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Post by Langford Gas on Feb 2, 2021 12:40:14 GMT
Not sure what the obsession with signing a striker is. We've scored 12 goals in our last 10 matches. We're currently averaging a goal a game this season. It's not like we can't score. It's pretty obvious the problem is the 35 goals we've shipped at the back. Solving that problem will change our fortunes far more quickly than a new striker. The whole spine of the outfield team needs improving. And we could do with another option on the wings. Not much to ask. Lol. Spot on and its been known for a while
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 12:43:28 GMT
How does any forum member know we were close to signing Stockley? Given that he eventually signed for big spending Charlton we were probably never even close to signing him. Still can't understand if we did have money to sign Stockley etc we couldn't get another striker for the money. It was reported in the press and by Sam Frost so I’m only going by that unless he’s lying? Having the money and being prepared to pay it for the striker are 2 different things and if I’m not mistaken it was wages and length of contract rather than fee that we were paying out..... if its believed Posh wanted £1mill plus for Eisa and whilst he’s ok, I wouldn’t put him in the same quality as JCH.... and I don’t think he’s worth that amount.... just shows how inflated fees are in this window.... The club have tried really really hard to get the right forward in - one that would improve us, but ultimately that right forward wasn’t there.... and I have known hesitation in believing that since ‘Tis arrived we’ve been looking..... remember, the change in Manager will have changed player requirements in the window, meaning in same cases it was start from scratch again.... If as reported the fee for Elijah Adebayo was £250,000 seems to me that fees are not that inflated. Might have ticked most of the boxes?
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Post by TAGas on Feb 2, 2021 12:53:27 GMT
Its very quiet around the land of Bristol Rovers...
No statement, no pre presser and no anything really apart form Sam Frost's usual expected team.
Something must be going on.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 12:54:11 GMT
I know people are frustrated but it’s not like we didn’t try? Decent contract to Gnaduillet, Stockley was very close to signing, not that anyone wanted him on the forum but we also went in for Smith and no doubt others as well.... we had a clear brief, big, strong striker with proven experience who was ready to walk straight into the team.... other than those mentioned, not many and we weren’t going to gamble on an unproven youngster with no league experience -if we did then we may as well play our own unproven youngsters like Walker or Phillips etc.... We can still sign free agents and I’m sure some will become available... just look at Charltons squad size..... Don’t sign a striker - the club is slagged off Sign an unknown unproven youngster - club gets slagged off we we’re never going to be spending transfer record fees for a striker in our current climate.... like I said in a different post - all a lot of this forum does is just moan moan moan.... im not happy that we haven’t signed anyone but I’m not jumping up and down and toy throwing demanding explanations or resignations about it..... Pure speculation on who we offered contracts to. One things for sure, no one at the club will come out and have the balls to say who or whom we were knocked back by. And why should they? It’s pure speculation that the haven’t tried or offered contracts etc? By going out and saying who they went for or got rebuffed by just plays into others (agents and other clubs hands).... take Stockley - well reported we wanted him and we offered a sizeable contract. He’s out on loan at the moment. In the summer if we go after him again but we made it public he actually rebuffed us then it creates a bad image and he’s less likely to hold us in good favour (bit like washing dirty laundry in public or telling secrets)... likewise, other players agents who are similar in style and shape etc to Stockley will instantly bump up their players demands as they know we want them and are more desperate....
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Post by CrispPusher on Feb 2, 2021 12:57:18 GMT
No wonder Widdrington wasn't interested in the managers position...
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Post by chewbacca on Feb 2, 2021 13:06:40 GMT
Not sure what the obsession with signing a striker is. We've scored 12 goals in our last 10 matches. We're currently averaging a goal a game this season. It's not like we can't score. It's pretty obvious the problem is the 35 goals we've shipped at the back. Solving that problem will change our fortunes far more quickly than a new striker. The whole spine of the outfield team needs improving. And we could do with another option on the wings. Not much to ask. Lol. Leftbacks are ok though?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 13:51:55 GMT
Its very quiet around the land of Bristol Rovers... No statement, no pre presser and no anything really apart form Sam Frost's usual expected team. Something must be going on. Good point about the lack of a pre-match press conference. Knowing the way we operate I expect the hierarchy didn’t want to field questions about signings so they gave it a miss. The fact that our last result was a defeat probably meant there was even less motivation to face the media. I doubt there is anything more nefarious than that going on.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 13:58:14 GMT
Its very quiet around the land of Bristol Rovers... No statement, no pre presser and no anything really apart form Sam Frost's usual expected team. Something must be going on. Yep I guess they are working out the story to tell...guess the Tis and the team must be on their way to Accrington soon if not already.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 14:43:09 GMT
It was reported in the press and by Sam Frost so I’m only going by that unless he’s lying? Having the money and being prepared to pay it for the striker are 2 different things and if I’m not mistaken it was wages and length of contract rather than fee that we were paying out..... if its believed Posh wanted £1mill plus for Eisa and whilst he’s ok, I wouldn’t put him in the same quality as JCH.... and I don’t think he’s worth that amount.... just shows how inflated fees are in this window.... The club have tried really really hard to get the right forward in - one that would improve us, but ultimately that right forward wasn’t there.... and I have known hesitation in believing that since ‘Tis arrived we’ve been looking..... remember, the change in Manager will have changed player requirements in the window, meaning in same cases it was start from scratch again.... If as reported the fee for Elijah Adebayo was £250,000 seems to me that fees are not that inflated. Might have ticked most of the boxes? You’re saying Adebayo is worth £250k and that’s not inflated? i don’t know for certain as I haven’t seen him play much but he’s not been particularly prolific in his career and has only been scoring more regularly (but he’s only got 8 in league 2 this season) this year..... i think £250k is inflated and a gamble
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Post by pirate on Feb 2, 2021 15:25:25 GMT
If as reported the fee for Elijah Adebayo was £250,000 seems to me that fees are not that inflated. Might have ticked most of the boxes? You’re saying Adebayo is worth £250k and that’s not inflated? i don’t know for certain as I haven’t seen him play much but he’s not been particularly prolific in his career and has only been scoring more regularly (but he’s only got 8 in league 2 this season) this year..... i think £250k is inflated and a gamble £250k for a just turned 23-year-old 6ft 4in striker with 30 goals or assists in 89 league games (18 goals from 39 starts for Walsall) seems very reasonable and a good deal for the buying club to me.
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Post by chewbacca on Feb 2, 2021 15:53:46 GMT
You’re saying Adebayo is worth £250k and that’s not inflated? i don’t know for certain as I haven’t seen him play much but he’s not been particularly prolific in his career and has only been scoring more regularly (but he’s only got 8 in league 2 this season) this year..... i think £250k is inflated and a gamble £250k for a just turned 23-year-old 6ft 4in striker with 30 goals or assists in 89 league games (18 goals from 39 starts for Walsall) seems very reasonable and a good deal for the buying club to me. Especially when you consider the undisclosed fees we've paid for Josh Barrett, Ben Liddle, Zain Westbrooke, Jonah Ayunga and Cian Harries.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2021 16:15:05 GMT
£250k for a just turned 23-year-old 6ft 4in striker with 30 goals or assists in 89 league games (18 goals from 39 starts for Walsall) seems very reasonable and a good deal for the buying club to me. Especially when you consider the undisclosed fees we've paid for Josh Barrett, Ben Liddle, Zain Westbrooke, Jonah Ayunga and Cian Harries. Undoubtedly they are going to be small fees but it still sticks in the throat to have paid anything out at all for players who haven’t really performed. Dreadful recruitment
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 2, 2021 18:38:19 GMT
You’re saying Adebayo is worth £250k and that’s not inflated? i don’t know for certain as I haven’t seen him play much but he’s not been particularly prolific in his career and has only been scoring more regularly (but he’s only got 8 in league 2 this season) this year..... i think £250k is inflated and a gamble £250k for a just turned 23-year-old 6ft 4in striker with 30 goals or assists in 89 league games (18 goals from 39 starts for Walsall) seems very reasonable and a good deal for the buying club to me. We got Hanlan for seemingly far less last summer?
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 2, 2021 18:43:21 GMT
£250k for a just turned 23-year-old 6ft 4in striker with 30 goals or assists in 89 league games (18 goals from 39 starts for Walsall) seems very reasonable and a good deal for the buying club to me. Especially when you consider the undisclosed fees we've paid for Josh Barrett, Ben Liddle, Zain Westbrooke, Jonah Ayunga and Cian Harries. Probably no more than £25K for any of them certainly not in the £250K, or even £100K, bracket. The same posters suggesting we pay £250K for another potential Stefan Payne, will also be questioning how we manage to run up£1m+ losses every season when the annual accounts are released. We probably still suffering from the mega expensive contracts the likes of Bennett, Upson, Rodman, Little and Ogogo were most likely given in the past.
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Post by LJG on Feb 2, 2021 19:31:15 GMT
Sorry, I can't see that scoring more goals is the answer to shipping 1.5 goals per game on average. Well for a start it’s nice to know that when we go a goal down we still have a chance of winning the game. Well Gassy has pointed out we're capable of of scoring multiple goals in a game.
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Post by Gas-Ed on Feb 2, 2021 22:40:32 GMT
The more I think about it, the more I understand Tommy Widdrington. I actually think he’s doing a pretty good job. He works 3 windows ahead each time, which is great because in 3 windows time we will be preparing for the conference, where a lot of his signings belong.
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Post by bluebiro on Feb 2, 2021 22:58:04 GMT
In the words of the who .tommy can I hear you?
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