Ironside

[mushRTID]

Adore the bloke. What a performance.

Have you ever seen a striker fouled so much and get so little?

Some incredible decisions by the referee but my god does Joe put a shift in.

He's committed 62 fouls (the most in L2) and drawn 40 fouls.

Staggering numbers!

[i_ateallthepies]

13 League goals in 29 games. He missed 1 league game i think out of the 30 played so far.

17 goals in all competitions think it is he has now.

Quite simply a brilliant signing and this guy is every bit as good as John Marquis imo.
In fact his hold up play is better than JM’s
Possibly not quite as good a finisher on the deck in the penalty box but then Joe Ironside hasn’t had as much decent service in this team as JM had in the Rovers teams he played in.

And he's certainly a better penalty taker than Marquis ever was.

[ncRover]

I’d say Marquis was a bit quicker and more of a poacher.

Btw Joe only needs 2 more goals to beat his football league goal tally for a season. Currently ahead of Andy Cook as well.

[Chris Black come back]

Ironside with his penalty against Sutton last week has just edged ahead of the GOAT for now:

Michael McIndoe took 16 for us, scored 13 and missed 3. Success rate of 81pc.

Ironside has taken 6 for us, scored 5 and missed 1. Success rate of 83pc.

[drfchound]

Adore the bloke. What a performance.

Have you ever seen a striker fouled so much and get so little?

Some incredible decisions by the referee but my god does Joe put a shift in.

He's committed 62 fouls (the most in L2) and drawn 40 fouls.

Staggering numbers!

Amazing numbers but that is the number of fouls awarded, not necessarily the number of times Ironside has been fouled (or even committed a foul).
Without a doubt, yesterday for instance, he was “fouled” at least a dozen times but only won one free kick.
There was one in particular when their defender had both arms round him and pulled him to the ground.
Guess what, no foul given.
Those figures are as misleading as not counting a goal bound shot as on target when it is blocked by a defender.

[NickDRFC]

Ironside with his penalty against Sutton last week has just edged ahead of the GOAT for now:

Michael McIndoe took 16 for us, scored 13 and missed 3. Success rate of 81pc.

Ironside has taken 6 for us, scored 5 and missed 1. Success rate of 83pc.

Pretty sure Stock took more than Ironside has (7 or 8) and didn’t miss a single one. That’s record will be hard to beat.

[ravenrover]

How about the old Will Griggs chant "Ironsides on fire"

[Chris Black come back]

Ironside with his penalty against Sutton last week has just edged ahead of the GOAT for now:

Michael McIndoe took 16 for us, scored 13 and missed 3. Success rate of 81pc.

Ironside has taken 6 for us, scored 5 and missed 1. Success rate of 83pc.

Pretty sure Stock took more than Ironside has (7 or 8) and didn’t miss a single one. That’s record will be hard to beat.

He took 7 for us and missed 0. In fact, despite that record, he didn't take a penalty for any other club.

It's arguably as good as McIndoe. It was the sheer volume of penalties that McIndoe took and the very high success rate he kept up. He took twice as many as Stock but only played 2/3 of the games that Stock played for us.

Certainly we were blessed with two very good penalty takers during the 2000s.

[Jonathan]

We even had a few good pelanty takers during the Darren Moore days.

[drfchound]

Ironside with his penalty against Sutton last week has just edged ahead of the GOAT for now:

Michael McIndoe took 16 for us, scored 13 and missed 3. Success rate of 81pc.

Ironside has taken 6 for us, scored 5 and missed 1. Success rate of 83pc.

Pretty sure Stock took more than Ironside has (7 or 8) and didn’t miss a single one. That’s record will be hard to beat.

He took 7 for us and missed 0. In fact, despite that record, he didn't take a penalty for any other club.

It's arguably as good as McIndoe. It was the sheer volume of penalties that McIndoe took and the very high success rate he kept up. He took twice as many as Stock but only played 2/3 of the games that Stock played for us.

Certainly we were blessed with two very good penalty takers during the 2000s.

Heffernan was a very good penalty taker too.

[Chris Black come back]

Yes, another good one. 8 penalties for us and 1 miss, success rate of 87pc.

The one he missed was an odd one. At home to Swansea City in our first Championship season. Heffernan came on for Lewis Guy in the 81st minute. Missed the penalty in the 87th minute. Never took a penalty again for us.

Stock had been subbed in the 73rd minute of that game. Finished 0-0.

[Padge_DRFC]

How about the old Will Griggs chant "Ironsides on fire"

Simple, easy and always sounds great

[drfchound]

How about the old Will Griggs chant "Ironsides on fire"

Simple, easy and always sounds great

Would have to add “is” to make it fit the tune IMO.
Ironside is on fire.
He should have his own song.

[Dutch Uncle]

I reckon a personalised version of Mull of Kintyre:


Joe Ironside
So kicked running over the green
His desire is always to score there
Oh, Joe Ironside

Far has he traveled and much has he seen
Sheffield and Cambridge with nowt in between
Past all defenders, this strikers on fire
As he carries us home does our Joe Ironside

[BillyStubbsTears]

If we had owt about us, we'd play the Theme from Ironside everytime he scored.

[Sammy Chung was King]

He’s been one of the few success stories this season. A shame we haven’t seen him and Miller play together much, that could have been a good partnership. I don’t know how long he has left on his contract, but for me he is worth an extension. If we stay up, then he is definitely capable with the right partner of scoring goals again next season. Forme he has the capabilities to score in the league above, never mind in this league.

[Colin C No.3]

He’s been one of the few success stories this season. A shame we haven’t seen him and Miller play together much, that could have been a good partnership. I don’t know how long he has left on his contract, but for me he is worth an extension. If we stay up, then he is definitely capable with the right partner of scoring goals again next season. Forme he has the capabilities to score in the league above, never mind in this league.

Two more years Sammy.

[Sammy Chung was King]

You have to be looking in another six months at extending that. At the minute he probably wouldn’t want to extend until he knows where we are going to be. Nobody saw the situation we are in at the start of the season.

[Chris Black come back]

He’s already 30. He will be 32 when his current deal expires. Ironside is a very good player for us but as we saw with Rowe, the drop off can be quite stark. His current deal is good for us.

[karldew]

Ironsiiiiide,
JOEY!
Loves a penalty
JOEY!
Could score 2 or 3
JOEY!
He could play for Man Ciiiity
IRONSIIIIIIDE…

ABBA - Voulez-Vous

Current England Saka chant - https://youtu.be/-DXcDIZyeEw?si=yQf9DQvMhM968y9W

[ncRover]

Ironsiiiiide,
JOEY!
Loves a penalty
JOEY!
Could score 2 or 3
JOEY!
He could play for Man Ciiiity
IRONSIIIIIIDE…

ABBA - Voulez-Vous

Current England Saka chant - https://youtu.be/-DXcDIZyeEw?si=yQf9DQvMhM968y9W

This I can get behind.

The Will Grigg chant has been done to death

[Plumbster]

Maybe a chant based on Mr Brightside would work (if some one more talented than me could have a go at the lyrics)

[belton rover]

Ironsiiiiide,
JOEY!
Loves a penalty
JOEY!
Could score 2 or 3
JOEY!
He could play for Man Ciiiity
IRONSIIIIIIDE…

ABBA - Voulez-Vous

Current England Saka chant - https://youtu.be/-DXcDIZyeEw?si=yQf9DQvMhM968y9W

This I can get behind.

The Will Grigg chant has been done to death

That’s brilliant!

[drfchound]

My pal messaged me today to suggest we use the old Rob Jones (Gold) song.
Substitute Rob Jones for Our Joe.
Everything else fits.
Great suggestion IMO and we all already know the words.

[Dutch Uncle]

Another that could be re-cycled is the 'We've got Paul Heffernan' chant which also works for Joe

[Petche]

Got it!!

Oh Ironside oh ohhh
Joe Ironside woah ohhh

To the tune of Volare!

Short and simple

[Sammy Chung was King]

If we could get eleven robust characters like this guy, we could have a settled side. Do our players train as hard as other clubs do? We keep getting injuries, which doesn’t help our cause.

[roversdude]

Another goal from open play - the guy must be covered in bruises after the stick he’s had this week what a mester

[mugnapper]

If Rovers had a hall of fame, he should be in it. Without his goals, we'd be getting relegated.

[drfchound]

We do have a hall of fame.