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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Shawndrfc on July 31, 2019, 08:58:12 pm
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Just having a look at last years top scorers:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one/top-scorers
There are a few players that caught my eye, a fair few have gone into the championship but there could be someone that could come in to fill the void that looks set to be made by Marquis.
Chef Evans
Ivan Toney
Jonson Clarke-Harris
Joe Pigott
Matt Goden
Could all be strikers worth looking at, out of that list who would people prefer?
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Toney is the nearest in style to Marquis.
Someone that you dislike if playing against you but love if playing for you.
Regular scorer in L1 too.
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Peterborough wouldn't sell Toney to us, Evan's would be realistic and we could hijack his reported move to Bolton.
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Let's not go near Ched Evans.
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Everyone’s price has gone up a few grand now they know how desperate we are
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Let's not go near Ched Evans.
Why?
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Peterborough wouldn't sell Toney to us, Evan's would be realistic and we could hijack his reported move to Bolton.
They might sell him to us if we meet their valuation.
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Clarke Harris was scoring for fun second half of last season, not just tap ins either.. would be a good signing if not a direct replacement..
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Everyone’s price has gone up a few grand now they know how desperate we are
We are no more desperate that any other club looking to strengthen.
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Just having a look at last years top scorers:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one/top-scorers
There are a few players that caught my eye, a fair few have gone into the championship but there could be someone that could come in to fill the void that looks set to be made by Marquis.
Chef Evans
Ivan Toney
Jonson Clarke-Harris
Joe Pigott
Matt Goden
Could all be strikers worth looking at, out of that list who would people prefer?
I doubt DM would take a second glance at any of them .
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Peterborough wouldn't sell Toney to us, Evan's would be realistic and we could hijack his reported move to Bolton.
They might sell him to us if we meet their valuation.
I doubt their owner would, hes a right arrogant stubborn t**t.
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Wonder if DM had that chat with Chris Wilder the other night.
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We couldn’t afford Toney
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Hope we go for omar bogle
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It is part a function of how good Marquis has been and part a function of playing one up, but not since Andy Williams (himself as much a winger as a striker) have we had a genuine senior striker other than Marquis. Hence we now go into the post-Marquis world with Alfie May and the lad Boocock as our only dedicated options.
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You don’t think we’ll buy/sign more then.?
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Sam Crosgrove from Aberdeen could be worth a punt. Scored plenty of goals for Aberdeen last season
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Clarke-Harris has certainly progressed since his spell here and I think he’d be a decent addition. Offers some of the goals and physicality that Wilks had.
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A loan move for Sam winall. ? Wonder if he would drop a league.
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I've seen Leo Fortune West running for the Armthorpe bus at Donny bus station a few times. He's still quite pacy.
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It wont be anyone who is a proven scorer at this level.
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Everyone’s price has gone up a few grand now they know how desperate we are
We are no more desperate that any other club looking to strengthen.
Not sure many other clubs have lost their only real striker 3 days before the start of the season.
I’ve heard other managers state previously that they didn’t want to announce the sale of the player until they’d replaced them, so other clubs wouldn’t up their prices
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It wont be anyone who is a proven scorer at this level.
Neither was Marquis when he signed..
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Just having a look at last years top scorers:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one/top-scorers
There are a few players that caught my eye, a fair few have gone into the championship but there could be someone that could come in to fill the void that looks set to be made by Marquis.
Chef Evans
Ivan Toney
Jonson Clarke-Harris
Joe Pigott
Matt Goden
Could all be strikers worth looking at, out of that list who would people prefer?
I’d take Chef Evans, he could cook up something good I think
COYR
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Just having a look at last years top scorers:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one/top-scorers
There are a few players that caught my eye, a fair few have gone into the championship but there could be someone that could come in to fill the void that looks set to be made by Marquis.
Chef Evans
Ivan Toney
Jonson Clarke-Harris
Joe Pigott
Matt Goden
Could all be strikers worth looking at, out of that list who would people prefer?
I’d take Chef Evans, he could cook up something good I think
COYR
Porridge.
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Just having a look at last years top scorers:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one/top-scorers
There are a few players that caught my eye, a fair few have gone into the championship but there could be someone that could come in to fill the void that looks set to be made by Marquis.
Chef Evans
Ivan Toney
Jonson Clarke-Harris
Joe Pigott
Matt Goden
Could all be strikers worth looking at, out of that list who would people prefer?
I’d take Chef Evans, he could cook up something good I think
COYR
Porridge.
Would help us launch an a salt (hopefully on the championship)
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IF DM is given the funds from the Marquis transfer im pretty confident , with his contacts, he can bring someone in just as good.
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It wont be anyone who is a proven scorer at this level.
Neither was Marquis when he signed..
.....but we did have Andy Williams who had scored plenty of goals previously, for us and Swindon.
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Could always look at players who did well in league 2 last year:-
Tyler Walker - either loan or make a bid
John Akinde
Padraig Amond
Kane Hemming
Any of them could make the step up from what they did last year in league 2.
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Tyler Walker was close to signing for Coventry or Lincoln, would love to hijack that deal... Jonson Clarke-Harris for me
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I think we need two senior/proven strikers now.
John needed help for me, need two in.
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Gary Hooper? Granted wages would be a stumbling block but 31 he's getting no younger
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Wonder if DM had that chat with Chris Wilder the other night.
Young Billy?
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Gary Hooper? Granted wages would be a stumbling block but 31 he's getting no younger
Maybe SWFC would make a contribution towards his wages.
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He’s left Wednesday now I think
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Johnson Clarke Harris.. are people serious?
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Hooper is too injury prone for us to risk anywhere near the wage he'd command
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Just having a look at last years top scorers:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one/top-scorers
There are a few players that caught my eye, a fair few have gone into the championship but there could be someone that could come in to fill the void that looks set to be made by Marquis.
Chef Evans
Ivan Toney
Jonson Clarke-Harris
Joe Pigott
Matt Goden
Could all be strikers worth looking at, out of that list who would people prefer?
I’d take Chef Evans, he could cook up something good I think
COYR
Porridge.
As in stirring his mate's?
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Tomi Ameobi only 30 and Federico Macheda unbelievably only 27.
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Just having a look at last years top scorers:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/league-one/top-scorers
There are a few players that caught my eye, a fair few have gone into the championship but there could be someone that could come in to fill the void that looks set to be made by Marquis.
Chef Evans
Ivan Toney
Jonson Clarke-Harris
Joe Pigott
Matt Goden
Could all be strikers worth looking at, out of that list who would people prefer?
I’d take Chef Evans, he could cook up something good I think
COYR
Porridge.
As in stirring his mate's?
Erm, no. As in Norman Stanley.
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He’s left Wednesday now I think
If he is without a club then perhaps he wouldn’t be so demanding with his wages expectations.
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Is Liam Boyce still at Burton? Rate him highly
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Shankland 51 goals in 60 games for Ayr
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Shankland 51 goals in 60 games for Ayr
He's at Dundee now
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Jason Cummings been told he's free to leave.
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Zak rudden 19 year old striker rangers
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I do hope Darren is reading this thread,
All these quality strikers just queuing up to join our squad....
God forbid he applies his own abilities to this conundrum, I mean what does he chuffin know.....lol...
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, done to death now guys...3 days n counting
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Shankland 51 goals in 60 games for Ayr
He's at Dundee now
they would take £500 k
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Wonder if DM would look at bringing someone in from abroad, maybe German or Spanish leagues dunno who but could be worth a look at someone who what’s to break into the English league.
Just hope we get someone that can hit the ground running.
If the new striker gets a goal every other game then we will soon forget John what’s his name
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I do hope Darren is reading this thread,
All these quality strikers just queuing up to join our squad....
God forbid he applies his own abilities to this conundrum, I mean what does he chuffin know.....lol...
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, done to death now guys...3 days n counting
Yep you are right. Let’s not even talk about it
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Ched Evans might be a good option. He was a good player in his day. Obviously lost a bit when out of the game but you don’t lose everything
What he did was not good but at the end of the day he was cleared
Some on here will get high and mighty but for me blades would possibly let him go. He’s never going to play in the premiership
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Wonder if DM would look at bringing someone in from abroad, maybe German or Spanish leagues dunno who but could be worth a look at someone who what’s to break into the English league.
Just hope we get someone that can hit the ground running.
If the new striker gets a goal every other game then we will soon forget John what’s his name
Well you wouldn't want them to hit the ground walking would you? 🤣🤣
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Another one that could be worth a punt if we could get him. (Very doubtful) Gary hooper. Probably wouldn’t drop down to league 1 and wages probably too much.
If you don’t ask you don’t get
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Let's not go near Ched Evans.
why not go near evens
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Wonder if DM would look at bringing someone in from abroad, maybe German or Spanish leagues dunno who but could be worth a look at someone who what’s to break into the English league.
Just hope we get someone that can hit the ground running.
If the new striker gets a goal every other game then we will soon forget John what’s his name
Well you wouldn't want them to hit the ground walking would you? 🤣🤣
Just meant as opposed to someone who’s not done much of a preseason and will need half a dozen games to get up to speed
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I don’t think DM would go for Ched Evans, he has very strong beliefs
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I don’t think DM would go for Ched Evans, he has very strong beliefs
And? Whats Ched done wrong exactly?
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I don’t think DM would go for Ched Evans, he has very strong beliefs
...but he was found not guilty.
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What did I write ???
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What did I write ???
Ok please let us know strong beliefs of DMs would stop him from signing Ched Evans...?
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Can’t believe no one has mentioned Danny Hylton!!? He’d be my first choice to bring in
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Are Luton Town of the Championship looking to sell though for the money we would pay?
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It wont be anyone who is a proven scorer at this level.
Neither was Marquis when he signed..
.....but we did have Andy Williams who had scored plenty of goals previously, for us and Swindon.
I don’t call 23 goals in 92 appearances “plenty of goals” for us hound !! We haven’t had a top class striker since Lewis Guy !!
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Would like us to go in for Bright Enobakhare, not necessarily to replace Marquis but would definitely be a good replacement for Wilks. Had a very good second half of the season with Coventry on loan from Wolves. He’s a Birmingham based lad so would hope DM is aware of him.
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HULL
have two many strikers
Strikers
Nouha Dicko
Manuel David Milinkovic
Fraizer Campbell
Chris Martin
Jarrod Bowen
Tom Eaves (injured)
i'd take Nouha Dicko Or Chris Martin either on loan
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Could always look at players who did well in league 2 last year:-
Tyler Walker - either loan or make a bid
John Akinde
Padraig Amond
Kane Hemming
Any of them could make the step up from what they did last year in league 2.
I've seen John Akinde a couple of times last year - large unit, but a very average football player - if it wasn't for the fact he took penalties, he wouldn't have made double figures...
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Could always look at players who did well in league 2 last year:-
Tyler Walker - either loan or make a bid
John Akinde
Padraig Amond
Kane Hemming
Any of them could make the step up from what they did last year in league 2.
I've seen John Akinde a couple of times last year - large unit, but a very average football player - if it wasn't for the fact he took penalties, he wouldn't have made double figures...
This exactly he suits Lincoln but wouldn't get much of the same service with us. I thought the same of Eaves if we did get him.
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If we don't have the money to tempt players to the club perhaps we can rely on sentiment and tempt King Billy back. I imagine January would be the optimum time to make a move for him when he's fulfilled his ambition of playing in the Premier League.
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Never say never.
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If we don't have the money to tempt players to the club perhaps we can rely on sentiment and tempt King Billy back. I imagine January would be the optimum time to make a move for him when he's fulfilled his ambition of playing in the Premier League.
He played in the premier League with Southampton
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I know he did, and he still has ambitions to play there now.
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Billy will be desperate to play in the Premier League for his boyhood club. It’s highly unlikely he’ll be tempted away from that, and almost certainly not to League One.
We need to move on from Billy Sharp and look to bring in someone younger that can develop with us and still has something to prove. The next John Marquis or the next Billy Sharp / Paul Heffernan.
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Yeah lets not go back. If we reinvest this money in a player who will have no potential to develop then it's a one off and our squad will be worse for it in the future. Have to reinvest in someone who can be developed like John, hopefully 2 or 3 of those kind of players can be brought in.
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There is zero chance Sharp is going to drop down to League One.
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Could some of the money be used on mark Duffy. Not a striker but we need players in attacking areas too
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Could some of the money be used on mark Duffy. Not a striker but we need players in attacking areas too
I would suggest that like Sharp, he wouldn't drop back to League One...
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We're not just any league one club, we're Donny Rovers. I believe Sharp has great endearment for us.
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Could some of the money be used on mark Duffy. Not a striker but we need players in attacking areas too
We don't know about players individual circumstances and given players like Duffy are likely past their peak, they know they won't be able to command the same wages.
It's likely Duffy will be able to find a Championship club but if he wanted to ge a bigger cheese in a lower division then there's something to discuss. So I agree no harm in asking. There are others at Blades in the same situation. Looking around at players who've been released from clubs, there are a lot in that category.
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Could some of the money be used on mark Duffy. Not a striker but we need players in attacking areas too
We don't know about players individual circumstances and given players like Duffy are likely past their peak, they know they won't be able to command the same wages.
It's likely Duffy will be able to find a Championship club but if he wanted to ge a bigger cheese in a lower division then there's something to discuss. So I agree no harm in asking. There are others at Blades in the same situation. Looking around at players who've been released from clubs, there are a lot in that category.
Always thought that Duffy was a clever player - but think (even at 33) he would want to stay in the Championship. However, would be worth an enquiry - even though he has a year to run on his contract...
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The way I see it is that we have got a very good return on a striker with a year left on his deal and wanted to go back down south. We have plenty of options to look at and hopefully we get someone in sooner rather than later.
To the person who suggested Danny Hylton, that is a good shout.... I think there are a few strikers like Omar Bogle or Isaac Vassell that could come down from the Championship depending on how there team sees them and do a job for us.
Makes me laugh when people make comments about how DM will do it his way, of course he will, but as fans we like to look at every option and have fun putting our views and thinking up the best scenario.
Honestly I would really like Tyker Walker and if we could get him in even on loan I think it would be a good move. If it was a loan then also bring in a Clarke-Harris or Hylton or bogle or Evans etc and we would of replaced Marquis with 2 strikers with quality.
If its not before the weekend, then we get the 2 mystery players in and try and grab 3 points against Gillingham and hopefully have a striker in by the Rochdale game.
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The way I see it is that we have got a very good return on a striker with a year left on his deal and wanted to go back down south. We have plenty of options to look at and hopefully we get someone in sooner rather than later.
To the person who suggested Danny Hylton, that is a good shout.... I think there are a few strikers like Omar Bogle or Isaac Vassell that could come down from the Championship depending on how there team sees them and do a job for us.
Makes me laugh when people make comments about how DM will do it his way, of course he will, but as fans we like to look at every option and have fun putting our views and thinking up the best scenario.
Honestly I would really like Tyker Walker and if we could get him in even on loan I think it would be a good move. If it was a loan then also bring in a Clarke-Harris or Hylton or bogle or Evans etc and we would of replaced Marquis with 2 strikers with quality.
If its not before the weekend, then we get the 2 mystery players in and try and grab 3 points against Gillingham and hopefully have a striker in by the Rochdale game.
Sorted. Let's do it!
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The way I see it is that we have got a very good return on a striker with a year left on his deal and wanted to go back down south. We have plenty of options to look at and hopefully we get someone in sooner rather than later.
To the person who suggested Danny Hylton, that is a good shout.... I think there are a few strikers like Omar Bogle or Isaac Vassell that could come down from the Championship depending on how there team sees them and do a job for us.
Makes me laugh when people make comments about how DM will do it his way, of course he will, but as fans we like to look at every option and have fun putting our views and thinking up the best scenario.
Honestly I would really like Tyker Walker and if we could get him in even on loan I think it would be a good move. If it was a loan then also bring in a Clarke-Harris or Hylton or bogle or Evans etc and we would of replaced Marquis with 2 strikers with quality.
If its not before the weekend, then we get the 2 mystery players in and try and grab 3 points against Gillingham and hopefully have a striker in by the Rochdale game.
Sorted. Let's do it!
Cant tell if that is sarcasm or not :lol: :lol:
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The way I see it is that we have got a very good return on a striker with a year left on his deal and wanted to go back down south. We have plenty of options to look at and hopefully we get someone in sooner rather than later.
To the person who suggested Danny Hylton, that is a good shout.... I think there are a few strikers like Omar Bogle or Isaac Vassell that could come down from the Championship depending on how there team sees them and do a job for us.
Makes me laugh when people make comments about how DM will do it his way, of course he will, but as fans we like to look at every option and have fun putting our views and thinking up the best scenario.
Honestly I would really like Tyker Walker and if we could get him in even on loan I think it would be a good move. If it was a loan then also bring in a Clarke-Harris or Hylton or bogle or Evans etc and we would of replaced Marquis with 2 strikers with quality.
If its not before the weekend, then we get the 2 mystery players in and try and grab 3 points against Gillingham and hopefully have a striker in by the Rochdale game.
Sorted. Let's do it!
Cant tell if that is sarcasm or not :lol: :lol:
Definitely not. We like positivity. We have to move on!
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ian henderson rochdale or freddy ledapo plymouth
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ian henderson rochdale or freddy ledapo plymouth
Ladapo went to Rotherham for half a million.
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ian henderson rochdale or freddy ledapo plymouth
He’s already signed for Rotherham
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A lot of people in here are loving players who are well in there 30's.
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A cheekey bid for Keiffer Moore perhaps?
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Walsall just tweeted they have accepted an offer ( no club named ) for their striker Morgan Ferrier. I hope it’s not us
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Walsall just tweeted they have accepted an offer ( no club named ) for their striker Morgan Ferrier. I hope it’s not us
I believe Sunderland were reportedly in for him. Apparently he's not got the greatest attitude, and his goal record hardly sets the world alight.
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Walsall just tweeted they have accepted an offer ( no club named ) for their striker Morgan Ferrier. I hope it’s not us
I believe Sunderland were reportedly in for him. Apparently he's not got the greatest attitude, and his goal record hardly sets the world alight.
I thought Sunderland were after George Dobson from Walsall, not Ferrier
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5 goals in 35 games. No thanks
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5 goals in 35 games. No thanks
You would’ve said exactly the same when we signed marquis
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Who are you going to be happy with?
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5 goals in 35 games. No thanks
You would’ve said exactly the same when we signed marquis
Exactly, Marquis record pre Doncaster - average. Most other clubs thought Chris Brown was poor, he was great here.
Others before they came here were good and ended up tosh. A past record is not reflective of the future, I would hope Darren Moore is using more than just stats and looking at potential etc. One thing Ferguson to be fair was very good at mostly. Yes it doesn't always come off, but take a punt.
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Let’s go for Bogle good age and can do it at this level recon it will take around 1.3 m to get him and would leave us a bit for other areas
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Walsall just tweeted they have accepted an offer ( no club named ) for their striker Morgan Ferrier. I hope it’s not us
I believe Sunderland were reportedly in for him. Apparently he's not got the greatest attitude, and his goal record hardly sets the world alight.
I thought Sunderland were after George Dobson from Walsall, not Ferrier
They have signed Dobson. I was sure I read somewhere they were after Ferrier too, but could be wrong. Was a few weeks ago tbf and we know how quickly things change in football.
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If you look out the players still out of contract, there’s a few still who played under Moore at WBA, James Morrison, Gareth Barry, Tyrone Mears, Darren Fletcher and Wes Hollihan... all getting on a bit and could be out of our price range but with the anount of cash that should be left in our budget you never know.
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Could always look at players who did well in league 2 last year:-
Tyler Walker - either loan or make a bid
John Akinde
Padraig Amond
Kane Hemming
Any of them could make the step up from what they did last year in league 2.
Talking to my builder who is Mansfield supporter he reckons that Walker scored some good goals but has a very poor workrate
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I have heard Donny fans say the same thing about Wilks last year but would have had him back this season. Might just need a DM type to get him motivated.
If he scored that many with little work rate, wonder what he could do trying.
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Tyler Walker will be signing for Lincoln on loan.
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No reason to believe that the club in for Ferrier is us. However, whilst his scoring rate is unremarkable, it’s also worth noting it’s better than Ward’s was last season. He’s also far younger and at an age where his best days ought to be ahead of him. Some players just need to settle somewhere like Marquis did.
I’ve no opinion on Ferrier, but I’d rather we spent our money on players in that age bracket that can develop with the club, rather than on has beens. Developing players is the way to grow the club.
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Tyler Walker was on £6k at Mansfield
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Tyler Walker was on £6k at Mansfield
Just shows, what we offer is peanuts.
It's about time we started offering the going rate for players.
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The Ferrier bid is from Tranmere. We should be looking at a much better caliber of player.
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Tyler Walker was on £6k at Mansfield
That would be his wage at Forest wouldn't it, I'm guessing Mansfield would pay it as player didn't cost a fee as on loan or they paid an amount of it.
Shame he is going to Lincoln (according to reports) could of been a good signing and I'm sure we would of stumped the cash to get a young goal scorer who's value would only increase.
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Re Marquis record before Donny it was like 1 in 2 virtually at Northampton and in league one at Gillingham and he had scored goals for Millwall in the championship so I think he had a decent pedigree on arriving at Donny..
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It we knew which I am sure we did that Marquis was off why didn't we go for someone like Tyler Walker earlier in the summer if we had funds available and get a replacement in for Marquis before his departure.. that would have been better management.. granted the old McCsnn saga left us high and dry but surely we could have been in for a main striker or two on knowing Wilks had left and Marquis was about to..
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Mansfield have just signed Andy cook for an undisclosed now that would of been a good replacement but to late now
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It we knew which I am sure we did that Marquis was off why didn't we go for someone like Tyler Walker earlier in the summer if we had funds available and get a replacement in for Marquis before his departure.. that would have been better management.. granted the old McCsnn saga left us high and dry but surely we could have been in for a main striker or two on knowing Wilks had left and Marquis was about to..
As a club, we don't seem to forward plan. Everything is done as a reaction to something happening.
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It we knew which I am sure we did that Marquis was off why didn't we go for someone like Tyler Walker earlier in the summer if we had funds available and get a replacement in for Marquis before his departure.. that would have been better management.. granted the old McCsnn saga left us high and dry but surely we could have been in for a main striker or two on knowing Wilks had left and Marquis was about to..
I’m not sure we did know,
I think he lead us down the garden path a little, while he edged his bets
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Club was in abit of denial by sounds of it, trying to offer him a new contract and everything. Probably thought they would get another season at least. Sounds like Marquis has turned it down and told them he wants to leave, Pompey made another bid and its happened very quickly. But we should have a list of targets incase this happened and hopefully working quickly to get the replacement in asap.
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Marquis told the club nearly a month ago he wanted to leave
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Yeah but the way they handled it was they needed someone to match the valuation of 2 million and they must of thought they could convince him to sign a new contract and have one more season up here. Not defending the lack of planning but I can see how it has all happened so quickly.
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Fees agreed for 2 players...
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We have had 2 bids accepted for strikers of “pedigree” according to Moore
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Good news
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Promising news.
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The young forward from wolves can play either as a striker or the left of a front 3 so sounds like a replacement for Wilkes. Highly thought of at wolves and has played for England U16s, 17s and 19s. Had a couple of bad leg breaks that have halted his progress.
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Let's not go near Ched Evans.
why not go near evens
That boy Ched Evans
He scores when he wants.
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It wont be anyone who is a proven scorer at this level.
Neither was Marquis when he signed..
.....but we did have Andy Williams who had scored plenty of goals previously, for us and Swindon.
I don’t call 23 goals in 92 appearances “plenty of goals” for us hound !! We haven’t had a top class striker since Lewis Guy !!
I was talking about the time that Marquis came to us.
Williams was top scorer for Swindon the year before he came to us.
He was our top scorer in his first season with us and second behind Marquis in JM’s first season with us.
Hardly shoddy was it.
Also, a large number of those 92 appearances were as sub in his last season here.
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I wonder how likely we are to get news on the replacement strikers before the weekend? If reports are to be believed then negotiations began earlier in the week and fees are already agreed. You’d have to hope that talks over personal terms are being conducted with some sense of urgency given the position the squad is in.
It’s obviously pleasing to hear of progress, because if you’d said after the final whistle at Charlton that the squad would look like this on August 1st, I don’t think anyone would have wanted to believe you.
There’s time to pull it round, but as close seasons go it’s been pretty terrible so far - that’s my honest assessment. And that isn’t a dig at the club, we weren’t to know that our manager would oversee the decimation of the squad and then leave us in the lurch. We got Darren Moore in the end which is a testament to the owners and I think we’re all delighted with that. But he’s been thrown into a difficult situation and the state of the squad right now is nowhere near strong enough to meet the aim.
Let’s hope that starts to change significantly within hours.
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Evans is not for me to be honest. Nothing to do with the court case, but the way he conducts himself on the pitch. He was a total cock-end in that 0-4 against Fleetwood last season, and not in the same way Marquis was for us. Does score goals, good physicality but he's 30 years old now and I feel he was only as successful as he was last season due to the style of play/attitude installed by Joey Barton. It will not be the same here, in fact it'll be the total opposite.
That all said, if we sign him I will get behind him as I would most who pull on the Rovers shirt. But I wouldn't be keen to bring him here.
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I wonder how likely we are to get news on the replacement strikers before the weekend? If reports are to be believed then negotiations began earlier in the week and fees are already agreed. You’d have to hope that talks over personal terms are being conducted with some sense of urgency given the position the squad is in.
It’s obviously pleasing to hear of progress, because if you’d said after the final whistle at Charlton that the squad would look like this on August 1st, I don’t think anyone would have wanted to believe you.
There’s time to pull it round, but as close seasons go it’s been pretty terrible so far - that’s my honest assessment. And that isn’t a dig at the club, we weren’t to know that our manager would oversee the decimation of the squad and then leave us in the lurch. We got Darren Moore in the end which is a testament to the owners and I think we’re all delighted with that. But he’s been thrown into a difficult situation and the state of the squad right now is nowhere near strong enough to meet the aim.
Let’s hope that starts to change significantly within hours.
DM said bids were accepted but personal terms/agreement of players to sign wasn’t. I would therefore assume next week would be more likely.
The two from Wolves are expected to sign tomorrow.
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So if my understanding is correct, we’re hoping to land the two from Wolves, the two forwards we’ve got bids in for, plus Baptiste and Ward?
Obviously without knowing anything about four of them the quality can’t be judged, but if we could get that lot finalised it would give us decent numbers at least.
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So could be 6 players in within the next week that would be some turnaround
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So could be 6 players in within the next week that would be some turnaround
4 of them hopefully tomorrow.
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Liam Boyce?
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Liam Boyce?
Good player but 28 and injury prone. Not for me.
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So could be 6 players in within the next week that would be some turnaround
4 of them hopefully tomorrow.
I’m guessing Ward, Baptist plus the 2 young lads from wolves will all be confirmed tomorrow morning. Then outside chance for tomorrow if not early next week for the 2 strikers we have had bids accepted for
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So could be 6 players in within the next week that would be some turnaround
4 of them hopefully tomorrow.
I’m guessing Ward, Baptist plus the 2 young lads from wolves will all be confirmed tomorrow morning. Then outside chance for tomorrow if not early next week for the 2 strikers we have had bids accepted for
Yeah, that's the hope. thing is Moore also mentioned someone different at CM. So there may be a 7th we're in talks with.
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Just thinking with all that we'd definitely have enough numbers up front, in defence and at CM but perhaps we could add one more in the 3 behind the striker, such as an Oztumer.
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It we knew which I am sure we did that Marquis was off why didn't we go for someone like Tyler Walker earlier in the summer if we had funds available and get a replacement in for Marquis before his departure.. that would have been better management.. granted the old McCsnn saga left us high and dry but surely we could have been in for a main striker or two on knowing Wilks had left and Marquis was about to..
As a club, we don't seem to forward plan. Everything is done as a reaction to something happening.
What you mean baking the money before spending it, lol.
Christ, some people on here are so deluded!
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Just thinking with all that we'd definitely have enough numbers up front, in defence and at CM but perhaps we could add one more in the 3 behind the striker, such as an Oztumer.
I would like to get Oztumer here because the times I have seen him play he has been brilliant, against us.
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Evans is not for me to be honest. Nothing to do with the court case, but the way he conducts himself on the pitch. He was a total cock-end in that 0-4 against Fleetwood last season, and not in the same way Marquis was for us. Does score goals, good physicality but he's 30 years old now and I feel he was only as successful as he was last season due to the style of play/attitude installed by Joey Barton. It will not be the same here, in fact it'll be the total opposite.
That all said, if we sign him I will get behind him as I would most who pull on the Rovers shirt. But I wouldn't be keen to bring him here.
some players do there best to wind up the opposition and fans, just like willks did for us that is exactly what he did and they will do anything to get the upper hand, so if he came to us he would do the same for us, just like willks and we loved him for what he did
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It wont be anyone who is a proven scorer at this level.
Neither was Marquis when he signed..
.....but we did have Andy Williams who had scored plenty of goals previously, for us and Swindon.
I don’t call 23 goals in 92 appearances “plenty of goals” for us hound !! We haven’t had a top class striker since Lewis Guy !!
I was talking about the time that Marquis came to us.
Williams was top scorer for Swindon the year before he came to us.
He was our top scorer in his first season with us and second behind Marquis in JM’s first season with us.
Hardly shoddy was it.
Also, a large number of those 92 appearances were as sub in his last season here.
What we need is a natural predator like a billy sharp. They come with a price tag but surely a striker of this caliber is worth a gamble money wise. For a good few seasons now we have been a team that buckled in the final third, causing coppinger to try and create things he isn’t capable of due to his complete lack of ability, like trying to cut inside and take players on. He just has nowhere near enough skill to do this.
Top and bottom, money needs to be spent on a quality out and out striker !
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Don't forget guys and girls this is all a smoke screen the board are just gonna pocket the 2 million from marquis 😉
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If they are putting money in every year they have the right to do that but they won't
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Mixed bag with ‘proven record’ etc strikers.
Barnes, Blundell, Sharp all did the business.
Jackson, Alford, Williams did not.
Likewise Marquis, Mike Jeffrey, and Duerden had mixed prior form to say the least.
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Don't forget Leo.
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Destination championship let’s sign someone who’s been injured and played 1 first team game!!! Absolutely shambolic, RATSO!!!
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Williams was a weird one he did score goals and tried hard but will mostly be remembered as not been good. Think he got unlucky really. Just shows going out and getting the "best available" isn't a guarantee of success, we all know that anyway i guess just another example
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It wont be anyone who is a proven scorer at this level.
Neither was Marquis when he signed..
.....but we did have Andy Williams who had scored plenty of goals previously, for us and Swindon.
I don’t call 23 goals in 92 appearances “plenty of goals” for us hound !! We haven’t had a top class striker since Lewis Guy !!
I was talking about the time that Marquis came to us.
Williams was top scorer for Swindon the year before he came to us.
He was our top scorer in his first season with us and second behind Marquis in JM’s first season with us.
Hardly shoddy was it.
Also, a large number of those 92 appearances were as sub in his last season here.
What we need is a natural predator like a billy sharp. They come with a price tag but surely a striker of this caliber is worth a gamble money wise. For a good few seasons now we have been a team that buckled in the final third, causing coppinger to try and create things he isn’t capable of due to his complete lack of ability, like trying to cut inside and take players on. He just has nowhere near enough skill to do this.
Top and bottom, money needs to be spent on a quality out and out striker !
Your post lost all credibility when you said Coppinger can’t create things due to his complete lack of ability.
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Destination championship let’s sign someone who’s been injured and played 1 first team game!!! Absolutely shambolic, RATSO!!!
😂😂
What a wally
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Williams was a weird one he did score goals and tried hard but will mostly be remembered as not been good. Think he got unlucky really. Just shows going out and getting the "best available" isn't a guarantee of success, we all know that anyway i guess just another example
It was about 1 in 4 in the league - admittedly many appearances were subs. He scored nearly half his league goals in that season in League Two, which was clearly an absolute disgrace that we were in there.
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Quite excited to see what recruitment we do with Moore saying defence needs strengthening, attack needs strengthening and a midfielder as well. Saying exactly what the fans think and with us on verge of bringing players in sounds promising.
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Tyler Walker was on £6k at Mansfield
Just shows, what we offer is peanuts.
It's about time we started offering the going rate for players.
What’s the going rate? Are you going to put your hand in your pocket then?
Seem so keen to put the club in financial turmoil. Our owners are already putting in 2 million + to balance the books every season.
Easy spending other people’s money isn’t it.
You need to get real. If you continually spend more than you bring in then you will eventually end up like Bolton and Bury.
Can I ask, do you not understand that?
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It wont be anyone who is a proven scorer at this level.
Neither was Marquis when he signed..
.....but we did have Andy Williams who had scored plenty of goals previously, for us and Swindon.
I don’t call 23 goals in 92 appearances “plenty of goals” for us hound !! We haven’t had a top class striker since Lewis Guy !!
I was talking about the time that Marquis came to us.
Williams was top scorer for Swindon the year before he came to us.
He was our top scorer in his first season with us and second behind Marquis in JM’s first season with us.
Hardly shoddy was it.
Also, a large number of those 92 appearances were as sub in his last season here.
What we need is a natural predator like a billy sharp. They come with a price tag but surely a striker of this caliber is worth a gamble money wise. For a good few seasons now we have been a team that buckled in the final third, causing coppinger to try and create things he isn’t capable of due to his complete lack of ability, like trying to cut inside and take players on. He just has nowhere near enough skill to do this.
Top and bottom, money needs to be spent on a quality out and out striker !
Your post lost all credibility when you said Coppinger can’t create things due to his complete lack of ability.
You not agree ?
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Tyler Walker was on £6k at Mansfield
Just shows, what we offer is peanuts.
It's about time we started offering the going rate for players.
What’s the going rate? Are you going to put your hand in your pocket then?
Seem so keen to put the club in financial turmoil. Our owners are already putting in 2 million + to balance the books every season.
Easy spending other people’s money isn’t it.
You need to get real. If you continually spend more than you bring in then you will eventually end up like Bolton and Bury.
Can I ask, do you not understand that?
This exactly. Bury paid the "going rate" for lots of top end players to get promoted for a number of years and now they may not start the season. Not sure why i or anyone else bothers responding to these comments anymore either it's an argument that can't be won.
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Let's not go near Ched Evans.
why not go near evens
That boy Ched Evans
He scores when he wants.
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Got a feeling he's going to sign for Bolton once their takeover is confirmed tomorrow morning. Hope I'm wrong.
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It wont be anyone who is a proven scorer at this level.
Neither was Marquis when he signed..
.....but we did have Andy Williams who had scored plenty of goals previously, for us and Swindon.
I don’t call 23 goals in 92 appearances “plenty of goals” for us hound !! We haven’t had a top class striker since Lewis Guy !!
I was talking about the time that Marquis came to us.
Williams was top scorer for Swindon the year before he came to us.
He was our top scorer in his first season with us and second behind Marquis in JM’s first season with us.
Hardly shoddy was it.
Also, a large number of those 92 appearances were as sub in his last season here.
What we need is a natural predator like a billy sharp. They come with a price tag but surely a striker of this caliber is worth a gamble money wise. For a good few seasons now we have been a team that buckled in the final third, causing coppinger to try and create things he isn’t capable of due to his complete lack of ability, like trying to cut inside and take players on. He just has nowhere near enough skill to do this.
Top and bottom, money needs to be spent on a quality out and out striker !
Your post lost all credibility when you said Coppinger can’t create things due to his complete lack of ability.
You not agree ?
If you think Coppinger has a lack of ability you're either A) a troll B) someone who knows nothing about football or C) someone who's never actually seen him play.
Fairly sure he was 5th for assists in the league last year so that shits all over that claim.
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Coppinger has more natural ability than anyone currently in the squad.
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It wont be anyone who is a proven scorer at this level.
Neither was Marquis when he signed..
.....but we did have Andy Williams who had scored plenty of goals previously, for us and Swindon.
I don’t call 23 goals in 92 appearances “plenty of goals” for us hound !! We haven’t had a top class striker since Lewis Guy !!
I was talking about the time that Marquis came to us.
Williams was top scorer for Swindon the year before he came to us.
He was our top scorer in his first season with us and second behind Marquis in JM’s first season with us.
Hardly shoddy was it.
Also, a large number of those 92 appearances were as sub in his last season here.
What we need is a natural predator like a billy sharp. They come with a price tag but surely a striker of this caliber is worth a gamble money wise. For a good few seasons now we have been a team that buckled in the final third, causing coppinger to try and create things he isn’t capable of due to his complete lack of ability, like trying to cut inside and take players on. He just has nowhere near enough skill to do this.
Top and bottom, money needs to be spent on a quality out and out striker !
Your post lost all credibility when you said Coppinger can’t create things due to his complete lack of ability.
You not agree ?
If you think Coppinger has a lack of ability you're either A) a troll B) someone who knows nothing about football or C) someone who's never actually seen him play.
Fairly sure he was 5th for assists in the league last year so that shits all over that claim.
You proved my point in your comment when you said he was 5th in the league for assists as that’s not 1st is it !
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Right, definite WUM then.
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https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-wolves-agree-terms-of-striker-new-deal/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
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After looking about the web, I've heard nothing but good things about this lad...
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well one striker that won't be coming to Rovers is Joe Nuttall some of us thought he might be coming on loan her before xmas - he scored was it 4 goals aginst Rovers development team (in that unreported match)
he's just signed for Blackpool from Blackburn I reckoned he must be worth half a million but what do i know so Blackpool must have some money
here 's the background to him
Read an article today linking an u23 Blackburn striker to League One and Two clubs who's scored against our U23 this season and is on a run of 8 goals in 4 games.
Could be anyone of course but whoever McCann has done the deal with, he's likely to have done his homework.
We have Wilks as a young loanee up front with May competing with him so, my thought process thinks it may be someone with a little more experience as cover for Marquis. Just a little insurance policy.
https://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?topic=268100.msg819283#msg819283
Pretty poor effort really. I thought the Ressies were playing Port Vale today but I haven't seen any mention of it.
Yes poor effort by the team chosen and poor effort by the media side of DRFC.
you've just let the cat out of the bag we were trying to keep it quiet and sign their striker on loan along with Scott Minto
a Nuttall & Minto strikeforce would be a mouthful for teams to swallow
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i was actually deadly serious when I "apparently" jokingly mentioned nuttall & Minto
i've seen this "trick done before" score loads against a team then join them
yes slightly different but same theme and the player was the one and only Keshi Anderson
"After scoring a hat-trick in 6 minutes while on trial at Brentford against Crystal Palace, the latter club signed him in February 2015.[4] He scored on his debut for the Palace under-21 team,[7] and a day later Palace manager Alan Pardew stated that Anderson would be in his senior squad for the forthcoming game away at Leicester City on 7 February.[8][9]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keshi_Anderson
bl00dy deja vu gets everywhere
now do you see why the match wasn't reported ??
By the way this Blackburn under 23 striker Nuttall was let out of the bag against Millwall on Saturday scored a goal that he didn't know much about! - he also came on as a sub lastnight on the left second half for Blackburn in the FA Cup against Newcastle. Blackburn have a lot of injuries so may explain why he didn't go out on loan anywhere yet ?
No disrespect to Tiler "Watt" Smith but I believe Nuttall was the original target (guessing as usual).
https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=86684&season_id=151
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Right, definite WUM then.
Very good! 5th out of how many strikers/midfielders in Lg1? Better that than having somebody outside the top 5.
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Kieffer Moore going to Wigan.Barnsley have accepted bid of £4 million
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A cheekey bid for Keiffer Moore perhaps?
Off to Wigan for £4 million...
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They're signing a few strikers. Maybe they're losing Joe Garner to Donny Rovers?
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They're signing a few strikers. Maybe they're losing Joe Garner to Donny Rovers?
I would take Garner, alays rated him.
Toney will head to Barnsley now.
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They're signing a few strikers. Maybe they're losing Joe Garner to Donny Rovers?
I would take Garner, alays rated him.
Toney will head to Barnsley now.
I would be over the moon if we signed Joe Garner, always rated him when he has played against us