Biggins

[VikingRich]

Signed for Shrewsbury

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

They're managed by the former Grimsby manager so not surprising given he was always good against them.  Good for him and them if they use him the right way, certainly Mccann found his strength eventually.

[Alan Southstand]

Still o news on Adelakun?

[ncRover]

Don’t think he’ll have much fun there. They’ll be lucky to stay up.

[danumdon]

Hope it works out for him, new setup may just suit him better.

[DonnyOsmond]

What an agent he's got.

[sedwardsdrfc]

If they play 5 in midfield and he’s allowed to get forward he’s ok as a goal threat from midfield. Think we’ve upgraded if Sbarra is his replacement.

Biggins scored some brilliant goals and was a threat from free kicks so he’s had plenty of good moments with us

[GazLaz]

Fair chance Shrews get relegated next season. Get on.

[Butchers Red]

I'm in a minority who are sorry he left, he's a great lad who always gives 100% - thanks Biggo for that 3rd against Barrow and I wish you all the best 

[Spilsby Red]

I am with you BR. Good luck lad.

[mushRTID]

I'm in a minority who are sorry he left, he's a great lad who always gives 100% - thanks Biggo for that 3rd against Crewe and I wish you all the best 

Agreed I wish him all the best. Limited but always gave his all.

[The Dav]

It’ll be interesting how he performs next season ! Tbh he only came into form after Xmas, however so did many others of our team ! I do wish the lad well, he’ll be remembered for that headed goal against Barrow for some time as will Tommy for the assist !

[Barmby Rover]

Good luck to him, but he has backed the wrong horse if he wants a promotion chasing team.

[StocksArmy]

I am convinced that by the time his contract runs out, we will be in a better position than they are. He must have gotten a sweet deal because they are League One plodder, and he could have been part of a promotion. Best of luck to him.

[drfcsteve]

If he gets to play first team football on more money fair play to him. Can’t help but think Shrews will struggle though if they’re signing players that in all honesty weren’t good enough for league 2 (bar the few months at the end of his contract).

[mushRTID]

I am convinced that by the time his contract runs out, we will be in a better position than they are. He must have gotten a sweet deal because they are League One plodder, and he could have been part of a promotion. Best of luck to him.

Maybe he didn’t get a sweat deal.
Maybe we just didn’t offer that great a deal.
At the time the renewals were starting to be discussed he hadn’t been that great.
So possibly the deal we offered reflected that.
Then he ended the season on fire and cashed in on the extra interest because of it.

[Colin C No.3]

His time at DRFC will be the highlight of his career in my opinion however, good luck to a player who had more ‘in his locker’ than many who have worn the hoops could have dreamt of having.

[StocksArmy]

I am convinced that by the time his contract runs out, we will be in a better position than they are. He must have gotten a sweet deal because they are a League One plodder, and he could have been part of a promotion. Best of luck to him.

Maybe he didn’t get a sweet deal.
Maybe we just didn’t offer that great a deal.
At the time the renewals were starting to be discussed, he hadn’t been that great.
So possibly the deal we offered reflected that.
Then he ended the season on fire and cashed in on the extra interest because of it.

Very likely, although he will now be playing League One football on a better-paid contract than the one he was on last season. So you could say it is a sweet deal.

[drfchound]

I'm in a minority who are sorry he left, he's a great lad who always gives 100% - thanks Biggo for that 3rd against Crewe and I wish you all the best 

I wish we had got a third goal against Crewe mate.

[Ryaldinhio]

IMO

He was offered a contract by us, a L2 club, which we DONT know the details of.

He was offered a contract by Shrewsbury, a L1 club, which we KNOW was 2yr.

The lad was an honest player, served his contract and played well, he moved on which suited our club (or we would have tried harder).

Best of luck to him and thanks to him for his time with us. He was better than people give him granted for.

If he ever comes back to Keepmoat I will clap him on and off the pitch.

[Butchers Red]

I'm in a minority who are sorry he left, he's a great lad who always gives 100% - thanks Biggo for that 3rd against Crewe and I wish you all the best 

I wish we had got a third goal against Crewe mate.

Lol yes me too !

[Pancho Regan]

I'm pleased for Biggo that he's got fixed up with a L1 club and I thank him for his efforts at Rovers and wish him all the best.

However, I wonder whether in a year from now he will be a league below us?

[keyser_soze]

IMO

He was offered a contract by us, a L2 club, which we DONT know the details of.

He was offered a contract by Shrewsbury, a L1 club, which we KNOW was 2yr.

The lad was an honest player, served his contract and played well, he moved on which suited our club (or we would have tried harder).

Best of luck to him and thanks to him for his time with us. He was better than people give him granted for.

If he ever comes back to Keepmoat I will clap him on and off the pitch.

McCann pointedly said contracts had been offered the 3 players deals based on how they had performed and what they felt was right for them and the club. Not that they had broken the bank for all three of them.

I imagine they offered Adelakun and Molyneux very good deals of a decent length. One of which was accepted, one not accepted, and we are yet to see what Adelakun may have negotiated elsewhere.
I would imagine Biggins will have been offered a good deal, but certainly not of a significant uplift in wages or deal length. Fair play, he didn't take it, and he will have the chance to prove himself at the level up next year, irrespective of what happens at the end of the season.

[pib]

Good luck to him and thanks for that goal against Barrow. It's up there in the top 5 or 10 moments supporting Rovers for me. Also I fondly remember the volley at Grimsby the season before which was an outrageous goal.

No doubt a decent lad and a grafter with a good engine, but it's one of those where I'm not devastated he's moved on. I'm surprised he got himself a L1 contract but don't blame him for taking it.

I thought he was quite a limited player in the round, who was pretty good at a couple of things, namely outlandish goals, and timing his arrival into the box to get on the end of crosses. So looking at his 2 years with us overall I'd say most of it was fairly average, with a couple of bursts of good form.

Perhaps some of that was due to not being utilised properly for the most part. He looked decent when he was given that more advanced midfield role with others in there to provide the creativity (Craig) and defensive nous (Bailey) from deep that wasn't his forte.

[MachoMadness]

He was shocking for 80% of his time here, brilliant for the last 20%. Was that down to him playing for a contract, or did we just find the right system for him? Who knows. Fair play to him for betting on himself and getting (I assume) a better deal. Can't blame him for going, and can't blame the club for not breaking the bank to keep him. I think we've already upgraded.

[5minstogo]

Biggo was offered a one year deal on the same wage.

[wing commander]

  I've no problems with his decision, I would have liked to have seen him stay but if he's been offered a better/longer deal at a higher level then you cant blame him for taking it.

  He was poor first half of the season i agree but to be fair the whole team was disjointed and was set up to play, not how GM wanted but with what we could scrape up on a Saturday. Once we could start to field a strong constant team he really did well.. He's a bigger loss than most people think imo.

[mushRTID]

Biggo was offered a one year deal on the same wage.

A fair offer given his form over the time he was here.
Fair play if he's gone and got better elsewhere.

[Campsall rover]

Biggo was offered a one year deal on the same wage.

A fair offer given his form over the time he was here.
Fair play if he's gone and got better elsewhere.

Don’t think he will be on any more money at Shrewsbury but he will probably have been offered a longer term deal which will have been the clincher.

Early days and no league table predictions until the week before the 1st game of the season from me but if I was making any predictions now then Shrewsbury would be in my bottom 4 next season along with Burton, Cambridge & Northampton.
Crawley, Exeter & Bristol Rovers to just stay up.

[Chris Black come back]

Total wage bill last season of £5.7m, up a million on the prior season. That's ok money.