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Quote from: scawsby steve on January 15, 2021, 05:57:23 pmQuote from: sha66y on January 14, 2021, 11:24:11 pmQuote from: scawsby steve on January 14, 2021, 07:43:49 pmQuote from: sha66y on January 14, 2021, 07:22:47 pmQuote from: Avsuptem on January 14, 2021, 07:10:25 pmIt's hard to see how the team can not be weaker if we have lost our 2 best players in Simms and BW. Neither Sims or Ben are any good in goal, neither are very good centre backs or r/l backs..Neither are good out n out strikers so not sure who you are comparing them to.......oh you mean we’ve lost 2 good midfield players, im sure Smith ,James,Copps, Gomez, Richards and the other couple or three can be coaxed to add something to the team .....it might be different, but it won’t be worseTake away the goals and assists from Ben and Sims this season, and see how many goals we're left with. Take away the other 9 players and see how many goals them 2 would’ve conceded.....very silly analogy...It's not a silly analogy, and I've been watching Rovers a lot longer than you, and so have seen all of this before.In 1956, we were near the top of the second tier, and hammering the likes of Stoke, West Ham, and Fulham. Then, in the space of 2 seasons, we lost our 3 best players, Alick, Gregg, and Tindill.The result was 2 successive relegations. The other 8 players did nothing wrong; it was just the impact of losing so much talent.Wasn't the same thing said when Marquis was sold? Have we not scored since then or are we fourth in the league?We're Donny Rovers, we'll always have to sell players for financial reasons or due to them having ambitions to play at a higher level. You can't just deduct their goals & assists & decide we're doomed every time it happens !
Quote from: sha66y on January 14, 2021, 11:24:11 pmQuote from: scawsby steve on January 14, 2021, 07:43:49 pmQuote from: sha66y on January 14, 2021, 07:22:47 pmQuote from: Avsuptem on January 14, 2021, 07:10:25 pmIt's hard to see how the team can not be weaker if we have lost our 2 best players in Simms and BW. Neither Sims or Ben are any good in goal, neither are very good centre backs or r/l backs..Neither are good out n out strikers so not sure who you are comparing them to.......oh you mean we’ve lost 2 good midfield players, im sure Smith ,James,Copps, Gomez, Richards and the other couple or three can be coaxed to add something to the team .....it might be different, but it won’t be worseTake away the goals and assists from Ben and Sims this season, and see how many goals we're left with. Take away the other 9 players and see how many goals them 2 would’ve conceded.....very silly analogy...It's not a silly analogy, and I've been watching Rovers a lot longer than you, and so have seen all of this before.In 1956, we were near the top of the second tier, and hammering the likes of Stoke, West Ham, and Fulham. Then, in the space of 2 seasons, we lost our 3 best players, Alick, Gregg, and Tindill.The result was 2 successive relegations. The other 8 players did nothing wrong; it was just the impact of losing so much talent.
Quote from: scawsby steve on January 14, 2021, 07:43:49 pmQuote from: sha66y on January 14, 2021, 07:22:47 pmQuote from: Avsuptem on January 14, 2021, 07:10:25 pmIt's hard to see how the team can not be weaker if we have lost our 2 best players in Simms and BW. Neither Sims or Ben are any good in goal, neither are very good centre backs or r/l backs..Neither are good out n out strikers so not sure who you are comparing them to.......oh you mean we’ve lost 2 good midfield players, im sure Smith ,James,Copps, Gomez, Richards and the other couple or three can be coaxed to add something to the team .....it might be different, but it won’t be worseTake away the goals and assists from Ben and Sims this season, and see how many goals we're left with. Take away the other 9 players and see how many goals them 2 would’ve conceded.....very silly analogy...
Quote from: sha66y on January 14, 2021, 07:22:47 pmQuote from: Avsuptem on January 14, 2021, 07:10:25 pmIt's hard to see how the team can not be weaker if we have lost our 2 best players in Simms and BW. Neither Sims or Ben are any good in goal, neither are very good centre backs or r/l backs..Neither are good out n out strikers so not sure who you are comparing them to.......oh you mean we’ve lost 2 good midfield players, im sure Smith ,James,Copps, Gomez, Richards and the other couple or three can be coaxed to add something to the team .....it might be different, but it won’t be worseTake away the goals and assists from Ben and Sims this season, and see how many goals we're left with.
Quote from: Avsuptem on January 14, 2021, 07:10:25 pmIt's hard to see how the team can not be weaker if we have lost our 2 best players in Simms and BW. Neither Sims or Ben are any good in goal, neither are very good centre backs or r/l backs..Neither are good out n out strikers so not sure who you are comparing them to.......oh you mean we’ve lost 2 good midfield players, im sure Smith ,James,Copps, Gomez, Richards and the other couple or three can be coaxed to add something to the team .....it might be different, but it won’t be worse
It's hard to see how the team can not be weaker if we have lost our 2 best players in Simms and BW.
I’d settle for club survival during these odd times. Promotion can wait. God knows how much the club is being bank rolled at the moment. This will help. Unless I’m mistaken, rovers are and have always been more of a selling club. We do not have the clout to do anything else. To buy Whiteman for around 300k and sell for 6 times that (minus sell on clause) is a great bit of business for a small club like rovers. Is this deal not the biggest ever for the club?As has been eluded to, one man does not make a team. Today’s result being a good example.