trunky
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Post by trunky on Feb 3, 2015 8:25:05 GMT
Another poster compared losing Sinclair to losing Ronnie Mauge when we looked odds on for promotion under Ollie, and hoped we learned from the mistake of bringing in youngsters to do a man's job. Unfortunately, you fear from this signing we didn't learn anything but I guess he can't be any worse than Lockyer in midfield? You are absolutely spot on I am convinced a little bit of extra investment then would have reaped huge rewards. As is the case now we are in a strong position and need a bit of quality to ensure promotion when are our board going to realise there are times to be prudent and times when going that extra mile would bring major benefits to the club.
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Post by laughinggas on Feb 3, 2015 8:56:17 GMT
Someone else posted players have a say in where they go. Not being pro board but money is not the be all.
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Smithy Gas
Craig Hinton
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Post by Smithy Gas on Feb 3, 2015 10:07:30 GMT
From a Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic fan:
Good midfielder. Been here for about 3 or 4 years and highly rated - played the Real Madrid game. Should be good for you if given a run of games.
Take from that what you will, but give the fella a chance. Plenty of players get on better in different places and maybe he might just fit with our team?
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Post by Curly Wurly on Feb 3, 2015 12:12:20 GMT
What a very very very ordinary signing! Clarke really knows how to persuade in his sphere of influence i.e. 50 miles radius of Salisbury. As WCG says, Clarke has now delivered! Have you ever seen Josh Wakefield play? I'm really not sure how you can make such a judgement without having done so. Honestly, the lad has been brought in as cover whilst injuries heal - I can't understand why you would want to be so negative about this signing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2015 12:20:54 GMT
Asked a Dorch supporter about him, thought he was better than Gosling. So, I'm OK with that.
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Alveston Gas
Brucie Bannister
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Post by Alveston Gas on Feb 3, 2015 13:40:51 GMT
I know quite a few Bournemouth and Boscombe fans and to a man they all say he is a good lad and being groomed to challenge for a first team squad position in the next 12-18 months. This is all part of his development. No way could they give him a chance at the moment when chasing the Premiership dream but this another great opportunity to continue his progression.
Lad deserves a chance - let's hope he is as good as I have been told.
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vaughan
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Post by vaughan on Feb 3, 2015 14:28:51 GMT
I maintain what I say! This is an underwhelming signing. The lad has been at Welling and then sent home early from Torquay.
This is BRFC to a tee.
Year 2000 - 7 points clear in Mid-March, Mauge injured and to get over the line, we are crying out for experienced mid-field player. We could have signed Neil Redfearn on loan, but no, we went for young kid Wooleaston instead, who was a powder-puff with no League experience.
Sorry he is not experienced enough for what we need. Ollie Clarke has been dreadful, so this whole unit needed strengthening.
I hope that I am proved wrong, but unconvinced.
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Post by belmontman on Feb 3, 2015 14:56:21 GMT
The bloke gives a direct, keen and optimist interview to Rovers and then I read the snide and demeaning broadsides we have on this site. What a contrast.
Welcome to the club young man, sorry it's peppered with so many sneering nincompoops.
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kingswood Polak
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Post by kingswood Polak on Feb 3, 2015 15:42:23 GMT
I maintain what I say! This is an underwhelming signing. The lad has been at Welling and then sent home early from Torquay. This is BRFC to a tee. Year 2000 - 7 points clear in Mid-March, Mauge injured and to get over the line, we are crying out for experienced mid-field player. We could have signed Neil Redfearn on loan, but no, we went for young kid Wooleaston instead, who was a powder-puff with no League experience. Sorry he is not experienced enough for what we need. Ollie Clarke has been dreadful, so this whole unit needed strengthening. I hope that I am proved wrong, but unconvinced. That season did me in. I bought into the conspiracy theories of the club not being able to afford promotion. I never went for 5 seasons after that. Whatever the opinions of many, there does seem to be a lot of comparisons to that season. Christ, it really is never going to be easy is it ? I know many say that it's easy to say rather than do but I am just amazed at how so many are embracing this league. I fully expect to win nearly every game but I never hear that from our manager or his acolytes. With a little more fire and enthusiasm I think we could be top and by a fair few points.
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Post by droitwichgas on Feb 3, 2015 16:32:37 GMT
The bloke gives a direct, keen and optimist interview to Rovers and then I read the snide and demeaning broadsides we have on this site. What a contrast. Welcome to the club young man, sorry it's peppered with so many sneering nincompoops. You are surely missing the point the posts have nothing to do with the player himself just that DC/MS promised that they'd sign players who could improve the starting 11 then they sign Dawson, who's hardly played, and Wakefield who couldn't even get into mid table Torquay's side. In some way i'd sooner we give the likes of Dom thomas game time at least we are bringing on our own players
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Michael Smith
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Post by Royal Blue on Feb 3, 2015 17:32:16 GMT
Underwhelmed by the signing as he clearly isn't of the same level as Conor Clifford is. It feels very much like a late plan E that we've just got over the line and when you consider we were going to sign a player even before the extent of Sincs' injury was discovered it isn't going to inspire much confidence in the fan base. I half thought we'd get two players in today to be honest. DC's signings so far have been good overall, without doubt, and I hope Wakefield proves to be another. I'm just not convinced by his credentials just yet as he barely set the world alight at Torquay and now we need him to create goals for us. Hmm the difference between a player not wanted at Southend and a player thought to be a good prospect at Bournemouth i know which one i would choose. In theory, LP. But Clifford is thought of highly by Southend fans and was wanted by League One clubs a short while ago, while Wakefield comes here from a good club but having not had a spell that was thought of as being particularly special at Torquay United earlier this season. Out the two I know which one I would choose.
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Post by belmontman on Feb 3, 2015 18:31:35 GMT
'You are surely missing the point the posts have nothing to do with the player himself..' Come on. Many of the posts have everything to do with seizing on and using a young player's lack of fame as weapon to fire poison darts at the manager,the board and any supporter who thinks the players and manager deserve more applause for this season's attitude and results.
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Post by otleygas on Feb 3, 2015 18:41:38 GMT
I think it's understandable why the player would choose Barnet for the reasons already rehearsed. A shame for us that we didn't get our man...but refreshing that we had a plan B unlike some previous transfer windows where we seemed to put our eggs in 1 basket.
I have confidence in DC that even though we had to resort to a plan B, the player will still add something to our overall set up. Whether that is enough to overtake Barnet will be seen. The bigger point is that we've allowed ourself to get into the position where we play second choice to (no disrespect to them) Barnet and other traditionally smaller clubs. The Boat for championship football sailed long ago. Hopefully we've not missed the one for league 2.
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brizzle
Lindsay Parsons
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Post by brizzle on Feb 3, 2015 19:02:37 GMT
From a Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic fan: Good midfielder. Been here for about 3 or 4 years and highly rated - played the Real Madrid game. Should be good for you if given a run of games.
Take from that what you will, but give the fella a chance. Plenty of players get on better in different places and maybe he might just fit with our team? Thanks for that. I'll take it as a constructive observation and hopefully we'll see him fully involved, and not held back. Welcome aboard Josh.
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Post by Mario Balotelli on Feb 3, 2015 19:51:14 GMT
I maintain what I say! This is an underwhelming signing. The lad has been at Welling and then sent home early from Torquay.This is BRFC to a tee. Year 2000 - 7 points clear in Mid-March, Mauge injured and to get over the line, we are crying out for experienced mid-field player. We could have signed Neil Redfearn on loan, but no, we went for young kid Wooleaston instead, who was a powder-puff with no League experience. Sorry he is not experienced enough for what we need. Ollie Clarke has been dreadful, so this whole unit needed strengthening. I hope that I am proved wrong, but unconvinced. It looks like Torquay signed him for cover, when he was no longer needed they sent him back. How many players have disappointed somewhere but then did well somewhere else? And to be honest, it's surprised me you all found time to watch both Torquay and Rovers this season to be able to judge the lad before he's even kicked a ball for us. Unfortunately posting on Rovers' forums over the years has got less and less joyful due to the negativity of a minority of people.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2015 20:40:03 GMT
'You are surely missing the point the posts have nothing to do with the player himself..' Come on. Many of the posts have everything to do with seizing on and using a young player's lack of fame as weapon to fire poison darts at the manager,the board and any supporter who thinks the players and manager deserve more applause for this season's attitude and results. So very true.
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vaughan
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Post by vaughan on Feb 3, 2015 21:37:17 GMT
I have never seen him play.
I think that the side that needs to get back into the Football League really needed an experienced midfield player and the side has been crying out for more guile in that department all season. That's in addition to Mansell and Sinclair. His blind-spot with Clarke is baffling. We don't need "cover" to get promotion; we need an injection of quality.
I believe that DC's use of loan signings (apart from the Fulham lad) have been poor this season and may well be the difference between success and failure at the end of it.
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 3, 2015 21:53:53 GMT
I have never seen him play. I think that the side that needs to get back into the Football League really needed an experienced midfield player and the side has been crying out for more guile in that department all season. That's in addition to Mansell and Sinclair. His blind-spot with Clarke is baffling. We don't need "cover" to get promotion; we need an injection of quality. I believe that DC's use of loan signings (apart from the Fulham lad) have been poor this season and may well be the difference between success and failure at the end of it. Even the Sinclair/Mansell pairing hasn't been that great all season such as the Gateshead game where Clark coming on actually turned things around. After all the midfield is the engine room of the team where experience really counts, signing a Clifford/JJOT type player could have spurred us on to catch Barnet, as it is we just have to hope Wakefield's got what it takes, but is that really fair on such a youngster?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2015 1:11:32 GMT
I have never seen him play. I think that the side that needs to get back into the Football League really needed an experienced midfield player and the side has been crying out for more guile in that department all season. That's in addition to Mansell and Sinclair. His blind-spot with Clarke is baffling. We don't need "cover" to get promotion; we need an injection of quality. I believe that DC's use of loan signings (apart from the Fulham lad) have been poor this season and may well be the difference between success and failure at the end of it. Even the Sinclair/Mansell pairing hasn't been that great all season such as the Gateshead game where Clark coming on actually turned things around. After all the midfield is the engine room of the team where experience really counts, signing a Clifford/JJOT type player could have spurred us on to catch Barnet, as it is we just have to hope Wakefield's got what it takes, but is that really fair on such a youngster? gateshead simply loaded up there midfield and outnumbered mansell/sinclair,ollie clarke came on and evened things up
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TaiwanGas
Paul Bannon
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Post by TaiwanGas on Feb 4, 2015 1:27:38 GMT
I liked his interview for Rovers on the OS, honest type of young man, hope his boots do the talking too!, welcome aboard Josh...
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