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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 18:32:39 GMT
Best of luck Rory and thanks, shows DC means business showing a ruthless streak to take us to the next level, unless Mr Bone improves his forecast he’s next😂😂😂 Until we see who's replacing him isn't that jumping the gun a bit? DC's not signed many decent strikers, from memory permanents have been Jamie White, Blisset, Gaffney, Fallon and Nichols. Only the Snake has been a success with Bodin more a winger than striker but even he was signed after Manse(?) got him a trial rather than the club going out and finding him Gaffney not a success? Can add Easter to the list of successful striker signings. And Taylor was a massive success, whatever some people think of him now.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 18:47:24 GMT
Until we see who's replacing him isn't that jumping the gun a bit? DC's not signed many decent strikers, from memory permanents have been Jamie White, Blisset, Gaffney, Fallon and Nichols. Only the Snake has been a success with Bodin more a winger than striker but even he was signed after Manse(?) got him a trial rather than the club going out and finding him Gaffney not a success? Can add Easter to the list of successful striker signings. And Taylor was a massive success, whatever some people think of him now. Can't agree with Easter being a success. He would probably have been one of the highest earners during his time here and I expected a lot from him when he signed given the level he played at before. He may have had a good influence on the players on the training pitch etc but on the field I'd say he was more a failure than a success. 12 goals in 68 apps not a great return.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 18:55:28 GMT
Gaffney not a success? Can add Easter to the list of successful striker signings. And Taylor was a massive success, whatever some people think of him now. Can't agree with Easter being a success. He would probably have been one of the highest earners during his time here and I expected a lot from him when he signed given the level he played at before. He may have had a good influence on the players on the training pitch etc but on the field I'd say he was more a failure than a success. 12 goals in 68 apps not a great return. Bare stats alone would suggest that, I agree. I've not looked it up but would guess there were a lot of sub appearances in that 68? He was never prolific but always looked a clever player who linked the midfield well. The sort of player I'd like Tom Nichols to become, although he's not there yet of course.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jun 15, 2018 19:28:50 GMT
Until we see who's replacing him isn't that jumping the gun a bit? DC's not signed many decent strikers, from memory permanents have been Jamie White, Blisset, Gaffney, Fallon and Nichols. Only the Snake has been a success with Bodin more a winger than striker but even he was signed after Manse(?) got him a trial rather than the club going out and finding him Gaffney not a success? Can add Easter to the list of successful striker signings. And Taylor was a massive success, whatever some people think of him now. How can you class Gaffney a success when he's now dropping down two divisions after a poor season last season? Easter was hardly a success as a goal scorer, I said the SnaKe AKA Taylor was a success but he's the only striker out of 7 permanents DC's signed who's scored regularly for us.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 19:39:18 GMT
Gaffney not a success? Can add Easter to the list of successful striker signings. And Taylor was a massive success, whatever some people think of him now. How can you class Gaffney a success when he's now dropping down two divisions after a poor season last season? Easter was hardly a success as a goal scorer, I said the SnaKe AKA Taylor was a success but he's the only striker out of 7 permanents DC's signed who's scored regularly for us. I class Gaffney as a success because of the impact he made when he came, which in my opinion sparked the run to the top 3 that season, and also for the way he linked up play and brought out the best in Matty Taylor. One poor half season does not a bad striker make. Re DC's record of buying strikers, I take your point however would add that to his credit he's also overseen the improvement in Ellis that many of us (myself included) thought wouldn't happen. Whether we count Bodin as a striker or a winger is semantics, what he definitely was for us was a goalscorer and like Taylor, plucked from relative obscurity. Hardly the record of a manager who doesn't buy good strikers.
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Post by pucklegas on Jun 15, 2018 19:57:31 GMT
Best of luck Rory and thanks, shows DC means business showing a ruthless streak to take us to the next level, unless Mr Bone improves his forecast he’s next😂😂😂 Until we see who's replacing him isn't that jumping the gun a bit? DC's not signed many decent strikers, from memory permanents have been Jamie White, Blisset, Gaffney, Fallon and Nichols. Only the Snake has been a success with Bodin more a winger than striker but even he was signed after Manse(?) got him a trial rather than the club going out and finding him Difference this time we ve got a good chief scout who found many players for Cov. Rory gave 100 % but not good enough to push us on. Ellis might go for big money and Nicho back to Exeter leaving us to do a lot of business.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 20:09:42 GMT
Ha I was right £75000 and £3000 a week The BS was aimed at the 3k a week bit. Not surprising he’s dropped down to that level. But 3k a week I shouldn’t think so
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 15, 2018 20:20:43 GMT
Blimey, I know it’s about opinions and everything but the season we went up Rory was a major part of that. He helped establish us in League 1 for two seasons. Of course he didn’t score as many goals, league 1 is harder than League 2. It isn’t rocket science is it? But the guy has had a solid three years nearly with us and I am sure that most Rovers fans would see him as a success. The guys gone, he’s moved on so do we now and look to replace. The judgement was made that he probably wouldn’t be the player to help us progress and make an attempt at the play offs. That doesn’t mean he wasn’t successful. DC has decided to change and his comment on the website seems to consider Rory was a success. Good enough for me. Good luck Rory and thanks. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 15, 2018 20:23:35 GMT
Not sure lpgas does........happy. Like lots of others on here! UTG!
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Post by mjhgas on Jun 15, 2018 20:26:28 GMT
Easter was a success! He came on as sub in many games with a calm head and used his experience exactly as required. Knew how to rattle a L2 defender as well.
Liam Laurence was the same - his free kick at home in the promotion season was worth his wages alone!
Know how at the end of the season worth every penny.
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Post by madgas on Jun 15, 2018 20:29:28 GMT
Rory was a great. The catalyst that saw us turn early season promise into consistency back in league 2. Sad to see the fella leave.
On a positive. I guess it’s part of a bigger plan- if we end up with a better player, then we’ll have a VERY good player.
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Post by james246 on Jun 15, 2018 20:47:16 GMT
Rory was a good player and very difficult to play against, I spoke to him many times at a gym in north Bristol he was a gentleman with a really good head on his shoulders.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jun 15, 2018 20:49:49 GMT
Of course Rory was a success. People questioning that either have short memories or just don't understand the game.
He might not be the best player to take us forward but he has definitely played his part in helping us to where we are now. I wish him all the best.
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Post by lmgas on Jun 15, 2018 23:03:10 GMT
A funny one this. Got to say that this adds pressure to making signings up front, and them working out. People forget how well Rory did at the start of the season just gone, he was very unlucky not to get more game time when he was in form, in October he had 6 goals in 715 minutes, 1 every 119 minutes, + 3 assists, as I recall.
I'm a bit concerned that we've lost a good option here, but I'm guessing Rory was keen to leave, as it seems Browner was! I can kind of understand their reasons, fresh challenge, game time, and money. But from the point of view of Rovers we'd of been better keeping them if we can keep them happy.
I just hope DC has some good strikers lined up. We need a lot more than Harrison and Nichols!
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jun 16, 2018 5:23:38 GMT
Easter was a success! He came on as sub in many games with a calm head and used his experience exactly as required. Knew how to rattle a L2 defender as well. Liam Laurence was the same - his free kick at home in the promotion season was worth his wages alone! Know how at the end of the season worth every penny. Can't agree with any of this!! Easter was no where near as good as he should have been and Lawrence was a disaster!
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Post by Topper Gas on Jun 16, 2018 7:38:32 GMT
Of course Rory was a success. People questioning that either have short memories or just don't understand the game. He might not be the best player to take us forward but he has definitely played his part in helping us to where we are now. I wish him all the best. Surely success as a striker is measured in goals scored, or at least assists, Gaffney has failed on both counts. He did a job like Blisset but he was hardly a success, in fact away from the Mem he's been mainly poor for most of his time in Div 1. Its good to see DC moving out players he doesn't consider good enough, whether he can bring in better will be interesting to see as the summer progesses.
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Post by WeAreTheGas on Jun 16, 2018 8:20:31 GMT
A shame to see Rory go, but it’s the right time all-round IMO.
From the club’s point of view, if we’re serious about having a go at top 6 this season then we need to improve our frontline. I feel like Gaffney has reached his peak at this level and was never going to be anything more than a (very) useful squad player for us in L1.
And from Gaffney’s side, I’m sure he wants more game time than he had last season, and DC couldn’t give him that here.
But let’s not forget how vital this bloke was to that second promotion - IMO we wouldn’t have gone up from L2 without the impact he gave us that season. Especially during his initial loan spell when he turned into the ginger Salah for a few weeks!
How anyone can call the signing of Gaffney anything other than a success is totally beyond me. He was brought in to add the goals to help get us into L1, and achieved that. He’s then given us two more years as a very solid and dependable squad member in L1 and scored some important goals along the way. And now we’ve sold him for the same (or more?) than we signed him for. I call that a success!
Good luck to him. Been one of my favourite players since he joined and the best chester of a ball I’ve ever seen.
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Post by axegas on Jun 16, 2018 9:00:09 GMT
Easter was a success! He came on as sub in many games with a calm head and used his experience exactly as required. Knew how to rattle a L2 defender as well. Liam Laurence was the same - his free kick at home in the promotion season was worth his wages alone! Know how at the end of the season worth every penny. Can't agree with any of this!! Easter was no where near as good as he should have been and Lawrence was a disaster! Easter was maybe not a success but I still think he was a good signing. Contributed to our promotion a couple of years ago and I can remember him being decent in league one aswell, he was probably a good influence in the changing room too. Not the best signing we’ve ever made but certainly not the worst in my opinion.
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Post by straighouttabristol on Jun 16, 2018 9:59:59 GMT
It’s hard to rate strikers on stats as there’s different types of strikers you have plays like Beardsley who link the midfield and strikers then you have players like heskey and Kevin davies who make space for their partner and bully the defenders, they might not score many but when put with a goal scorer they can form a very successful partnership. Look how good Owen was next to heskey compared to without him
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jun 16, 2018 10:43:18 GMT
Can't agree with any of this!! Easter was no where near as good as he should have been and Lawrence was a disaster! Easter was maybe not a success but I still think he was a good signing. Contributed to our promotion a couple of years ago and I can remember him being decent in league one aswell, he was probably a good influence in the changing room too. Not the best signing we’ve ever made but certainly not the worst in my opinion. Yeah, I agree. I just thought he was going to be a lot better than he was. Probably my fault, rather than his.
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