Billy Sharp

[DearneValleyRover]

Offer him a player coach role, stick him on the bench and if we get a pen, send him on to score it then he can hang up his boots

[Barnie41]

As a Blade, this season has been all a bit cr*p but woke up today smiling still about yesterday and Billy. That's what the great players do for us.Sadly we don't have similar at Bramall Lane, but so hope he goes on to get that elusive goal and a few more somewhere else.

I've been lucky enough to see some proper players at SUFC -Currie, Woodward, Booker, Ndiaye and your very own Brian Deane  (thank you!!) with his mate Agana, and Billy is in there too.

There's so much about the modern game that gets on my nerves but every now and then a player comes along who changes it all up.

They make the difference. Wew're fortunate to have seen him play.

Enjoy the close season folks!

[Ian Nimmo]

Sharp, probably for the first time this season, got the service that has made him a prolific scorer all of his career.

Greedy wingers don't suit strikers of his calibre.

Sign him up as a player/striker coach. He'd be the best in the business.

100% AGREE
will always get goals, but it’s more that that with Billy. His whole attitude to the game has an effect on anyone around him, and that’s why players and supporters love him so much.
Opposition supporters hate him, the reason is they know how good he is and is always the most likely to score against them. Yes he takes the mick out of them, but that’s Billy, but who on here will ever forget some of his antics over the years. One of his best was the chicken dance kindly performed for the Bradford fans.

[Barmby Rover]

Sign him on a game to game contract and employ him as a coach for a couple of good young strikers. He will be happy to pack up once he gets hid goal, that shouldn't take long. He would love the coaching role, and we could afford to get a couple of raw-ish recruits if he was looking after them.

[Filo]

Sign him on a game to game contract and employ him as a coach for a couple of good young strikers. He will be happy to pack up once he gets hid goal, that shouldn't take long. He would love the coaching role, and we could afford to get a couple of raw-ish recruits if he was looking after them.

You’re assuming he’d want a game to game contract

[les@donr]

Maybe the next Dingles manager?

[Rosey]

Bloody rubbish Billy it should have been left foot right foot and a header

[danumdon]

Sharp, probably for the first time this season, got the service that has made him a prolific scorer all of his career.

Greedy wingers don't suit strikers of his calibre.

Sign him up as a player/striker coach. He'd be the best in the business.

100% AGREE
will always get goals, but it’s more that that with Billy. His whole attitude to the game has an effect on anyone around him, and that’s why players and supporters love him so much.
Opposition supporters hate him, the reason is they know how good he is and is always the most likely to score against them. Yes he takes the mick out of them, but that’s Billy, but who on here will ever forget some of his antics over the years. One of his best was the chicken dance kindly performed for the Bradford fans.

The celebration after his goal against Scunny at their place not long after leaving them was rather good!

I work with quite a few Scunny fans and i can tell you they weren't best pleased!!

Billy, the greatest showman!

[Ryaldinhio]

I honestly think he would sign for £1 a week if it meant his chance of getting to 300

BUT he has once again shown that if we play to his strengths he will score goals. I 100% believe he would get 20 goals if we played to his strengths.

We should be negotiating a short term deal, as above get him on for a pen OR even better play to his strengths and he will definitely score. He was never about pace so dont know wht this comes up.

I dont care about age he has always had it....and he has still got it.

[Blue Green Algae]

So you'd build a team around a 40 year old who's managed one and a half games in two months? It's an interesting strategy.

[Usher wide.]

So you'd build a team around a 40 year old who's managed one and a half games in two months? It's an interesting strategy.

Has anyone said ‘build a team around Billy Sharp’?

Grow up.

[Blue Green Algae]

So you'd build a team around a 40 year old who's managed one and a half games in two months? It's an interesting strategy.

Has anyone said ‘build a team around Billy Sharp’?

Grow up.

Everything alright at home?

[keyser_soze]

Interesting interview with Grant today on a U-turn on Billy. Didn’t rule it out but said it was unlikely, but the language used made it sound like it was Billy’s call. Also said he asked to leave in January.

Sounds to me like McCann would probably take him in a bit-part plus coaching role but that would not suit Billy if he decides he wants to play on and he hasn’t made his mind up yet what he wants to do (probably muddled further by 4 goals in 1.5 games!). Be crazy if that wasn’t on the table though if we are prepared to take Baz Richardson for 9 months.

[les@donr]

As suggested elsewhere, offering Billy a player/coach role makes sense.

[jmt23]

He also has the youth team option at Sheff U to go to, if he wants! and may feel that is a closer step to want he wants next ( manage Sheff U)

I’ve no doubt he would be a great coach, based on how the players say he is around the club.

If he thinks straight enough, he will realise that no club is going to give him what he is asking for in terms of playing every game - not even if he drops a level, maybe two.

So, if he does have his heart set on getting that 1 goal, I would hope DRFC are in the box seat.

[Rupee92ONLY]

How much do the club spend on getting him his 1 goal?

Also this coaching malarkey… it isn’t just talking? It is a whole host of qualities and skills needed to be a good one. That’s why majority of former players can’t and won’t do it, or do and are shite at it. Where has he learnt his coaching trade?

[ncRover]

Billy has said his goodbyes and unlike Jack Senior, wasn’t offered a contract.

Grant has said the squad needs strengthening.
We have spent half the season in a relegation battle. We have to remember that as nice as it would be to get Billy his 300th goal, that the club’s objectives for the coming season and Billy’s personal goals are two separate things.

Grant has said he wants nine new players.
Billy is a Rovers legend and has given us some iconic moments. Let’s look to the future and make some new ones.

[LincsRover]

How much do the club spend on getting him his 1 goal?

Also this coaching malarkey… it isn’t just talking? It is a whole host of qualities and skills needed to be a good one. That’s why majority of former players can’t and won’t do it, or do and are shite at it. Where has he learnt his coaching trade?

He’s been doing his coaching badges with the FA for the past few years I believe.

Billy Sharp, 40, is actively planning for a coaching career after studying for badges while playing, with Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder openly inviting him to return to Bramall Lane in a coaching capacity. While potentially continuing his playing career, Sharp aims to become a manager and has been learning from coaches, including during his recent time at Doncaster Rovers

Sounds like more than just “talking”.

[Rupee92ONLY]

How much do the club spend on getting him his 1 goal?

Also this coaching malarkey… it isn’t just talking? It is a whole host of qualities and skills needed to be a good one. That’s why majority of former players can’t and won’t do it, or do and are shite at it. Where has he learnt his coaching trade?

He’s been doing his coaching badges with the FA for the past few years I believe.

Plenty of them do. Do those fans on here wanting him to get a coaching role have knowledge of his level?

I’d like the best possible coaches that we can afford to be coaching us. Not just because they’re a former very good player for us that are very well liked by the fans.

Chances of Billy Sharp being the best possible available coach to us is very slim I would say. The pool is massive.

[rich1471]

Billy has said his goodbyes and unlike Jack Senior, wasn’t offered a contract.

Grant has said the squad needs strengthening.
We have spent half the season in a relegation battle. We have to remember that as nice as it would be to get Billy his 300th goal, that the club’s objectives for the coming season and Billy’s personal goals are two separate things.

Grant has said he wants nine new players.
Billy is a Rovers legend and has given us some iconic moments. Let’s look to the future and make some new ones.

I think grant would have offered him a contract but Billy wants to play week in week out not a 10 minutes here 10 minutes there

[Rupee92ONLY]

How much do the club spend on getting him his 1 goal?

Also this coaching malarkey… it isn’t just talking? It is a whole host of qualities and skills needed to be a good one. That’s why majority of former players can’t and won’t do it, or do and are shite at it. Where has he learnt his coaching trade?

He’s been doing his coaching badges with the FA for the past few years I believe.

Billy Sharp, 40, is actively planning for a coaching career after studying for badges while playing, with Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder openly inviting him to return to Bramall Lane in a coaching capacity. While potentially continuing his playing career, Sharp aims to become a manager and has been learning from coaches, including during his recent time at Doncaster Rovers

Sounds like more than just “talking”.

Yes, coaching is far more than that. I’m saying people seem to think (with zero knowledge on him) that he is automatically a good option as a coach for us based on his influence around the dressing room and club.

[Chris Black come back]

Cannot be long before someone on here floats the mythical ‘pay as you play’ contract as an option.

[Blue Green Algae]

Yes, coaching is far more than that. I’m saying people seem to think (with zero knowledge on him) that he is automatically a good option as a coach for us based on his influence around the dressing room and club.

He knows the club...

[Upton Rover]

Billy has said his goodbyes and unlike Jack Senior, wasn’t offered a contract.

Grant has said the squad needs strengthening.
We have spent half the season in a relegation battle. We have to remember that as nice as it would be to get Billy his 300th goal, that the club’s objectives for the coming season and Billy’s personal goals are two separate things.

Grant has said he wants nine new players.
Billy is a Rovers legend and has given us some iconic moments. Let’s look to the future and make some new ones.

why offer him a contract when he doesn't want one, wanted to go in January to help Scunthorpe to get back in the football league, b

[keyser_soze]

Billy has said his goodbyes and unlike Jack Senior, wasn’t offered a contract.

Grant has said the squad needs strengthening.
We have spent half the season in a relegation battle. We have to remember that as nice as it would be to get Billy his 300th goal, that the club’s objectives for the coming season and Billy’s personal goals are two separate things.

Grant has said he wants nine new players.
Billy is a Rovers legend and has given us some iconic moments. Let’s look to the future and make some new ones.

why offer him a contract when he doesn't want one, wanted to go in January to help Scunthorpe to get back in the football league, b

Billy has stated on Twitter that Scunthorpe was ‘miles off’. The way Grant said ‘a certain club’ made it feel like a specific one he has history with not just a random Harrogate or York. I feel more and more like the Blades were looking to take him on loan to start off a new journey with them?

[Armthorpe mickler]

Was on Look North last night in a Sheff U top so maybe he's going back there. Think he was doing something for charity .

[keyser_soze]

Think it was the Padel tournament he has had a hand in, DRFC have a team in but BS representing Blades (interestingly with 3 other ex Rovers, Duffy, Cotterill and Kilgallon)

[Draytonian III]

He won’t have gone to Scunthorpe in January because they are not in the 92 league clubs and before anyone jumps on about his stint in America he was playing in their top league. Also it’s rumoured that him and Andy Butler don’t see eye to eye

[Metalmicky]

Sheffield United bound...?

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united-billy-sharp-doncaster-rovers-leeds-8514999

[Barmby Rover]

Paywall, waste of time.