grumswall Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 No, because that would just mean long aimless football and guaranteed, like most lanky tall players, would be shite with the ball at his feet and slow as a weekend in the jail. As opposed to the silky soccer we're playing just now with slow strikers who can't score? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBumpkin Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, RRFC_Liam said: Are both defensive liabilities? Yes are both absolute donkeys? Yes are they both shite? Yes pretty fair comparison imo Free transfer Vs £80m fee. I'd expect more from the latter given the outlay. Free transfers at this level are always hit or miss. Yes he's shite but he's not £80m worth of shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kooz92 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 minute ago, CountryBumpkin said: Free transfer Vs £80m fee. I'd expect more from the latter given the outlay. Free transfers at this level are always hit or miss. Yes he's shite but he's not £80m worth of shite. Playing against part time players vs playing against some of the best players in the world. Context is everything. I'd rather have Harry Maguire at RB for the Rovers than I would Millen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 An argument about whether we would be better off with Harry Maguire or Ross Millen is quite the unexpected plot twist.... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBumpkin Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 minute ago, grumswall said: 13 minutes ago, CountryBumpkin said: No, because that would just mean long aimless football and guaranteed, like most lanky tall players, would be shite with the ball at his feet and slow as a weekend in the jail. As opposed to the silky soccer we're playing just now with slow strikers who can't score? It's not one or the fucking other though is it? I've no problem with us getting a strong forward but they have to be versatile in their approach otherwise we just get stuck with the same stuff we've got now. One plan and no great alternative. You don't need to be 6ft 8 to be dominant in the air and make a difference, in fact it's detrimental and leads to punts up the park that are just as aimless as what we're doing now. We need a forward that can hold it up, lay it off and also get up with the play once they've done that to convert the chances our other players can't. It's asking a lot of course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBumpkin Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, Kooz92 said: Playing against part time players vs playing against some of the best players in the world. Context is everything. I'd rather have Harry Maguire at RB for the Rovers than I would Millen. Which is why the comparison doesn't work in the first place. Millen is all of the bad parts of Reghan Tumilty with none of the good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, Kooz92 said: Playing against part time players vs playing against some of the best players in the world. Context is everything. I'd rather have Harry Maguire at RB for the Rovers than I would Millen. I, too, would like to have an England and Manchester Utd defender instead of Ross Millen. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 It's not one or the fucking other though is it? I've no problem with us getting a strong forward but they have to be versatile in their approach otherwise we just get stuck with the same stuff we've got now. One plan and no great alternative. You don't need to be 6ft 8 to be dominant in the air and make a difference, in fact it's detrimental and leads to punts up the park that are just as aimless as what we're doing now. We need a forward that can hold it up, lay it off and also get up with the play once they've done that to convert the chances our other players can't. It's asking a lot of course. It's not no. If he puts the ball in the net and we win games then I couldn't care less how we go about it though.As an aside, who was the player who took the long throw yesterday? I think it was mcbride, but not sure. Its definitely something we should look to utilise if we're signing an 8ft tall striker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 Just now, grumswall said: It's not no. If he puts the ball in the net and we win games then I couldn't care less how we go about it though. As an aside, who was the player who took the long throw yesterday? I think it was mcbride, but not sure. Its definitely something we should look to utilise if we're signing an 8ft tall striker. Connell has a very long throw. Imagine it was him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 It was Connell. He is like Stevie Hamilton. Nothing going for him except his long throw. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Been going too long Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 55 minutes ago, Michael W said: Mendy being on a two year deal, no less. And of course he was responsible for the James Keatings debacle. McGlynn was never short of a terrible signing. But over the piece far more good ones 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Connell has a very long throw. Imagine it was him. First time iv seen him doing it. I'm not sure the Inverness players knew what was happening when we piled everyone bar macdonald in the box so definitely something we should look to use going forward. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBumpkin Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, grumswall said: 16 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said: Connell has a very long throw. Imagine it was him. First time iv seen him doing it. I'm not sure the Inverness players knew what was happening when we piled everyone bar macdonald in the box so definitely something we should look to use going forward. We've tried it at Hamilton as well, it's the same thing each time though, long to O'Riordan and hope he wins a header 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 We've tried it at Hamilton as well, it's the same thing each time though, long to O'Riordan and hope he wins a header I only watched a stream of the Hamilton game and must have missed that. Trying to hit the biggest player in the team with a long throw isn't the worst idea. He doesn't look great at attacking balls like that though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 39 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said: An argument about whether we would be better off with Harry Maguire or Ross Millen is quite the unexpected plot twist.... I’d take Maguire to be fair. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFC_Liam Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 11 minutes ago, CountryBumpkin said: We've tried it at Hamilton as well, it's the same thing each time though, long to O'Riordan and hope he wins a header Aye and there’s always 2 or 3 men on him as well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Can the management team coach Millen into being a better player? You would hope so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Can the management team coach Millen into being a better player? You would hope so. Pep couldn't coach him to be a better player. He's genuinely lucky to still be playing as a professional. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baillieinleeds Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 8 hours ago, RRFC_Liam said: Our real leader and captain is currently sitting in the stands Murray signed Brown for that job. A Captain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Murray signed Brown for that job. A Captain. No he didn’t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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