Signings

[Retdon1]

I think Eion Doyle would be a decent shout for us. Proven at this level and already into double figures this season on loan at Oldham. Not sure how much Preston would want for him though.

[Chris Black come back]

And yet...

Brian Stock struggled to break into a very weak Wales side whereas Paul Green was a regular for a couple of years in a much stronger Republic of Ireland side.

Stock was (sometimes) a sumptuous orchestrator. Green was pretty much always a relentless terrier.

Without a doubt it was O’Driscoll’s biggest mistake to fail to appreciate and properly harness Green’s talent. Green was a bit part player throughout 2007 when we badly misfired. He was central to the side that finally achieved greatness in early 2008. O’Driscoll said at the end of 2007/08 he’d been surprised by how well Green had played. But by then, Green had jumped ship. Given that our second half of 08/09 was promotion form, I often wonder what we might have achieved if Green had remained for that first Championship season.

Struggling or not, when Stock was in consideration for Wales their midfield could call on Aaron Ramsey, Joe Ledley and Gareth Bale.

Yup, he did struggle to get past them!

[DearneValleyRover]

I think Eion Doyle would be a decent shout for us. Proven at this level and already into double figures this season on loan at Oldham. Not sure how much Preston would want for him though.

Out for the rest of the season apparently

[DonnyOsmond]

And yet...

Brian Stock struggled to break into a very weak Wales side whereas Paul Green was a regular for a couple of years in a much stronger Republic of Ireland side.

Stock was (sometimes) a sumptuous orchestrator. Green was pretty much always a relentless terrier.

Without a doubt it was O’Driscoll’s biggest mistake to fail to appreciate and properly harness Green’s talent. Green was a bit part player throughout 2007 when we badly misfired. He was central to the side that finally achieved greatness in early 2008. O’Driscoll said at the end of 2007/08 he’d been surprised by how well Green had played. But by then, Green had jumped ship. Given that our second half of 08/09 was promotion form, I often wonder what we might have achieved if Green had remained for that first Championship season.

Struggling or not, when Stock was in consideration for Wales their midfield could call on Aaron Ramsey, Joe Ledley and Gareth Bale.

Yup, he did struggle to get past them!

Paul Green >>>> Gareth Bale

[DRNaith]

I think Eion Doyle would be a decent shout for us. Proven at this level and already into double figures this season on loan at Oldham. Not sure how much Preston would want for him though.

Out for the rest of the season apparently

Nailed on signing then

[since-1969]

Our type of signing  ... crocked , cheap and unavailable.

[BillyStubbsTears]

And yet...

Brian Stock struggled to break into a very weak Wales side whereas Paul Green was a regular for a couple of years in a much stronger Republic of Ireland side.

Stock was (sometimes) a sumptuous orchestrator. Green was pretty much always a relentless terrier.

Without a doubt it was O’Driscoll’s biggest mistake to fail to appreciate and properly harness Green’s talent. Green was a bit part player throughout 2007 when we badly misfired. He was central to the side that finally achieved greatness in early 2008. O’Driscoll said at the end of 2007/08 he’d been surprised by how well Green had played. But by then, Green had jumped ship. Given that our second half of 08/09 was promotion form, I often wonder what we might have achieved if Green had remained for that first Championship season.

Struggling or not, when Stock was in consideration for Wales their midfield could call on Aaron Ramsey, Joe Ledley and Gareth Bale.

Yup, he did struggle to get past them!

Fair points. Would have been fairer still if you’d noted that it was actually David Vaughan and Dave Edwards who generally kept Stock out of the Wales side.

[Bentley Bullet]

Darren Ferguson; "When we bought Kiwomya we were told he would be an ever-present"

Antonio Conte; " He is a never-present"

 

[roversdude]

Curtis Main gone to Motherwell I feel for them

[keith79]

He will be the best striker in Scotland.

[RedJ]

Hahahaha, what an absolute fraud that man is.

[drfchound]

Even a Guy scored goals up there.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

BBC reporting that Keifer Moore is on his way to Peterborough after the clubs agreed a fee. Although the article infers Posh are not sure how they're going to pay for him!

[drfchound]

That could well burst the bubble for Rotherham.

[Jonathan]

Not convinced by quite how good Moore is, but I’d have loved to see him here and would be grateful if we don’t have to face him again. Anything he lacks in ability he clearly made up for with outright physicality and he won everything that went near him in the air. Whether he’s mobile enough to suit the way we play is debatable, but he causes havoc in the box and clearly knows where the goal is.

Anyhow, looks like he’s off to Posh. And he’s a **** anyway.

[RoversAlias]

Moore going Peterborough works for us, since we've played them twice already. Means we only had to come up against him once, and of course it weakens our dear near neighbours.

[Campsall rover]

Does that mean Marriott is on way then?

[GazLaz]

Does that mean Marriott is on way then?

You couldn’t replace Marriott with Moore, complete opposite style of players.... Well you could I suppose but it wouldn’t make sense! They don’t mind spending a few quid Posh, but if he was that good Ipswich wouldn’t sell him. Big Mick loves players of Moore’s profile.

[steve@dcfd]

I think Eion Doyle would be a decent shout for us. Proven at this level and already into double figures this season on loan at Oldham. Not sure how much Preston would want for him though.

Out for the rest of the season apparently

He has an illness that appears worst than first thought. He’s been out for two weeks with it and could be out for months? He’s returned to Preston.

[Alan Southstand]

Fair play to Peterboro', they certainly don't mess about when replacing players. One good striker possibly going and one in straight away - no messing. Different abilities, yes, but a good standard for this league.

[Filo]

I think Eion Doyle would be a decent shout for us. Proven at this level and already into double figures this season on loan at Oldham. Not sure how much Preston would want for him though.

Out for the rest of the season apparently

He has an illness that appears worst than first thought. He’s been out for two weeks with it and could be out for months? He’s returned to Preston.

A blood clot apparently

[Monkcaster_Rover]

Reading through Peterboroughs chairman's twitter last night they pulled out the deal as Moore wanted 10k+ a week.

Rumoured to be going Barnsley now.

[DMnumber4]

That could well burst the bubble for Rotherham.

Probably not. His replacement David Ball, who somehow couldn't get a game for love nor money but deputised when Moore served a 3 game ban, has got 5 goals in 6 games which has helped the Millers up to 7th.

[steve@dcfd]

Reading through Peterboroughs chairman's twitter last night they pulled out the deal as Moore wanted 10k+ a week.

Rumoured to be going Barnsley now.

He is probably on that at Ipswich so why would you want move for less.

[dickos1]

Very much doubt he's on anything like that, they only signed him from forest green rovers less than a year ago.
I'd imagine he's on about a 10th of that

[Monkcaster_Rover]

Reading through Peterboroughs chairman's twitter last night they pulled out the deal as Moore wanted 10k+ a week.

Rumoured to be going Barnsley now.

He is probably on that at Ipswich so why would you want move for less.

At a chance of playing more often I'd guess.

[RoversAlias]

Very much doubt he's on anything like that, they only signed him from forest green rovers less than a year ago.
I'd imagine he's on about a 10th of that

I can't imagine he's on anything as low as 1k at a Championship club. I agree it won't be as high as 10k+ but somewhere in the middle is more my estimation. He has every right to ask for a good wage at a club clearly feeling they need to sign him, the worst case scenario for him is that he stays at Rotherham for the rest of the season and enhances his reputation further.

[dickos1]

I reckon a player signed from a non league club won't be on much more.
The fella arsenal signed from non league only got 2k a week and this is Ipswich.
Probably the bottom 2 or 3 budgets in the league

[steve@dcfd]

A good league 1 striker and owned by a Championship club will be asking for that amount money. He may not get it depends how much the buying club wants him.

[RoversAlias]

I reckon a player signed from a non league club won't be on much more.
The fella arsenal signed from non league only got 2k a week and this is Ipswich.
Probably the bottom 2 or 3 budgets in the league

Kieffer Moore is a bit different to Cohen Bramall (if it's him you mean at Arsenal). Moore was older when signing for Ipswich and had played with some success in the football league. He played for Yeovil in the Championship, there's no way he was signed by Ipswich on pittance youth teamer wages even if they did get him from FGR at the time.