misguided now.
Similalrly all those who slagged Slade for buying Scott Malone for £100k from millwall look a tad foolish in the light of his recent £5m transfer to Huddersfield.
Malky splashed out a sizeable amount of his budget for Cornelius. We needed a striker. Malky didn't state he was one for the future on his signing.
I was surprised on the amount we paid for him.
If I was a cynic, I could give a possible reason.
Thought this thread was about my late granddad - his name was Cornelius.
(Honest - it was!)