Francis Okoronkwo

[TonySoprano]

Sigh  .

Another unproven kid on loan, not the proven goalscorer we need.
MASSIVE gamble, especially given we are staring relegation in the face.

How proven was
Street,
Craig,
Kane,

I see the point im making has gone over your head

Not really.
You haven’t got a point

I have, but your either too blinkered or haven't got the intelligence to see it.

[Bessie Red]

Here we go again, people predicting how things will go or how good we will be before the new players have even kicked a ball for us. We’ve been here for the last 2 seasons and we have turned it around. I’m as unhappy as the next that we keep doing this but I believe we can start to convert chances enough to get us out of the relegation places.

Footballs all about having opinions isn’t it? I’ve not put an opinion across. Bookmakers odds are as close as you can get for gauging the chance of things happening in the future. They are pretty efficient.

What happened at the back end of the last two seasons has very little relevance to wash happens from here on in.

Improve efficiency in both boxes between now and May and we will stay up. If we don’t, we won’t.
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We need 10 wins in the second half to stay up, which games will we get them in is the question!

[Colemans Left Hook]

Obviously we don't need 10 wins    that means we would need 53 points

A while ago i did the analysis and came up with 48 points



I was going to start a thread about all the relative "easy" matches we have up to Huddersfield

[GazLaz]

Obviously we don't need 10 wins    that means we would need 53 points

A while ago i did the analysis and came up with 48 points



I was going to start a thread about all the relative "easy" matches we have up to Huddersfield

It’s early to be talking about this stuff but I think the line for the drop will be higher than usual this season. I think you will need more than 48.

[Usher wide.]

Obviously we don't need 10 wins    that means we would need 53 points

A while ago i did the analysis and came up with 48 points



I was going to start a thread about all the relative "easy" matches we have up to Huddersfield

It’s early to be talking about this stuff but I think the line for the drop will be higher than usual this season. I think you will need more than 48.

Far too early.

[Colemans Left Hook]

Obviously we don't need 10 wins    that means we would need 53 points

A while ago i did the analysis and came up with 48 points



I was going to start a thread about all the relative "easy" matches we have up to Huddersfield

Well that's one in the pot next please 

and here are the matches I was on about

[RoseTInteD]

I thought Sharp did more in the shorter time he was on the pitch. I hope Okoronkwo improves.

[steve@dcfd]

It looks he may have a problem with his hamstring and Grant says he will have a scan to check it

[5minstogo]

Gonna stick my neck out and say he's not very good. Seen him several times and still to see what he's going to offer. Not writing him off but I'd be surprised if he gets five goals before the end of the season.

[Shawndrfc]

One thing I will say is that we need to stop seeing a tall lad upfront and just lump it up like we did yesterday. Think we worked the ball round once in first round and old nearly scored.

He can work with ball at his feet and playing on the defenders shoulder, same thing happened with street first couple of games until we worked out what we needed to do so we got the best out of him.

If Okoronkwo ends up being out decent chunk with the hamstring I feel like McCann will get a similar style of striker in so be same thought process


Before anyone says yeah we scored from that tactic but that was the 97th minute and needed to just get it in the box which is different.

[i_ateallthepies]

He looks a perfect physical specimen to be a great footballer but hasn't shown yet he's able to make the most of his attributes.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

One thing I will say is that we need to stop seeing a tall lad upfront and just lump it up like we did yesterday. Think we worked the ball round once in first round and old nearly scored.

He can work with ball at his feet and playing on the defenders shoulder, same thing happened with street first couple of games until we worked out what we needed to do so we got the best out of him.

If Okoronkwo ends up being out decent chunk with the hamstring I feel like McCann will get a similar style of striker in so be same thought process


Before anyone says yeah we scored from that tactic but that was the 97th minute and needed to just get it in the box which is different.

Tend to agree. Neither he or Hanlan are natural hold up men, so they're not gone to prosper with aerial balls. They need the ball to feet or threaded into the channels. 

We don't want to see centre forwards grappling with centre half's, we want to see them pulling away from them and finding space. Drag the centre half's where they don't want to go.

Earlier in the season Hanlan was written off as useless but more recently, he's contributing, even if he's not scored as many as we  would like.

Obviously we don't know the extent of his injury but  if he scores 5 goals in the remainder of the season and contributes to our overall  game,  then that will be a decent return. 

[Canadian Rover]

I have very limited expectations of what Frankie will bring to the club. Hopefully I'm wrong.

[selby]

  Of all the players we have signed this window he has the hardest job to show exactly what he can do
  Our front men experienced have struggled to shine all season, mainly because of the lone game up front we ask them to play, and in a lot of games this season a lack of space to work in as the opposition play narrow because our main threat and tactic has been out wide, and they defend wide with midfield players and their own wide men dropping back.
  We get very few chances central except in the more open cup competitions.
  In league games our strikers have in most games little room to work in and have defenders on them when they collect the ball. Just think of how many through balls into that area from defence are intercepted.

[Chris Black come back]

Some extraordinary comments on here. The lad has played one game against a Championship defence just a few days after joining the squad, 9 minutes against Fleetwood and then went off injured after 50 minutes yesterday. Yet that’s enough for quite a worrying number to write him off already. Genuinely astounding.

[keith79]

Pulled hamstring. How longs is that to heal

[Sprotyrover]

Gonna stick my neck out and say he's not very good. Seen him several times and still to see what he's going to offer. Not writing him off but I'd be surprised if he gets five goals before the end of the season.

I would hope the club would have watched him half a dozen times before we signed him.

[aidanstu]

Sigh  .

Another unproven kid on loan, not the proven goalscorer we need.
MASSIVE gamble, especially given we are staring relegation in the face.

How proven was
Street,
Craig,
Kane,

I see the point im making has gone over your head

Not really.
You haven’t got a point

I have, but your either too blinkered or haven't got the intelligence to see it.

So given you think your intelligence is superior where do you think Doncaster Rovers will find a player or a club stupid enough to let a “proven goalscorer” go to join another club, either on loan or permanent, who clearly have a limited budget? Who would be your shout?

You just love spouting negativity. Give it a rest please.

[adamtherover]

Sigh  .

Another unproven kid on loan, not the proven goalscorer we need.
MASSIVE gamble, especially given we are staring relegation in the face.

How proven was
Street,
Craig,
Kane,

I see the point im making has gone over your head

Not really.
You haven’t got a point

I have, but your either too blinkered or haven't got the intelligence to see it.

#you're (hiding under a chair emoji)

[colincramb]

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Pulled hamstring. How longs is that to heal
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Pulled hamstring. How longs is that to heal

Depends on the severity of tear. Anything from 3 weeks usually up to 12 if it’s more serious. Would imagine it’s at the lower end of the scale given he played most of the 50 minutes with it. Should probably have come off earlier to minimize damage

[TonySoprano]

Sigh  .

Another unproven kid on loan, not the proven goalscorer we need.
MASSIVE gamble, especially given we are staring relegation in the face.

How proven was
Street,
Craig,
Kane,

I see the point im making has gone over your head

Not really.
You haven’t got a point

I have, but your either too blinkered or haven't got the intelligence to see it.

So given you think your intelligence is superior where do you think Doncaster Rovers will find a player or a club stupid enough to let a “proven goalscorer” go to join another club, either on loan or permanent, who clearly have a limited budget? Who would be your shout?

You just love spouting negativity. Give it a rest please.

Well, theres a thing called Google. There you can search for all sorts of things, like proven goalscorers.

You can then proceed from there.

[aidanstu]

Sigh  .

Another unproven kid on loan, not the proven goalscorer we need.
MASSIVE gamble, especially given we are staring relegation in the face.

How proven was
Street,
Craig,
Kane,

I see the point im making has gone over your head

Not really.
You haven’t got a point

I have, but your either too blinkered or haven't got the intelligence to see it.

So given you think your intelligence is superior where do you think Doncaster Rovers will find a player or a club stupid enough to let a “proven goalscorer” go to join another club, either on loan or permanent, who clearly have a limited budget? Who would be your shout?

You just love spouting negativity. Give it a rest please.

Well, theres a thing called Google. There you can search for all sorts of things, like proven goalscorers.

You can then proceed from there.

I think we will leave it here

[ncRover]

Sigh  .

Another unproven kid on loan, not the proven goalscorer we need.
MASSIVE gamble, especially given we are staring relegation in the face.

How proven was
Street,
Craig,
Kane,

I see the point im making has gone over your head

Not really.
You haven’t got a point

I have, but your either too blinkered or haven't got the intelligence to see it.

So given you think your intelligence is superior where do you think Doncaster Rovers will find a player or a club stupid enough to let a “proven goalscorer” go to join another club, either on loan or permanent, who clearly have a limited budget? Who would be your shout?

You just love spouting negativity. Give it a rest please.

Well, theres a thing called Google. There you can search for all sorts of things, like proven goalscorers.

You can then proceed from there.

Last seasons L1 top scorers:

Charlie Kelman- transferred to Charlton for £3.5m

Richard Kone - transferred to QPR for £2m

Jay Stansfield - cost B’ham £15m

You’re seriously expecting us to be signing these people?

[TonySoprano]

Sigh  .

Another unproven kid on loan, not the proven goalscorer we need.
MASSIVE gamble, especially given we are staring relegation in the face.

How proven was
Street,
Craig,
Kane,

I see the point im making has gone over your head

Not really.
You haven’t got a point

I have, but your either too blinkered or haven't got the intelligence to see it.

So given you think your intelligence is superior where do you think Doncaster Rovers will find a player or a club stupid enough to let a “proven goalscorer” go to join another club, either on loan or permanent, who clearly have a limited budget? Who would be your shout?

You just love spouting negativity. Give it a rest please.

Well, theres a thing called Google. There you can search for all sorts of things, like proven goalscorers.

You can then proceed from there.

Last seasons L1 top scorers:

Charlie Kelman- transferred to Charlton for £3.5m

Richard Kone - transferred to QPR for £2m

Jay Stansfield - cost B’ham £15m

You’re seriously expecting us to be signing these people?

Im not saying we should shop in league 1

[ncRover]

Sigh  .

Another unproven kid on loan, not the proven goalscorer we need.
MASSIVE gamble, especially given we are staring relegation in the face.

How proven was
Street,
Craig,
Kane,

I see the point im making has gone over your head

Not really.
You haven’t got a point

I have, but your either too blinkered or haven't got the intelligence to see it.

So given you think your intelligence is superior where do you think Doncaster Rovers will find a player or a club stupid enough to let a “proven goalscorer” go to join another club, either on loan or permanent, who clearly have a limited budget? Who would be your shout?

You just love spouting negativity. Give it a rest please.

Well, theres a thing called Google. There you can search for all sorts of things, like proven goalscorers.

You can then proceed from there.

Last seasons L1 top scorers:

Charlie Kelman- transferred to Charlton for £3.5m

Richard Kone - transferred to QPR for £2m

Jay Stansfield - cost B’ham £15m

You’re seriously expecting us to be signing these people?

Im not saying we should shop in league 1

So where then?

If a player is in the Championship after having a good L1 record their wages will be double what any of our current squad is on.

[MachoMadness]

The concept of Grant McCann sitting at a laptop Googling "proven goalscorers" to decide who we should sign. Funny.

[TonySoprano]

Sigh  .

Another unproven kid on loan, not the proven goalscorer we need.
MASSIVE gamble, especially given we are staring relegation in the face.

How proven was
Street,
Craig,
Kane,

I see the point im making has gone over your head

Not really.
You haven’t got a point

I have, but your either too blinkered or haven't got the intelligence to see it.

So given you think your intelligence is superior where do you think Doncaster Rovers will find a player or a club stupid enough to let a “proven goalscorer” go to join another club, either on loan or permanent, who clearly have a limited budget? Who would be your shout?

You just love spouting negativity. Give it a rest please.

Well, theres a thing called Google. There you can search for all sorts of things, like proven goalscorers.

You can then proceed from there.

Last seasons L1 top scorers:

Charlie Kelman- transferred to Charlton for £3.5m

Richard Kone - transferred to QPR for £2m

Jay Stansfield - cost B’ham £15m

You’re seriously expecting us to be signing these people?

Im not saying we should shop in league 1

So where then?

If a player is in the Championship after having a good L1 record their wages will be double what any of our current squad is on.

Anywhere theres a striker with a proven record.

[TonySoprano]

The concept of Grant McCann sitting at a laptop Googling "proven goalscorers" to decide who we should sign. Funny.

Well, its probably a huge improvement on the current recruitment strategy

[ncRover]

Sigh  .

Another unproven kid on loan, not the proven goalscorer we need.
MASSIVE gamble, especially given we are staring relegation in the face.

How proven was
Street,
Craig,
Kane,

I see the point im making has gone over your head

Not really.
You haven’t got a point

I have, but your either too blinkered or haven't got the intelligence to see it.

So given you think your intelligence is superior where do you think Doncaster Rovers will find a player or a club stupid enough to let a “proven goalscorer” go to join another club, either on loan or permanent, who clearly have a limited budget? Who would be your shout?

You just love spouting negativity. Give it a rest please.

Well, theres a thing called Google. There you can search for all sorts of things, like proven goalscorers.

You can then proceed from there.

Last seasons L1 top scorers:

Charlie Kelman- transferred to Charlton for £3.5m

Richard Kone - transferred to QPR for £2m

Jay Stansfield - cost B’ham £15m

You’re seriously expecting us to be signing these people?

Im not saying we should shop in league 1

So where then?

If a player is in the Championship after having a good L1 record their wages will be double what any of our current squad is on.

Anywhere theres a striker with a proven record.

A proven L1 record or just goals at any level?

[TonySoprano]

Sigh  .

Another unproven kid on loan, not the proven goalscorer we need.
MASSIVE gamble, especially given we are staring relegation in the face.

How proven was
Street,
Craig,
Kane,

I see the point im making has gone over your head

Not really.
You haven’t got a point

I have, but your either too blinkered or haven't got the intelligence to see it.

So given you think your intelligence is superior where do you think Doncaster Rovers will find a player or a club stupid enough to let a “proven goalscorer” go to join another club, either on loan or permanent, who clearly have a limited budget? Who would be your shout?

You just love spouting negativity. Give it a rest please.

Well, theres a thing called Google. There you can search for all sorts of things, like proven goalscorers.

You can then proceed from there.

Last seasons L1 top scorers:

Charlie Kelman- transferred to Charlton for £3.5m

Richard Kone - transferred to QPR for £2m

Jay Stansfield - cost B’ham £15m

You’re seriously expecting us to be signing these people?

Im not saying we should shop in league 1

So where then?

If a player is in the Championship after having a good L1 record their wages will be double what any of our current squad is on.

Anywhere theres a striker with a proven record.

A proven L1 record or just goals at any level?

Obviously not any level