pirate
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Post by pirate on Aug 4, 2018 17:06:24 GMT
If the fee of £150k is correct then we have been well and truely mugged off once again. I wouldn't take the kid on a free.
Underwhelming doesn't even come close!
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Post by Okebournegas on Aug 4, 2018 17:08:47 GMT
Spending Gaffney money on him is embarrassing Yeah but I can recall tweets like this from Peterborough fans in regards to nich.......yeah , scratch that.
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Post by thegasfc on Aug 4, 2018 17:09:11 GMT
If the fee of £150k is correct then we have been well and truely mugged off once again. I wouldn't take the kid on a free. Underwhelming doesn't even come close! 40-50k max for me.
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 4, 2018 17:11:41 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. Looks like a gaffney replacing the way he plays the flanks. Their number 2 looks decent too If you look at the two goals Blisset scored against us for Kidderminster and Plymouth he looks a class act, however, we all know the truth. The common view by Walsall fans is that he's useless and that fans of a team who were nearly relegated. I just wish the ALQ's would sell up and let someone else have a go at running the club.
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Post by Forestgas7 on Aug 4, 2018 17:12:50 GMT
How about we get behind him he hasn't even kicked a ball for us and people slaging him off. Look at bodin Taylor Harrison bang average players before DC managed them.
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Post by syg on Aug 4, 2018 17:13:01 GMT
Looking at Walsall comments, they are split on his abilities. How about we give the guy a chance before he actually signs.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Aug 4, 2018 17:15:32 GMT
How about we get behind him he hasn't even kicked a ball for us and people slaging him off. Look at bodin Taylor Harrison bang average players before DC managed them. I think you're missing the point. It's not about him. It's about the owners. Once again we have sold our best player, for circa a million. Drinks and season ticket prices are up. Yet we end up with a complete Poundland signing.
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Post by eastbristolgas on Aug 4, 2018 17:16:23 GMT
Ellis scores 12 goals and goes for 750k plus add ons, most on here arguing it should of been more. So why does a reported £150k for a striker who scored just under half that last season in the league seem like were being mugged off?
I trust DC to get the right man, if he can chip in with goals, give us an aerial presence and hold up the ball for others, it seems like a good deal.
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Post by garygas on Aug 4, 2018 17:17:42 GMT
I wonder what forum fans would of made of signing Devon White back in the day ?
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Post by RD on Aug 4, 2018 17:18:24 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.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Aug 4, 2018 17:19:13 GMT
O.k fair enough that's the money from Gaff gone on a similar player for similar amount. How much of the £1 . 2 million from Bodin & Harrison going on the other number 9 ?.
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Post by northsidegas on Aug 4, 2018 17:19:15 GMT
..and if he scores a couple to win us the game next week he’ll be a classed a hero
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Aug 4, 2018 17:19:16 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.
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Post by worrelsterlingalbion on Aug 4, 2018 17:21:49 GMT
So to summarise our new signing who hasnt actually signed yet has been completely written off before playing a single minute based on his stats at his current club. This despite the fact they might play completely differently to how we would use him IF he signed. DC in his post match interview says he wants two 9s so assuming our new useless one signs he potentially could be a back up anyway. Is that about right ?
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Post by warehamgas on Aug 4, 2018 17:28:05 GMT
How about we get behind him he hasn't even kicked a ball for us and people slaging him off. Look at bodin Taylor Harrison bang average players before DC managed them. I think you're missing the point. It's not about him. It's about the owners. Once again we have sold our best player, for circa a million. Drinks and season ticket prices are up. Yet we end up with a complete Poundland signing. You mean like it’s always been! UTG!
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Post by oldmarket65 on Aug 4, 2018 17:34:12 GMT
So to summarise our new signing who hasnt actually signed yet has been completely written off before playing a single minute based on his stats at his current club. This despite the fact they might play completely differently to how we would use him IF he signed. DC in his post match interview says he wants two 9s so assuming our new useless one signs he potentially could be a back up anyway. Is that about right ? No one is writing him off. What a lot of fans are saying is : How do we replace proven goalscorers like Bodin Matty Ellis who can score 15- 20 per season ?. Secondly: were is all the money gone ?. I think that is a fair democratic question to ask .
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Aug 4, 2018 17:35:42 GMT
So to summarise our new signing who hasnt actually signed yet has been completely written off before playing a single minute based on his stats at his current club. This despite the fact they might play completely differently to how we would use him IF he signed. DC in his post match interview says he wants two 9s so assuming our new useless one signs he potentially could be a back up anyway. Is that about right ? No one is writing him off. What a lot of fans are saying is : How do we replace proven goalscorers like Bodin Matty Ellis who can score 15- 20 per season ?. Secondly: were is all the money gone ?. I think that is a fair democratic question to ask . Spot on. There is a lot of people missing the point.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 17:45:03 GMT
So to summarise our new signing who hasnt actually signed yet has been completely written off before playing a single minute based on his stats at his current club. This despite the fact they might play completely differently to how we would use him IF he signed. DC in his post match interview says he wants two 9s so assuming our new useless one signs he potentially could be a back up anyway. Is that about right ? No one is writing him off. What a lot of fans are saying is : How do we replace proven goalscorers like Bodin Matty Ellis who can score 15- 20 per season ?. Secondly: were is all the money gone ?. I think that is a fair democratic question to ask . 1. With difficulty. We can't spend a fortune (see below) so have to rely on finding players on the cheap or developing youngsters. Pretty much like Harrison, Bodin, Taylor and the likes of Randall, Mabbutt, Penrice, Martyn, Stewart, Gareth Taylor, Hayles, Roberts, Ellington, Lambert before them. This has always been the case and always will be. 2. We lose money every season. Presumably the transfer surplus goes on reducing losses. I'd love us to spend more (if it fits our wage structure) but not at the cost of losing more and more money every year. There's only one way that goes and none of us want that for our club.
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Post by eastbristolgas on Aug 4, 2018 17:45:09 GMT
No one is writing him off. What a lot of fans are saying is : How do we replace proven goalscorers like Bodin Matty Ellis who can score 15- 20 per season ?. Secondly: were is all the money gone ?. I think that is a fair democratic question to ask . Spot on. There is a lot of people missing the point. Out of the 3 players listed were any of them proven goalscorers before joining us? As for the money, I’m a bit stumped but I guess time will tell.
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Post by irene on Aug 4, 2018 17:46:19 GMT
I agree we are where we are for goodness sake get behind the and give him a chance next Saturday everyone was moaning about Ellis 18 months ago also lay of constant sniping at Nichols it doesn’t help
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