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Post by fanatical on Nov 8, 2014 12:37:33 GMT
Clarkson always looked to me as if he was trying to be a striker, but just wasn't very good at it.Riordan is one of the highest scorers in Scottish football in recent years, but couldn't score in League 2. All this just shows that the highest standard of Scottish football is around Conference level. Also illustrated by Paterson, Kenneth and any other Scotsman that McGhee brought in., Really? David Clarkson was, in my opinion, a more than competent striker at League Two level. The fact that he wasn't played there on a regular basis speaks volumes about BRFC, their budget and their managerial appointments over the past few seasons. In my opinion if David Clarkson had been played in his natural position, he would have kept us in the Football League all on his own. He may not have been the quickest it's true, but at the level that we were playing at last season he would have done nicely, 100% correct
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 8, 2014 13:43:12 GMT
As long as the points keep ticking over i couldn't give a flying feck how many we goals we score, we have the best keeper in the league, a top 3 back four and the midfield is packed full of energy and effort. If a lack of goals start affecting our results on a regular basis which then will alter our league position then i'll have a problem with it, but at the moment it seems like there always has to be something that some fans aren't happy with which is sad when you consider what a good season we are having. My O.P was not one of "if he was here now" it was a lament about how we had, as he has proved to be, a talented striker and never used him as such. Like most supporters I never, and still dont, understand why he was never given a run of matches as an out and out striker, such a waste of talent. I'm sure he must have played upfront in some games but l can't recall him being anything special in those games? Perhaps the game's slower in Scotland so giving him more time on the ball & fitness levels are lower.
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Post by fanatical on Nov 8, 2014 13:46:51 GMT
My O.P was not one of "if he was here now" it was a lament about how we had, as he has proved to be, a talented striker and never used him as such. Like most supporters I never, and still dont, understand why he was never given a run of matches as an out and out striker, such a waste of talent. I'm sure he must have played upfront in some games but l can't recall him being anything special in those games? Perhaps the game's slower in Scotland so giving him more time on the ball & fitness levels are lower. you might be right BUT the reason he went is because he was on a high wage
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Post by LPGas on Nov 8, 2014 17:56:41 GMT
and he scored again today, just shows what a w****r Ward was
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Post by Somerset Blue on Nov 8, 2014 18:34:53 GMT
Agreed Ward was at fault with Clarkson... he has done untold damage to this club but his mental state should have been spotted so much earlier.
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Post by gasheadnaboo on Nov 8, 2014 18:48:48 GMT
We were a lower league club with a manager who was no longer relevant. Chris Beardsley was the worst player we had since Christian lee No Harrold holds that accolade You mean the Matt Harrold playing 2 leagues above us and who scored 27 goals in 87 appearances for Rovers? Beardsley was certainly one of the worst players I've personally watched, but we've had so many I wouldn't be able to pick one out, though Harrold wouldn't even make my top 20! It was strange with Ward and Clarkson last season, the York home fixture stands out as Clarkson's best game in a Rovers shirt for me, I remember thinking "bloody hell Clarkson is being played in position", playing just behind Brunt he bagged 2 goals and the MOTM award then I think within 2 or 3 games was back to being played out on the wing.
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 8, 2014 19:08:30 GMT
He probably didn't train well!! Although he seemed to be absolutely useless in most away games.
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Post by LPGas on Nov 9, 2014 18:23:46 GMT
He probably didn't train well!! Although he seemed to be absolutely useless in most away games. Except Wycombe
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Post by nickchippenhamgas on Nov 9, 2014 20:41:48 GMT
We were a lower league club with a manager who was no longer relevant. Chris Beardsley was the worst player we had since Christian lee No Harrold holds that accolade Once more I say, football is all about opinions, but I really think Henbury you maybe need to rethink your statement with reference to Harrold? I don't think our present demise has anything to do with Harrold, indeed bad injuries robbed us of the only player since Ricky Lambert who looked like he could get close to 20 goals a season IMO
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Post by LPGas on Nov 10, 2014 11:25:46 GMT
To be honest I didn't like Harrold, and said so when he was signed by Buckle, and I got shouted down for it. Truth is players who have played at lots of clubs, are usually seen as a quick fix, or a panic signing. There is always something not quite right about them. Mostly its because they are useless
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2014 14:58:05 GMT
Its not that they are useless its usually because they have reached their optimum level and are being asked to play above that level.Harrold was a competent lower league number 9,never going to be prolific but would give you 100 % effort to compensate.Any professional player who was,as you say,useless would be quickly found out and would not be a professional long.The problem is that fans look at a player and if he doesnt measure up to their lofty expectations he is considered useless or a headless chicken
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Post by Peter Parker on Nov 10, 2014 17:24:56 GMT
Clarkson was chronically wasted out wide under bloody Ward. Who expects a bloke like Clarkson to get up and down the line away from home apart from the manager who didn't seem to have much of a clue
When he did get a rare chance upfront he either scored or created things, something we are crying out for now.
I accept he may have been on a high wage, but if we had played him more often upfront or just of off another striker, I am sure we would have scored a few more goals and stayed up.
We still could have got rid because of wages in the summer, but I bet we would still be in the league (just as overall we weren't very good)
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