New club for NRC?

[Dave]

I'd imagine he'll get a good reception when he returns to Villa Park.

Yup, just as it should be.

Coyle now just needs to go for Bouma, Carson, Harewood, Routledge and Maloney to get that real "Aston Villa '08" feeling.

[pauliewalnuts]

I'd imagine he'll get a good reception when he returns to Villa Park.

Yup. No reason for him not to, really.

He's a low quality footballer in my opinion, who had his uses at time, but he never dicked about or acted the tit. There's no reason to throw abuse at him.

Actually, I've just remembered, he twatted O'Neill, didn't he?

I'll be throwing bouquets of flowers in his direction for that.

[richard moore]

Always had a lot of time for Nigel. Always gave 100%; the team always looked more solid with him in it, even though he tended to get caught in possession too much. I like his attitude and he could talk a good game too.

How many euphemisms can you come up with to say he was crap basically? ;-)

[curiousorange]

Reo-Coker's reputation has been built up considerably by the anti-MON lobby I would argue. Obviously the two didn't get on and I think with him being under-used due to personal differences, he's come to represent a player better than he actually is. FWIW I liked him as a Villa player and would prefer it if we still had him at the club, but he's at the level of other players we've had of the same ilk - McCann, for example. He seems like a loss until you realise you don't actually miss him.

[SoccerHQ]

So after all that talk of playing for a big European club he ends up rejecting two Championship ones for Bolton who have some decent midfielders whom he might well not get a game ahead of. 

Yup. Can't imagine him playing ahead of Holden. Who is much better than Reo-Coker.

Probably get in ahead of Muamba.

Only a two year aswell so he'll be on the move again next summer I'd imagine.

[Merv]

Has anyone said "found his level" yet?

No... although you could argue that Bolton's level is also our level now....

He'll do a decent job for them. Holden picked up a long-term knee injury last season, a six-monther, so I guess NRC will play alongside Muamba until he returns.

[Witton Warrior]

I will always remember him fondly for bossing the Man U winker to shut him out the game about 3 (?) seasons ago...

[Confusious says]

Just seen the new bolton signings on SKY Reo Coker stated   things were said by
Villa and new it was time to leave.  anyone see the same?

[pablopicasso_10]

Just seen the new bolton signings on SKY Reo Coker stated things were said by Villa and new it was time to leave. anyone see the same?

i did and i thought that it contradicted what he said earlier in the window when he said he hadnt heard anything from us regarding his contract and had to hear about his release from friends after they saw it in the media...

i like okey-cokey, think he is a decent player with a good work rate, but he doesnt help himself...

its interesting to see that after all the chest puffing about internazionale, ac milan, and the offers from spain, etc, during the supposed "contract talks", that he has ended up at bolton...

i wish him well though...

[Dave]

Just seen the new bolton signings on SKY Reo Coker stated things were said by Villa and new it was time to leave. anyone see the same?

i did and i thought that it contradicted what he said earlier in the window when he said he hadnt heard anything from us regarding his contract and had to hear about his release from friends after they saw it in the media...

He's clearly not the brightest then. His contract was expiring and he hadn't signed a new one.

What did he think was going to happen?

[PaulTheVillan]

So, NRC likes what Coyle has said & the ambitions of the club.

Doubt they'll get there in the 2 years you'll be there.

[tim]

....He seems like a loss until you realise you don't actually miss him.

Ha ha that's a great comment.
Would have preferred to still have him around - as previously mentioned, at least he had go...

[Greg N'Ash]

Decent if limited premiership player. For a free transfer Bolton have got a bargain as even 5m can't always get you one of them. He'll do a good job for them and if you have bolton's ambitions then he's perfect. Not good enough for us during the moneybags period, but post-fire sale i'm not sure we have much higher ambitions than Bolton anyway.

[nick harper]

He's moved sideways given our current expectations. Probably not what he was thinking but come 5 pm after the Fulham game, I'm willing to bet we'll be bemoaning the lack of Reo-Coker type bite in midfield.