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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: donnyguy on March 11, 2025, 03:02:10 pm
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1 year contract extension announced
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https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2025/march/11/options-taken-up-to-extend-broadbent-and-senior-contracts/
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Let’s hope there’s a deal brewing to keep Olowu
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Hopefully Sterry and Olowu next.
Think the Olowu one will be a case of waiting until the end of the season and then if we go up will be the same as what we did with Whiteman where he signs a deal and we say we won’t stand in his way if an offer comes in.
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Difficult giving out contracts not knowing what division we will be in. Broadbent a no brainer, we’ve chosen to buy him and develop him, keep going with that.
Senior is 28 and not an adequate L1 player for me. Wanting till the end of the season would have been perhaps a bit more wise there.
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To get out of this awful league, we need a squad that is, excepting maybe one or two players, ready for league 1. Are we at that level this season? Not for me, but our squad depth has been a plus so far.
Last ‘end of season’ team was a league 1 ready team imho, however we still missed out, as we all know. But, looking forward, we have to hold on to the lads who have now firmly established themselves and Olowu fits that category. Worryingly, we are still waiting for positive news on Joe.
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As it stands, the only contracted centre back for next season is McGrath.
Anderson, Wood, Olowu and Faulkner all currently out of deals in June.
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As it stands, the only contracted centre back for next season is McGrath.
Anderson, Wood, Olowu and Faulkner all currently out of deals in June.
With the obvious exception of Olowu I wouldn't lose any sleep if we didn't sign any of the other 3.
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Anderson’s still good enough for me to be a solid squad member, even if we’re promoted. And he’s shown a lot of loyalty to us over the years.
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Difficult giving out contracts not knowing what division we will be in. Broadbent a no brainer, we’ve chosen to buy him and develop him, keep going with that.
Senior is 28 and not an adequate L1 player for me. Wanting till the end of the season would have been perhaps a bit more wise there.
Handing out contracts in March is now an annual occurrence.
At least it's players who aren't injured and haven't completed a fitness test.
Should imagine two contracts drawn up, one for this division and improved terms in the event of promotion.
Is Senior someone a club aiming for the championship would sign?
I see it like we've signed Senior, possibly both for lg2 if we don't go up.
If we do go up, he's then a salable asset that we could ship on for £30k or more likely a club buys his contract.
It's obvious that this current squad could not cut it in lg1. Crawley look doomed and Mansfield in 18th despite having a better team than us last season.
I think it's imperative that we go up this season.
Let's just say the league table stay the same at the end of the season,
Burton, Crawley, Cambridge and Shrewsbury come down making lg2 even more dull.
Lg1 however
Wrexham
Stockport
Bolton (if those three don't go up in POs)
Huddersfield
Barnsley
Lincoln
Rotherham
Wigan
Mansfield
Bradford
And possibly Notts
And possibly Derby
All those with decent away followings boosting our home attendances and cracking away days for us.
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Difficult giving out contracts not knowing what division we will be in. Broadbent a no brainer, we’ve chosen to buy him and develop him, keep going with that.
Senior is 28 and not an adequate L1 player for me. Wanting till the end of the season would have been perhaps a bit more wise there.
Handing out contracts in March is now an annual occurrence.
At least it's players who aren't injured and haven't completed a fitness test.
Should imagine two contracts drawn up, one for this division and improved terms in the event of promotion.
Is Senior someone a club aiming for the championship would sign?
I see it like we've signed Senior, possibly both for lg2 if we don't go up.
If we do go up, he's then a salable asset that we could ship on for £30k or more likely a club buys his contract.
It's obvious that this current squad could not cut it in lg1. Crawley look doomed and Mansfield in 18th despite having a better team than us last season.
I think it's imperative that we go up this season.
Let's just say the league table stay the same at the end of the season,
Burton, Crawley, Cambridge and Shrewsbury come down making lg2 even more dull.
Lg1 however
Wrexham
Stockport
Bolton (if those three don't go up in POs)
Huddersfield
Barnsley
Lincoln
Rotherham
Wigan
Mansfield
Bradford
And possibly Notts
And possibly Derby
All those with decent away followings boosting our home attendances and cracking away days for us.
Great post Nudga.
Some very exciting fixtures on the cards if we get promoted. League 1 would be a huge step-up in terms of quality and excitement.
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Difficult giving out contracts not knowing what division we will be in. Broadbent a no brainer, we’ve chosen to buy him and develop him, keep going with that.
Senior is 28 and not an adequate L1 player for me. Wanting till the end of the season would have been perhaps a bit more wise there.
Handing out contracts in March is now an annual occurrence.
At least it's players who aren't injured and haven't completed a fitness test.
Should imagine two contracts drawn up, one for this division and improved terms in the event of promotion.
Is Senior someone a club aiming for the championship would sign?
I see it like we've signed Senior, possibly both for lg2 if we don't go up.
If we do go up, he's then a salable asset that we could ship on for £30k or more likely a club buys his contract.
It's obvious that this current squad could not cut it in lg1. Crawley look doomed and Mansfield in 18th despite having a better team than us last season.
I think it's imperative that we go up this season.
Let's just say the league table stay the same at the end of the season,
Burton, Crawley, Cambridge and Shrewsbury come down making lg2 even more dull.
Lg1 however
Wrexham
Stockport
Bolton (if those three don't go up in POs)
Huddersfield
Barnsley
Lincoln
Rotherham
Wigan
Mansfield
Bradford
And possibly Notts
And possibly Derby
All those with decent away followings boosting our home attendances and cracking away days for us.
Great post Nudga.
Some very exciting fixtures on the cards if we get promoted. League 1 would be a huge step-up in terms of quality and excitement.
Nice to get upbeat posts like these two.
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Difficult giving out contracts not knowing what division we will be in. Broadbent a no brainer, we’ve chosen to buy him and develop him, keep going with that.
Senior is 28 and not an adequate L1 player for me. Wanting till the end of the season would have been perhaps a bit more wise there.
Handing out contracts in March is now an annual occurrence.
At least it's players who aren't injured and haven't completed a fitness test.
Should imagine two contracts drawn up, one for this division and improved terms in the event of promotion.
Is Senior someone a club aiming for the championship would sign?
I see it like we've signed Senior, possibly both for lg2 if we don't go up.
If we do go up, he's then a salable asset that we could ship on for £30k or more likely a club buys his contract.
It's obvious that this current squad could not cut it in lg1. Crawley look doomed and Mansfield in 18th despite having a better team than us last season.
I think it's imperative that we go up this season.
Let's just say the league table stay the same at the end of the season,
Burton, Crawley, Cambridge and Shrewsbury come down making lg2 even more dull.
Lg1 however
Wrexham
Stockport
Bolton (if those three don't go up in POs)
Huddersfield
Barnsley
Lincoln
Rotherham
Wigan
Mansfield
Bradford
And possibly Notts
And possibly Derby
All those with decent away followings boosting our home attendances and cracking away days for us.
Totally agree! L1 will be great next year, some epic games. Better atmopshere's and followings. We simply HAVE to go up this year. This division is codswallop.
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Difficult giving out contracts not knowing what division we will be in. Broadbent a no brainer, we’ve chosen to buy him and develop him, keep going with that.
Senior is 28 and not an adequate L1 player for me. Wanting till the end of the season would have been perhaps a bit more wise there.
Handing out contracts in March is now an annual occurrence.
At least it's players who aren't injured and haven't completed a fitness test.
Should imagine two contracts drawn up, one for this division and improved terms in the event of promotion.
Is Senior someone a club aiming for the championship would sign?
I see it like we've signed Senior, possibly both for lg2 if we don't go up.
If we do go up, he's then a salable asset that we could ship on for £30k or more likely a club buys his contract.
It's obvious that this current squad could not cut it in lg1. Crawley look doomed and Mansfield in 18th despite having a better team than us last season.
I think it's imperative that we go up this season.
Let's just say the league table stay the same at the end of the season,
Burton, Crawley, Cambridge and Shrewsbury come down making lg2 even more dull.
Lg1 however
Wrexham
Stockport
Bolton (if those three don't go up in POs)
Huddersfield
Barnsley
Lincoln
Rotherham
Wigan
Mansfield
Bradford
And possibly Notts
And possibly Derby
All those with decent away followings boosting our home attendances and cracking away days for us.
Totally agree! L1 will be great next year, some epic games. Better atmopshere's and followings. We simply HAVE to go up this year. This division is codswallop.
Looking at those potential fixtures also means there will be many more easily reached away days too.
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Difficult giving out contracts not knowing what division we will be in. Broadbent a no brainer, we’ve chosen to buy him and develop him, keep going with that.
Senior is 28 and not an adequate L1 player for me. Wanting till the end of the season would have been perhaps a bit more wise there.
Handing out contracts in March is now an annual occurrence.
At least it's players who aren't injured and haven't completed a fitness test.
Should imagine two contracts drawn up, one for this division and improved terms in the event of promotion.
Is Senior someone a club aiming for the championship would sign?
I see it like we've signed Senior, possibly both for lg2 if we don't go up.
If we do go up, he's then a salable asset that we could ship on for £30k or more likely a club buys his contract.
It's obvious that this current squad could not cut it in lg1. Crawley look doomed and Mansfield in 18th despite having a better team than us last season.
I think it's imperative that we go up this season.
Let's just say the league table stay the same at the end of the season,
Burton, Crawley, Cambridge and Shrewsbury come down making lg2 even more dull.
Lg1 however
Wrexham
Stockport
Bolton (if those three don't go up in POs)
Huddersfield
Barnsley
Lincoln
Rotherham
Wigan
Mansfield
Bradford
And possibly Notts
And possibly Derby
All those with decent away followings boosting our home attendances and cracking away days for us.
throw a nive trip to blackpool for the weekend into that
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We were inundated with clubs coming in to take our fringe players on loan in the new year, remind me who went out and were actually wanted by clubs even in non league.
Few of the established players went out who we would have let out Faulkner has been a success at Buxton and attracting attention from other clubs and had choices of clubs for a loan in January Close has gone out and is Close on loan not pulling up any trees.
Of the youngsters Flint has been flying at Darlington all season and is being tracked by a bunch of league clubs, and Sam Brown has progressed upwards from Bradford Park Avenue to Peterborough Sports and must have done well. All the others are mostly on the bench lower down the leagues and haven't done a lot.
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Difficult giving out contracts not knowing what division we will be in. Broadbent a no brainer, we’ve chosen to buy him and develop him, keep going with that.
Senior is 28 and not an adequate L1 player for me. Wanting till the end of the season would have been perhaps a bit more wise there.
Handing out contracts in March is now an annual occurrence.
At least it's players who aren't injured and haven't completed a fitness test.
Should imagine two contracts drawn up, one for this division and improved terms in the event of promotion.
Is Senior someone a club aiming for the championship would sign?
I see it like we've signed Senior, possibly both for lg2 if we don't go up.
If we do go up, he's then a salable asset that we could ship on for £30k or more likely a club buys his contract.
It's obvious that this current squad could not cut it in lg1. Crawley look doomed and Mansfield in 18th despite having a better team than us last season.
I think it's imperative that we go up this season.
Let's just say the league table stay the same at the end of the season,
Burton, Crawley, Cambridge and Shrewsbury come down making lg2 even more dull.
Lg1 however
Wrexham
Stockport
Bolton (if those three don't go up in POs)
Huddersfield
Barnsley
Lincoln
Rotherham
Wigan
Mansfield
Bradford
And possibly Notts
And possibly Derby
All those with decent away followings boosting our home attendances and cracking away days for us.
Gret post Nudga, can I add to that and include possibly Peterborough, Stoke or Hull?
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Yeah good shout.
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As it stands, the only contracted centre back for next season is McGrath.
Anderson, Wood, Olowu and Faulkner all currently out of deals in June.
Olowu we must try and get him under contract
Faulkner right age progressing on loan we should endeavour to try and resign him unless the club have a better player lined up
Anderson unless we known we’ve got better lined up then again we should sign him on for another year at least if he will take that.
Wood he should be released.
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Agree Olowu has to be a priority for signing
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As it stands, these are the players we have contracted for next season:
McGrath
Maxwell
Nixon
Bailey
Westbrooke
Sbarra
Ironside
Straughan-Brown
Williams
Flint
Broadbent
Close
Senior
Gibson
Molyneux
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As it stands, these are the players we have contracted for next season:
McGrath
Maxwell
Nixon
Bailey
Westbrooke
Sbarra
Ironside
Straughan-Brown
Williams
Flint
Broadbent
Close
Senior
Gibson
Molyneux
Pretty grim League 1 side that.
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As it stands, these are the players we have contracted for next season:
McGrath
Maxwell
Nixon
Bailey
Westbrooke
Sbarra
Ironside
Straughan-Brown
Williams
Flint
Broadbent
Close
Senior
Gibson
Molyneux
Pretty grim League 1 side that.
Much tougher division than the last time we were in it. That’s why Senior getting a contract this early surprised me. If we get promoted that could look like a waste of a wage. I’d be surprised if he handles L1. Hope he does because he looks to be a real good pro, I’m not convinced though.
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Difficult giving out contracts not knowing what division we will be in. Broadbent a no brainer, we’ve chosen to buy him and develop him, keep going with that.
Senior is 28 and not an adequate L1 player for me. Wanting till the end of the season would have been perhaps a bit more wise there.
Handing out contracts in March is now an annual occurrence.
At least it's players who aren't injured and haven't completed a fitness test.
Should imagine two contracts drawn up, one for this division and improved terms in the event of promotion.
Is Senior someone a club aiming for the championship would sign?
I see it like we've signed Senior, possibly both for lg2 if we don't go up.
If we do go up, he's then a salable asset that we could ship on for £30k or more likely a club buys his contract.
It's obvious that this current squad could not cut it in lg1. Crawley look doomed and Mansfield in 18th despite having a better team than us last season.
I think it's imperative that we go up this season.
Let's just say the league table stay the same at the end of the season,
Burton, Crawley, Cambridge and Shrewsbury come down making lg2 even more dull.
Lg1 however
Wrexham
Stockport
Bolton (if those three don't go up in POs)
Huddersfield
Barnsley
Lincoln
Rotherham
Wigan
Mansfield
Bradford
And possibly Notts
And possibly Derby
All those with decent away followings boosting our home attendances and cracking away days for us.
Gret post Nudga, can I add to that and include possibly Peterborough, Stoke or Hull?
Yes, and it’s a bit frightening that whereas we used to be a relatively big club in L1 we would not be next season with the current bottom 4 relegated. Wycombe apart who are phenomenal, only Mansfield, Northampton and Stevenage might be regarded as smaller plus probably the fourth promotee.
What is significant about this is that club financial resources are more significant than ever when it comes to success. Stockport, Wrexham and Notts have demonstrated this and the only club that has had funds recently in L2 that is not amongst the promotion contenders is Gillingham.
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Despite all the hopes of some supporters, I think we can start saying goodbye to Olowu.
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Insider info?
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If we did lose Olowu would we be entitled to a fee for his development
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No Raven I just think his game against Crystal Palace will have been confirmation for the scouts and Agents that sit at home games near me most weeks he is ready to step up, and his agent will want to cash in while the going is good.
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As it stands, these are the players we have contracted for next season:
McGrath
Maxwell
Nixon
Bailey
Westbrooke
Sbarra
Ironside
Straughan-Brown
Williams
Flint
Broadbent
Close
Senior
Gibson
Molyneux
Pretty grim League 1 side that.
Much tougher division than the last time we were in it. That’s why Senior getting a contract this early surprised me. If we get promoted that could look like a waste of a wage. I’d be surprised if he handles L1. Hope he does because he looks to be a real good pro, I’m not convinced though.
Big fan of Senior but I would have looked at a new first choice left back for League One given Maxwell’s injury record and defensive inconsistencies.
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1 year contract extension announced
What does it say .. were the club under threat of leaving if not taken up NOW! The club has plenty of games before the season finishes and some players may be looking elsewhere if their contracts aren’t addressed . Better to
Agree behind close doors and sort them all them out before announcing . IMO
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Thought Senior was poor again today. Not a L1 player for sure.
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Agree with that,does not inspire being a div one player.
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Broadbent though had another very good game
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Broadbent though had another very good game
He did some ok stuff but just don’t see him controlling games as he should in that position. Doesn’t have that assertiveness about him to dictate tempo and up the pace. Could upgrade him massively pretty easily.
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Broadbent though had another very good game
He did some ok stuff but just don’t see him controlling games as he should in that position. Doesn’t have that assertiveness about him to dictate tempo and up the pace. Could upgrade him massively pretty easily.
He is improving though and I'm fine with trying to bring players on, he could easily become a good player.
I'm not having senior at all. He's not bad in a back three but he isn't good enough going forward as left back, same with Nixon. Sterry and Maxwell were a huge miss today.
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I’ve not been a big fan of Broadbent this season, but I can see improvement since his latest run in the team.
Today, other than TSL, he was MOTM for me. His distribution was very good and on several occasions he got himself into the right place to cover defensively.
At the moment he is keeping Crew on the bench and deserving his place in the team.
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I like Broadbent but Senior has been poor lately
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I like Broadbent but Senior has been poor lately
Senior doesn’t give the impression of been anything but a trier, certainly not good enough for L1 and a lot of the time not good enough for this league
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I like Broadbent but Senior has been poor lately
Senior doesn’t give the impression of been anything but a trier, certainly not good enough for L1 and a lot of the time not good enough for this league
You have to remember that all of our first choice back four are out injured and the four that played today are the second choices.
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Look where Olowu, Molyneux were 2 years ago, hopeless and frustrating respectively, superb now. Sterry, slow start, great player now. We can’t buy the finished product, end of.
Clearly Grant see’s potential, But!!! It will take time. Gibson, the same, soooo frustrating atm, but to me he’s Molyneux of 2 years ago.
Clifton, Sbarra it’s just the beginning for them. Give them a break, whilst they find their way.
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For me Broadbent does some good chasing back but his use of the ball is miles off
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As it stands, the only contracted centre back for next season is McGrath.
Anderson, Wood, Olowu and Faulkner all currently out of deals in June.
With the obvious exception of Olowu I wouldn't lose any sleep if we didn't sign any of the other 3.
Can they beat eggs Bazza
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For me Broadbent does some good chasing back but his use of the ball is miles off
Not ideal when you're paid profession is a footballer.
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Senior was magnificent in a back 3 at Bradford. In fact, all the team were that day, including Hurst in a number 10 role.
GM had the bottle to go with an experimental side that ended up mullering Bradford, and then changed everything for the next game.
Baffling.
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Senior was magnificent in a back 3 at Bradford. In fact, all the team were that day, including Hurst in a number 10 role.
GM had the bottle to go with an experimental side that ended up mullering Bradford, and then changed everything for the next game.
Baffling.
agree Senior was excellent against Bradford after a long period out of the squad.
He didn’t change everything tho and kept the same team and system for the game after against Barrow in the FA cup.
He then had to change after that because Maxwell came off injured so went back to a back 4.