Get Taylor From Bristol Rovers

[originaltrueblade]

He is quick and knows the way to goal. Just what we need. He may cost a bit but we would find out if the board are serious about promotion. This lad will do the business

 

[Cerberus Blade]

He is quick and knows the way to goal. Just what we need. He may cost a bit but we would find out if the board are serious about promotion. This lad will do the business

Let me look down the leading scorers list and pick out somebody that I'd never heard of until this season, or ever seen play, apart from on YouTube, and I'll come back with some more really good suggestions. Isn't this how we ended up with Matt Done?

 

[Esablade]

He'd cost a lot more than Ched though...is he better?

 

[originaltrueblade]

He'd cost a lot more than Ched though...is he better?

My mate supports Rovers and he tells me he's the best they have had in twenty years, fast, aware, brings players in and a touch of the old Jimmy Greaves about him, can turn on a sixpence. They are resigned to losing him in January

 

[Esablade]

My mate supports Rovers and he tells me he's the best they have had in twenty years, fast, aware, brings players in and a touch of the old Jimmy Greaves about him, can turn on a sixpence. They are resigned to losing him in January

..then he'll probably go the Championship and give that a go...he's 26, so perhaps a late developer., his record at Forest Green Rovers (2011-14) wasn't that great, whilst his goal record at Bristol is similar to Billy's here, whom I guess he would be the natural 'replacement' for..as I said, they'll probably get a decent fee for the lad (which we won't pay) and he'll get himself 10-15K a week (which we won't/can't pay).

Let's move on.

Ched's the best value option out there...like it not...

 

[Ricky]

I'm not writing off Lavery or Clarke but I'd feel much more confident with a top quality striker in the team. One who can create for himself and make a go of the impossible task that is playing with Billy Sharp.

Evans and Bogle are the ones to look at and we should commit to signing one of them. They'd both be good investments.

It could actually be the upside to any bad goalscoring run we have - Wilder could be convinced to really go for Evans in January.

 

[Jesus_was_a_Blade]

Have to agree that Ched does seem the obvious choice, I believe Chez only signed him on a 1 year deal? If so could they really turn down £300,00 if they know he'll go for free at the end of the season? He's too good for league 2 and sadly that's where they're heading.

 

[FriethBlade]

Let me look down the leading scorers list and pick out somebody that I'd never heard of until this season, or ever seen play, apart from on YouTube, and I'll come back with some more really good suggestions. Isn't this how we ended up with Matt Done?

Bit unfair, this lad looks the business on what I ve seen of him on the football highlights....not the best place to judge a player I know but there aren't many of us watcing Bristol Rovers every week ! He's fired them to promotion from the conference and then div two and is doing OK this season. He's the limit of what we can get (and possibly outside our budget) but I'd rather see us sign someone who has a proven record in the lower leagues, is the right age and doesn't seem to be injury prone.

If he's beyond our budget Akinde at Barnet would be an option.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Worth noting that Wilder let him go after not involving him at Oxford as a youngster. Perhaps neither party would fancy this move on that basis?

 

[brownie4583]

I wonder if the dingles would loan Bradshaw for the season,think he's only been on the bench recently,good goalscorer

 

[sitwell]

I'm not writing off Lavery or Clarke but I'd feel much more confident with a top quality striker in the team. One who can create for himself and make a go of the impossible task that is playing with Billy Sharp.

Evans and Bogle are the ones to look at and we should commit to signing one of them. They'd both be good investments.

It could actually be the upside to any bad goalscoring run we have - Wilder could be convinced to really go for Evans in January.

If we had stuck with Done instead of listening to you and the unusually silent Pinchy we would still be doing OK. Only Utd could have the top scoring team in Europe and swap one of the strikers for one with the worst results record in Utds history then surprisingly dry up.

 

[TJB.]

Grimsby will accept a mere £400,000 for Bogle*. That would be a great investment.



*This is how much I bought him for on FIFA 17 earlier

 

[Ricky]

If we had stuck with Done instead of listening to you and the unusually silent Pinchy we would still be doing OK. Only Utd could have the top scoring team in Europe and swap one of the strikers for one with the worst results record in Utds history then surprisingly dry up.

Pretty sure Wilder made his own decision and didn't listen to anybody on a forum.

We started to struggle when Done was still in the team against Shrewsbury and Bury. We did enough to score 2+ at Charlton against a decent defence. I don't think he would've helped much last night either as we dominated possession again against a side defending deep.

 

[Jehovah]

This is Sheffield united. We will sell Sharp and re-sign Porter.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

My mate supports Rovers and he tells me he's the best they have had in twenty years, fast, aware, brings players in and a touch of the old Jimmy Greaves about him, can turn on a sixpence. They are resigned to losing him in January

That's Bristol Rovers though - what class players have they seen in the last 20 years?

Had you ever heard of him before this season? I hadn't.

You know what? You and your mate may be right! Look at Vardy - now there's a genuine late developer.

But 12 miles down the road you've got a Welsh international who's proven at a higher level- with a point to prove. He's on £2k a week at a club about to go into administration. He loves this club (or at least he loves the fans - if not the Chairman) and he feels indebted to us. We could sign him for peanuts and offer him monkey nuts and he'd crawl here in his belly through broken glass to play for us again. If ihe does and it doesn't work out what do we have to lose?

It's our number 1 priority in January as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Gavlar]

Seeing as I live in Bristol and have seen Rovers a few times, I would say he's a decent option. Hard working player, not actually that quick, but very clever and brilliant at finding space.

He will almost certainly leave Rovers in jan or def in the the summer unless by a miracle they go up again.

Ched could be a better option, tho seems to be quite injury prone now after so long out.

 

[TBW57]

With respect, it's a bit big time of us to expect to be able to just predate other teams' best players.

Matt Taylor works hard and finds space. That sounds good, but so does Matty Done, and we don't have to pay a fee for him. Before he came here he scored loads of goals for Rochdale once they had switched him into the attack. In his first game for us he scored a belting goal and had another disallowed, and was our most dangerous player for the rest of the season, including when he scored 2 against champions-elect Bristol City. He then got injured and last year Adkins wasted him by playing him as a left wing back.

Matty creates chances for others and gets in position to score goals. He has gone through a non-scoring spell but bagged 2 opportunist goals among the 4 that didn't count against Port Vale. In other words, we already have a man who ticks the boxes and he's just waiting to be restored to the first team.

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

and a touch of the old Jimmy Greaves about him

Likes to hit the bottle then...?

 

[northsomersetblade]

Bristol Roevers. I hate that shitty little club. Just sayin'

 

[spongebobblade]

Pretty sure Wilder made his own decision and didn't listen to anybody on a forum.

We started to struggle when Done was still in the team against Shrewsbury and Bury. We did enough to score 2+ at Charlton against a decent defence. I don't think he would've helped much last night either as we dominated possession again against a side defending deep.

Totally contradictory. . We scored 2 against Shrewsbury with Done and 1 against Charlton without (with far more space available). We all know the first two games in that sequence were against sides that parked the bus resulting in less space than at Charlton. Was it Dones fault we struggled? They also defended far better than Charltons "decent" defence. The fact remains that when you have scored 29 goals in 10 matches and top the European scoring charts what's the great urgency to start altering things in order to shoehorn a striker in that, regardless of past record doesnt hit it off with your top scorer?

 

[Ricky]

Totally contradictory. . We scored 2 against Shrewsbury with Done and 1 against Charlton without (with far more space available). We all know the first two games in that sequence were against sides that parked the bus resulting in less space than at Charlton. Was it Dones fault we struggled? They also defended far better than Charltons "decent" defence. The fact remains that when you have scored 29 goals in 10 matches and top the European scoring charts what's the great urgency to start altering things in order to shoehorn a striker in that, regardless of past record doesnt hit it off with your top scorer?

But we created plenty against Charlton without Done. Don't tell me you're suggesting he would have put those chances in and we would've scored 2 or 3.

You've missed out the Bury game, and are disregarding the majority of the Shrewsbury game.

Wilder had a logical reason to start Clarke. More possession means less need for Done. More possession means more crosses. That's suited to Clarke. Plus Done hasn't scored a goal since God was a lad.

There's nothing to suggest we would've got better results in the last two games with Done in the team. As I've said, the warning signs were there before.

 

[andy m]

Totally contradictory. . We scored 2 against Shrewsbury with Done and 1 against Charlton without (with far more space available). We all know the first two games in that sequence were against sides that parked the bus resulting in less space than at Charlton. Was it Dones fault we struggled? They also defended far better than Charltons "decent" defence. The fact remains that when you have scored 29 goals in 10 matches and top the European scoring charts what's the great urgency to start altering things in order to shoehorn a striker in that, regardless of past record doesnt hit it off with your top scorer?

Shrewsbury only had 9 men. Just saying.

 

[spongebobblade]

But we created plenty against Charlton without Done. Don't tell me you're suggesting he would have put those chances in and we would've scored 2 or 3.

You've missed out the Bury game, and are disregarding the majority of the Shrewsbury game.

Wilder had a logical reason to start Clarke. More possession means less need for Done. More possession means more crosses. That's suited to Clarke. Plus Done hasn't scored a goal since God was a lad.

There's nothing to suggest we would've got better results in the last two games with Done in the team. As I've said, the warning signs were there before.

And there's nothing to suggest we are better off with Clarke in the team either is there? Just because we created plenty Charlton doesn't mean we are better off with Clarke in the side. We aren't and it showed on the day. He took Clarke off. You cannot compare the Charlton game to the two home games v Shrewsbury and Bury. It was always going to be obvious there would be more space to attack against Charlton than the other two put together. I genuinely think yours and some others dislike for Done clouds there judgement on what's best for the team. Have we or have we not got better results when Done has started? A simple yes or no will do

 

[spongebobblade]

Shrewsbury only had 9 men. Just saying.

Which made it more difficult when they packed the defence. So that's Dones fault is it? Get a grip

 

[Cerberus Blade]

With respect, it's a bit big time of us to expect to be able to just predate other teams' best players.

Matt Taylor works hard and finds space. That sounds good, but so does Matty Done, and we don't have to pay a fee for him. Before he came here he scored loads of goals for Rochdale once they had switched him into the attack. In his first game for us he scored a belting goal and had another disallowed, and was our most dangerous player for the rest of the season, including when he scored 2 against champions-elect Bristol City. He then got injured and last year Adkins wasted him by playing him as a left wing back.

Matty creates chances for others and gets in position to score goals. He has gone through a non-scoring spell but bagged 2 opportunist goals among the 4 that didn't count against Port Vale. In other words, we already have a man who ticks the boxes and he's just waiting to be restored to the first team.

Agree and disagree. It's arrogant of us to think we can just go take other team's players. It's deluded to think of Done as a prolific goalscorer. He isn't. Look at his career totals. He definitely does NOT tick all the boxes and the biggest omission is that he isn't a striker - never has been - never will be!

 

[FriethBlade]

Done doesn't score enough for a central striker, he's missed far too many chances this season. OK so he's busy and helps create space but it puts too much pressure on others,Sharp in particular,, to score. I believe Scougs and EEL may be our second top scorers with 4 apiece, one is a central defender the other not even a regular starter.

I think Done is destined to be one of those players who is really difficult to find a spot for as it's not obvious what his best position is and ultimately we will have a better option in every position that he can play.

 

[finlaytheblade]

We've lost 1 game in 16 and some fans think they know better than him
Get real he knows what he wants let's leave him too it.

 

[I should coco]

He's on £2k a week at a club about to go into administration. He loves this club (or at least he loves the fans - if not the Chairman) and he feels indebted to us

Alternatively he may have genuinely see that horrible episode of his life over and want to move on.

Coming back to a club where you may be 'loved' but the fans still chant 'you can do what you want' etc, might not be that great. As for 'indebted', it was his father in law's money and perseverance that played the major part. Our support may have helped in some way but that's probably it.

If he genuinely wants a 'fresh start' he should avoid BDTBL. People outside the club (Jean Hatchett, come on down) will try to get the whole shitty thing going again about 'role models' and 'respect for women'.

I'd have him back tomorrow as a player but I have no idea what the man underneath is like now.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

If we had stuck with Done instead of listening to you and the unusually silent Pinchy we would still be doing OK. Only Utd could have the top scoring team in Europe and swap one of the strikers for one with the worst results record in Utds history then surprisingly dry up.

worse than Marlon King or Lyle Taylor?

 

[1danewhitehouse]

That's Bristol Rovers though - what class players have they seen in the last 20 years?

Had you ever heard of him before this season? I hadn't.

You know what? You and your mate may be right! Look at Vardy - now there's a genuine late developer.

But 12 miles down the road you've got a Welsh international who's proven at a higher level- with a point to prove. He's on £2k a week at a club about to go into administration. He loves this club (or at least he loves the fans - if not the Chairman) and he feels indebted to us. We could sign him for peanuts and offer him monkey nuts and he'd crawl here in his belly through broken glass to play for us again. If ihe does and it doesn't work out what do we have to lose?

It's our number 1 priority in January as far as I'm concerned.

Agree with the Evans part. As for Taylor. He was earning rave reviews last season getting Bristol promoted to this league and might have been the league's top scorer (was up there with Akinde and Simpson- forget who finished top)