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Title: Fejiri
Post by: rover-n-out on November 11, 2024, 01:27:13 pm
Just got married to my friends daughter Mica Rollins.
Loved watching Fej up front for us, and I wish them both good health and happiness as they move to Egypt to start their married life together. Congratulations to Mica and Fejiri.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: GazLaz on November 11, 2024, 01:32:24 pm
Really good player done by injury.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: BobG on November 11, 2024, 01:41:59 pm
Does that mean he's retired RnO?

Cheers

BobG
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: rover-n-out on November 11, 2024, 01:46:46 pm
I don't know Bob, just got the info he had got married to his daughter and were settling in Egypt from my friend. I'll try to find out if he's retired from the game.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: roversdude on November 11, 2024, 01:47:45 pm
Pretty sure he has a contract out there
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Belle_Vue on November 11, 2024, 01:48:34 pm
Signed for a Egyptian Prem team called Modern Sport in Sept
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: TonySoprano on November 11, 2024, 02:33:52 pm
Sorry, but he's a nice guy, but he was no where near the level we needed at the time.

Ironside is lightyears ahead of fej.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on November 11, 2024, 03:01:02 pm
Sorry, but he's a nice guy, but he was no where near the level we needed at the time.

Ironside is lightyears ahead of fej.

Yeah, he was obviously miles off the required standard because in his first 12 months our league record in L1 when he played was only (checks notes)

P29 W18 D5 L6 Pts59 PPG2.03
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: BobG on November 11, 2024, 03:10:39 pm
Thank you RnO :)

BobG
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: The Beast on November 11, 2024, 03:46:17 pm
Sorry, but he's a nice guy, but he was no where near the level we needed at the time.

Ironside is lightyears ahead of fej.
He was a completely different type of striker to Ironside, apples and oranges.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Nudga on November 11, 2024, 03:47:07 pm
Errol taught my lad to play drums, he's an absolute diamond of a man.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Pintolager on November 11, 2024, 04:54:35 pm
Errol taught my lad to play drums, he's an absolute diamond of a man.

Nudga, was Erroll part of a 90's band...can't remember which band it was, but I seem to recall some connection. He was 3 years above me at DV and like you say, a good guy.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Nudga on November 11, 2024, 04:59:25 pm
Errol taught my lad to play drums, he's an absolute diamond of a man.

Nudga, was Erroll part of a 90's band...can't remember which band it was, but I seem to recall some connection. He was 3 years above me at DV and like you say, a good guy.

He's done all sorts mate, he's played for Belinda Carlisle and I think The Human League at some point.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Pintolager on November 11, 2024, 05:01:38 pm
Thanks for that. It wasn't until years later that I heard he was big into the music scene.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Nudga on November 11, 2024, 05:04:18 pm
Thanks for that. It wasn't until years later that I heard he was big into the music scene.  :thumbsup:

He's had a very good career. You dont have to be well known to have a good career in music.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: DonnyOsmond on November 11, 2024, 05:50:34 pm
Sorry, but he's a nice guy, but he was no where near the level we needed at the time.

Ironside is lightyears ahead of fej.

8 goals in 22 games up front for us in League One. Not exactly shite, was he?
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: scawsby steve on November 11, 2024, 05:56:59 pm
Thanks for that. It wasn't until years later that I heard he was big into the music scene.  :thumbsup:

He's had a very good career. You dont have to be well known to have a good career in music.

That's right. BB and Wolfie are a fantastic duo with the spoons. They just never got discovered.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 11, 2024, 06:14:25 pm
Thanks for that. It wasn't until years later that I heard he was big into the music scene.  :thumbsup:

He's had a very good career. You dont have to be well known to have a good career in music.

That's right. BB and Wolfie are a fantastic duo with the spoons. They just never got discovered.
That's true, we should have taken up Yates's offer when they approached us a few years back. We might have had a better chance of being discovered in a more upmarket pub chain.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Dagenham Rover on November 11, 2024, 06:43:11 pm
Thanks for that. It wasn't until years later that I heard he was big into the music scene.  :thumbsup:

He's had a very good career. You dont have to be well known to have a good career in music.

You'd be amazed how many unknown "session musicians"  earn a decent living out of music I know I did working for the BBC depping in the West End shows, various recordings  and with the cover band I played with. However loads don't you just really need that one job where you do a decent job depping your names remembered and word spreads your ok thats when the phone starts ringing. However make a hash of that one job and your names remembered also :)   
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: TonySoprano on November 11, 2024, 06:49:02 pm
Sorry, but he's a nice guy, but he was no where near the level we needed at the time.

Ironside is lightyears ahead of fej.

Yeah, he was obviously miles off the required standard because in his first 12 months our league record in L1 when he played was only (checks notes)

P29 W18 D5 L6 Pts59 PPG2.03

I know your a bit thick, but even you might be able to see those stats are despite him, and not because of him.

Just imagine how good they would have been if we had a better striker at the time.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: TonySoprano on November 11, 2024, 06:49:33 pm
Sorry, but he's a nice guy, but he was no where near the level we needed at the time.

Ironside is lightyears ahead of fej.

8 goals in 22 games up front for us in League One. Not exactly shite, was he?

Sorry, he was shite
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: TonySoprano on November 11, 2024, 06:50:34 pm
Sorry, but he's a nice guy, but he was no where near the level we needed at the time.

Ironside is lightyears ahead of fej.
He was a completely different type of striker to Ironside, apples and oranges.

Aye. Completely different, ironside is good and fej wasn't
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: BobG on November 11, 2024, 07:13:50 pm
You know, truly, I can't help but guffaw at all the utter tripe you spout. It's spectacular.

BobG
 
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: vaya on November 11, 2024, 07:15:14 pm
Sorry, but he's a nice guy, but he was no where near the level we needed at the time.

Ironside is lightyears ahead of fej.

Yeah, he was obviously miles off the required standard because in his first 12 months our league record in L1 when he played was only (checks notes)

P29 W18 D5 L6 Pts59 PPG2.03

I know your a bit thick, but even you might be able to see those stats are despite him, and not because of him.

Just imagine how good they would have been if we had a better striker at the time.

*You're
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: rover-n-out on November 11, 2024, 07:28:56 pm
Erroll Rollins is just a brilliant drummer who continues to have an amazing career in music, he and his siblings Winston and Dennis are well
known up and down the country
performing with some star names out there.
My family, the Emmerson's along with the Rollins and the Carline's have been fortunate enough to have been blessed with the talent to be able to make music our chosen career path, and I'm fortunate enough to regard both of those families as friends.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Martyn1968 on November 11, 2024, 07:48:33 pm
Yes a very talented family. I grew up with them in the 70s. Have memories seeing the brothers breakdancing in town on a sheet of lino with a ghetto blaster.
Son Jay is at Worksop Town, though a bad injury now. Erroll's a pretty decent cyclist now as well and we often gets out and about on the bikes. Lovely family.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 11, 2024, 07:51:39 pm
Okenabirhie v Ironside: goal stats:

Okenabirhie:

44 appearances 13 goals ( 1 goal every 3.38 games) For Rovers


Ironside:

62 appearances 22 goals (1 goal every 2.81 games) For Rovers

Entire career:

Okenabirhie:

Played 277
goals 62
Av = 1 goal every 4.46 games.


Ironside:

Played 439
goals 129
Av = 1 goal every 3.40 games

Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: drfchound on November 11, 2024, 07:55:37 pm
Thanks for that. It wasn't until years later that I heard he was big into the music scene.  :thumbsup:

He's had a very good career. You dont have to be well known to have a good career in music.

You'd be amazed how many unknown "session musicians"  earn a decent living out of music I know I did working for the BBC depping in the West End shows, various recordings  and with the cover band I played with. However loads don't you just really need that one job where you do a decent job depping your names remembered and word spreads your ok thats when the phone starts ringing. However make a hash of that one job and your names remembered also :)

People don’t even have to be musicians to make a good living from the music industry.
Many on here won’t be aware that 30 years ago I used to manage three Bananarama girls.
Obviously as I am in my seventies now, i can only manage one of them.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: ncRover on November 11, 2024, 08:00:06 pm
Fej was great. A natural finisher.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Chris Black come back on November 11, 2024, 08:02:05 pm
He played all his games for us at League One level.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 11, 2024, 08:21:58 pm
He played all his games for us at League One level.
OK then. Let's look at Okenabirhie's League 2 and lower record.

P 233 games
Scored 49 goals
= 1 goal every 4.75 games.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: DonnyOsmond on November 11, 2024, 09:29:57 pm
Okenabirhie v Ironside: goal stats:

Okenabirhie:

44 appearances 13 goals ( 1 goal every 3.38 games) For Rovers


Ironside:

62 appearances 22 goals (1 goal every 2.81 games) For Rovers

Entire career:

Okenabirhie:

Played 277
goals 62
Av = 1 goal every 4.46 games.


Ironside:

Played 439
goals 129
Av = 1 goal every 3.40 games



Compare games they've both played up front. Fej has played half of his career at left wing. Otherwise you might aswell compare Olowu to Sharp.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: drfchound on November 11, 2024, 09:36:37 pm
Okenabirhie v Ironside: goal stats:

Okenabirhie:

44 appearances 13 goals ( 1 goal every 3.38 games) For Rovers


Ironside:

62 appearances 22 goals (1 goal every 2.81 games) For Rovers

Entire career:

Okenabirhie:

Played 277
goals 62
Av = 1 goal every 4.46 games.


Ironside:

Played 439
goals 129
Av = 1 goal every 3.40 games



Compare games they've both played up front. Fej has played half of his career at left wing. Otherwise you might aswell compare Olowu to Sharp.

Olowu and Sharp.
That’s a bit of an oddball comparison.
Surely Sharp and maybe Gibson, or Mols, might be better.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 11, 2024, 09:46:51 pm
Okenabirhie v Ironside: goal stats:

Okenabirhie:

44 appearances 13 goals ( 1 goal every 3.38 games) For Rovers


Ironside:

62 appearances 22 goals (1 goal every 2.81 games) For Rovers

Entire career:

Okenabirhie:

Played 277
goals 62
Av = 1 goal every 4.46 games.


Ironside:

Played 439
goals 129
Av = 1 goal every 3.40 games



Compare games they've both played up front. Fej has played half of his career at left wing. Otherwise you might aswell compare Olowu to Sharp.
I wouldn't expect Olowu to score as many goals as Sharp if he played up front, so I'm not comparing them. You are!

If you think Fej is a better striker than Ironside that is your prerogative.

I've merely provided the stats.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Draytonian III on November 11, 2024, 10:46:27 pm
You can’t compare any player with goals to appearances because a two minute sub appearance to help break up play counts as much as playing the full match. The main player over the last 20 years or so to “ suffer “ from this is Paul Heffernan
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: turnbull for england on November 12, 2024, 02:09:51 am
Yes a very talented family. I grew up with them in the 70s. Have memories seeing the brothers breakdancing in town on a sheet of lino with a ghetto blaster.
Son Jay is at Worksop Town, though a bad injury now. Erroll's a pretty decent cyclist now as well and we often gets out and about on the bikes. Lovely family.


I worked with Sharon for a couple of years 20 years back, always fiercely proud of her family.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: nice one rovers on November 12, 2024, 07:45:57 am
Erroll Rollins is just a brilliant drummer who continues to have an amazing career in music, he and his siblings Winston and Dennis are well
known up and down the country
performing with some star names out there.
My family, the Emmerson's along with the Rollins and the Carline's have been fortunate enough to have been blessed with the talent to be able to make music our chosen career path, and I'm fortunate enough to regard both of those families as friends.

I remember the Jeff carline group, very good in the early eighties.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Filo on November 12, 2024, 08:31:35 am
Erroll Rollins is just a brilliant drummer who continues to have an amazing career in music, he and his siblings Winston and Dennis are well
known up and down the country
performing with some star names out there.
My family, the Emmerson's along with the Rollins and the Carline's have been fortunate enough to have been blessed with the talent to be able to make music our chosen career path, and I'm fortunate enough to regard both of those families as friends.

I remember the Jeff carline group, very good in the early eighties.

Wasn’t he in The Uncool Danceband?
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: mugnapper on November 12, 2024, 09:00:48 am
Erroll Rollins is just a brilliant drummer who continues to have an amazing career in music, he and his siblings Winston and Dennis are well
known up and down the country
performing with some star names out there.
My family, the Emmerson's along with the Rollins and the Carline's have been fortunate enough to have been blessed with the talent to be able to make music our chosen career path, and I'm fortunate enough to regard both of those families as friends.

I remember the Jeff carline group, very good in the early eighties.

Wasn’t he in The Uncool Danceband?
I'm sad enough to have paid thousands of Yen to import 3 copies of an Uncool Danceband Greatest Hits CD from Japan.
Worth it for the CD Booklet alone, which had lots of press cuttings of their rise from back in the day.
(They were about £12 each in English money, including postage from Japan)!!
I also bought a vinyl copy from the USA but flogged it when times were tight. (Japanese vinyl pressing and was very heavy, great quality vinyl).
There is a German 7" vinyl edition of 'Jacqueline' with an awful picture cover that sells for £200!
Ok, I'm back off up my nerd tree now.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: ForsolongaRover on November 12, 2024, 10:03:54 am
Coming back to Fej, if you’ve watched football all your life and you did not recognise him as a natural finisher your judgement operates to an abnormal standard.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on November 12, 2024, 11:35:49 am
Sorry, but he's a nice guy, but he was no where near the level we needed at the time.

Ironside is lightyears ahead of fej.

Yeah, he was obviously miles off the required standard because in his first 12 months our league record in L1 when he played was only (checks notes)

P29 W18 D5 L6 Pts59 PPG2.03

I know your a bit thick, but even you might be able to see those stats are despite him, and not because of him.

Just imagine how good they would have been if we had a better striker at the time.

Well. Makes you thing, doesn't it?

From Jan 2020 to Jan 2021, we had a shite manager an a centre forward (what was it?) "nowhere near the level required at the time". And we had one of the best 12 months in our entire history.

Maybe the conclusion is we should just choose ten players and tell them to make it up as they go?

Or maybe you're talking ba-baa again?

I'll have a think which is more likely and get back to you.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: scawsby steve on November 12, 2024, 05:15:03 pm
Thanks for that. It wasn't until years later that I heard he was big into the music scene.  :thumbsup:

He's had a very good career. You dont have to be well known to have a good career in music.

You'd be amazed how many unknown "session musicians"  earn a decent living out of music I know I did working for the BBC depping in the West End shows, various recordings  and with the cover band I played with. However loads don't you just really need that one job where you do a decent job depping your names remembered and word spreads your ok thats when the phone starts ringing. However make a hash of that one job and your names remembered also :)

People don’t even have to be musicians to make a good living from the music industry.
Many on here won’t be aware that 30 years ago I used to manage three Bananarama girls.
Obviously as I am in my seventies now, i can only manage one of them.

I hope that one is Keren Woodward, mate. A bit of a stunner she was.

I still think I might have a chance there.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: Bentley Bullet on November 12, 2024, 05:25:09 pm
Thanks for that. It wasn't until years later that I heard he was big into the music scene.  :thumbsup:

He's had a very good career. You dont have to be well known to have a good career in music.

You'd be amazed how many unknown "session musicians"  earn a decent living out of music I know I did working for the BBC depping in the West End shows, various recordings  and with the cover band I played with. However loads don't you just really need that one job where you do a decent job depping your names remembered and word spreads your ok thats when the phone starts ringing. However make a hash of that one job and your names remembered also :)

People don’t even have to be musicians to make a good living from the music industry.
Many on here won’t be aware that 30 years ago I used to manage three Bananarama girls.
Obviously as I am in my seventies now, i can only manage one of them.

I hope that one is Keren Woodward, mate. A bit of a stunner she was.

I still think I might have a chance there.
Now that's really saying something.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: scawsby steve on November 12, 2024, 06:23:38 pm
Thanks for that. It wasn't until years later that I heard he was big into the music scene.  :thumbsup:

He's had a very good career. You dont have to be well known to have a good career in music.

You'd be amazed how many unknown "session musicians"  earn a decent living out of music I know I did working for the BBC depping in the West End shows, various recordings  and with the cover band I played with. However loads don't you just really need that one job where you do a decent job depping your names remembered and word spreads your ok thats when the phone starts ringing. However make a hash of that one job and your names remembered also :)

People don’t even have to be musicians to make a good living from the music industry.
Many on here won’t be aware that 30 years ago I used to manage three Bananarama girls.
Obviously as I am in my seventies now, i can only manage one of them.

I hope that one is Keren Woodward, mate. A bit of a stunner she was.

I still think I might have a chance there.
Now that's really saying something.

Yes, but when it comes to sex, it's not what you do it's the way that you do it.
Title: Re: Fejiri
Post by: rover-n-out on November 12, 2024, 06:37:01 pm
Yes Filo! Jeff Carline was a member of The Uncool Dance band back in the 80's with Steve Bogart (vocals) Wayne Tyas (bass guitar) and Steve Maxwell (drums). Great band at the time and Jacqueline nearly got them the recording deal they deserved.