Adelakun

[StocksArmy]

Just seen Paul Mullin has gone back to Wrexham. I would really like that signing. Without looking not sure he has played much at this level but I think with the wingers we have he will suit us well.

[In the box]

Just seen Paul Mullin has gone back to Wrexham. I would really like that signing. Without looking not sure he has played much at this level but I think with the wingers we have he will suit us well.

Now he HAS a point to prove. I’d give him a contact as he just wants play for a team that supports him ..Adelakun is just not worth the hassle .

[ncRover]

Paul Mullin is shite at this level, needs a strike partner to play off and has inflated wages. No thanks.

[mushRTID]

Just seen Paul Mullin has gone back to Wrexham. I would really like that signing. Without looking not sure he has played much at this level but I think with the wingers we have he will suit us well.

Now he HAS a point to prove. I’d give him a contact as he just wants play for a team that supports him ..Adelakun is just not worth the hassle .

Just had a read of the Wrexham forum, someone believe's a permanent offer has been made for Mullin but his wages will be a stumbling block and Wrexham will need to do a deal with him first which will allow him to sign for a new club.

He hasn't been in the 4 x Wigan squads over the festive break which may point to a deal lined up.

Salford have been mentioned, all on there have ruled out him playing again for Wrexham and most of them believe L2 is where he will end up.

https://www.redpassion.co.uk/threads/mullin-loan-at-wigan-ends.126883/page-7

Personally I wouldnt normally mind Mullin but I dont think three ageing strikers will work!

[scawsby steve]

Wouldn't entertain hin

Why?

[scawsby steve]

He is a winger, so we get rid of Middleton? Molyneux? Gibson? I would rather have Mols and Middleton playing out of those 4. We need a goal scorer, not another winger.

Haks is a goal scorer.

[Donnybax]

He'll help to get us up the pitch and stretch defences and will hopefully take some of the load off Molyneaux and chip in with some goals so in that sense it's a decent signing.

[RugbyRover]

So lets go and get Ironside back too. They were great together......... a couple of years ago!

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I'm surprised McCann's going back in for Adelakun if it's confirmed. I'm not questioning his ability but given he snubbed our contract offer and then spent time without a club before joining Salford, and subsequently moving on again, questions his motivations.

On the other hand yes, he could be a good short term solution but as others have said, that then questions our recruitment plans. Whilst we appreciate January isn't usually a good window to be recruiting long term permanent players, do we have other targets for the 'help up top' McCann referred to?

Does it point to McCann feeling we're not effective enough on the left side with maybe Gibson and Middleton performing below expectation?

As for Mullin, he'll know he'll have to compromise on wages but very likely somebody will structure a deal to get him. Depends whether he wants a club where he can get a decent length of contract??

I would like to think we'd be looking for a longer term prospect. Maybe we are but they won't be available until the summer. Who knows?

[roversdude]

Just seen Paul Mullin has gone back to Wrexham. I would really like that signing. Without looking not sure he has played much at this level but I think with the wingers we have he will suit us well.

Now he HAS a point to prove. I’d give him a contact as he just wants play for a team that supports him ..Adelakun is just not worth the hassle .

What does he have to prove?

[roversdude]

When Adelakan left us he was mooted to be going to the MLS but it fell through

[ForsolongaRover]

So lets go and get Ironside back too. They were great together......... a couple of years ago!

I’m not that cynical about Adelukan. If we had signed him 18 months ago I think he would have been an asset ever since considering what he contributed at Salford. There is certainly an understandable lack of confidence in the recruitment process, but perhaps at this juncture we should hope that lessons have been learned from the mistakes in the summer.

[RoseTInteD]

It's disappointing to think that since early November, we've been stuck around 18th or 19th in the table and have now dropped to 23rd. I expected Grant to be more proactive by now, bringing in better options—especially after all this time. Instead, we end up with a player who was unrequired elsewhere and free to train with us and another who's been signed and just goes back out.

While some might feel optimistic about the recent signings, I'm left feeling unimpressed, especially knowing we're deep in the relegation zone. Where's the drive from the players so far to avoid our current league place?

It's time Rovers were not always in this rollercoaster situation every year. The fans deserve better.

[scawsby steve]

I think some people are underestimating just how shite we are in front of goal.

Look at the chances we missed against Burton and Bolton. I'm convinced if Haks had been playing in those games, we'd have had 6 points instead of 2.

[roversdude]

I think people need to maybe revisit this thread when the window shuts - we have an FA Cup tie on Saturday players might not released (or might be cup tied) so wouldn’t be involved

[Draytonian III]

McCann is panicking now that he’s signed his son and can’t loose his job without first sorting out the mistakes he’s already made by approaching the only striker he knows that available!!

You’ve got that wrong , it’s the only striker YOU know is available, because things aren’t in the media, social or print doesn’t mean that they aren’t happening. I don’t know where you work or do I have any interest, but are you going to publish things so your competitors get first jump on any deals, no I don’t think so.
Football is like any industry/job people talk and work deals out amongst themselves.

[danumdon]

At this time of the season it can be hard goping to get some decent players into the club.

Adelakun is a known player to us, he's match fit, scoring goals and will still have a component that we have in very short supply, pace.

Lets be frank, players are all professional, they're first priority is their own self interest and what they can get, just as we all would do in the same position. Call it mercenary if you like but at the end of the day he fits are requirements almost to the letter, lets have him.

[Shawn_drfc]

It's disappointing to think that since early November, we've been stuck around 18th or 19th in the table and have now dropped to 23rd. I expected Grant to be more proactive by now, bringing in better options—especially after all this time. Instead, we end up with a player who was unrequired elsewhere and free to train with us and another who's been signed and just goes back out.

While some might feel optimistic about the recent signings, I'm left feeling unimpressed, especially knowing we're deep in the relegation zone. Where's the drive from the players so far to avoid our current league place?

It's time Rovers were not always in this rollercoaster situation every year. The fans deserve better.

He was unregistered because he was playing in the irish Prem on loan, so couldn't play for Derby anyway until Jan earliest, while on loan played in europe against Besiktas + Captained the NI U21 team, where he played pretty well. McCann Jnr is more of a didn't feel he had a future at Barnsley so come here.

Adelakun could of been a conversation before Cheltenham but McCann probably wanted him to prove his fitness etc, which he has and done really well.

We will have made 2 permanent signings for players who will be pushing to start, with the possibility of 2-3 loans in the team to help boost us, need to be looking at it more positively.

[jmt23]

The general feedback is either good, be glad to have him back, or absolutely not. - because he didn’t sign for us after the loan?

For me I’m in the glad to have him back camp (if it’s true) he adds something we don’t have in any other player. He sparks the team into life, demands more from them. I just wished we had more with his mentality- Billy has it, Rob Street had it, not sure if anyone else does.

[redarmi66]

McCann is panicking now that he’s signed his son and can’t loose his job without first sorting out the mistakes he’s already made by approaching the only striker he knows that available!!

Sorry but thats just drivel. I would say that says more about your McCann agenda than the reality of the situation.

[mpc123]

So lets go and get Ironside back too. They were great together......... a couple of years ago!

I know a Tranmere fan and it appears he is not having the greatest time there.

[ncRover]

Paul Mullin career league one record -

10 goals in 66 games as a poacher type striker.

Now 31 years old.

[Nudga]

Paul Mullin is shite at this level, needs a strike partner to play off and has inflated wages. No thanks.

Like Billy Sharp then?

[dickos1]

McCann is panicking now that he’s signed his son and can’t loose his job without first sorting out the mistakes he’s already made by approaching the only striker he knows that available!!

You’re bonkers

[selby]

  He did well for us the first time around, did well at Salford as a player and was their best player on the field against us at Salford even though we won he had a good game now at Cheltenham he is doing well.
 Not every footballer is great off the field  and are a mixture of characters, and he certainly seems to not care so much for the clubs he has played for, but we need performers and he is as good as we will get with a good chance of doing well.
  It's football not a personality and beauty parade and we need good players of a known quality and that is what a manager has to judge and the one who takes the hammer if it doesn't work out, so needs who he can trust, to sign him twice basically both times when we were in trouble, he trust's him, and that's good enough for me.

[drfchound]

A mate of mine was at Scunny when Hacks was a young player there.
He tells me that he has always had a strange outlook on things and despite being a very good player, has always been non committal when it comes to loyalty to the club he is playing for.
He said he isn’t surprised by the odd way his career has turned out.

[Janso]

McCann is panicking now that he’s signed his son and can’t loose his job without first sorting out the mistakes he’s already made by approaching the only striker he knows that available!!

Sorry but thats just drivel. I would say that says more about your McCann agenda than the reality of the situation.

Not even just McCann, just anything to do with the club for years on end.

If you think everything is so shite would you not find something else to invest your time and energy into?

[The Beast]

I can see the cynicism with this signing but desperate times call for desperate measures.
It would be great to sign a young kid on a long term contract with Adelukan’s ability who could make an instant impact but a player like that would cost a fortune and be out of our price range.
We’re only able to sign a player of his ability because he’s finished up in this position in his career.
Like many have said we haven’t got the
athleticism in the side to stretch the game and get us up the pitch. We know that Adelukan can do this in league 2, hopefully he can do it in League 1.
It’s not going to be a long term signing but if he helps keep us up, it could save us having to lose half the squad and everything we’ve built.

[StocksArmy]

Paul Mullin career league one record -

10 goals in 66 games as a poacher type striker.

Now 31 years old.

Better stats than Hanlan then, get him signed!

[Pinter777]

People in “real life” often go back to old
Jobs….leave it out of he does the job then let’s have him back