Luke Molyneux

[Usher wide.]

What do we think we’d accept?
£1m?

He’s worth very close to that Dickos.
Alfie May cost Birmingham £800k.

You do of course realise that Mols is over exceeding his underlying numbers Pancho?

Or is this you speaking with your very experienced scouting head on?

Just asking given your expertise in both formats (both Nationally & European wide I believe?).

[Bentley Bullet]

When King Alick broke his leg, we dropped down the league table like a stone. When Ben Whiteman left, we dropped down the league table like a stone.

The same thing would have happened if Luke had been incapacitated this season. 

I always think, when we sell a player, how much would he cost if we tried to buy him back the same day. The answer normally sums up how much you've been ripped off selling him.

[Pancho Regan]

“He is far too good for the fourth tier”.

Not my words (due respect to Alan Partridge) but those of experienced sports journalist Leon Wobschall in today’s Yorkshire Post.

He may be under-performing his overlying numbers or over-performing his underlying numbers, or he may indeed just be a very good footballer.
Either way, Luke has been incredible for us this season and I’m so chuffed for him.

My brother and I were lucky enough to have lunch with Luke and Owen Bailey before the start of last season.
What a pleasure to spend time with two absolutely lovely guys.

And we enjoyed their company too….

[DonnyOsmond]

Now on 28 goals/assists, 2 off his 30 target.

[ChrisBx]

His run for our 2nd today was superb.

[Prez]

His run for our 2nd today was superb.

Absolute class so pleased for him, and to think some idiots were giving him abuse early on in the season. What a player he is.

[KingKendrick]

It’s not just what he brings going forwards. Off the top of my head there was attempted cross down the side that moly tracked all the way back and flung his body at it to stop the ball coming in

[RoversInSpain]

His run for our 2nd today was superb.

And I’d probably add….That’s possibly the biggest understatement of the year. It’s was out of this world, and it gets better every time I see it. If we signed Billy for £1m after he’d been decent at Scunny and not quite made it at Sheff U all those years ago, Molyneux is worth £3m.

[Chris Black come back]

He’s clearly a very, very effective player at this level but is equally not a £3m player.

[RoversInSpain]

If he played for Peterborough he would be….

[Donnybax]

His run for our 2nd today was superb.

And I’d probably add….That’s possibly the biggest understatement of the year. It’s was out of this world, and it gets better every time I see it. If we signed Billy for £1m after he’d been decent at Scunny and not quite made it at Sheff U all those years ago, Molyneux is worth £3m.

Sharp had scored 53 goals in league one for scunny and then 15 for us in the championship. They are not comparable

[PDX_Rover]

If he played for Peterborough he would be….

True. Peterborough often sell players for multiple millions… Rovers have always undervalued players. Brian Deane for example…

[RoversInSpain]

His run for our 2nd today was superb.

And I’d probably add….That’s possibly the biggest understatement of the year. It’s was out of this world, and it gets better every time I see it. If we signed Billy for £1m after he’d been decent at Scunny and not quite made it at Sheff U all those years ago, Molyneux is worth £3m.

Sharp had scored 53 goals in league one for scunny and then 15 for us in the championship. They are not comparable

Sharp scores goals, Molyneux scores and creates….he also tracks back getting great defensive tackles in, more valuable in my eyes

[sedwardsdrfc]

If he played for Peterborough he would be….

There is something in this. We need to get a reputation for developing talent to up the price

[TonySoprano]

1.75 mill up front, plus add ons, or we don't even answer the phone.

[Sprotyrover]

If he played for Peterborough he would be….

True. Peterborough often sell players for multiple millions… Rovers have always undervalued players. Brian Deane for example…

There was a bung there!

[RobTheRover]

1.75 mill up front, plus add ons, or we don't even answer the phone.

How about we just dont answer the phone?

[dickos1]

He’s clearly a very, very effective player at this level but is equally not a £3m player.

Not sure anyone has ever suggested he’s a 3m player

[drfchound]

His run for our 2nd today was superb.

And I’d probably add….That’s possibly the biggest understatement of the year. It’s was out of this world, and it gets better every time I see it. If we signed Billy for £1m after he’d been decent at Scunny and not quite made it at Sheff U all those years ago, Molyneux is worth £3m.

It was like watching George Best in his prime.
Believe it or not, the Mols hater near where I sit was criticising him right the way through the game.

[Donnybax]

His run for our 2nd today was superb.

And I’d probably add….That’s possibly the biggest understatement of the year. It’s was out of this world, and it gets better every time I see it. If we signed Billy for £1m after he’d been decent at Scunny and not quite made it at Sheff U all those years ago, Molyneux is worth £3m.

Sharp had scored 53 goals in league one for scunny and then 15 for us in the championship. They are not comparable

Sharp scores goals, Molyneux scores and creates….he also tracks back getting great defensive tackles in, more valuable in my eyes

I think Sharp was 24 when we signed him permanently. Molyneux is 27 now. Sharp had scored lots of goal in the league above and Molyneux has never scored above league 2 level. To say that at that point in Sharps career that Molyneux is 3 times more valuable is honestly ridiculous.

[drfcsteve]

Got to remember with his stats we tried shoehorning him in to a left wing back at one point.

[RoversInSpain]

It’s not 3 times though is it? a £1m amount 15 years ago is possibly around £1.7m now, plus god know what agent fees have gone up etc, so £3m it is.
That’s Doncaster Rovers’ problem we under value and always have done. Everything is on camera now so it’s time Doncaster started getting tough transfer wise.

[drfcsteve]

No one will buy him for £3m, he’ll just have to stay here!

[RoversInSpain]

Precisely

[scawsby steve]

Let's not make the same mistake as we made with Whiteman.

At 1.2 million, Preston had our f*cking trousers down.

[Donnyjim]

Absolute class that second goal. If someone had done that in the premiership, Lineker et al, would be drooling over it for hours. Well done Luke and all the guys today one of the best performances I have seen at home for a while. #nearlythere

[Plumbster]

What I really liked about that second goal was that Luke resisted the temptation to go for glory and played it to someone in a better position- the fact that it was Gibson made it even better because the criticism he has received from some, myself included, has been OTT. We are not up yet but playing like that the squad rebuild needed for L1 would not be as major as it has looked for a lot of the season.

[Sammy Chung was King]

You have to look at what it would cost to replace him and it wouldn’t be a straight replacement. It would probably be a slight change in how we play and it would take more than likely two players to do what he is at the minute.
I still think there is some improvement to come from him yet, unbelievable as that is.
I think he would be mad to leave us unless you are talking a top championship side.

His worth weighing up his age, his contributions this season, you have to be talking two million plus. Not many clubs would pay that for him, they would want him on the cheap. Probably less than a million. No way should we sell him for that type of money.

We need to be looking to add more around him that can also contribute goals and assists, so the pressure isn’t just on him.
He plays with a nice freedom and seems to be enjoying it with us. In football that is a big thing.

[ravenrover]

His run for our 2nd today was superb.

And I’d probably add….That’s possibly the biggest understatement of the year. It’s was out of this world, and it gets better every time I see it. If we signed Billy for £1m after he’d been decent at Scunny and not quite made it at Sheff U all those years ago, Molyneux is worth £3m.

It was like watching George Best in his prime.
Believe it or not, the Mols hater near where I sit was criticising him right the way through the game.

calm down now Hound you're getting a little giddy now George Best in his prime!

[drfchound]

His run for our 2nd today was superb.

And I’d probably add….That’s possibly the biggest understatement of the year. It’s was out of this world, and it gets better every time I see it. If we signed Billy for £1m after he’d been decent at Scunny and not quite made it at Sheff U all those years ago, Molyneux is worth £3m.

It was like watching George Best in his prime.
Believe it or not, the Mols hater near where I sit was criticising him right the way through the game.

calm down now Hound you're getting a little giddy now George Best in his prime!

Haha, perhaps I was but for that one moment in time there was a look about him.