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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 21:09:01 GMT
Jay Emmanuel Thomas Dexter blackstock Shola Ameobi Leon Best Nicky Maynard Nile Ranger
Freebies! Surely someone’s worth a short contract until January! I mean we genuinely are desperate unless we have a rabbit in the hat!
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Post by socrates on Aug 4, 2018 21:11:15 GMT
None of those ta
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 21:12:56 GMT
Jay Emmanuel Thomas Dexter blackstock Shola Ameobi Leon Best Nicky Maynard Nile Ranger Freebies! Surely someone’s worth a short contract until January! I mean we genuinely are desperate unless we have a rabbit in the hat! Five years ago maybe. And even then, definitely not Nile Ranger.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 21:14:58 GMT
you telling me you’d rather have Nichols than any of the above?
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Post by Henbury Gas on Aug 4, 2018 21:17:09 GMT
To be fair, IF it is him he might be Gaffers replacement. Gaffers didn't score many and was sh*t at holding the ball up and dreadful in the air - so this guy could easily be a better player. Hopefully he's not Ellis' replacement - and to be fair he might not be. Let's just see what happens. Well DC said one is likely to be perm and the other a loanee, so I'm not very hopeful.You never are, so why bother ?
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Post by Henbury Gas on Aug 4, 2018 21:18:18 GMT
We may be light up front, but at least we can take heart in the fact we have a killer admin team and with out them you would have no club to support
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Post by aghast on Aug 4, 2018 21:22:51 GMT
Well DC said one is likely to be perm and the other a loanee, so I'm not very hopeful.You never are, so why bother ? To be fair to GGMI, who is of course a very very naughty boy, I don't think you can accuse him of never being hopeful or supportive of the club.
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Post by Gas-Ed on Aug 4, 2018 21:23:12 GMT
Jay Emmanuel Thomas Dexter blackstock Shola Ameobi Leon Best Nicky Maynard Nile Ranger Freebies! Surely someone’s worth a short contract until January! I mean we genuinely are desperate unless we have a rabbit in the hat! These are all players that at one point did OK. None of them are a good fit for us now though. We are a squad without egos. The last thing any of these need is a flash prat with an attitude and an expensive car causing disharmony in the ranks.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 21:25:36 GMT
I’m not one to be fooled by a YouTube video but you can see exactly what he would offer in this 5 min video. Pace, power and good feet. Good comment - what's not to like.
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Post by Henbury Gas on Aug 4, 2018 21:26:16 GMT
Agreed. Gaffney's impact at this club seems to be have been forgotten or at best downplayed. I think he also suffered from Ellis' upturn in form. Not sure we "let him go" as much as him wanting the move though. DC practically said he couldn’t say no to non league salfords financial offer. Thats all part of my frustration with look out for new striker. None of us were necessarily expecting Ellis to leave so if u get that unplanned, un budgeted fee (atound 750k), you surely spend atleast half?! but not if it goes straight into the owners pockets it seems. Would that be the same pocket that supports the club to the tune of £2m - £3m per year ?
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Post by rovers5charlton5 on Aug 4, 2018 21:27:00 GMT
So ten years ago then. Imo we've done what most League 1&2 sides would do, sold a player for a tidy sum and then spent a bit of that bringing someone else in and the rest disappears in keeping the club afloat. Do people honestly expect us to go out and spend half a million on 1 player? We invested the Taylor money in Sercombe and Nichols. Whilst the Nichols transfer hasn’t worked out, Signing Sercs for 150k more than makes up for it, what a steal that was. We will never spend over £750,000 on a player but I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect that we reinvest £400,000 of the Harrison money on a new striker. A £400k player would potentially upset our wage structure, so it isn't as easy as a lot of people think.
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Post by Henbury Gas on Aug 4, 2018 21:27:24 GMT
you telling me you’d rather have Nichols than any of the above? Yes, he can play football, those players are camels
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Post by pirate on Aug 4, 2018 21:28:15 GMT
I’m not one to be fooled by a YouTube video but you can see exactly what he would offer in this 5 min video. Pace, power and good feet. Good comment - what's not to like. 9 goals in 91 games? Poor in the air?? Struggles to hold the ball up very well???
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Post by Henbury Gas on Aug 4, 2018 21:29:42 GMT
Good comment - what's not to like. 9 goals in 91 games? Poor in the air?? Struggles to hold the ball up very well???Just Like Sir Ricky when he arrived
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Post by Gas-Ed on Aug 4, 2018 21:30:20 GMT
you telling me you’d rather have Nichols than any of the above? Yes, he can play football, those players are camels Ability or not, we made mistakes for years bringing in players on their way down. I’d rather take a rough diamond with potential.
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Post by axegas on Aug 4, 2018 21:30:51 GMT
We invested the Taylor money in Sercombe and Nichols. Whilst the Nichols transfer hasn’t worked out, Signing Sercs for 150k more than makes up for it, what a steal that was. We will never spend over £750,000 on a player but I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect that we reinvest £400,000 of the Harrison money on a new striker. A £400k player would potentially upset our wage structure, so it isn't as easy as a lot of people think. Nichols cost close to £400,000 and I doubt he broke our wage structure. It depends whether you are trying to buy from the championship or from Scotland/Lower Leagues.
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Post by pirate on Aug 4, 2018 21:32:42 GMT
9 goals in 91 games? Poor in the air?? Struggles to hold the ball up very well???Just Like Sir Ricky when he arrived Absolute nonsense. He was signed off the back of a 22 goal and 15 assist season.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 21:34:13 GMT
Agreed. Gaffney's impact at this club seems to be have been forgotten or at best downplayed. I think he also suffered from Ellis' upturn in form. Not sure we "let him go" as much as him wanting the move though. DC practically said he couldn’t say no to non league salfords financial offer. Thats all part of my frustration with look out for new striker. None of us were necessarily expecting Ellis to leave so if u get that unplanned, un budgeted fee (atound 750k), you surely spend atleast half?! but not if it goes straight into the owners pockets it seems. ...or to reducing debt quicker?
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Post by Henbury Gas on Aug 4, 2018 21:35:04 GMT
Just Like Sir Ricky when he arrived Absolute nonsense. He was signed off the back of a 22 goal and 15 assist season. but was fat & slow and the turning circle of a battleship. then he got fit and turned into the god like player we sold for £1m-£2m making rovers a pot of money over the £200k we paid for him
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Post by gasant on Aug 4, 2018 21:35:36 GMT
Have faith. Seems to be quite technical and a good fit with Nichols. Could be a good partnership if working together and not playing just the one of them isolated like he was at Walsall last year. Trust in new recruitment member till proven guilty i'd say. He wasn't here last year.
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