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Post by Rovers 12th Man on Jun 6, 2014 9:16:52 GMT
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Post by Rovers 12th Man on Jun 6, 2014 9:19:25 GMT
Striker becomes first summer signing Bristol Rovers are delighted to announce that Jamie White today becomes the first summer signing for the club. The striker from Salisbury City will once again link up with his former manager Darrell Clarke. The 24-year-old, who averaged a goal every other game while at Salisbury, has joined Rovers after he became a free agent after terminating his contract at Salisbury City. Darrell Clarke is delighted to bring a proven goal scorer in as his first signing for the club. He said: “I have worked with Jamie before and he is a great signing for the club. “I signed him when I was at Salisbury and he is a goalscorer who averages one goal every two games, and he has the potential to be a 20 goal a season man. “He is proven at this level and has the potential to further his career with us. I look forward to working with him. “He broke into the Southampton first team at a young age, but had a couple of injuries. He bounced back in the Non League and I signed him from Winchester. “I am looking to bring in a mix of experienced players and young and hungry guys, and I hope Jamie is the first of many signings.” Jamie joined the Southampton Academy as an eight year-old, and went on to make his first team debut in August 2008. In November 2008 he joined Shrewsbury Town on loan, and went on to score his first senior goal with the Shrews. Following injury, White joined Eastleigh on loan in October 2009. He was later released by Southampton in May 2010, and joined Eastleigh on a non contract basis in December of that year. In 2011, he signed for Queensland State League side Whitsunday Miners in Australia where he scored 9 goals in 36 games. He then returned to England to join Wessex Premier side Winchester City, where he ended up one goal short of equalling the record number of goals in the Wessex League in a season (51 goals in 32 games) as Winchester won the division. From Winchester, White joined Darrell Clarke’s Salisbury and continued his goal scoring prowess, netting 26 goals in the league in his first season. In two seasons he scored 37 goals in 73 games at Conference level. Chairman Nick Higgs said: “I am delighted to welcome Jamie to the club. Darrell has worked with him before, and was keen to bring him to Bristol Rovers. “He is a proven goal scorer at this level, and we hope he can do the same again for us. “We are all glad to get the recruitment underway, and we hope to have another new face in next week.” The deal is subject to FA approval and the player completing his medical. Read more at www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/article/jamie-white-1617032.aspx#JCVUD1yypuXJIYZs.99 |
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Jun 6, 2014 9:20:13 GMT
Get in.
Delighted with this. Free transfer too so plenty of funds left over from the Lambo money.
Hopefully this will start a domino effect of signings.
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Post by gretschgas on Jun 6, 2014 9:22:16 GMT
Happy with that for a start. Good goalscoring record and Clarke will know all about him.
Welcome to the gas Jamie
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Post by Finnish Gas on Jun 6, 2014 9:29:05 GMT
Great news.
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Post by Fetch on Jun 6, 2014 9:31:06 GMT
Fantastic news. Hopefully he can stay fit and replicate his form with us! Also great news that it was a free!
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Post by RD on Jun 6, 2014 9:33:00 GMT
Really happy with this signing in terms of his technical abilities and goalscoring prowess.
My one concern is his injury record - it's horrific. If he can stay free from injury he will probably be a great signing. Especially as we didn't have to shell out a transfer fee for him!
Any news on the length of the deal??
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Post by fanboy on Jun 6, 2014 9:34:58 GMT
All about fitness with this lad. Stay fit and he's a cracking signing. Good start, Darrell.
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Post by hanham on Jun 6, 2014 9:42:08 GMT
Get in. Delighted with this. Free transfer too so plenty of funds left over from the Lambo money. Hopefully this will start a domino effect of signings. According to Radio Bristol this morning DC has said that he will not be seeing the RL money in his transfer budget. Also said there be clubs with far bigger budgets than us I the conference. Disappointing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by Hugo Admin on Jun 6, 2014 9:43:46 GMT
Pleased the ball is rolling but got to say I'm skeptical about his injury record. Especially given how well we do with keeping players fit. That said, I guess if we are also going for shorter contracts and performance incentives as well as dealing with the fitness issue then this should be fine. I'm pleased we have got a top striker at this level. Finally someone who knows how to score goals!
On the recent interview with DC it sounded to me like although he was quick to defend brunt and harrold, he gave the impression brunt would be off and harrold wasn't good enough. Wouldn't be surprised to see another striker come in as well.
Potentially a great signing today. Awesome that we got him for free too with other clubs looking at him as well. UTG.
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Post by dingdonggas on Jun 6, 2014 9:45:24 GMT
With his injuries....
Some could have come from bad tackles and / or pitches.
But keeping fit...
He's gonna score us those goals we need for a top 5 "hopefully"
:-)
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Post by Hugo Admin on Jun 6, 2014 9:48:06 GMT
Get in. Delighted with this. Free transfer too so plenty of funds left over from the Lambo money. Hopefully this will start a domino effect of signings. According to Radio Bristol this morning DC has said that he will not be seeing the RL money in his transfer budget. Also said there be clubs with far bigger budgets than us I the conference. Disappointing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk If that's true that is massively disappointing especially after Higgs said that the RL money would go in to our budget in the Chairmans update. As for having the biggest budget, with teams like Eastleigh and their massive investors I didn't think we would be able to compete. |
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Post by dingdonggas on Jun 6, 2014 9:53:43 GMT
Perhaps it is available,
but if it's known by other clubs...
Prices goes up ? ? ?
So time will tell.
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Post by Cantankerous Gas on Jun 6, 2014 10:04:30 GMT
Welcome aboard Jamie.  |
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Post by Nortongashead on Jun 6, 2014 10:10:24 GMT
Great signing a season to late!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2014 10:18:48 GMT
Great signing as long as he passes a vigourous medical
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jun 6, 2014 10:22:56 GMT
Excellent signing, best in a long while.
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Post by fanboy on Jun 6, 2014 10:42:27 GMT
One year too late, but late is better than never. Take us back up, Jamie
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Post by gretschgas on Jun 6, 2014 11:03:10 GMT
One year too late, but late is better than never. Take us back up, Jamie Really? Imagine he had signed last summer it would have been another name to add to the treatment room. The queue outside Phil Kite's room already equaled a distance equivalent of the Earth to the Moon. We would have probably had to pay a fee and higher wages too being in the League. IF his injuries are behind him then this is the perfect time to sign him in my opinion. Especially as he is already proven in this league. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2014 11:15:09 GMT
At last a striker with the nous to stick the ball in the net on a regular basis.Welcome on board Jamie,confident that if he can stay fit he will perform like a young Jamie Cureton.Might even bung a Pavarotti on him to be the leagues top scorer.
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