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Post by lympstonegas on Jul 26, 2018 6:51:21 GMT
It's hard to buy something if you don't know how much you have to spend. DC said in the Holland interview that he does not know what funds available to spend despite discussions earlier this week. Exactly. That’s what I mean. I back the board because without them we would be in the sh*t and they have done an awful lot for the club. However I feel it’s these things about the budget and how much dc can spend that slows it all down and makes me think we are leaving it to the last minute again. Realistically we need one before the Peterborough game. Gavin Reilly may not even be fit for the first game! Which would leave us with one natural striker.... NicholsThe Peterborough fans are going to love that
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Post by gasandelectricity on Jul 26, 2018 6:51:45 GMT
Also I’d take anything DC says about transfers with a pinch of salt as he has proven to have used this as a negotiation mechanism in the past.
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Post by socrates on Jul 26, 2018 7:06:40 GMT
I think we have a few players who can play as striker even if they’re more winger types (Bennett/Mensah). In preseason we’ve looked to have a 1 striker formation so perhaps we’re less reliant now on this position. Thing is if you play with one striker that’s fine we did it most of last season with wingers / inside forwards either side but you generally need that striker to be strong , good in the air and good at holding it up and bringing others in to play. We’ve just sold the only two strikers we’ve got who are any good at doing that. We need two more of we’re going to finish top half in my opinion.
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Post by blueridge on Jul 26, 2018 7:22:22 GMT
I think Jayden Stockley is the sort of striker we should be looking at - maybe we are!! A £500k bid for him could well tempt Exeter before the bigger boys in the Championship make their move for him.
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Post by daniel300380 on Jul 26, 2018 8:47:00 GMT
Did we not bring in Nichols last season?? I know he is not what we wanted, but point is, we went and got him and paid a fee for him. So I think we will bring in a striker, especially now that we have extra help with recruitment. If he’s not what we wanted why sign him then £300k what a waste on a player we didn’t want I meant he hasn't turned out how we wanted. Obviously we wanted him at the time. He was signed as Marcus recommend him after there time together at Exeter. Point I was trying to make, is we did go and get the player we wanted.
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Post by daniel300380 on Jul 26, 2018 8:51:36 GMT
Also I’d take anything DC says about transfers with a pinch of salt as he has proven to have used this as a negotiation mechanism in the past. Agree. He's not going to come out and say I have all the transfer fee from Ellis to sign a replacement, even if he did! As teams would put there price up to that amount, even if they would accept £500,000 for a player. DC says he does not know how much he has to spend. But if he wanted a player, surely he will say to the board, I want this player and think we should bid X amount. Then they either say yes or no. Think he's just trying to give nothing away. If it wasn't for the Peterborough chairman, we wouldn't have known that we were bidding for Nichols last season.
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Post by Nortongashead on Jul 26, 2018 9:02:31 GMT
I think Jayden Stockley is the sort of striker we should be looking at - maybe we are!! A £500k bid for him could well tempt Exeter before the bigger boys in the Championship make their move for him. DC said to me at the open day he is on his list. Talking to some Exeter mates they reckon he’s not the quickest.
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Post by daniel300380 on Jul 26, 2018 9:06:31 GMT
I think Jayden Stockley is the sort of striker we should be looking at - maybe we are!! A £500k bid for him could well tempt Exeter before the bigger boys in the Championship make their move for him. DC said to me at the open day he is on his list. Talking to some Exeter mates they reckon he’s not the quickest. If we continue to play with 1 striker, or 433 and play him in the middle, it will not matter if he does not have pace. Will have plenty of pace in other areas. Lambert had no pace. If we sign him, still think we need a quick striker, to give us more options though.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 9:06:49 GMT
I think Jayden Stockley is the sort of striker we should be looking at - maybe we are!! A £500k bid for him could well tempt Exeter before the bigger boys in the Championship make their move for him. DC said to me at the open day he is on his list. Talking to some Exeter mates they reckon he’s not the quickest. Neither was Ricky Lambert
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Post by yukongeorge on Jul 26, 2018 9:23:36 GMT
Hi guys, a small reminder that a year in football is a long time..... last year we must get Sweeney, who was very impressive on arrival from Stoke, but no posts for his return this season. and quite rightly. Nicholls had a diabolical time in front of goal but his work on and off the ball was ok, he has had an opportunity presented to him by Ellis and Rorys departure to have an impact and hes bright enough to know if he doesn't score goals this year he will be moving on.... Its a new season and I think DC has made some positive signings, we will have a striker before deadline that's a certainty but in the meantime lets get fully behind Tom, Gavin and Bernard and make them feel a million dollars..... Football has a funny way of biting back, Posh fans booed Nicholls at the Mem last year, wouldn't it be fate that they boo him again on the 4th because he scored the winning goal against them, he he...…
PS Watch Gavins St Mirrens goals on youtube, two footed and a turn of pace, quite impressive, bodes well
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Post by oldgas on Jul 26, 2018 9:29:08 GMT
Four players have told me that Gavin is very good That's as may be, however he got injured whilst playing one half of a pre-season friendly against a non-league side. Doesnt bode well.
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Post by stevek192 on Jul 26, 2018 9:31:31 GMT
The fact is that up front on his own Tom Nicholls is never going to score. Even DC said last season that we weren't playing to his strengths! Well, who's bloody fault is that? Why bring him in the first place if you couldn't play to his strengths? If we didn't have,in Ellis a player who would enable him to play to his strengths then we certainly don't have it now. Perhaps what we need is a strong centre forward who holds the ball up and brings team mates into the game and who does not have to spend most of his time defending corners in his own half because defenders are not big enough. We need two more strikers ,one of whom can lead the attack ie Devante Cole and another with a reasonable goalscoring record. We may then find that Tom Nicholls can play up front with one of them and we then have four strikers playing for two or three positions. Pace and power are the key to players to lead the attack,Nichols has neither but there is a footballer there. DC needs to stop talking and FIND the players that can bring out the best in his £300,000 signing.
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Post by lastminutewinner on Jul 26, 2018 9:36:27 GMT
Considering we are looking for someone to come in and hit the ground running, its not ideal for the guy to have hardly played with his teammates before the league season starts.
Ellis has already played in a friendly for Ipswich..
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Post by badengas on Jul 26, 2018 9:50:35 GMT
For me it's not a striker of the Nicholas , Telford type we want, but a powerful one who can make the space for the less powerful. Broadbent
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Post by blueridge on Jul 26, 2018 9:53:47 GMT
I think Jayden Stockley is the sort of striker we should be looking at - maybe we are!! A £500k bid for him could well tempt Exeter before the bigger boys in the Championship make their move for him. DC said to me at the open day he is on his list. Talking to some Exeter mates they reckon he’s not the quickest. Apparently Preston and Ipswich are also 'sniffing' around.
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Post by chilly1883 on Jul 26, 2018 10:07:05 GMT
Everyone needs to calm down a bit! Matty Taylor, will be back next week 👍
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Post by countygroundhotel on Jul 26, 2018 10:09:16 GMT
If I were a decent striker, and BRFC tried to sign me, I'd jump at the chance. We have made some really exciting signings so far in this transfer window, and are going to create loads of chances for our forwards. Can't help but think that when strikers are considering their next move that they base it on how many chances will be created for them. I think the only logic applied is how much I'm going to get paid and will I get game time. Though the second criteria is rather ignored once you get championship or premiership £s
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Post by blueridge on Jul 26, 2018 10:10:48 GMT
DC said to me at the open day he is on his list. Talking to some Exeter mates they reckon he’s not the quickest. If we continue to play with 1 striker, or 433 and play him in the middle, it will not matter if he does not have pace. Will have plenty of pace in other areas. Lambert had no pace. If we sign him, still think we need a quick striker, to give us more options though. Quite like the thought of Stockley and Reilly (or even Nichols) - unproven at this level but we are not in a good place at the moment striker wise. Definitely need a big fella up front - then we will have a few options on who plays off him.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 10:15:57 GMT
www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/bristol-rovers-manager-darrell-clarke-1827841"Darrell Clarke has reiterated that he is looking to bring in at least two players who can play as number nines." “You have always got a danger of that [Ellis] happening, and that is why we have brought in Tommy Widdrington as the head of recruitment so we have a list ready to go." “There have been productive meetings over the last couple of days and I am sure we will get a couple of number nines in before the transfer window closes.”
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Post by rememberhalifax on Jul 26, 2018 10:20:29 GMT
I think that the coaching staff, quite rightly,are trying out different options with what we have at the moment and Bernie seems to be getting the chance to prove he can cut it playing in the middle of attack. Those who have already decided that this option is not the answer should remember that it took Ellis some time to adapt to playing through the middle as its very different to playing out wide, it may be that if Bernie listens to the coaches and takes there advice on board as Ellis did, he just might be an inspired choice , really hope so, also Broadbent has been touted for the role as well and i can see the merit in such a move , strong , good in the air and good control, his occasional 'overplay' would not be so damaging up front either!I along with others would like a ,big un' as an option to, meanwhile we must get behind who ever gets the nod against 'posh' , forgive there mistakes and give them every encouragement to succeed,up the Rovers!
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