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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Barmby Rover on September 01, 2025, 07:54:51 pm
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to Tranmere Rovers, 4th in line he can try to make it in Lg.2. I still think he lost it after one season, his only use was to wrestle with centre halves last season. Good luck Joe but you will not be missed I reckon.
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to Tranmere Rovers, 4th in line he can try to make it in Lg.2. I still think he lost it after one season, his only use was to wrestle with centre halves last season. Good luck Joe but you will not be missed I reckon.
Bit harsh. You don’t know what his influence was like with other players in the squad. Personally think your words could have shown a bit more respect to a player that’s been a solid servant to the club
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to Tranmere Rovers, 4th in line he can try to make it in Lg.2. I still think he lost it after one season, his only use was to wrestle with centre halves last season. Good luck Joe but you will not be missed I reckon.
Wow.
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One of my favourites. Loved him.
Disappointed but wish him well.
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Best of luck to you Joe, you gave you're all for the cause and we thank you, you leave with our best wishes and respect.
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Deffo in the minority with that comment, Barmby.
For me, a proper pro who did great things to help turn this club around, and to help the junior members of the squad with their development. Best of luck, Joe. And thanks.
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Sure the OP doesn’t speak for every Rovers supporter and most will have more respect for Joe. Hopefully the injuries are now behind him, never gave less than 100% and many times was colossal for us scoring some massive goals in big moments. Will watch the rest of his career closely. Best of luck Joe, go and rip it up.
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3 year deal for undisclosed fee...
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Very best of luck to him. He's a great lad. It was an absolute privilege chatting with him for 10 mins in the Sal on Promotion Day last season. Intelligent, honest, humble at the end of what must have been a horrible season for him.
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3 year deal for undisclosed fee...
Three year deal is madness by them. Best of luck to Joe. Hope it goes well for him.
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One of my favourites ever.
All the best Joe, what a bloke he is.
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First season he was a handful and key to us getting in the playoffs, last season he was a shadow of that player. He's done well to get the security of a 3 year deal hopefully he does well for them he put a shift in.
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to Tranmere Rovers, 4th in line he can try to make it in Lg.2. I still think he lost it after one season, his only use was to wrestle with centre halves last season. Good luck Joe but you will not be missed I reckon.
IDIOT
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What a top guy and deadly at League Two level. They are very lucky to have him.
Saying that, I hope for his sake they have dramatically improved because that Tranmere side that came to the Eco-Power last season was by far the worst side I've seen in the professional game, and as bad as some of the sides we used to play in the early rounds of the Sheffield Senior Challenge Cup.
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Thanks Joe - great in his first season and a real talisman for us. Hope he does well at Tranmere. He arrived on a free and left for money, so no issues with the deal....
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The penalty against Sutton that started that unbelievable climb up the table will live long in the memory.
Didn’t quite work out for him last season or the start of this but always gave 100% and wish him all the best.
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Bit gutted by this.
Was a cult hero, that penalty at Sutton and the infamous radio call in.
Was a huge part of our turn around afterwards.
Also, im baffled how we've let him go but kept Hanlan.
The game against Rotherham we needed him.
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Just seen their squad. Average age looks around 34. Hope Joe can prosper there, because he is going to be carrying a lot of tired old bodies.
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to Tranmere Rovers, 4th in line he can try to make it in Lg.2. I still think he lost it after one season, his only use was to wrestle with centre halves last season. Good luck Joe but you will not be missed I reckon.
He is still a very effective striker and works his socks . He played his part at DRFC and should be recognised as real team player . McCann never lost faith in him only ran out of options to keep him .
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to Tranmere Rovers, 4th in line he can try to make it in Lg.2. I still think he lost it after one season, his only use was to wrestle with centre halves last season. Good luck Joe but you will not be missed I reckon.
very unfair. Top pro. Top bloke. Good servant to us. Good luck Joe.
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Gave everything. Everyone will mention Sutton. I remember when the roof nearly came off when he scored and put us 1v0 up v Everton in the cup.
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Gutted. I know he wasn’t on top form last season, and hasn’t really had a chance this year. But he always gave 100% in a rovers shirt and scored some important goals. Seemed like a top bloke as well. All the best Joe.
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The opening post is disrespectful to a player who gave his blood, sweat and tears to the cause in our redemption season. I hope that if he’s reading he made it past the OP.
He is one of only a handful of Rovers strikers in the 21st century to surpass 20 league goals in a season too.
But even if he’d have scored half the amount of goals that season it would have been an incredible contribution from him.
His graft, link-up play, never say die attitude and ability to put up with physical abuse from opposition centre halves without as much as a whinge really set the tone from the top of the pitch. Because by god we’d had some dossers and some tripe in that position in the years before him.
Yes we’d probably outgrown him, but he was a big part of the group that got this club out of its hardest time in the last twenty years. A good player and a good honest man.
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The opening post is disrespectful to a player who gave his blood, sweat and tears to the cause in our redemption season. I hope that if he’s reading he made it past the OP.
He is one of only a handful of Rovers strikers in the 21st century to surpass 20 league goals in a season too.
But even if he’d have scored half the amount of goals that season it would have been an incredible contribution from him.
His graft, link-up play, never say die attitude and ability to put up with physical abuse from opposition centre halves without as much as a whinge really set the tone from the top of the pitch. Because by god we’d had some dossers and some tripe in that position in the years before him.
Yes we’d probably outgrown him, but he was a big part of the group that got this club out of its hardest time in the last twenty years. A good player and a good honest man.
Your last 3 words say it all.
A great, genuine bloke.
These are the types of people we really buy into as a supporter of a lower league club. People who give you absolutely everything. Literally cannot ask for anymore than he gave us.
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Sad to see him go,great player,very professional,and great person from what Ive seen,like the news that its a 3yr deal,pleased for him,will probably flourish again in league two.
Best of luck Jo,unless you come up against us in a cup.
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Sad to see him go,great player,very professional,and great person from what Ive seen,like the news that its a 3yr deal,pleased for him,will probably flourish again in league two.
Best of luck Jo,unless you come up against us in a cup.
Always sad when one of our leaves but in this case I think everyone just wanted Joe to start regularly again before it was too late . I think that he’ll be back to his best very soon !!!
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Disgraceful OP.
Joe will be missed. Was a popular figure within the dressing room, which is important for squad moral.
Given the chance on the pitch this season im sure he would of come good. Always gave 100% even when things wernt going our way.
Come Jan, we will be again having to look for a number 9 because the loan signing will be going back and we will be left with billy and hanlon (who by all accounts is more of a winger)
Unless this was to free up wages then i dont understand the need to offload
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Barmby rover certainly doesn't speak for me, he's a better player than Hanlan and given a run in games with Middleltons crosses I think he would have got a few goals this season. Good luck with Tranmere Joe
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3 year deal for undisclosed fee...
Three year deal is madness by them. Best of luck to Joe. Hope it goes well for him.
Just clocked the length of the deal. Excellent deal for him at his age, that. Pleased for him.
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He was part of a record equaling Rovers team so he get a thumbs up from me. Andy Crosbie an ex Rover in charge with a possibility of a takeover, so hopefully better times on the Wirral.
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He was brilliant in his first year here including in the first half of the season in a seriously struggling side.
Would the manager have kept his job, and would therefore the club be where it is now, without Ironside's goals and performances in that first half season?
His performances were strangely significantly worse last year in a successful, winning side. I remain at a loss as to why but it certainly wasn't through a lack of effort.
Correct decision all round for him to leave IMO but he certainly played a big part in Rover's revival. Thanks Joe.
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I don't think our system most weeks suit's his strength's and there for there was a drop in performance and most importantly confidence. He's played his part in his time here and he must do what's best for him and his family. Wish him all the best and if they play to his strengths they have a striker good enough to be spoke about in the better strikers on L2.
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to Tranmere Rovers, 4th in line he can try to make it in Lg.2. I still think he lost it after one season, his only use was to wrestle with centre halves last season. Good luck Joe but you will not be missed I reckon.
You have got to be joking, obviously you don’t appreciate a good player.
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Ironside by name ‘Iron of a centre forward’ by nature.
He gave everything in the hoops, left nothing out there on that pitch.
I can only echo ncRovers’s post & but add, thanks Joe, you never had it easy leading that line as a 5’10” centre forward but all those 6 foot plus centre backs you tussled with for the ‘Rovers cause’ knew to a man that they’d come up against a warrior.
I wish you nothing but the best at your new club (still a certain poster on here who’s parting comment after all you’ve done here is to question the length of contract you’ve been given by Tranmere. Perhaps he’s still ‘smarting’ after having to part with his money after you scored more than 10 goals from ‘open play’ but sod him Joe) & I for one will follow your career with interest & a warm heart for a true Rover.
As for the OP’s comments, they’re worth nothing more than a ‘falling elbow’ across the bridge of a nose.
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I'm a big fan of his and wish him all the best. His contribution to our ridiculous run during the 23/24 season (scoring in 5 consecutive games in the run in), in particular his 2nd against Barrow, will live long in the memory.
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He’ll be missed. Was dying to see him get a chance to head home some of Middletons crosses.
Now we’ll never know.
Tranmere have a good un there.
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I'm sorry Barmby but your opening post is completely disrespectful to a player who gave his heart and soul for this club. Battered and bruised time and time again by some absolute thugs, but his goals still managed to contribute greatly to our success in getting to where we are now. No, he's not had the best of times last season and the start of this, but I have nothing but admiration for his determination and never say die attitude. Joe, you leave us with my utmost respect and good wishes for you and your family in your next venture. Thank you for everything you gave to our great club.
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Rovers n out i totally and utterly agree
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Likewise, he gave 110% on the pitch every game he played
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Absolutely loved this guy and the OP was seriously unfair.
In my mind it was Blundell of many years ago; was an absolutely pivotal focus of attacks, worked his socks off, fans favourite but, sadly, it was time for a fresh challenge.
Best of luck Joe.
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The type of player that immediately gets the fans on side by his bravery and work ethic .I can’t think of many CFs who have held the ball so well for us over the years .He ratio of success in the headings duels must be high too.Well done on the move Joe .
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Good luck to Joe did fantastic other season and it's probably frustrated him being a bit part player last season
3 year deal is security with a young family i'll fondly remember his time with us I hope he gets in amongst the goals from memory they can be route one
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Echo all the sentiments above. He’s the epitome of everything we want in a Rovers player. Ran his blood to water every game and left his b*llocks on the pitch. A good, honest lad who will be missed around the changing room no doubt.
Hoping we can post about him on the ‘ex players thread’ most weeks when he starts banging them in!
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I’ve been a bit disappointed with McCann in all this. Maybe I’ve not followed his comments closely enough, but he has not seemed to have been entirely open about Joe’s position at the club. It now looks as though he’s left him out of the matchday squads to enable him to remain fit for a move because the club wanted to off-load him.
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How ironic. He's the player on the Rovers Calendar for September
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I’ve been a bit disappointed with McCann in all this. Maybe I’ve not followed his comments closely enough, but he has not seemed to have been entirely open about Joe’s position at the club. It now looks as though he’s left him out of the matchday squads to enable him to remain fit for a move because the club wanted to off-load him.
Think you’re reading too much into it, speculating and looking for something that may not been there.
The last player we had like Ironside was probably Chris Brown.
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Yeah, I can only echo the majority of positive comments on this thread. That first season was absolutely class. I can't help but feel he was playing a lot of last season carrying an injury, he did have a procedure at seasons end.
Proper centre forward and a great penalty record as well. Good luck Joe.
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Lol. Not having a pop at you CJK, but what is it with this word 'procedure'? We always used to have operations. Doesn't anybody have them any more?
BobG
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Lol. Not having a pop at you CJK, but what is it with this word 'procedure'? We always used to have operations. Doesn't anybody have them any more?
BobG
Must be modern football world terminology that has been ingrained Bob!
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Lol. Not having a pop at you CJK, but what is it with this word 'procedure'? We always used to have operations. Doesn't anybody have them any more?
BobG
No basis for this at all, but might procedure be broader to include not only the operation but also post operative care including e.g. physio, rehab etc?
Or just the modern trend of fuzzy obfuscation and trendy new words for old just for the sake of it
Signed 'A Grumpy Old Man' :lol:
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Most similar player in my Rovers lifetime for scrapping with centre backs while often giving away a height advantage would be Neil Roberts, although Joe has far surpassed his goal contributions.
One of McCanns first contributions (maybe his first?) to the squad and I will echo what others have said about him being a great pro and it seems a great bloke
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to Tranmere Rovers, 4th in line he can try to make it in Lg.2. I still think he lost it after one season, his only use was to wrestle with centre halves last season. Good luck Joe but you will not be missed I reckon.
dry harsh that would still loved to have kept him and still I believe done a job for us but wish him all the best and hope he does well for them
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Best of luck to Joe I will be looking out for Tranmere results great penalty at Sutton to start us on our upturn ⚽️⚽️
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Thanks CJK, Dutch :)
I like the thought it's ingrained, fuzzy obfuscation. Language today seems to me to be used to avoid issues, not face them. Nobody ever 'dies' nowadays do they? Are we afraid of that? Nobody ever has an operation. Are we afraid of that too? As an aside, patients, after having an op, used to, and in fact still do need to 'recuperate' .
The English language has more words in common use than any other language in the world except Mandarin. That ought to mean that anybody who speaks or writes in English ought to be able to state, CLEARLY, exactly what he or she means. But we don't do we? We use fuzzy, meaningless words to avoid things that we don't want to think about. For me, that's moral cowardice. Dealing with, coping with, managing fear is how adults lived. Now? We daren't. It's all around us. We run away from anything that frightens us. I'm starting to think a lot of western humanity is living in a fantasy world. The 'now' generations believe in sybaratism Anything that even hints at disturbing that is rejected.
BobG
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My favourite Joe goal and one that summed him up was that diving header to meet the ball about a foot off the ground ahead of an onrushing goalie at Gillingham away.
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It’s a shame that the thread was opened by such an unfair and negative post and hopefully Barmby now realises his views are not shared by the majority of Rovers fans on here.
I will just add my thanks and appreciation to all the positive comments on here. A real ‘fan’s player’ is Joe, always gave everything for the cause and I have the utmost admiration for him.
I’m pleased that he has got the security of a 3-year deal and I really hope he gets a hatful of goals for Tranmere. In fact I fully expect him to do just that.
Many thanks Joe, and the very best of luck for the future.
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Thanks CJK, Dutch :)
I like the thought it's ingrained, fuzzy obfuscation. Language today seems to me to be used to avoid issues, not face them. Nobody ever 'dies' nowadays do they? Are we afraid of that? Nobody ever has an operation. Are we afraid of that too? As an aside, patients, after having an op, used to, and in fact still do need to 'recuperate' .
The English language has more words in common use than any other language in the world except Mandarin. That ought to mean that anybody who speaks or writes in English ought to be able to state, CLEARLY, exactly what he or she means. But we don't do we? We use fuzzy, meaningless words to avoid things that we don't want to think about. For me, that's moral cowardice. Dealing with, coping with, managing fear is how adults lived. Now? We daren't. It's all around us. We run away from anything that frightens us. I'm starting to think a lot of western humanity is living in a fantasy world. The 'now' generations believe in sybaratism Anything that even hints at disturbing that is rejected.
BobG
Although some will see this only as pedantry, I agree; in my book it’s replacing “problem” with “issue” that irks me. An Issue used to cover situations where there was a choice of actions requiring a decision rather than a difficulty. Substituting the word “Issue” does, I suppose, ease the worry of seeing something as a problem which might be difficult to surmount and also a situation which would be uncomfortable for modern “ positive” people to contemplate. So giving it a different name seems to make everyone feel at ease again.
Re “procedures” I would say these cover the numerous occasions nowadays where the patient is hooked up to a machine perhaps to produce a diagnosis or fix something faulty like an irregular heart-beat. Operations which in the US (and increasingly here) are referred to as performing “a* surgery” are obviously invasive.
*Why not just “surgery”??
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An issue is simply a matter of concern which may or may not lead to a problem. For example, the issue of our strikers not scoring isn’t a problem when the rest of the team is.
To some, they say a problem is an “opportunity”.:
I prefer plain speaking to be honest, and exaggeration and hyperbole annoy me:
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to Tranmere Rovers, 4th in line he can try to make it in Lg.2. I still think he lost it after one season, his only use was to wrestle with centre halves last season. Good luck Joe but you will not be missed I reckon.
Idiot
How any DRFC fan can even say that i dont know.
His goals a few seasons ago basically stopped us from being cast adrift at the bottom of league two, he put his body about and probably took 100 bumps and brusies for us, he throws himself into dangerous positions sometimes for the good of the team. I for one shall miss seeing him play and will definitely get a warm welcome back if we play against tranmere again.