Alfie may

[Hickleton Rover]

This is confusing i read that he's signed a 2.5 year deal, but it looks like a loan, can anyone enlighten me please 

[Filo]

Wasn’t Martin Woods another willing MEMBER of the production

As was a keeper that was here as well but can’t remember his name

[MachoMadness]

Was it Ben Alnwick? Think we had the majority of the cast at one time or another.

[Chris Black come back]

Ben Alnwick, Liam Lawrence and Chris Brown.

[Fal]

This is confusing i read that he's signed a 2.5 year deal, but it looks like a loan, can anyone enlighten me please 

Season long loan, on official website.

[WarwickRover]

Signed three year deal with Town last year and on £17k a week, allegedly, and agreed reduced terms so as to be near his family for personal reasons

[sedwardsdrfc]

Just hope we don’t try to force a place for him in Grants usual set up. Didn’t really work either Elliot Lee who was clearly a very good player but needed to play off someone.

May has a good record so if we play to his strengths and crest chances. Hope we do branch out a bit from signing former players though. It’s a big world out there and we’re limiting ourselves a lot to a small group

[Harrogate Rover]

Good interview with Alfie on Radio Sheffield.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nt1mkz

[Cramby10]

Signed three year deal with Town last year and on £17k a week, allegedly, and agreed reduced terms so as to be near his family for personal reasons

just been reading about those personal reasons of which you speak. Sounded bloody horrific. No wonder he hasn’t quite been at it the last season or so. He needs us to show him some love.

[drfchound]

Signed three year deal with Town last year and on £17k a week, allegedly, and agreed reduced terms so as to be near his family for personal reasons

just been reading about those personal reasons of which you speak. Sounded bloody horrific. No wonder he hasn’t quite been at it the last season or so. He needs us to show him some love.

Well said sir.
Those are things that some fans don’t take into consideration when a player isn’t at his best.

[Pancho Regan]

Judging by their forum, Huddersfield fans are glad to see the back of him.
He’s certainly underperformed for them this season following a £1.2 million fee and reportedly close to £1 million annual salary.

But it’s great to see Alfie coming ‘home’ and he clearly has huge affection for our club. I sincerely hope he can rediscover the goal-scoring form he enjoyed before joining Huddersfield.

Welcome home Alfie.

[Bentley Bullet]

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.

[les@donr]

I am happy to see Allie back, he always gave 100% for Rovers, he appreciated the opportunity we gave to him. He should have never been let go, hope his stay with us becomes permanent, and like. Copps, sees out his playing career with us. Welcome home Alfie.

[Nudga]

I've seen Rupee mention that GM will play two up top. Unless he knows something I actually think that he'll stick with the 433, 4231 but go for the Peterborough away game style of play.
It obviously worked for Billy in that match, imagine how many goals Billy would have got playing that style last season and now imagine how many a younger AM will get playing that style

[Rupee92ONLY]

He doesn’t really change so I doubt he will but the majority of last season was painful watching Billy chase the shadows of League 1 defenders.

Cast your minds back to January… he brought in a 6 foot physical centre forward (who would’ve played every game if not for injury), so clearly realised we needed more of that up there. But now 5’8 Alfie is gonna do that job?

It just doesn’t really make sense does it?

I think Alfie will offer us something, just not in the ‘9’ role the way we play.

It felt like there were 21 other players on the pitch that day at Peterborough who wanted Billy Sharp to bag 4 and it was a real “last game of the season” affair. We wont be getting that for a season with level of personnel we’ve got in L1 under normal circumstances. Class away day though!

[mpc123]

He doesn’t really change so I doubt he will but the majority of last season was painful watching Billy chase the shadows of League 1 defenders.

Cast your minds back to January… he brought in a 6 foot physical centre forward (who would’ve played every game if not for injury), so clearly realised we needed more of that up there. But now 5’8 Alfie is gonna do that job?

It just doesn’t really make sense does it?

I think Alfie will offer us something, just not in the ‘9’ role the way we play.

It felt like there were 21 other players on the pitch that day at Peterborough who wanted Billy Sharp to bag 4 and it was a real “last game of the season” affair. We wont be getting that for a season with level of personnel we’ve got in L1 under normal circumstances. Class away day though!

Thats it, lets give up then, may aswell. God knows what im going to do from now on.

If you can get one ounce of positivity around May has always played and scored as 9 and scored 20 goals in league 1, now for me thats a positive.

It gets so boring when every bit of positive is dragged to the floor and beyond straight away, it seems you love a debate, but it isnt a debate, its you taking it to the enth degree so people have to debate, its just a silly position to start.

It doesn't make any sense not being positive about signing May with his credentials, where he has played and what he has achieved. At least level it off a bit.

[Rupee92ONLY]

If he’s going to scrap anything, i’d like to see him scrap his idea of a ‘10’/the more advanced midfielder of his 3. They haven’t really offered much imo.

So 2 strikers but not in the traditional 442 sense, Alfie can play in pocket and we’d have more fluidity up top which we definitely haven’t had.

Molyneux likes cutting in, we’ve got this Ayinde who looks a prospect and we’ve got Adelakun (good when he’s arsed) and a new one to join. But what we haven’t got is anyone who will make it stick up there. Hanlan is a workhorse but nothing really stuck to him either.

I fear unless we get that, we’re gonna have more of the same next season. We don’t have the quality in our ranks to consistently outplay play teams so you need that that ‘out’ up top.

[Rupee92ONLY]

He doesn’t really change so I doubt he will but the majority of last season was painful watching Billy chase the shadows of League 1 defenders.

Cast your minds back to January… he brought in a 6 foot physical centre forward (who would’ve played every game if not for injury), so clearly realised we needed more of that up there. But now 5’8 Alfie is gonna do that job?

It just doesn’t really make sense does it?

I think Alfie will offer us something, just not in the ‘9’ role the way we play.

It felt like there were 21 other players on the pitch that day at Peterborough who wanted Billy Sharp to bag 4 and it was a real “last game of the season” affair. We wont be getting that for a season with level of personnel we’ve got in L1 under normal circumstances. Class away day though!

Thats it, lets give up then, may aswell. God knows what im going to do from now on.

If you can get one ounce of positivity around May has always played and scored as 9 and scored 20 goals in league 1, now for me thats a positive.

It gets so boring when every bit of positive is dragged to the floor and beyond straight away, it seems you love a debate, but it isnt a debate, its you taking it to the enth degree so people have to debate, its just a silly position to start.

It doesn't make any sense not being positive about signing May with his credentials, where he has played and what he has achieved. At least level it off a bit.

Excuse me for offering an opinion alongside others on an internet forum for offering opinions.

I don’t think I have once questioned Alfie’s ability as a 9? In fact I know I haven’t.

I have questioned his suitability to play as a (lone) 9 in our system?

Two very different things and a very valid question.

Do you not watch our football games?

[Lazar]

The ability of our defenders to play out from the back and a striker like May is incompatible. Amazed anyone would argue otherwise.

Happy a player with his pedigree & CV is desperate to sign for us, but the idea of Byrne & Pearson hoofing it in his vague direction on the half way line sends shivers down my spine.

[GazLaz]

The way the situation with Alfie has played out shows how badly Huddersfield are run. How not to run a football club.

[Rupee92ONLY]

The ability of our defenders to play out from the back and a striker like May is incompatible. Amazed anyone would argue otherwise.

Happy a player with his pedigree & CV is desperate to sign for us, but the idea of Byrne & Pearson hoofing it in his vague direction on the half way line sends shivers down my spine.

Spot on this (IMO!!!!!) Lazar.

I like Alfie May, clearly a very good goalscorer but so is Billy Sharp and everybody saw how last season went for him playing the way we do.

His goalscoring record at Cheltenham will count for nothing if he’s running around trying to get the ball off defenders after yet another punt up top has been easily dealt with and every attack breaks down because we’ve been bullied.

It shouldn’t even need saying that you need to sign good players that suit the way you play

[Rupee92ONLY]

I remember the only reason we were able to get Billy Sharp the first time around was because he wasn’t scoring goals for Sheff Utd.

Everyone knows Billy Sharp is a top class goalscorer and everyone’s aware it was the way they played that was killing him. So why is it frowned upon to be concerned that we may end up with a similar situation here with Alfie?

It’s not negative for negative sakes, it’s a valid concern that can be backed up, mpc.

[Barmby Rover]

The ability of our defenders to play out from the back and a striker like May is incompatible. Amazed anyone would argue otherwise.

Happy a player with his pedigree & CV is desperate to sign for us, but the idea of Byrne & Pearson hoofing it in his vague direction on the half way line sends shivers down my spine.

Why do we bother having Mols and Haks play, or any other midfield players if that is all you think Rovers do, you haven't seen enough football than that to offer such an opinion.

[DonnyOsmond]

Agree with Rupee, Lazar, etc.

No one's criticising his ability or what he's done, the only criticism is just on whether he fits in to McCanns primary tactic with the personnel we have. We've seen him sign "different options" like Sharp, Old Lasagna, Middleton, etc that didn't fit into the style... And none of them performed to expectations... And unless he finds May a place potentially out wide, I don't see him fitting in and doing well, and that doesn't mean he won't score any goals at all, just we won't see his full impact.

[RugbyRover]

The ability of our defenders to play out from the back and a striker like May is incompatible. Amazed anyone would argue otherwise.

Happy a player with his pedigree & CV is desperate to sign for us, but the idea of Byrne & Pearson hoofing it in his vague direction on the half way line sends shivers down my spine.

Why do we bother having Mols and Haks play, or any other midfield players if that is all you think Rovers do, you haven't seen enough football than that to offer such an opinion.

I take it you didn't watch much of Rovers when Byrne and Pearson played together?

[sedwardsdrfc]

To be fair its not wrong. We need a striker we can play off to give us options to play out to. If we have a 9 who doesn’t hold the ball or win duels then we’re asking defenders to build from the back and our personnel at the moment really can’t do it.

Let’s not be dramatic there’s loads of time to bring new additions in it’s just a fact as it stands. IMO if we signed a 9 in the Chris Brown mould we’ve a good set of players to play off him and be reliable to score goals now. It does require GM to change a bit imo or else we’ll see May play wide or 9 and not be at his best.

[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.

[DonnyOsmond]

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.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

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.

[Barmby Rover]

We get a signing, then it starts, not up to this level, too short, too old, too slow, not aggressive enough, gets too many red cards, not experienced enough, not fit enough, I am sick and tired of misrepresenting what Rovers do. We do not just fire ball after ball in the air and hope a centre forward gets on the end of it. Opinions of some on here would have us relegated to Conference level before they would be happy.