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Post by oliverhelmet on Aug 31, 2024 10:39:39 GMT
Omochere,Sotiriou,O’Donkor and now Shaq - all these players have pace and you can clearly see Matt Taylor is trying to set us up as a counterattacking team.Just got to juggle the midfield to get them the ball now!!
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Post by madgas on Aug 31, 2024 10:47:42 GMT
The goals he scored last season look great. I think of the 9- 8 are from open play. Appears to have a real knack on how to attack in transition, which is maybe what we've missed in the first 3 games.
Both signings look decent. A good deadline day.
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Post by wallywalters on Aug 31, 2024 10:49:13 GMT
"Feed the shaq and he will score" Looks a great signing we re going away from seasoned journeymen, to hungry young players to develop and sell on, decent squad being assembled. Completely agree. We just have to stop having our pants pulled down when selling and we will become sustainable at the correct end of this league. |
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Post by Kipper on Aug 31, 2024 10:51:04 GMT
It is good to know Rovers now have a couple of additional forwards, which is a very positive sign. I am sure once the players get used to each other and gel, the goals will start to come! At least Rovers now appear to be a lot more organised on the recruitment side. I really hope Matt Taylor is successful at the club and will give us fans’ plenty to cheer about!
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Post by wertongas on Aug 31, 2024 11:04:33 GMT
Could turn out to be our best signing, certainly highly regarded at Orient. We now have balanced forward line which is part of a balanced team. All the best Shaq , look forward to seeing you on the attack.
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Post by eric on Aug 31, 2024 11:19:56 GMT
"Feed the shaq and he will score" Looks a great signing we re going away from seasoned journeymen, to hungry young players to develop and sell on, decent squad being assembled. Completely agree. We just have to stop having our pants pulled down when selling and we will become sustainable at the correct end of this league. I’m yet to hear a solution to the “Having our pants pulled down” problem. If another club is only willing to pay £X and our player is running his contract down and wants to leave how do we force another club to pay hundreds of thousands more? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2024 11:33:31 GMT
Spoke with George Friend in the Mem Car Park and he said what a frantic rush it was last night to get the deal done.
Said the owners were fantastic in their support to get it over the line.
Great to hear …
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Post by lastminutewinner on Aug 31, 2024 11:39:26 GMT
Completely agree. We just have to stop having our pants pulled down when selling and we will become sustainable at the correct end of this league. I’m yet to hear a solution to the “Having our pants pulled down” problem. If another club is only willing to pay £X and our player is running his contract down and wants to leave how do we force another club to pay hundreds of thousands more? Like him or loathe him you do what Darragh Macanthony does and hype the player up on social media, and actually have a set of bollocks to turn offers down so they come back with a bigger bid. Look how much he got for Siriki Dembélé in the last year of his contract. I can only remember DC doing that with the snake (Quoting 10M), and that only fell flat as he had a release clause |
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Post by lympstonegas on Aug 31, 2024 12:15:56 GMT
Looks like we have finally got ourselves a fox in the box looking at that video. Can also score from outside - what’s not to like.
Is this our new gas legend
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Post by lastminutewinner on Aug 31, 2024 12:41:41 GMT
Any rumours of the fee involved. Saw an O's fan mention £600k but I cant imagine we paid that
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Post by gasify on Aug 31, 2024 13:37:42 GMT
I’m yet to hear a solution to the “Having our pants pulled down” problem. If another club is only willing to pay £X and our player is running his contract down and wants to leave how do we force another club to pay hundreds of thousands more? Like him or loathe him you do what Darragh Macanthony does and hype the player up on social media, and actually have a set of bollocks to turn offers down so they come back with a bigger bid. Look how much he got for Siriki Dembélé in the last year of his contract. I can only remember DC doing that with the snake (Quoting 10M), and that only fell flat as he had a release clause They could've had 500k in the bank if they had accepted our offer for JCH. As long as fans are happy to lose some, it's a good approach. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 31, 2024 13:42:53 GMT
Like him or loathe him you do what Darragh Macanthony does and hype the player up on social media, and actually have a set of bollocks to turn offers down so they come back with a bigger bid. Look how much he got for Siriki Dembélé in the last year of his contract. I can only remember DC doing that with the snake (Quoting 10M), and that only fell flat as he had a release clause They could've had 500k in the bank if they had accepted our offer for JCH. As long as fans are happy to lose some, it's a good approach. They accepted a similar offer from Charlton but still didn't bank the money, although they've probably banked around £10m in the past year. |
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Post by buktaboy on Aug 31, 2024 14:21:31 GMT
Any rumours of the fee involved. Saw an O's fan mention £600k but I cant imagine we paid that Not sure how an Orient fan knows how much we paid Watford for him. |
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Post by gasify on Aug 31, 2024 14:47:41 GMT
They could've had 500k in the bank if they had accepted our offer for JCH. As long as fans are happy to lose some, it's a good approach. They accepted a similar offer from Charlton but still didn't bank the money, although they've probably banked around £10m in the past year. They banked £8m yesterday. The issue is more that we have some belters in the fan base who would say this is the right approach but would complain if we let a player run down their contract like JCH did. |
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Post by eric on Aug 31, 2024 18:27:10 GMT
I’m yet to hear a solution to the “Having our pants pulled down” problem. If another club is only willing to pay £X and our player is running his contract down and wants to leave how do we force another club to pay hundreds of thousands more? Like him or loathe him you do what Darragh Macanthony does and hype the player up on social media, and actually have a set of bollocks to turn offers down so they come back with a bigger bid. Look how much he got for Siriki Dembélé in the last year of his contract. I can only remember DC doing that with the snake (Quoting 10M), and that only fell flat as he had a release clause Personally I think potential buyers are going to be more influenced by professional football scouts than a loadmouth chairman who likes to shout a lot on social media. I don’t believe our current or former owner just takes the first offer on the table but if they believe a buyer has reached their maximum offer what does turning them down achieve when a player wants to leave and his value will drop with every passing week and month? We always forget that we benefit from free transfers or relatively low fees when players join us as their contracts are running down. Peterborough are always the only example put forward but I’m sure they’ve come off worst in transfer deals too. |
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Post by yattongas on Sept 1, 2024 16:32:35 GMT
Anyone with knowledge on how much we paid for this lad ? I’d guess about 150-250k
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Post by CornishPasty_Gas on Sept 1, 2024 18:37:30 GMT
I've heard from a pretty reliable source it was 400k plus add ons.
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Post by yattongas on Sept 1, 2024 19:26:34 GMT
I've heard from a pretty reliable source it was 400k plus add ons. That’s quite the outlay alongside Omochere . Not bad for pizza shop owners 😮 |
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Post by Colyton Gas on Sept 1, 2024 19:54:05 GMT
Win at Barnsley and we are as good as up!!!!!!!!
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Post by Topper Gas on Sept 1, 2024 20:08:31 GMT
I've heard from a pretty reliable source it was 400k plus add ons. That’s quite the outlay alongside Omochere . Not bad for pizza shop owners 😮 Where all the money is coming from seems a bit of a mystery, I'm not sure anybody apart from B'ham have spent more this summer? |
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