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Title: All gone quiet
Post by: Geoff Blakesley on May 22, 2017, 11:53:18 am
Well I keep looking at the rovers site every day to see if we have signed any new players yet but it seems there is nothing doing recently. Thought we may have had a commitment to a new contract from John Marquis by now. When do you think Fergie will do most of his business ?
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: drfchound on May 22, 2017, 12:01:56 pm
I bet Fergie is doing his swan impression Geoff.
You know the one, it all looks quiet on the surface but he will be paddling (working) away like mad.
It has become usual for us not to know anything until the signings have been completed.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: wing commander on May 22, 2017, 12:39:30 pm
It's that time of year that managers want to get there business done early but players agents are wanting time to hawk them about for the best deal they can get...In some ways it's easier to get them signed up in the bottom division..Players are happy to get a future sorted out without the worry of dropping into the part time leagues and having to learn plastering...lol
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: Susan Abbott on May 22, 2017, 01:09:27 pm
Well I keep looking at the rovers site every day to see if we have signed any new players yet but it seems there is nothing doing recently. Thought we may have had a commitment to a new contract from John Marquis by now. When do you think Fergie will do most of his business ?
Marquis could well be off .. when you have a season like his it won't go unnoticed. We need to look towards securing another of a similar circumstance and a proven one .He was a slow burner but then came good . If we do loose him it will demonstrate to other potential players that we will let players move up the career ladder when their chance comes . He is a player that we have turned around so it should command a fair fee.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: graingrover on May 22, 2017, 04:02:22 pm
No Angst here on the Marquis front .. he is just as delighted to be working with DF as we are to have him in Donny .
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: Herman Hessian on May 22, 2017, 04:30:10 pm
Marquis could well be off .. when you have a season like his it won't go unnoticed.

that's more likely to be the case if there had been anything to back it up - as it is, 26 in 45 came after six seasons or so of drifting between distinctly ordinary and shíte !

if he's scoring at the same rate come christmas having stepped up a level, then I think you'll find folk sniffing around - new contract or not - I suspect he's no more than "one to watch" for a few clubs at the moment, certainly any at a higher level that may be taking an interest...
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: ballysbackin on May 22, 2017, 04:41:50 pm
Well I keep looking at the rovers site every day to see if we have signed any new players yet but it seems there is nothing doing recently. Thought we may have had a commitment to a new contract from John Marquis by now. When do you think Fergie will do most of his business ?
Marquis could well be off .. when you have a season like his it won't go unnoticed. We need to look towards securing another of a similar circumstance and a proven one .He was a slow burner but then came good . If we do loose him it will demonstrate to other potential players that we will let players move up the career ladder when their chance comes . He is a player that we have turned around so it should command a fair fee.


12 months left on his contract - he goes nowhere
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: ballysbackin on May 22, 2017, 05:01:39 pm
Not quiet at The Lane, they just signed Enda Stevens on three year deal.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: Susan Abbott on May 22, 2017, 08:45:56 pm
Well I keep looking at the rovers site every day to see if we have signed any new players yet but it seems there is nothing doing recently. Thought we may have had a commitment to a new contract from John Marquis by now. When do you think Fergie will do most of his business ?
Marquis could well be off .. when you have a season like his it won't go unnoticed. We need to look towards securing another of a similar circumstance and a proven one .He was a slow burner but then came good . If we do loose him it will demonstrate to other potential players that we will let players move up the career ladder when their chance comes . He is a player that we have turned around so it should command a fair fee.


12 months left on his contract - he goes nowhere
I hope so , but a good fee and DF would have to be tempted and if Marquis is ambitious he may not want to stay . I do hate this time in between seasons and speculating on the players coming and going .
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: GazLaz on May 22, 2017, 09:02:05 pm
Well I keep looking at the rovers site every day to see if we have signed any new players yet but it seems there is nothing doing recently. Thought we may have had a commitment to a new contract from John Marquis by now. When do you think Fergie will do most of his business ?
Marquis could well be off .. when you have a season like his it won't go unnoticed. We need to look towards securing another of a similar circumstance and a proven one .He was a slow burner but then came good . If we do loose him it will demonstrate to other potential players that we will let players move up the career ladder when their chance comes . He is a player that we have turned around so it should command a fair fee.


12 months left on his contract - he goes nowhere

12 months is nothing and contracts are worthless.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: ballysbackin on May 22, 2017, 09:30:10 pm
Well it can only be worthless if it is made so, by all parties concerned. Top Scorer - winner of several league awards and club awards?? walks out ...We see
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: GazLaz on May 22, 2017, 09:39:01 pm
Well it can only be worthless if it is made so, by all parties concerned. Top Scorer - winner of several league awards and club awards?? walks out ...We see

If he gets a much better offer at a higher level he will go. That goes for every player on the planet.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: ballysbackin on May 22, 2017, 09:42:26 pm
Well I did say "We See" so let us not jump to conclusions, we are supposed to support Donny
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: craigdrfc on May 23, 2017, 07:01:54 am
DFP reporting this morning the leftback has signed 2 year deal but cant be named til his contract expires. Signed from a Lge2 club and can play various positions.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: 5minstogo on May 23, 2017, 07:43:04 am
DFP reporting this morning the leftback has signed 2 year deal but cant be named til his contract expires. Signed from a Lge2 club and can play various positions.

Fits with Danny Andrew. Left back/Left Midfield/Centre Midfield. Grimsby player of the year, soon to be out of contract.

Or Mal Benning from Mansfield. LB/LW. Also their player of the year and out of contract I believe.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: RedJ on May 23, 2017, 08:13:57 am
Hopefully Benning. Andrew doesn't particularly excite me.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: phil old leake on May 23, 2017, 08:17:29 am
If a good offer came in for marquis I'd sell. My view is he won't be so prolific next year. I hope he is and I'm sure his work rate will be the same.  If I was him I'd look to move on and take advantage of last season.  He's got to look after his future. I hope he stays and continues to score  I'm not sure about either
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: Bessie Red on May 23, 2017, 09:44:59 am
Hopefully Benning. Andrew doesn't particularly excite me.

Been told Andrew has signed!
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: ballysbackin on May 23, 2017, 09:50:34 am
If a good offer came in for marquis I'd sell. My view is he won't be so prolific next year. I hope he is and I'm sure his work rate will be the same.  If I was him I'd look to move on and take advantage of last season.  He's got to look after his future. I hope he stays and continues to score  I'm not sure about either

But he could be the difference between Relegation and Survival.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: bedale rover on May 23, 2017, 10:12:27 am
If a good offer came in for marquis I'd sell. My view is he won't be so prolific next year. I hope he is and I'm sure his work rate will be the same.  If I was him I'd look to move on and take advantage of last season.  He's got to look after his future. I hope he stays and continues to score  I'm not sure about either

But he could be the difference between Relegation and Survival.
Or PROMOTION!!!
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: DonnyOsmond on May 23, 2017, 10:21:36 am
If a good offer came in for marquis I'd sell. My view is he won't be so prolific next year. I hope he is and I'm sure his work rate will be the same.  If I was him I'd look to move on and take advantage of last season.  He's got to look after his future. I hope he stays and continues to score  I'm not sure about either

But he could be the difference between Relegation and Survival.

Were apparently signing a 20 goal a season striker from a play off team. I'd hope the aim wasn't just survival.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: drfchound on May 23, 2017, 10:23:09 am
Madden?
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: DonnyOsmond on May 23, 2017, 10:58:14 am
Madden?

Yeah.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: ballysbackin on May 23, 2017, 11:00:03 am
If a good offer came in for marquis I'd sell. My view is he won't be so prolific next year. I hope he is and I'm sure his work rate will be the same.  If I was him I'd look to move on and take advantage of last season.  He's got to look after his future. I hope he stays and continues to score  I'm not sure about either

But he could be the difference between Relegation and Survival.

Were apparently signing a 20 goal a season striker from a play off team. I'd hope the aim wasn't just survival.


Don't get me wrong but you have answered what I think in the case of Marquis (I firmly believe he will sign another contract to stay as he has said) If the club were to sell him then it would be a case of perhaps just servival, if we retain him and sign another like player, you can see which way the club are pointing. That is the point of my thread, never mind "If someone comes in with a large bid".
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: BigKeif on May 23, 2017, 11:13:55 am
Hopefully Benning. Andrew doesn't particularly excite me.

I'd take both tbf. Always liked benning and Andrews seems a good player too so if opportunity is there to sign to good players then I'd take it.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: raggytash on May 23, 2017, 11:39:10 am
If we can't name him until after next weekend surely there's a possibility it's either Blackpool or exeters full back??
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: Alan Southstand on May 23, 2017, 03:32:21 pm
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No Angst here on the Marquis front .. he is just as delighted to be working with DF as we are to have him in Donny .

He may well be happy enough Graing, but if we can't or won't pay what his agent thinks he warrants, or has been offered from elsewhere, then he could well be sold (again, IF the transfer fee meets our evaluation). The problem as I see it, is that if everyone is happy and he wants a new contract, then why are we waiting with baited breath? Surely, that is the one thing that could and should have been announced first!

I'm getting a tad concerned and this could prove pivotal to our intentions for next season.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: ballysbackin on May 23, 2017, 09:30:10 pm
Well if anyone had ideas on Keshi coming back. I believe it has just been scuppered as Alladyce has just resigned
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: RedJ on May 23, 2017, 09:39:14 pm
Aww drat.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: GazLaz on May 24, 2017, 05:15:19 pm
Well if anyone had ideas on Keshi coming back. I believe it has just been scuppered as Alladyce has just resigned

Not sure it will make any difference.
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on May 24, 2017, 05:41:54 pm
I bet Allardyce didn't even know who Anderson is!
Title: Re: All gone quiet
Post by: ballysbackin on May 24, 2017, 06:23:52 pm
You may be right too, but it is or was his job to know every player and every player's profile.