Is Clingan any good?

[Donnyjim]

Not heard that much about him other than he's a defensive midfielder that played for Forest? Has he got anything useful in his locker, like a cloaking device? Does this mean we can get Woods off the wage bill?

[Wellred]

Nah he's rubbish, wont add anything to our midfield. Dunno why Saunders has signed him. 

[Bristol Red Rover]

I saw a Cov fan calling him Sideways Sammy. I'm guessing he's not a crab and that refers to sideways passing.

[RedArmy]

yet again, a quality signing moaned at. what do people want?

[Woodhead Passer]

Scored a peach of a goal against us last season at the Keepmoat

[jonnydog]

I saw a Cov fan calling him Sideways Sammy. I'm guessing he's not a crab and that refers to sideways passing.

Sideways is always an improvement on backwards

[Mr1Croft]

Who is moaning? Somebody asked an honest question? In fairness if you haven't seen him play you don't know anything about him. Just because he has signed doesn't mean we class him a hero before he evens pulls on a shirt.


To Paraphrase our previous manager: "He's no mug, he's been in the game long enough and is used to playing regular football". In the past 6 seasons he has averaged 37 games so he has always been a regular, which points to 2 things: He doesn't become injured frequently, and he is very consistent.



He spent 2 years at Nottingham Forest between 06-08 which including being in the Forest side which picked up more points than us in 07/08 and went up in 2nd place (and that was a very good Forest side).


After that he signed for Norwich and made 40 appearances in there relegation season, although it was a real shock that Norwich were relegated that season and in truth they were a really good side that didn't get any luck (except when they played us) that season.


He then moved to Coventry City and was captain for them last season. In the past 6 seasons he has scored 14 goals which is just above 2 goals a season so I would class him as more of a Wilson/Harper central midfielder rather than a Syers or a Wellens. He is the player that is always just there. From what I've seen when he has played against us he isn't the greatest technical player but he reads the game well and likes to sit in front of the defense and behind the midfield, winning the ball back and picking the pass.

[Wellred]

Nah he's rubbish, wont add anything to our midfield. Dunno why Saunders has signed him. 

Oh dear I guess that attempt at sarcasm failed miserably

[Colin C No.3]

Nah he's rubbish, wont add anything to our midfield. Dunno why Saunders has signed him. 

Oh dear I guess that attempt at sarcasm failed miserably

Yep, like most of your posts.

[Dutch Uncle]

I saw a Cov fan calling him Sideways Sammy. I'm guessing he's not a crab and that refers to sideways passing.

Sideways is always an improvement on backwards

To boldly pass sideways where no-one has passed before......it's football, but not as we know it Jim Sean Dean

[Spud]

Cheers Crofty, other than knowing the name i too knew little about him.
Wellred's post as useful as ever yawn...

[Wellred]

Cheers Crofty, other than knowing the name i too knew little about him.
Wellred's post as useful as ever yawn...

Maybe I know a little more about Clingan as I have been out of school a little longer than you.
Or does your football knowledge not stretch any further than Rovers?

[Wellred]

Nah he's rubbish, wont add anything to our midfield. Dunno why Saunders has signed him. 

Oh dear I guess that attempt at sarcasm failed miserably

Yep, like most of your posts.

Did you understand it then Mr Grumpy?

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

As long as we don't let him near the Vulcan bomber we'll be alright (yes I used to watch it).

[Spud]

Cheers Crofty, other than knowing the name i too knew little about him.
Wellred's post as useful as ever yawn...

Maybe I know a little more about Clingan as I have been out of school a little longer than you.
Or does your football knowledge not stretch any further than Rovers?

The OP was a fair question. Given that you know everything about football, why not try a constructive, informative reply instead of the usual know-all arrogant shite you post?

And yes i`ve been out of school long enough thanks. Am a bit busy (as well as following rovers) raising a family, running a business and a junior football team. Sorry if i didn`t know the ins and outs of Sammy Clingan`s career to date, that`s what i come on here for.
Once again, cheers Crofty for balancing the ratio on here   

[The Beast]

Always rated him highly, been one of the few midfielders that's stood out over the last few  years in opposition. Quite surprised/worried that he's been a free agent for so long.
       As for sideway passes, I love em!!! Must be weird.

[PaulRover08]

Wellred, maybe next time you need to add "sarcasm" at the end of the post. It looks pretty obvious to me that you are not moaning at the signing, but there are some folk on here that can't pick up on anything but perceived negativity.

[RoversAlias]

I didn't take your post as a genuine moan Wellred, but I did thinkit was unneccessary because you were being sarcastic to the point of saying the OP was the one moaning, when as Lee rightly said he asked an honest question.

The limited few times I have seen Clingan play he has looked pretty good, and I think this is just the player we need at the moment. But you can't act as though everyone has seen him play week-in, week-out for the last 6 years just because you seem to think we all should have.

[Wellred]

I didn't take your post as a genuine moan Wellred, but I did thinkit was unneccessary because you were being sarcastic to the point of saying the OP was the one moaning, when as Lee rightly said he asked an honest question.

The limited few times I have seen Clingan play he has looked pretty good, and I think this is just the player we need at the moment. But you can't act as though everyone has seen him play week-in, week-out for the last 6 years just because you seem to think we all should have.

Some people read far too much into posts at times. My reference to sarcasm was aimed at Redarmy who obviously couldn't see that my opening post was said tongue in cheek for all the people on here still waiting for DS to fail.

As for Colin C No 3 and Spud. Not worth a response to be honest.

[Colin C No.3]

Look's as though I'm not the only one who regards you as a purile, sarcastic, self-opinionated, uninformative & unimaginative poster then. Thank gawd you left an 'a' out of 'Wellred' or you may have been looking at a slander suit.

I don't know when you left school (but I would hazard a guess it would have been at a very early age, which again would explain a lot), so a word of advice, don't use the fact that you assume because you've been 'out of school' longer than other poster's, it gives you any 'credibility' in 'pouring scorn' on their opinions on those mere grounds.

Is my post meant as a 'personal attack' on you?

You betcha.




Watch this space for the next installment

[Monkcaster_Rover]

If you've all left school shouldn't that mean the petty arguments are long gone?

[graingrover]

 this is such a happy place to be !

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I think it was SOD who was after him after he spent a season on loan at Chesterfield and returned to Wolves.

I think it was round about the time when we lost out on that young centre half who went to Forest in preference to us. (We ended up with Matt Mills) and after failing to sign Clingan, we eventually ended up with Richie Wellens.

He's a player that's never far away from the ball and has a bit of bite. He looks after the ball which is what we need alongside Harper. Has been known, as his record suggest, to be prepared to have a pop at goal from outside the area.

The other player that I can think of that plays in a similar way and also attracted SOD's interest was Kilkenny.

[MachoMadness]

It's actually a genuine theory that nobody gets parody, sarcasm or jokes on the internet unless there's a 'lol' or a smiley at the end. It's known as Poe's Law, if you want to know.

Anyway, pleased with this signing, at this level he could prove very shrewd. I don't know that much about him besides the fact he's a holding midfielder who is a bit of a set piece specialist. I remember him being a hot property at Chesterfield a while ago, and do remember us trying to sign him from them, but I haven't heard much from him in recent years.

[Wellred]

Look's as though I'm not the only one who regards you as a purile, sarcastic, self-opinionated, uninformative & unimaginative poster then. Thank gawd you left an 'a' out of 'Wellred' or you may have been looking at a slander suit.

I don't know when you left school (but I would hazard a guess it would have been at a very early age, which again would explain a lot), so a word of advice, don't use the fact that you assume because you've been 'out of school' longer than other poster's, it gives you any 'credibility' in 'pouring scorn' on their opinions on those mere grounds.

Is my post meant as a 'personal attack' on you?

You betcha.




Watch this space for the next installment

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[southwestexile]

thanks for all the responses linked to the OP

[steve@dcfd]

Not heard that much about him other than he's a defensive midfielder that played for Forest? Has he got anything useful in his locker, like a cloaking device? Does this mean we can get Woods off the wage bill?

Sammy should provide the assistance to James Harper in centre midfield. Which may allow Martin Woods to play a more attacking role on the left of midfield. But to get Martin off our wage bill then he needs to play, to be able to go out on loan and then sold in the transfer window. So we may still see him here playing  with or in the squad with Sammy.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Completely agree with that. Let's see what Woodsy can do in his preferred  position before we write him off. He's a far better player than what we've seen this season.

[JonWallsend]

I think he's excellent.  In addition to a great goal, he ran the game for Cov at the keepmoat last seasonin the respect that all their good play went through him. As most other people have alluded to, he's got some bite in the tackle, looks to retain possession of the football and he is prepared to have a dig from distance.
Depending on how far away he is from full fitness, I think he will prove to be a top acquisition, especially at age 28.

[MR A-Z]

Haven't read all the way through this thread! So excuse me if I mention anything that has been said.  Always thought Clingan would replace Wellens but unfortunately never came off, have complete faith in him. Hopefully Woods can get forward more and drop some of the bas**rds on his back at the same time.

 It's a dangerous tactic having a month by month contract, can't help thinking there's an underlying reason, GOD FEEL LIKE COLUMBO! Or we'll lose him for Nowt.

 I could Wikipedia this but CBA! So does anyone think that Perkins, frecklington and I think it was Wright (a couple of year ago who played for scunny against man u or may have played for Southend? Or was that bailey?) is just made of the rovers mould. We've been missing a Green, Doolan, Ravenhill and dare I even say Wilson. ANYWAY what I'm trying to get at is a bit of a diesel engine (illegally a red one, not afraid to dive in).