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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Prez on August 13, 2016, 05:31:57 pm
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Was impressed with him.
Showed a bit of desire and fight and good movement too.
Willo could learn a bit from him.
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Agreed - quite like him - good work rate..........but does he look like scoring?? I fear not
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I'm impressed with his movement and work rate , but i've yet to be convinced that he will score more than 5 this season.
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Where you at the game today Prez? I didn't see any spark up front at all and wasn't impressed. Willo could only learn from not moaning
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Yes i was at the game Jimmy and im giving an opinion of what i saw from Marquis.
If you disagree fine, but to suggest i wasnt at the game is insulting thankyou very much.
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He played ok.
He's no striker though
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I've started having a Golden Goal-type competition with Williams.
Guess the time that he'll first do that, "Face up to the skies, body rigid, fists clenched, face agonised" thing as once more he fails to do anything remotely resembling his f**king job description.
17:41 today.
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I've started having a Golden Goal-type competition with Williams.
Guess the time that he'll first do that, "Face up to the skies, body rigid, fists clenched, face agonised" thing as once more he fails to do anything remotely resembling his f**king job description.
17:41 today.
He probably did it a dozen times today.
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I'd counted 7 by half time.
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To be fair, there was f**k all else to do.
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I got so annoyed with Williams again, I'm fed up of him. Once in the second half, he completely stopped playing to run towards the ref jumping like a gazelle for a handball. Get on with the bloody game man.
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I've started having a Golden Goal-type competition with Williams.
Guess the time that he'll first do that, "Face up to the skies, body rigid, fists clenched, face agonised" thing as once more he fails to do anything remotely resembling his f**king job description.
17:41 today.
He probably did it a dozen times today.
I thought did it a lot earlier today, the match finished at 16.50 :whistle:
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He played ok.
He's no striker though
What is he then? He's played as a striker all his career and has scored goals regularly
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Thought Marquis looked good and played well yesterday, if he had a strike partner that helped him out yesterday we would have won.
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I'm sorry that you felt that you were insulted Prez, my comment was a sarcastic remark because there was no goals produced from. Our strikers, there wasn't any decent link up play that created a strikers partnership. No insult intended.
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I'm sorry that you felt that you were insulted Prez, my comment was a sarcastic remark because there was no goals produced from. Our strikers, there wasn't any decent link up play that created a strikers partnership. No insult intended.
Fair enough pal no worries. :scarf:
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Whilst we're all caught up in the Coppinger hype, the lad scored two and caused Morecambe all sorts of trouble. He's looking to be an excellent signing already, and this is only the start! :scarf:
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Yeah Fergie was right saying he will be a fans favourite works his socks off and always wants the ball 👍👍, been really impressed with some of the summer signings if Baudry and McSheffrey can add to that then we've got some great things coming 🔴⚪️🔴⚪️
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He was my MOTM, played class.
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There was only one man of the match the man of the moment he was outstanding but marquis was a good second
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Marquis is playing with great enthusiasm and it looks as though he's really enjoying his football.
He's just the kind of character we need when the going gets tough.
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25/1 to be top scorer in L2 this season...
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Oh come on Sad. Give it a rest for goodness sake. This is a football forum with an off piste discussion area. Folk are entitled to disagree. Even with you :) Just cos they do so is no reason to slag them off every chance you get in the main forum. It's pretty juvenile tbh.
Cheers
Bob
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25/1 to be top scorer in L2 this season...
That won't happen. He's not a very good finisher. Will score goals due to the amount of chances we create but won't score loads.
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Still looks good
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Marquis could easily top 20 goals this season, as can Williams. Whether that will be enough for the division's top scorer I dunno yet. They've only played 7 league games..
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The main thing though is we have two up front who look like they'll score at least 10 and perhaps more than 15 - that's a big plus with Mcsheffrey still to come in shortly aswell.
Positive signs if we can keep improving. It certainly feels despite the huge injury list that we're developing a side now.
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He and williams both have 4 and could have more if they had scored there penos copps also now on 3.
Glad that goals are being scored all over the pitch
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Williams 4 from 9 games and Marquis 4 from 8. Carry that on for the season and you're looking at 25 each. I'd be happy with 15-20 but the signs are good so far.
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I'm impressed with his movement and work rate , but i've yet to be convinced that he will score more than 5 this season.
Convinced yet?
;)
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I'm impressed with his movement and work rate , but i've yet to be convinced that he will score more than 5 this season.
Convinced yet?
;)
Brilliant retort!! Lol
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Williams 4 from 9 games and Marquis 4 from 8. Carry that on for the season and you're looking at 25 each. I'd be happy with 15-20 but the signs are good so far.
Been a long, long time since we had two up front who both looked a goal threat. Dutch or TRB will know: have we had two centre forwards both score 15+ in a season since Duggie and Ernie in 83/84?
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Good call BST - that was the last pairing to score 15+ in a season. They scored 15 each in the League, and 17 each in all competitions. Glyn Snodin also scored 14 in all competitions that season, and Ian Snodin 10.
Nearest after that was in 1989-90 Dave Bruno Jones scored 15 and Lee Turnbull 14 in all competitions.
We have to go back to 1975-76 and Kitch and Brendan to find the last instance of two 20+ goalscorers in one season - something we have enjoyed only 5 times in our entire league history.
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Dutch
Really? I'd assumed that there would have been a pairing to top Ernie and Duggie since then. That really was a gem of a season. Wasn't it about 15-16 times that we scored 3 goals? And we used to come out of the traps like greyhounds. Lost count of the number of times we were 2-0 up in the first 20 minutes and the game was put to bed.
Marquis and Williams are hardly a copy of Duggie and Ernie, but I've a feeling they may shape up to beat that record.
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I make 14 in the league and one in the League Cup BST. Interestingly we only scored a fourth on one occasion.
That season was our third most successful in terms of points won (at 2 or 3 per win) after 1946-47 and 2003-04
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That 4-0 at Northampton was the day the team coach broke down in the M1 and the squad had to get lifts from fans going to the match.
There was a picture in the following week's programme of Ernie thumbing a lift, with a haircut looking like a prototype for the Madchester scene.
He might have been playing since the days of the Great Pea Soupers, but he was still ahead of his time.
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That was a great season.. I seem to remember regularly going 2 up early doors, then getting a third and seeing a game out..
How many did Warboys and Nimmo get each in 80/81?
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Williams 4 from 9 games and Marquis 4 from 8. Carry that on for the season and you're looking at 25 each. I'd be happy with 15-20 but the signs are good so far.
Been a long, long time since we had two up front who both looked a goal threat. Dutch or TRB will know: have we had two centre forwards both score 15+ in a season since Duggie and Ernie in 83/84?
I did say a few games back that Williams and Marquis looked as though they would make a good front pair and that they would be a good partnership.
Someone posted that i was watching a different game to them !!
looks like they were right.
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They both work hard in different ways. Good pairing without doubt.
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That was a great season.. I seem to remember regularly going 2 up early doors, then getting a third and seeing a game out..
How many did Warboys and Nimmo get each in 80/81?
Nimmo 18 League plus 1 Cup. Warboys 6 League. By that stage in his career he didn't score many and sometimes played in defence.
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My memory is deceiving me - I thought Warboys was still banging them in that year...
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Marquis and Williams will both get plenty of goals this season i reckon but i can also see Copps having his best return.
In his new role he is getting more shots on goal.
His best league total for one season is just seven.
He might even get ten himself this time around.
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Marquis and Williams will both get plenty of goals this season i reckon but i can also see Copps having his best return.
In his new role he is getting more shots on goal.
His best league total for one season is just seven.
He might even get ten himself this time around.
That's not a bad shout, IMHO. Blair, Rowe, McShefferey and hopefully Calder should all be able of bagging a few between them too.
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I'm surprised Blundell and Leo weren't around the 15+ mark. It says something though about the anticipation amongst us with these two hunting the onion bag at a rate of knots.
Hope we don't tempt fate here but with these two working tandem, as said, our other players will profit and chip in with a few.
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Hound.
Good on you!
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What's our record goal tally in a season?
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Blundell got 20 in all competitions and LFW got 15 so both scored well in the 2003-04 season, along with McIndoe and Chris Brown also both getting into double figures! Just a shame we didn't sign Copps in the January that season as he would have been great in that side even at his tender years, in place of JJ Melligan.
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Blundell got 20 in all competitions and LFW got 15 so both scored well in the 2003-04 season, along with McIndoe and Chris Brown also both getting into double figures! Just a shame we didn't sign Copps in the January that season as he would have been great in that side even at his tender years, in place of JJ Melligan.
Unfortunately Leo only scored 12 in 2003-4 (11 League, 1 League Cup) so he and Greg did not make 15 each that BST was asking about earlier. McIndoe and Brown scored 10 each and Paul Green had 8.
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That's what makes a promotion winning team, imho, that the goals come from all over team. Yes, you have to have that 20 goal a season man in there but then you have to have the back-up of goals from midfield and even defence.
With the mix we have currently, the goals can come from quite a few not just the front 2, as IDM says, Blair, Rowe, Copps, McSheffrey (when he's back playing), Butler, the odd one from Calder (when he gets selected). My concern is that if either Williams or Marquis gets injured, it could harm our tally, but that could be improved in January.
With (hopefully) more players coming back from injury, the strength in depth of the squad increases significantly and we will have a strong bench to field at matches, which is always a massive bonus for us and a worry for opposition managers.
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I'm impressed with his movement and work rate , but i've yet to be convinced that he will score more than 5 this season.
Got to be convinced now surely?
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Been our best player so far this season for me
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Been our best player so far this season for me
I reckon so, though Copps has rarely let his performances dip.
How many years did we tie Marquis down to?
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Been our best player so far this season for me
I reckon so, though Copps has rarely let his performances dip.
How many years did we tie Marquis down to?
Two year deal.
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Marquis has surprised me so far. I expected a pretty static targetman type who got a goal here and there. He is much more than that, a hard worker and technically good and a better finisher than i thought.
It shows that sometimes players need to be valued and have a permanent home, already he is a crowd favourite!.
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still won't score more that 5 goals
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still won't score more that 5 goals
Eh?
Give him a new contract and double his wages immediately. Will handle league one easily.
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still won't score more that 5 goals
Eh?
Give him a new contract and double his wages immediately. Will handle league one easily.
Whoooooosh.
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still won't score more that 5 goals
Eh?
Give him a new contract and double his wages immediately. Will handle league one easily.
Whoooooosh.
It's not a whoosh as I got that it was sarcastic. I was merely wondering who had suggested he wouldn't get more than 5 goals.
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I think there were several on here in the summer questioning how many he would score.
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still won't score more that 5 goals
Eh?
Give him a new contract and double his wages immediately. Will handle league one easily.
Whoooooosh.
It's not a whoosh as I got that it was sarcastic. I was merely wondering who had suggested he wouldn't get more than 5 goals.
Mush look earlier in the thread with the post from "eastender" on August the 13th
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still won't score more that 5 goals
Eh?
Give him a new contract and double his wages immediately. Will handle league one easily.
Whoooooosh.
It's not a whoosh as I got that it was sarcastic. I was merely wondering who had suggested he wouldn't get more than 5 goals.
Mush look earlier in the thread with the post from "eastender" on August the 13th
Ahhh shit apologies, I thought this was a new thread not an old one revived.
Some great comments.
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I think there were several on here in the summer questioning how many he would score.
Nick, i remember posting earlier in the season that i thought that Marquis and Williams looked as though they would become a great front pairing for us.
Someone said that it wouldn't happen.
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I thought he might get around 10 but be a big player for us. Surprised me how good he actually is, I thought he was just a hard worker that chipped in.
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Even in the Championship I bet Marquis has never had the quality of service he has here in Copps/Rowe/Houghton/Blair/Grant etc.
Wouldn't yet say he's a 'proven' goal scorer as lots of strikers have 1/2 seasons and drop off but his all round game suggests with stability at a club, he'll always score.
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This season, the way he has played and the goals he has scored...I hope it puts to bed for good the notion that a striker who signs is not gonna get the goals because of his previous scoring rate. Time and again a forward comes in and half a dozen people say "never scored more than 6 in a season, shit signing" well look what could be with some good management, some good players and a good attitude. Marquis has been a revelation and a real delight to watch in the hoops.
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:that:
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So 20 goals seems almost set for him can he get 25.
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Hope he is still with us past Tuesday.
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he can get 25.. 17 already with 18 league games to go..
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he can get 25.. 17 already with 18 league games to go..
A goal a game would see him with 35 now that would be amazing
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I'm just delighted that he's found the form of his career to date with the Rovers. I'm sure most clubs in League 1 and 2 (and a few above) would love him on their books. Got to agree though, the service he's getting from our midfield and attacking partners has helped him to grow into a top drawer marksman. Top man, supported by a top team.
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Yes, he's surpassed mine and most fans expectations. Was natural to think he would be more of a provider than the main man but with his work rate and ability he deserves the goals and the recognition.
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40 goals - Marquis and Williams
That'd be very nice
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Just hope his stellar form in the last few games hasn't gained him some last minute suitors in the window. Good time for a new extended and improved contract maybe?
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I think there were several on here in the summer questioning how many he would score.
Nick, i remember posting earlier in the season that i thought that Marquis and Williams looked as though they would become a great front pairing for us.
Someone said that it wouldn't happen.
They are linking up very well. In fact in the Crewe game at times it looked almost telepathic. These two won't give any defence an easy ride for the rest of the season, and with the talent they have behind them it gives great cause for optimism.
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I put the 2 posts below in June...boy were those lads right:
I've just been chatting with an ex-team mates of Marquis....says he's solid and will do very well for us :)
I've asked a couple of lads in know that watch Northampton regularly. They reckon he's a good player...huge work rate and knows where bak of net is. They also mentioned he knows how to keep ball well and is really useful when holding onto a lead at end of a game....I asked him what "a lead" was! ;)
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Wouldn't you just hate to be a defender chasing a game late on facing these two? The effort they put in off the ball is amazing. Ian Rush used to be Liverpool's first line of defence when he was scoring for fun in the eighties. These are very similar in attitude, it makes life so much easier for our midfield and defence.
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Akinde and Bogle above him the charts but they have scored 6 and 3 penaltys respectivly.
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A lot of interest in Bogle and Akinde this window but I wouldn't swap either of them for Marquis...
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As its been said before, Marquis brings so much more than just goals, work rate and the fact he looks like a wind up merchant on the pitch would make me hate to defend against him... I'm hoping that Marquis's hold up play might get Willo back on the scoresheet
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Akinde and Bogle above him the charts but they have scored 6 and 3 penaltys respectivly.
i'm convinced bogle has 5 or 6 penalties haven't checked akinde i thought had more pens either way don't want them "stationery !!" this transfer window
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Just think if we had scored all of ours !!!!
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Just think if we had scored all of ours !!!!
We would be all but promoted now. Well almost!!!
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Isn't he on a two year contract?
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The club should be offering JM an improved lengthened contract now.
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He said in the newspaper it's the best side he's played in everybody plays for each other. What i think makes it hard to stop us is the fact we have people who can score goals all through the team. It's all well and good having teams who rely on one or two individuals but they are easier to beat than individuals that have formed into a team.
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Tommy Rowe was an immense signing in the summer and has played really really well
However as well as he has played everyone is talking about JM which to me says everything
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Tommy Rowe was an immense signing in the summer and has played really really well
However as well as he has played everyone is talking about JM which to me says everything
First time we have had a goal scoring quartet Coppinger, Rowe and Grant in midfield for well you tel me please. Oh and Blair wasn't counted and he has chipped in with a few also.
A very very long time that's for sure.
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I put quartet and that should have been trio :headbang:
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Looks like JM has already become part of the Rovers family, just seen some of the pictures of Paul getting hugs at Yeovil and right up there is JM, TopMan
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Has he ever played against us in the recent past ?
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Has he ever played against us in the recent past ?
Pretty sure he played for Millwall against us last season at their place.
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Did he play for gillingham against us
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so both gone (not marquis)
the Carlisle bloke and him
I thought he was going to Brentford since wigan hesitated
all I need now is ranieri to go
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so both gone (not marquis)
the Carlisle bloke and him
I thought he was going to Brentford since wigan hesitated
all I need now is ranieri to go
to quote Kenneth Wolstenhome "some people thought it was "all over" (for Ranieri on Jan 31st) it is now .. could say it's been a CLOUDio & RAINieri day !!!
It's a very strange world -- I haven't posted since before the "easy" Morecambe game and Rovers haven't won a game - and worse our old friend Mr Injury has re-appeared so now the "curse" is officially lifted
talking of stupidity I wonder what odds we could get on Southend loaning Theo Robinson back to Lincoln for 28 days so he could play in the FA cup at Arsenal -- technically it could happen -- it's called "thinking outside the box"
as gaslaz says ...
sadly Theo can only think INSIDE THE BOX !!! did he ever score for Rovers outside the penalty area ??
Now can I please go back into hibernation (and join another Xposter until it's BST time )
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20 league goals!!
What a man!
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Hes no striker though.
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He'll not score more than 5 all season 😉
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20 league goals.. first Rovers player to achieve that in around 40 years!
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Paul Barnes got over 20 in the Conference.
Those goals pushed us back into the league.
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With 12 games to go its conceivable he could smash 30
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Yeah and back on Akindes. (penalties)
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That took him to 2nd in top scorers for the League.
Akinde (21)
Marquis (20)
Bogle (19)
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Love this
20 goals
He's no striker though
It's a funny old world
Love it
Just need a crowd now
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20 league goals.. first Rovers player to achieve that in around 40 years!
First in the Football League (i.e. excluding Conference) since Kitch in 1976-77