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Draytonian III

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David Cotterill
« on September 21, 2018, 07:30:24 pm by Draytonian III »
Looks like he’s going to be joining St Mirren



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Haxey-Hood-DRFC

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #1 on September 21, 2018, 08:35:51 pm by Haxey-Hood-DRFC »
I really enjoyed seeing DC in the hoops. Still one of the best set piece specialists I've seen at the Keepmoat, He was very much a bright spark during difficult times, and I often wonder how great he would have been in our halcyon Championship days. His crosses were excellent and he wasn't too shabby at finding the net either. I wish him well.  :scarf: :scarf: :scarf:

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #2 on September 21, 2018, 08:52:23 pm by RedArmy »
A big part of a special team. That 2012/2013 team is something I’ll never forget.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #3 on September 21, 2018, 08:56:36 pm by The Red Baron »
I'm glad to see he's getting sorted out. Too good a player to be without a club.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #4 on September 21, 2018, 10:12:15 pm by BillyStubbsTears »
I've never seen any Rovers player strike shots from distance so hard and so accurately. And that includes Glynn.

 He was phenomenal in that promotion season.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #5 on September 21, 2018, 10:29:11 pm by Bentley Bullet »
A player of absolute quality, the likes of which we haven't seen since.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #6 on September 21, 2018, 10:38:14 pm by Nudga »
It's funny, I remember him getting dogs abuse on here and in the stadium for supposedly being a lazy Kitson.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #7 on September 21, 2018, 10:41:57 pm by Bentley Bullet »
Nothing is surprising in the minds of football fans. I know someone who thinks Copps is shite!

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #8 on September 21, 2018, 10:43:47 pm by boro_rover »
One if those players who did nothing for 85 minutes, then either scored a worldie or would drop a 40 yard pass right on the money to give us a goal.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #9 on September 21, 2018, 10:45:56 pm by auckleyflyer »
Lived next door to him during his time with us. Read all sorts on here but found him quiet, polite and just a young decent fella. Bloody car used to make me jump every day tho!!!

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #10 on September 21, 2018, 10:50:16 pm by RedJ »
It's funny, I remember him getting dogs abuse on here and in the stadium for supposedly being a lazy Kitson.

He was a lazy Kitson. But when you can do the sort of thing he can do to win a game in an instant you kind of earn the right to be a lazy Kitson.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #11 on September 21, 2018, 10:54:49 pm by Lesonthewest »
I've never seen any Rovers player strike shots from distance so hard and so accurately. And that includes Glynn.

 He was phenomenal in that promotion season.

Glynn took some beating from dead ball situations, 20 yards out was like a penalty for him, but Cotterill was as good, bone idle, but as good, also better at crossing, but IF we were to compare them Glynn was the better all round player.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #12 on September 21, 2018, 11:09:32 pm by IDM »
One if those players who did nothing for 85 minutes, then either scored a worldie or would drop a 40 yard pass right on the money to give us a goal.

That game at home vs Colchester springs to mind..

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #13 on September 21, 2018, 11:18:16 pm by RoversAlias »
One if those players who did nothing for 85 minutes, then either scored a worldie or would drop a 40 yard pass right on the money to give us a goal.

That game at home vs Colchester springs to mind..

Wasn't that Saunders' last game in charge? We were pretty mediocre that day but up popped Cotterill with a piece of quality to win us the game.

I'll never forget his debut goal at Walsall. Never in a million years thought he'd score from there but he did.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #14 on September 21, 2018, 11:30:58 pm by RedJ »
One if those players who did nothing for 85 minutes, then either scored a worldie or would drop a 40 yard pass right on the money to give us a goal.

That game at home vs Colchester springs to mind..

Wasn't that Saunders' last game in charge? We were pretty mediocre that day but up popped Cotterill with a piece of quality to win us the game.

I'll never forget his debut goal at Walsall. Never in a million years thought he'd score from there but he did.

Aye. Don't think he scored again (that season) after that. Think he still got a few assists though.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #15 on September 22, 2018, 12:23:00 am by BillyStubbsTears »
Saunders said something that was near-genius insight about Cotterill in a radio interview.

He said that Cotterill had underperformed everywhere because managers had told him to focus on improving his weaknesses. He said that when he signed Cotterill, he told him to forget about his weaknesses. He told him to concentrate on his strengths and let Saunders build a team that accommodated his weaknesses.

That was a brilliant piece of management and it produced the most ruthless machine of a Rovers team that I have ever seen.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #16 on September 22, 2018, 03:43:13 am by VivaRovers »
I was doing the Rovers Player commentary the second half of the League One title season, and there was a stat I kept trotting out because it amazed me everytime; in that Cotterill had been involved half of all Rovers league goals.

In the end of the 62 goals Rovers scored in League One that season, Cotterill was involved in 30 of them; 10 goals and 20 assists. That's a frankly phenomenal return in any season, let alone a title winning one.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #17 on September 22, 2018, 07:30:49 am by Superspy »
Oh why not, it is a match day after all...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBvohThYWYA

That first goal just made me giggle. Brilliant.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #18 on September 22, 2018, 09:57:27 am by ravenrover »
I think I remember him making a tackle once

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« Reply #19 on September 22, 2018, 12:53:10 pm by BillyStubbsTears »
He didn't have to make tackles. There were plenty in that side who could tackle for two.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #20 on September 22, 2018, 03:55:12 pm by hoolahoop »
It's funny, I remember him getting dogs abuse on here and in the stadium for supposedly being a lazy Kitson.

He did 50% of the time .

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #21 on September 22, 2018, 05:29:29 pm by PDX_Rover »
Nearly all of those goals are top class.

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« Reply #22 on September 22, 2018, 10:35:26 pm by drfchound »
I remember the one he lashed in a Elland Road when we won 2-1.
A top quality finish.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #23 on September 24, 2018, 10:24:42 am by DaveDRFC »
Article on the BBC today about his struggles with depression.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45579754

Horrible illness, hope he manages to get through it.

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Re: David Cotterill
« Reply #24 on September 24, 2018, 11:05:03 am by Alickismyhero »
A very good article, depression should not be taken lightly, just think of Garry Speed, Clark Carlisle. If my memory serves me right I think DC was also going through a divorce when at Donny but I am not sure about that, life's tribulations, no one is exempt.

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« Reply #25 on September 24, 2018, 04:50:43 pm by Scooter »
This is a really interesting read and is far more prevalent than people realise. What David talks about is similar to what players are telling me during my research interviews.

I count 8 current football league or premier league players who have spoken about mental health publicly this year. I wonder how many more we get before Christmas

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« Reply #26 on September 24, 2018, 05:00:07 pm by DaveDRFC »
He isn't wrong with anything he says with regards to clubs/managers needing to do more and the amount of footballers who probably have a problem with anxiety/depression or some sort.

An angle he doesn't touch on is how footballers who are released at 16-18, some of whom go from being the next 'big thing' to absolutely nothing overnight, suffer as well. There is almost no support in place for them and they're left to pretty much fall by the wayside.

Rigo, there was another good article on BBC the other day about George Green who was tipped for big things at Everton, he now plays for Chester after some struggles the last few years.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45476430

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« Reply #27 on September 24, 2018, 06:08:45 pm by rich1471 »
He isn't wrong with anything he says with regards to clubs/managers needing to do more and the amount of footballers who probably have a problem with anxiety/depression or some sort.

An angle he doesn't touch on is how footballers who are released at 16-18, some of whom go from being the next 'big thing' to absolutely nothing overnight, suffer as well. There is almost no support in place for them and they're left to pretty much fall by the wayside.

Rigo, there was another good article on BBC the other day about George Green who was tipped for big things at Everton, he now plays for Chester after some struggles the last few years.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45476430
I read that artical he said he will have blown half a million so far , something needs to done to help young kids from going from £500 a week to 10k and they should not feel embarrassed to say they need help

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« Reply #28 on September 24, 2018, 09:07:53 pm by drfchound »
He isn't wrong with anything he says with regards to clubs/managers needing to do more and the amount of footballers who probably have a problem with anxiety/depression or some sort.

An angle he doesn't touch on is how footballers who are released at 16-18, some of whom go from being the next 'big thing' to absolutely nothing overnight, suffer as well. There is almost no support in place for them and they're left to pretty much fall by the wayside.





Clubs sign up numerous “promising” young lads and build them up to be the future of their clubs.
Although many of them are little more than just being promising, they get into the mindset that they have all but secured their futures as pro footballers and then can’t handle it when they are shown the door.
I have known quite a few young lads who have given the game up totally after being released.
Sometimes when the Rovers parade dozens of young lads around the pitch I wonder how many of them even stay in the game after the age of 18.

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« Reply #29 on September 24, 2018, 09:32:46 pm by drfchound »
Oh and the other thing I forgot to mention are the numbers of parents who delight in telling me that their lad plays for Leeds or the Rovers or Sheffield Weds etc.
When I ask what level they play at and they tell me that the lad is ten years old I just have to let it go.

 

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