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Post by gaffers on Feb 26, 2017 9:48:08 GMT
So everyone saying he's failed in the past..vardy failed at Sheffield Wednesday it he hasn't done too bad...miller scores a hatrick yesterday and is on fire..we create a lot of chances but don't have a cf that has the instinct to get in there so to me if there's a real chance of signing him we should be up for it...there's not many league one clubs with our small budget so we would be the only league one options to him and I'm sure he would want to play at the highest level he could... Match report... Ricky Miller's fourth hat-trick of the season earned Dover a comfortable victory over Eastleigh. Miller side-footed the hosts into a third-minute lead after a good save from Ryan Clarke and from there Dover were always in control. Eastleigh, under new caretaker boss Richard Hill, threatened sporadically, but Miller put the result beyond doubt with his second of the afternoon after 71 minutes. The 27-year-old took his tally for the season to 32 goals eight minutes later to extend Dover's unbeaten run to four games, while Eastleigh have now gone eight league matches without a win.
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Post by stapletongas on Feb 26, 2017 10:48:40 GMT
I'm a bit cautious about all attention surrounding this lad. He clearly finds the net with ease at Conference level which suggests he can go higher. But he hasn't made that springboard from Dover.
He said himself on twitter that Rovers did not make an offer before the window closed. He didn't get snapped up by any ther clubs either.
Do league clubs know something we don't?
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 26, 2017 11:03:34 GMT
I'm a bit cautious about all attention surrounding this lad. He clearly finds the net with ease at Conference level which suggests he can go higher. But he hasn't made that springboard from Dover. He said himself on twitter that Rovers did not make an offer before the window closed. He didn't get snapped up by any ther clubs either. Do league clubs know something we don't? Well we wouldn't have paid a fee for him. I'm sure a league club will sign him on a free in the summer though.
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Post by whoblue on Feb 26, 2017 12:33:08 GMT
I'm a bit cautious about all attention surrounding this lad. He clearly finds the net with ease at Conference level which suggests he can go higher. But he hasn't made that springboard from Dover. He said himself on twitter that Rovers did not make an offer before the window closed. He didn't get snapped up by any ther clubs either. Do league clubs know something we don't? Do league clubs know something we don't? We snapped up the snake when no other clubs were interested... in fact you could say that about most of our current squad, there are plenty of examples of managers taking a 'punt' on a player and being rewarded. Ricky Lambert wasn't setting the world alight before he came here, There are plenty of others that have come through our club alone without looking at other clubs transfer dealings!
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 26, 2017 12:39:36 GMT
We snapped up the snake when no other clubs were interested... in fact you could say that about most of our current squad, there are plenty of examples of managers taking a 'punt' on a player and being rewarded. Yeah, it's amazing how many decent players have to work their way up from a low level, proving themselves on the pitch week after week before anyone takes much interest in them, and how many players go through Prem and other top academies and sink like a stone before they find their level. Despite hundreds of experts involved in the game, it's like not very many of them actually know what they're doing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 12:46:27 GMT
I'm a bit cautious about all attention surrounding this lad. He clearly finds the net with ease at Conference level which suggests he can go higher. But he hasn't made that springboard from Dover. He said himself on twitter that Rovers did not make an offer before the window closed. He didn't get snapped up by any ther clubs either. Do league clubs know something we don't? Well we wouldn't have paid a fee for him. I'm sure a league club will sign him on a free in the summer though. "Everyone wants him, then. Everyone except their boss Darrell Clarke, who isn’t a Miller fan. A deal was never, ever on the cards. A Rovers bid was never going to be made" www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/584375/Ricky-Miller-transfer-news-Dover-Athletic-PeterboroughSTaggering how DC rates James but not Miller. James reminds me of Derek Riordan, living off YouTube compilations from years ago.
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Post by Okebournegas on Feb 26, 2017 12:48:17 GMT
Here's my input on the Miller hype , no thanks .
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 26, 2017 12:50:14 GMT
Well we wouldn't have paid a fee for him. I'm sure a league club will sign him on a free in the summer though. "Everyone wants him, then. Everyone except their boss Darrell Clarke, who isn’t a Miller fan. A deal was never, ever on the cards. A Rovers bid was never going to be made" www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/584375/Ricky-Miller-transfer-news-Dover-Athletic-PeterboroughSTaggering how DC rates James but not Miller. James reminds me of Derek Riordan, living off YouTube compilations from years ago. Where has that come frm exactly? Who the f**k is Jack Wilson? A bit random tbh.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 13:00:33 GMT
One thing I like about this guy is that he seems to have nasty edge as well as scoring goals, defenders know he is there and im sure most wish he wasnt.
We should have done the business in Jan, the summer will have more clubs competing to sign him, but hey-ho James may be available to sign permanently so not to worry.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 13:22:34 GMT
I don't think we were really that interested in him anyway,but probably burnt his bridges with DC after he rebuffed us. I thought he just said no bids came in for him from us. Can't recall any rebuffing? I read somewhere that we had offered £225k but he wanted to wait till the end of the season(to pocket a big signing on fee) and see what offers came up.Seems that was not the case.
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Feb 26, 2017 13:22:49 GMT
Let's be honest. None of us would have picked out 'he who can not be named' as a potential 20 goal a season man capable of playing in the championship, prior to our conference season. DC did.
I will make three predictions.
1) We will not sign Ricky Miller. We'll be priced out of that race, even if we wanted to be in it.
2) DC will sign a striker in the summer who goes on to score 15+ goals next season.
3) Said striker will not have a post about him on here saying he should be our number one target!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 13:28:38 GMT
Although DC did well with getting the snake in for free, that sort of thing doesn't happen a lot.
Dont forget DC also brought in James, Wall, Goldberg and Cunnington so his record isnt all that good bar snakey.
Sometimes you have to pay a price for quality and get rewarded for any resale (ie Lambert, Hayles etc)
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Feb 26, 2017 13:32:40 GMT
Although DC did well with getting the snake in for free, that sort of thing doesn't happen a lot. Dont forget DC also brought in James, Wall, Goldberg and Cunnington so his record isnt all that good bar snakey. Sometimes you have to pay a price for quality and get rewarded for any resale (ie Lambert, Hayles etc) Quite right. It doesn't happen a lot. It happens when a manager has a good eye for a player, develops said player with the help of an excellent coaching team and then sticks to his guns when a large proportion of fans are demanding he is dropped. Sadly, all this doesn't stop the player slithering off with barely a word of thanks, but that's modern football.
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Post by madgas on Feb 26, 2017 20:16:58 GMT
We should all remember where we were when Snakey left.
A few hours or two days - we were left with little time to replace Taylor.
At that moment in time we we're quite concerned about the defence. Yes, we had made signings but we didn't quite know what these boys would be like. It turns out that they're pretty decent.
Even with Taylor we we're still outside the top 6, this was because we weren't defending well enough. At that moment the defence hadn't proved it was worth the 'roll of dice' and additional investment. Yes, with hindsight we might argue what could be but I still believe in Luke and Gaffers. Feel mr G is a goal away from a run. His overall contribution is getting closer to what it was when he started. He just needs that extra confidence.
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Post by DTGas on Feb 26, 2017 20:25:00 GMT
I thought he just said no bids came in for him from us. Can't recall any rebuffing? I read somewhere that we had offered £225k but he wanted to wait till the end of the season(to pocket a big signing on fee) and see what offers came up.Seems that was not the case. I thought Clarke said in an interview that he made an enquiry about Miller but Dovers valuation didn't meet ours and he thought he was over priced so didn't pursue it. Miller will know full well that he's going to get plenty of offers in the summer from league clubs. Him waiting means the competition to sign him will mean higher wages and probably a tidy signing on fee too.
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Post by whoblue on Feb 26, 2017 22:01:15 GMT
I read somewhere that we had offered £225k but he wanted to wait till the end of the season(to pocket a big signing on fee) and see what offers came up.Seems that was not the case. I thought Clarke said in an interview that he made an enquiry about Miller but Dovers valuation didn't meet ours and he thought he was over priced so didn't pursue it. Miller will know full well that he's going to get plenty of offers in the summer from league clubs. Him waiting means the competition to sign him will mean higher wages and probably a tidy signing on fee too. Will he get plenty of offers though? The snake tried to play that game last summer and went nowhere, made sure he had a poor release clause (from the clubs perspective if the rumours are true) and then jumped at the first offer he got. I'm not sure he wanted to play for the sh!t, he wanted to play Championship footy at any cost...
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Post by hargravegas on Feb 26, 2017 22:03:55 GMT
I thought Clarke said in an interview that he made an enquiry about Miller but Dovers valuation didn't meet ours and he thought he was over priced so didn't pursue it. Miller will know full well that he's going to get plenty of offers in the summer from league clubs. Him waiting means the competition to sign him will mean higher wages and probably a tidy signing on fee too. Will he get plenty of offers though? The snake tried to play that game last summer and went nowhere, made sure he had a poor release clause (from the clubs perspective if the rumours are true) and then jumped at the first offer he got. I'm not sure he wanted to play for the sh!t, he wanted to play Championship footy at any cost... Steve Hamer confirmed the day after the transfer window closed that Ricky Miller's name was 'Not mentioned to him as someone we were interested in signing'
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Post by whoblue on Feb 26, 2017 22:07:56 GMT
Will he get plenty of offers though? The snake tried to play that game last summer and went nowhere, made sure he had a poor release clause (from the clubs perspective if the rumours are true) and then jumped at the first offer he got. I'm not sure he wanted to play for the sh!t, he wanted to play Championship footy at any cost... Steve Hamer confirmed the day after the transfer window closed that Ricky Miller's name was 'Not mentioned to him as someone we were interested in signing' Hamer misheard, he thought they said Windy Miller.. to which he replied "the supporters won't like going back out to Trumpton while UWE's being built!!"
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 26, 2017 22:24:15 GMT
Will he get plenty of offers though? The snake tried to play that game last summer and went nowhere, made sure he had a poor release clause (from the clubs perspective if the rumours are true) and then jumped at the first offer he got. I'm not sure he wanted to play for the sh!t, he wanted to play Championship footy at any cost... Steve Hamer confirmed the day after the transfer window closed that Ricky Miller's name was 'Not mentioned to him as someone we were interested in signing' Which contradicts DC enquiring about Miller, who do you believe?
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 26, 2017 22:27:11 GMT
Steve Hamer confirmed the day after the transfer window closed that Ricky Miller's name was 'Not mentioned to him as someone we were interested in signing' Which contradicts DC enquiring about Miller, who do you believe? Maybe he enquired about him and decided not to try to sign him.
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