Alfie may

[Rupee92ONLY]

I think he’s here not elsewhere because he wants to be (well durrr, but you know what I mean) so doubt if there even is a recall clause that he will ditch us for somebody else.

There is always break clauses in season long loans for good reasons.

Yeah I understand that, it can be a safety net for us if the move doesn’t work out (how dare I even mention that as a possibility). Im just going on the basis that it’s a success 

I think if it’s going well and someone else wants him or they try recall him, he will be doing everything to stay put. Pretty certain we’ll have him for the season.

[mpc123]

I dont get it though, Mccann has mentioned another striker, wait to see. Lets enjoy the May signing and wait, not just go all negative around it. Its hard to enjoy all things rovers when its hust dragged down straight away. We should be dead chuffed about the signing and enjoy it. Niw wait for more signings.

It's not negativity, it's realism and cautiousness. We all want him to do well, just don't think our system gets the best out of him.

Its not realism though. You dont know who we will sign, how we are going to play next season, even if may will start.

Enjoy the signing, it gets to the point where every one is pissed off before the season starts. What is realism, playing in those positions he gets goals and his movement and energy creates space for others.

[drfchound]

Some of their fans are furious he's been loaned out.

I'm delighted he's back where he belongs. It's dream signings like this that make supporting Rovers worthwhile after all.

BB, I’m going to claim some kudos for Alfie coming back.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had a chat with him in B&Q in Donny and my enthusiasm must have got to him so he has decided to come back to the Rovers.

[mpc123]

I think he’s here not elsewhere because he wants to be (well durrr, but you know what I mean) so doubt if there even is a recall clause that he will ditch us for somebody else.

There is always break clauses in season long loans for good reasons.

Yeah I understand that, it can be a safety net for us if the move doesn’t work out (how dare I even mention that as a possibility). Im just going on the basis that it’s a success 

I think if it’s going well and someone else wants him or they try recall him, he will be doing everything to stay put. Pretty certain we’ll have him for the season.

Its not a case of mentioning it is a possibility.

Im positive, always have been but still real enough to see quite a lot of times things dont work out, thats football. Where many say its just doncaster rovers bad recruitment.

You can say in one post bad recruitment and then next talking as though you agree that sometimes things dont work out. Its like just choosing all angles to make sure you look right. Id rather have a full belief in something and run with them.

[waldron40]

Judging by their forum, Huddersfield fans are glad to see the back of him.

Some of their fans are furious he's been loaned out.

Just goes to show that you can't please all of the fans all of the time.

Welcome back Alfie.

[ncRover]

I dont get it though, Mccann has mentioned another striker, wait to see. Lets enjoy the May signing and wait, not just go all negative around it. Its hard to enjoy all things rovers when its hust dragged down straight away. We should be dead chuffed about the signing and enjoy it. Niw wait for more signings.

It's not negativity, it's realism and cautiousness. We all want him to do well, just don't think our system gets the best out of him.

I did a post on this before showing that McCann’s best spells have coincided with having a centre forward who wins their fair share of duels. Hanlan, despite being big and strong was way down on that. As was Sharp and that never worked for a sustained period.

See here:

https://www.drfc-vsc.co.uk/index.php?topic=296580.msg1457080#msg1457080

Would add Jonson Clark-Harris 22/23 when Posh got play-offs under McCann to this list too. Near 50% duels won that season.

The team when it clicks with May will look great when it’s going well and against open opposition we can transition against. But not every game will play out like the last game of the season. We need someone of the type in this list as the other 9 as an alternative or partner.

[karlos]

Huddersfield fans in metdiown as they can't see how this benefits them. I kind of agree it is strange but will take it all day long.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I dont get it though, Mccann has mentioned another striker, wait to see. Lets enjoy the May signing and wait, not just go all negative around it. Its hard to enjoy all things rovers when its hust dragged down straight away. We should be dead chuffed about the signing and enjoy it. Niw wait for more signings.

It's not negativity, it's realism and cautiousness. We all want him to do well, just don't think our system gets the best out of him.

Yes it is. That's glass half empty approach all in one paragraph not untypical of many comments on this thread.

It's like saying I'm worried he's not going to fit in because we're going to be crap and other players are not going to do their jobs properly.

Try to imagine the opposite with an attack that's dynamic going at teams from all angles, creating chances for proven goalscorers to do what they does best, along with Adelakun, Molyneux, Bailey etc etc

[mpc123]

Totally agree, The problem we had upfront last yrar was movement, May gives us that.

Lets get together be positive drive the players to the best they can be and see what happens.

[DonnyOsmond]

Apologies think anyone being realistic has misunderstood the point of the forum. We should have all wrote "Brilliant signing" in the thread and never be critical of a player or the manager.

[mpc123]

Soooooo, is there somewhere in between both??

I know lets agree you constantly stop being major critical and negative and ill stop being super positive. There fore,  seems like a decent signing, a few more to sign yet to see a squad start to perform, looking forward to seeing who we sign next.

Cant wait for the season to start and hope for a good season.

There you go, lets all go there.

[Rupee92ONLY]

Brilliant signing.

You only have to look at his record at Cheltenham to know that he’s going to play the exact same way, under the exact same circumstances and environment and score exactly the same amount of goals.

I don’t think you should ever look at a strikers previous goalscoring record as relevant if it isn’t any good, but I definitely reckon in this instance you can look at it as relevant as he has scored loads and therefore it’s proof.

I’ve just lumped on us winning the league because our manager has coaching qualifications.

 

[mpc123]

Brilliant signing.

You only have to look at his record at Cheltenham to know that he’s going to play the exact same way, under the exact same circumstances and environment and score exactly the same amount of goals.

I don’t think you should ever look at a strikers previous goalscoring record as relevant if it isn’t any good, but I definitely reckon in this instance you can look at it as relevant as he has scored loads and therefore it’s proof.

I’ve just lumped on us winning the league because our manager has coaching qualifications.

 

I found that funny because you was soooo  soooo desperate in all that to post a negative.

I guarantee you being negative will have an effect in someway on how we perform, or any team. If it gathers pace we will be in trouble if we have the best team in the world.

Stay positive, lift the supporters in turn it lifts the club inturn it lifts the players.

Support them, thats why we have the name of supporters.

If you dont want to support, im not too sure why you are here

[Rupee92ONLY]

I missed about 5 home games last season, celebrated every goal I saw live and chanted our songs. I’m booking a flight to go watch us in a non-competitive match next month, i’ve bought a season ticket for next season but i’m not supporting the team and I am personally going to make us play rubbish because I wondered about the suitability of a signing on an internet forum.

[mpc123]

I missed about 5 home games last season, celebrated every goal I saw live and chanted our songs. I’m booking a flight to go watch us in a non-competitive match next month, i’ve bought a season ticket for next season but i’m not supporting the team and I am personally going to make us play rubbish because I wondered about the suitability of a signing on an internet forum.

Missing the point, if you go to all of them thats amazing and im loving what you do. But if you go to all of them and spread the negativity like you do on here, its not good.

Keep supporting, just try to be a bit more psoitive outlook on everything thats all.

Love what you are doing, we all support one club. You have missed my message entirely.

[Rupee92ONLY]

But that’s the thing, you’re also missing mine and others message entirely. Being negative would just be saying Alfie May is shit, this is a shit signing and offering nothing else up. I don’t think any of us think he’s shit and we all want him to be amazing for us. Some of us are just struggling to see him as the 9 in our system, which seemingly he has been signed for and are expressing that?

Of course McCann might be changing how we set up and play next season but he hasn’t shown any desire to do this before so how likely is it to be the case? We can only go on that.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I hope we can all agree, the squad is better now than it was 24 hours ago so we should have a better chance of winning games.

[Ryaldinhio]

I had concerns about how/if Alfie fits how we play because I have long maintained Billy would have got 20 goals a season IF we had played to his strengths.

Then Ive sat back and thought about it.

We have signed one of the most consistent strikers in L1 for the last 4 years. Huddersfield payed over a million quid for him not 12m ago. There would have been other clubs after him. Even last yr when Hudds played him in a slightly different role so he only got 7 goals he also got 7 assists, so 14 goal involvements.

We could have just signed next seasons league one top scorer. Make no mistake, this is a HUGE signing for us. Now its down to Grant to get the best out of him.

[Chris Black come back]

I do wonder if some people comprehend nuance, or just live their entire life viewing every development only in binary terms. Nobody on here has said the signing is terrible. People have rightly asked how this signing to which we will be paying a decent chunk of a large wage, fits into the team set up. Life isn’t black and white. There are shades in between and asking questions doesn’t make someone a lesser supporter.

[Barmby Rover]

I hope that the rest of our signings have a £1 million pound plus valuations! I doubt they will be (we have to be realistic), but when we produce a mix between them I just hope this sorts out that slump we had up to Xmas, it cost us a play off place. It was good to see GM with a smile on his face while welcoming Alfie, if he is pleased so am I.

[DonnyOsmond]

20 odd year ago this thread would be about Alford or Jackson.

[Bentley Bullet]

20 odd year ago this thread would be about Alford or Jackson.

They were the days when we shopped at Netto. Now, we've gone a bit more upmarket to get Lidl Alfie.

[TommyC]

I wonder if he can be recalled during the season. I'm assuming not as that would be ludicrous given how big a cog in our machine he is likely to be. There would be no point to the deal.

Secondary to that though, i wonder if he can play against Huddersfield....

[Branton Rover]

Is he going to receive the biggest wages of any DRFC player in the history of the club? He’s a proven striker/goal getter at the level and with that comes the inevitable premium that is required to secure their services. If online reports are to be believed his Terriers contract is worth circa £18k per week it will surely be only 25% because I can’t see us paying £9k per week 50%. Anyway whoever is financing this deal it’s money well spent if Alfie’s goals can fire us to promotion.

[RoversInSpain]

Alfie’s loving this.
3 threads on this forum… first one he’s on £16k a week, then he’s on £17k a week now he’s on £18k a week? Where do all these figures come from?
No issue with opinions but can facts be supported with a source please.

[Bentley Bullet]

I reckon he's the first Rovers player to be on £19k a week.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I reckon he's the first Rovers player to be on £19k a week.

He could very well be staying on Huddersfields payroll but just a wold guess, whatever loan fee we are paying them won't be anywhere near that, although we're unlikely to get to know. As someone said above, if he gets into the goals and assists, could be a very smart bit of business.

Personally, I'm really looking forward to seeing his skill level again. I really thought Alfie was going to be a successor to Copps,, although I didn't realise Copps would continue as long as he did, plus I didn't think Alfie would become the prolific goalscorer he became.

[Rupee92ONLY]

At a guess, what do we all reckon we’re contributing to the £20k p/w wage he’s on at Huddersfield?

[Metalmicky]

I reckon he's the first Rovers player to be on £19k a week.

Can't believe we are upping his pay to £20k a week

[DonnyBazR0ver]

My hunch is it won't impact McCann's other targets although my concern is once again he seems to be going for the numbers. Did we really need 9 new players? That said, with those spaces left to fill,, we'll see over time whether the quality comes too.