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Ciren have signed 4 players this week, 2 from Wantage and 2 from Mangoes. Matt Coupe from Mangoes to Ciren, interesting.
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We've used 46 players this season and counting! Coupe was a class act, time will tell if he's the answer you guys know more about him than I.
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I surely cannot be the only one who never rated Coupe that highly either at Chippenham or more predominantly at Bath? Thought he had found his level at Mangotsfield to be brutally honest
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Matt Coupe is just the sort you need in a relegation scrap I would of thought. He's the wrong side of 35 now but will still do a great job for Ciren. He was brilliant for us in his first spell, back in Tommy's day, when he was on loan from Forest Green. He went on to become an absolute legend at Bath City and did a great job for us more recently when Mark & Tom were steadying the ship here.
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Are we talking about the same Matt Coupe Insideleft ? To me he was past his sell by date when he joined us. Constantly injured and when he played he was way off the mark on pace. Just my opinion but very overrated and I was glad to see the back of him. When you consider Horgs is probably 5 years older than Coupey now, there is no comparison between the two players in my view. Best of luck to you Coupey, but when some young whippet flies past past you. leaving you on your backside, perhaps that may be telling you something !!!
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So I am not the only one who thought he was overrated then ;)
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Well it's all about opinion of course. Matt is 40 next year. Clearly he's not the player he was, and he's likely to get injured more frequently given his age and the way he plays. But Charlie needs an organiser with some know-how, and a massive presence in the dressing room so, as a short-term solution, he's the sort of character required I would think.
Completely different physique to Horgs, who's naturally lean, much like myself ;-)
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I will give you that strength of character in the dressing room is definitely something Coupe is going to bring. And at this point in the season his experience will prove vital