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Its a d1ck move, and the ruins this board and is the worst kind of attention seeking, you were actually participating in the other thread which flabbergasts me.
Its easy to avoid threads not of interest or annoying posters but creating more threads which drive down others from the front page is a pain. I can understand when threads deteriorate but no excuses for you to start a new one.
Imagine he signs for them, gets relegated and then he's playing in the Championship but living in Burnley
Try and get loan in, don’t waste any reinvestment in January with a manager we might not be keeping.
if he leaves...any of the names you lot come up with won't be his replacement 100%
If I was Tan I'd keep the money until Sala case is concluded.
It is naive to think that the money would be going anywhere other than Uncle Vinnie's pocket.
I think it would be a big loss.
We are so much better when he plays, occasionally makes goals from nothing. I don't think he's been disinterested at all this season, a little unfortunate with injuries and illness and clearly we don't make as many chances as in seasons gone by, but he would be a huge loss for me.
Kieffer leaving and no adequate replacement and we are in serious trouble. (If we arent anyway)
Very astute observation, there. The substitute appearances are worth a second glance, too.
West Brom (h) - 2-0 down when Moore came on. Lost 4-0.
Middlesbrough (h) - 1-0 down when Moore came on. Lost 2-0.
Sheff Utd (h) - 1-1 when Moore came on. Lost 3-2.
His other 3 substitute appearances were as follows:
Barnsley (h) - 1-1 when Moore came on. Finished 1-1
Blackpool (a) - 1-0 up when Moore came on. Won 2-0, Moore scored.
Peterborough (a) - 2-0 down when Moore came on. Drew 2-2.
It would suggest his substitute appearances have rarely amounted to much. The Peterborough recovery was as much down to their manager taking off their two most dangerous attackers and Flint being able to head in a couple of goals.
On the two occasions where Moore hasn't been a part of the squad, we've won (at Preston) and drawn (with West Brom).
Are we so much better when Moore plays, as Rjk claims? I don't see it. Statistically there's little to back it up, either.
City wins this season:
Blackpool 0-2 Cardiff. Moore started on the bench, settled it with a header.
Cardiff 3-1 Milwall. Moore started and played 90 minutes.
Forest 1-2 Cardiff. Moore came on after 56 mins at 1-0 down. Colwill scores 2. Moore gets both assists and hits the post.
Cardiff 2-1 Huddersfield. Moore scores both
Preston 1-2 Cardiff. Moore didn't play.
Luton 1-2 Cardiff. Moore played the full 90.
God, it's been a crap season. Moore at his best, is not only our best player but our most important one. Sadly, this season, that has been rare! I still think the above shows he's pretty important, we've won 1 game without him.
At his best - that's the key issue. From what I've seen (which has been plenty), Moore's normally been some way short of his best in a City shirt this season. He's missed some sitters, he's looked well off the pace at times and he's also seemed to have become more fragile - not only being unfit, but going to ground more often and more easily. There could be any number of reasons for that, but he isn't looking the player he was last season, that's for sure.
Picking up on something Rjk said earlier, Moore has never struck me as the kind of player who creates goals out of nothing. Strikers like Earnshaw, Bothroyd and Chopra used to do that for City with reasonable frequency, but Moore seems to very much depend on decent service. He hasn't been getting too much of that this season, but as I said above he has missed a good number of straightforward chances. Five goals after 24 games is a poor return and it's not just down to a lack of service.