[Archived] If you could have any ex Rovers striker for the last five games who would it be ?

[patrickvalery]

Sutton wasn't there for us in 1999, his injuries are why we got relegated, if he was fit and Gallacher we would have never gone down.

Maybe he and RSC have more in common than they realise.

On ability alone he was a superb player for us. That whole side looked beaten in 99. There was a sense of impending doom about the place. I can't work out whether its the same this time around. Certainly amongst the fans it is, but up until the Goodison collapse, the players looked up for it. We shall see i guess.

[steverovers]

Would love to have seen Shearer and Garner in the same team!

Goal machines the pair of them.

[Iceman]

WAG for me. Ward and Grabbi

[chris]

WAG for me. Ward and Grabbi

Ward got 6 goals in 4 months and would equal 12 over a season.

[Torgeir]

Ward got 6 goals in 4 months and would equal 12 over a season.

Scary that it's better than anyone in our current squad.

I'd have Shearer of course.

[den]

Shearer and Fred Pickering together, would have been absolutely enormous.

[Waggy76]

This one is easy Alan Shearer , without any thought , I would even play him at his age now ...

Sutton wasn't there for us in 1999, his injuries are why we got relegated, if he was fit and Gallacher we would have never gone down.

Very True ,,

[yoda]

Simon Garner, Shearer or Tony Field,

Any would keep us up

[Waggy76]

Simon Garner, Shearer or Tony Field,

Any would keep us up

Tony Field , a genius on his day ..

[Majiball]

Shearer and Fred Pickering together, would have been absolutely enormous.

i realise this is a bit off topic and Fm isn't everyones cup of tea. But I once way way back on the old amiga got a regen come through called Fred Pickering Jnr. You are dead right him and shearer were golden and young pickering ended up Rovers highest ever scorer with about 1200 career goals.

Best career game I ever had on FM.

[Lathund]

Mark Hughes as player/manager.

[bigbrandjohn]

just seen Bellamy score a trademark cracker. He wouldn't put up with slackers in the team that prevented him getting goals.

[Fife Rover]

The really is no other realistic answer than Shearer. Nobody else compares.

Just compared the records of Briggs and Shearer.

Shearer just shades it with 130 goals in 165 appearences = 0.788 goals per game

Briggs with 143 goals in 204 appearences = 0.7 per game

[DE.]

Just compared the records of Briggs and Shearer.

Shearer just shades it with 130 goals in 165 appearences = 0.788 goals per game

Briggs with 143 goals in 204 appearences = 0.7 per game

I'd argue Shearer would adapt to the modern game far quicker. Depends how deep the question goes I suppose

[yoda]

Tony Field , a genius on his day ..

Do you remember a home game, Field won the ball on the right in our half, he lofted the ball forward( to himself!) ran past everyone and cracked a thundrous shot toward goal, it was pouring down as well. The crowd was in stunned amazement.

[bazza]

Statistically it has to be Jack Southworth, surely.

[FourLaneBlue]

Ashley Ward and Nathan Blake.

Just like last time.

[chris]

Ashley Ward and Nathan Blake.

Just like last time.

Only cost 9 million in total

[BRFC1995]

Ashley Ward and Nathan Blake.

Just like last time.

with ostenstad on bench

[FourLaneBlue]

with ostenstad on bench

We didn't get Ostenstad until the season after. We had Kevin Davies at that time instead.

[broadsword]

Do you remember a home game, Field won the ball on the right in our half, he lofted the ball forward( to himself!) ran past everyone and cracked a thundrous shot toward goal, it was pouring down as well. The crowd was in stunned amazement.

Only Rovers player to play with Pele?

[chris]

7.5 million for Davies

4.5 for Blake

3m Perez

4,25m Ward

4 m McAteer

4m carsley

4 m Jansen

2m Gilespie

3m Davidson

I bet our return on these purchases in 1999 season were under 7 million