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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Filo on February 07, 2023, 10:03:38 pm
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Excellent when he came on, other CB’s should take note, he should have started
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100% agree, thought he was immense - confident and strong - should start next game for sure.
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I’ve been a big defender of Williams but that first half he was awful much better in second half but miles behind Olowu
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100% agree, thought he was immense - confident and strong - should start next game for sure.
I'm sure he will.
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Excellent when he came on, other CB’s should take note, he should have started
Nothing wrong with Anderson tonight.
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The only reason and explanation I can see for him not getting back in the side until Rowes injury, is because of the contract situation. What else can be keeping him out of the team? It’s definitely not RSW and TA, that’s for sure. Although Tom had a better game tonight.
Anyway, good performance Joe. Hopefully see you in the starting line more now.
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Class from big Joe tonight. Got a broken face and he's still throwing his head at it. What a man.
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Game changer imo. I wouldn’t be surprised if he relights our season. Very respectful of the fans and top class player!! Well done Joe
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Huge fan of Oluwu. He should be out next captain
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Agree
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Totally agree with all above, class apart
However Mitchell saved a few unnoticed
Miller ran forever but midfield is by passed in possession and scary cats without
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Very difficult to see why he is on the bench.
It's not like the other defenders have been in top form, is it?
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He’s the only player we should offer a new contract to. No doubt we’ll dick about though, leave it too late or offer peanuts, and he’ll go to a rival. Prove me wrong Rovers.
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He has good potential. He needs to start very soon. If he wants three at the back put him in instead of Rowe. Rowe needs to be in midfield, wasted at the back unless you want to play a sweeper system with him bringing the ball out.
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I agree about the contract situation, he is by far our best defender, he brought a confidence to the bAck like when he came on what we had been lacking all season!
Offer him what he wants and if he starts playing we may just get some consistency going for the end of season push
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Agree he needs to be offered what he wants to say, could build a team around him. Unfortunately can’t see that happening and thing he will leave.
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He has to start every game.
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He’s far from a complete player but has a really high ceiling. Has to be starting games or we will lose him for nothing.
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We need to renew his contract, our biggest asset IMHO.
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I assumed it was down to Injury recovery but Rowe has also been in the same boat. I’d be going mad if I was Olowu firstly seeing Williams in the team ahead of me then seeing Rowe there,
If fit back 3 on Saturday should be Nelson Anderson and Olowu
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Totally agree with all above, class apart
However Mitchell saved a few unnoticed
Miller ran forever but midfield is by passed in possession and scary cats without
Thought Mitchell played very well last night, did all the basics correctly (coming for crosses, positioning etc) and also pulled off some cracking saves the one he tipped onto the bar second half being the stand out one.
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Excellent when he came on, other CB’s should take note, he should have started
I thought he was excellent
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Excellent when he came on, other CB’s should take note, he should have started
I thought he was excellent
Same here, like a breath of fresh air.
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He’s the only player we should offer a new contract to. No doubt we’ll dick about though, leave it too late or offer peanuts, and he’ll go to a rival. Prove me wrong Rovers.
This would be a big boost. We’re not going up this season but he would be a great foundation to build on for next season!
Sounds like Bobby is kicking on nicely as well. They would be a nicely balanced partnership. Both quick as well.
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I’d be a massive fan of signing him up on a 3y deal, problem is, has he already made it clear he doesn’t intend to sign any deal? Bye why he isn’t starting?
Personally I believe we should be building around him and making him one of the main men at the club.
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Great to see him back, slotted in with ease, surely has to start on Saturday.
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I’d be a massive fan of signing him up on a 3y deal, problem is, has he already made it clear he doesn’t intend to sign any deal? Bye why he isn’t starting?
Personally I believe we should be building around him and making him one of the main men at the club.
Is the comment re not signing a deal just your speculation or based on something reported?
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I’d be a massive fan of signing him up on a 3y deal, problem is, has he already made it clear he doesn’t intend to sign any deal? Bye why he isn’t starting?
Personally I believe we should be building around him and making him one of the main men at the club.
Is the comment re not signing a deal just your speculation or based on something reported?
Just speculation, but seems sound logic. I can’t see any other reason for DS to not start him. Especially over Williams
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Genuinely think he'll let his contract run down. He will get in a league 1 team.
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Genuinely think he'll let his contract run down. He will get in a league 1 team.
I’d be genuinely gutted if this happened but probably the most likely scenario.
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Definitely needs to be one of our main targets to get signed up - build a defence around him
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I’ll say it again, we need to get Joseph tied down, he could be a club legend and a very valuable asset
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I dont know the rest of the league but he has to be one of the best. We have missed his athleticism dearly all season. He single handedly gives us half a chance of keeping a clean sheet.
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I said this very early into his career. Need to be locking down these lads early on long contracts.
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I wouldn't be surprised if his contract was already sorted.
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Toss up for me between Molly and him for mom
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I had a chat with him when he delivered my season ticket, he comes across as a very humble guy, grateful to be playing pro football
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What a player! He’s changed our season imo.
There’s no coincidence that we look so much better since Joe has returned! Thanks Joe
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Get him tied down. Monster of a performance
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I love Olowu but the improvement in solidarity at the back started before he returned (Mansfield aside, although 4 goals flattered them).
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MOTM easy.
I get the feeling there isn’t any panic about his contract and he will sign.
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I think the addition of Lakin, Nelson and Brown have had more impact, but not to take any praise from Joe, he did ok tonight, but struggled against the big 26, but did enough to put him off.
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Brown looks a very good player at this level. Both defensively and attacking, he looks easily the match of Knoyle.
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Exceptionally good tonight, what a player. Fit, fast, fearless, intelligent.
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I thought he was immense tonight. Solid, dependable and intelligent in distribution. I just pray he keeps fit because he makes such a huge difference to the side.
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Lakin and brown have made a massive difference, we’ve not had a player like Lakin that gets about the pitch, harasses centre halves, wins loose balls in the middle of the park, for a long time.
Brown is much better defensively than knoyle too
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Olowu has made us much more better defensively.
It no co incidence we have kept 3 consecutive clean sheets.
Brown & Lakin been very good signings.
Kyle who. Never heard of him. There is only one Kyle and his sir name is Hurst.
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Said it before I couldn’t understand the meltdown by some when Knoyle left us. He was far from indispensable, and Brown is far more solid than him at the back.
The stats Copps presented to us last night proves that.
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Said it before I couldn’t understand the meltdown by some when Knoyle left us. He was far from indispensable, and Brown is far more solid than him at the back.
The stats Copps presented to us last night proves that.
I was one who rated Knoyle highly at this level but wasn’t too annoyed when he left because he made it clear to Copps that he wanted to leave so rather us get some money for him even if it is small.
Brown has been an excellent replacement and was a great ball in for the goal tonight. Hopefully we make him and Lakins loans permanent in the summer.
Massive credit has to go to Copps and Schofield for the business done in the window, both in and out.
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In the latest article from DFP Olowu is one of the priorities to extend his contract. Let’s hope we can get this done.
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In the latest article from DFP Olowu is one of the priorities to extend his contract. Let’s hope we can get this done.
Got to be a three or four year contract, he’s that good, he’ll be worth some serious sell on
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In the latest article from DFP Olowu is one of the priorities to extend his contract. Let’s hope we can get this done.
I bet he's a priority for a few other clubs too. I hope he's not good mates with Kyle Knowle.
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Hopefully with Copps in charge of contracts and everything now we will be better at dealing with contracts and offering the right players the right length etc. I would be giving Olowu and Hurst new 3 year deals as them 2 are our best assets. Faulkner I’d probs be looking at giving a 2/3 year deal aswell.
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Said it before I couldn’t understand the meltdown by some when Knoyle left us. He was far from indispensable, and Brown is far more solid than him at the back.
The stats Copps presented to us last night proves that.
I haven't seen the stats but in defence of Knoyle those stats of his would have been in a relegation bound side I assume?
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Do we think he’ll sign it?
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Do we think he’ll sign it?
I doubt it. I expect him to keep his options open unless Copps can pull one out of the hat with an improved contract of good length that tempts him but, I guess his agent will have a big say on matters.
If we get promoted we might stand a chance if the offer remains on the table up to the summer.
If we do manage to re-sign him, then it will be a big step forward.
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Hopefully with Copps in charge of contracts and everything now we will be better at dealing with contracts and offering the right players the right length etc. I would be giving Olowu and Hurst new 3 year deals as them 2 are our best assets. Faulkner I’d probs be looking at giving a 2/3 year deal aswell.
I'd also include maxwell in the list of best assets. Getting better with each game and is chipping in with some goals. His defensive side of his game appears to be getting better also.
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Jon Taylor’s time since signing a 3 year deal makes me weary of offering those terms although I can see the benefit. 2 years would still give us time and let’s face it we could have them on 10 year deals and they’d not stay if they wanted out.
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Hopefully with Copps in charge of contracts and everything now we will be better at dealing with contracts and offering the right players the right length etc. I would be giving Olowu and Hurst new 3 year deals as them 2 are our best assets. Faulkner I’d probs be looking at giving a 2/3 year deal aswell.
I'd also include maxwell in the list of best assets. Getting better with each game and is chipping in with some goals. His defensive side of his game appears to be getting better also.
Yh I’d agree tbf, didn’t think about him lol, playing very well since playing as a wing back.
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Do we think he’ll sign it?
I doubt it. I expect him to keep his options open unless Copps can pull one out of the hat with an improved contract of good length that tempts him but, I guess his agent will have a big say on matters.
If we get promoted we might stand a chance if the offer remains on the table up to the summer.
If we do manage to re-sign him, then it will be a big step forward.
Agree with this. He came here to get game time and give himself a platform to move on. If he does well for rest of the season, the only hope we would have of getting him to sign again is promotion, and that is clearly nowhere near certain. He's probably going to leave I suspect. It's not just a matter of us giving him the offer. Far from it.
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Jon Taylor’s time since signing a 3 year deal makes me weary of offering those terms although I can see the benefit. 2 years would still give us time and let’s face it we could have them on 10 year deals and they’d not stay if they wanted out.
Taylor has no resale value
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Jon Taylor’s time since signing a 3 year deal makes me weary of offering those terms although I can see the benefit. 2 years would still give us time and let’s face it we could have them on 10 year deals and they’d not stay if they wanted out.
Taylor has no resale value
No one has any resale value if they’ve been injured for 2 years
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We don't need every player to have a resale value, it's just a shame that injuries have prevented us gaining value from Taylor on the pitch.
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Thought I'd bump this up.
It seems to have gone quiet... I imagine Joseph will be leaving us in the summer? Thoughts?
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No way he'll be staying.
The club won't pay him the wages he deserves.
He'll leave for free. And have a brilliant career and it will just be another failure of the club to add to the bible of failures we already have.
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He got bullied by Cook yesterday. Wasn’t surprised when he was taken off.
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Purely tactical, DS finally realised we didn't need 3 at the back marking one attacker.
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And he was on a yellow, the obvious choice to sub off.
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He got booked for what seemed at the time like a decent tackle. Maybe I'm wrong?
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Purely tactical, DS finally realised we didn't need 3 at the back marking one attacker.
It only took 80 minutes.
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He’s still good enough to offer a new contract too, whether he accepts it is another thing. Still got a lot to learn but has potential.
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He got booked for what seemed at the time like a decent tackle. Maybe I'm wrong?
Looked a good tackle to me too.
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He got booked for what seemed at the time like a decent tackle. Maybe I'm wrong?
Looked a good tackle to me too.
Some inconsistentcy from the officials yesterday. Anderson should probably have picked up a yellow for one tackle, and the lino on the West side had trouble making decisions all game.
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He got booked for what seemed at the time like a decent tackle. Maybe I'm wrong?
We thought it was a good tackle as well.
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Yes it was a clean tackle so was Nelson’s which gave Bradford a free kick just before they scored. Linesman that side gave it but was hopeless. Gave so many blatant throw ins the wrong was for both sides
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I did hear Saturday that a new contract has been agreed, but we will wait and see. Not his best game Saturday but didnt deserve his yellow.
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If that's right we are lucky. Good news.
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I did hear Saturday that a new contract has been agreed, but we will wait and see. Not his best game Saturday but didnt deserve his yellow.
Be elated and surprised in equal measure if this is true.
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Heard this all before about “agreed in principle” I imagine players in these positions rightly leave their options open for as long as possible - unless they are happy and sure about a club.
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Not a cat in hells chance he stays.
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https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/sport/football/what-doncaster-rovers-star-joseph-olowu-said-about-signing-a-new-contract-4043289
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The above article amused me - doesnt take much! Half way down, as with all these tedious newspaper articles there is an add requesting subscription to the Donkey Sanctuary! Bit harsh on Olowu …….but not the rest
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Is it just me that thought his answer was far less committal than the headline/sub-headline made it sound? The way I read it is, yes he's committed to the club for the rest of the season, but beyond that he wouldn't really be drawn on it. "I leave these things to my agent" is usually another way of saying "I'll keep my options open and get the best deal I can".
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Is it just me that thought his answer was far less committal than the headline/sub-headline made it sound? The way I read it is, yes he's committed to the club for the rest of the season, but beyond that he wouldn't really be drawn on it. "I leave these things to my agent" is usually another way of saying "I'll keep my options open and get the best deal I can".
Spot on, Pib. That's exactly how I read it.
I doubt he'll be here next season.
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It would be a great shame if he did move on without the club doing its best to keep him, it did sound like he's open to better offers and no doubt his agent will be trawling the leagues for one.
I'd say himself, like Hurst could benefit massively from another season with a club like us at this level, he's still really to find his feet in pro football and his potential is no where near realised, another season honing his skills with a club like us would benefit him massively in his future which i'm thinking will be a pretty decent one as he also progresses up the football pyramid.
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Olowu has reposted Drfc announcing Hurst contract on to his Instagram story. I don’t think he’d do that if he wasn’t signing himself.
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He has to be the next priority, in front of any other out of contract player, but it seems Mitchell is next up!
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He has to be the next priority, in front of any other out of contract player, but it seems Mitchell is next up!
I’m sure we don’t negotiate one at a time. Talks will be ongoing with Olowu as well as others.
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Why was he subbed?
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Niggle, apparently.
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Why was he subbed?
Why was he subbed?
Not sure if he had a knock, him going off coincided with the capitulation.