Upside Down Posted December 23, 2023 Author Posted December 23, 2023 4 hours ago, islander200 said: Does every player we have need to be with a view to sell on?Personally I want us building a decent squad not looking to sell every player on.The majority of the money doesn't get put back into the squad anyway, and if any of it does it's usually 12 months down then line He as at least shown he can get into goalscoring positions and more often than not has put them away . Usually we are losing our goalscorers every summer,Szmodic signed on till 27 and we now have Sigurpdsson under contract for next season too The club have gone on record numerous times saying they have absolutely no ambition to do anything other than exist. Absolutely no way will we be signing players for the sole purpose of strengening the squad. 1 Quote
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philipl Posted December 23, 2023 Posted December 23, 2023 https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24008666.arnor-sigurdsson-hails-impact-genius-jon-dahl-tomasson/ Not surprised to see a player hailing JDT like this. That it is Sigurdsson who has played under a national coach and Champions League management speaks volumes. Here's hoping the glimpses we see of Sigurdsson class become the norm from his performances. 4 Quote
yellowsubmarine Posted December 23, 2023 Posted December 23, 2023 14 hours ago, Darwen Rover 007 said: Makes sense, shown glimpses of class... if he gets consistent over the next 9 months or so we will sign him on a longer deal I'm sure That's IF he wants to stay with us. If he performs well, bigger clubs will be after him, no way he's gonna sign a longer deal with us. Plus we dont get much/any money for him. This one year contract feels like signing a permanent contract for the sake of it. 1 Quote
Mattyblue Posted December 23, 2023 Posted December 23, 2023 That means he’ll have had a good season for us next term then if he gets snapped up by a big side, that’s better than him just walking in four and a bit months time, no? 1 Quote
neophox Posted December 23, 2023 Posted December 23, 2023 If he has great 6 months and a club comes in for a 5m plus offer in the summer this would be a shrewd deal. Also it could work for Rovers as he has to show his worth. 1 Quote
jim mk2 Posted December 23, 2023 Posted December 23, 2023 Just because he’s free doesn’t mean we should sign him. I’m not convinced by this player at all and today was another case in point. 5 Quote
RevidgeBlue Posted December 23, 2023 Posted December 23, 2023 8 hours ago, neophox said: If he has great 6 months and a club comes in for a 5m plus offer in the summer this would be a shrewd deal. Also it could work for Rovers as he has to show his worth. £5m plus? I'll have a pint of what you've been drinking! Quote
Sweaty Gussets Posted December 23, 2023 Posted December 23, 2023 9 hours ago, philipl said: https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24008666.arnor-sigurdsson-hails-impact-genius-jon-dahl-tomasson/ Not surprised to see a player hailing JDT like this. That it is Sigurdsson who has played under a national coach and Champions League management speaks volumes. Here's hoping the glimpses we see of Sigurdsson class become the norm from his performances. Noticeable he's only signed until 2025, which is when JDT's contract also expires. 1 Quote
Tyrone Shoelaces Posted December 23, 2023 Posted December 23, 2023 3 hours ago, jim mk2 said: Just because he’s free doesn’t mean we should sign him. I’m not convinced by this player at all and today was another case in point. He might be ok played right up front with another striker but out wide left ? Not for me. Quote
Waggy76 Posted December 23, 2023 Posted December 23, 2023 36 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said: He might be ok played right up front with another striker but out wide left ? Not for me. Not for me ...End of ! 1 Quote
joey_big_nose Posted December 24, 2023 Posted December 24, 2023 To me looks very similar to Brereton - when hes off it hes a total passenger. When hes on it he scores goals and looks a class above. My working assumption is every now and again he'll go on a run where he'll look a premier league player then go off the boil again. One to coax into some real form and sell at his peak. 3 Quote
USABlue Posted December 26, 2023 Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) On 23/12/2023 at 02:18, philipl said: https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24008666.arnor-sigurdsson-hails-impact-genius-jon-dahl-tomasson/ Here's hoping the glimpses we see of Sigurdsson class become the norm from his performances. I bloody hope so. First two games he looked to be about two levels too good for us, then WTF happened? He went to one level below. Did the apparent ease of how he smoked a few defenders go to his head making him complacent? Did his fitness take a hit? We really have not seen the quality shown in them 2 games since then. Praying he gets back cos he did look like something special. Edited December 26, 2023 by USABlue Quote
levi Posted December 26, 2023 Posted December 26, 2023 He looks like he can't be bothered to me 90 percent of the time he plays a simple pass instead of actually looking like a winger 2 Quote
Mattyblue Posted December 26, 2023 Posted December 26, 2023 Does anyone look like a winger these days? Five yard passes is all any of them do. 3 Quote
because of boxing day Posted December 26, 2023 Posted December 26, 2023 He hasn't shown any great pace trickery or consistent desire to get past his immediate defender. As such defenders find him easy to play against. But he has bought into the JDT way. If he added a committed progressive dimension to his decent finishing ability he would be more threatening. 2 Quote
Sweaty Gussets Posted December 26, 2023 Posted December 26, 2023 He's not a winger, I think he's been brought in because he has clear technical ability and has got a good finish on him. The real problem is we've nothing on the right. We need some variety, which means a player at RW who can beat people and has pace. Our wide players are one-dimensional. It's no surprise we were (apparently|) in for the Palace winger because he's quick and tricky. Quote
Commondore Posted February 24, 2024 Posted February 24, 2024 Another cameo appearance today. There's not really a place for him in Eustace's current kick-it-and-run stye, and I doubt him nor the club are prepared to wait and see through next pre-season if he'll fit better into whatever JE supposedly cooks up then. Which is a shame, because I genuinely believe he's the classiest player currently on our books, and probably the one with the highest potential. 2 Quote
Mattyblue Posted February 24, 2024 Posted February 24, 2024 Did make me laugh today when one of the 47 Dingle related chants was ‘Siggy, knock him out!’. Couldn’t knock the skin off a rice pudding, that one. 2 Quote
joey_big_nose Posted February 26, 2024 Posted February 26, 2024 On 24/02/2024 at 22:09, Commondore said: Another cameo appearance today. There's not really a place for him in Eustace's current kick-it-and-run stye, and I doubt him nor the club are prepared to wait and see through next pre-season if he'll fit better into whatever JE supposedly cooks up then. Which is a shame, because I genuinely believe he's the classiest player currently on our books, and probably the one with the highest potential. Hes been absolutely useless under JDT as well. I have seen absolutely nothing from him outside the box, he cant beat a man, his passing and link up is poor, he cannot physically compete at all. Only thing hes done well is find a bit of room and ability to finish in the box. Id stop playing him as a wing back or wide forward as he offers less than nothing, and try instead subbing him on through the middle in a two up front as we need him to get in the box. He will get bullied but might be able to drift about and find something to work with. 3 Quote
roverblue Posted February 26, 2024 Posted February 26, 2024 6 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said: Hes been absolutely useless under JDT as well. I have seen absolutely nothing from him outside the box, he cant beat a man, his passing and link up is poor, he cannot physically compete at all. Only thing hes done well is find a bit of room and ability to finish in the box. Id stop playing him as a wing back or wide forward as he offers less than nothing, and try instead subbing him on through the middle in a two up front as we need him to get in the box. He will get bullied but might be able to drift about and find something to work with. Yeah agree with this, his off the ball work is really poor and seems to have no confidence to take someone on either. Just seems lost out wide. I would defo try him down the middle as he seems dangerous in and around the box. 1 Quote
Bohinen1983 Posted February 26, 2024 Posted February 26, 2024 Good shout that.: Trondstadt Sigurdsson Buckley Szomdic Dolan Gallagher Like a 4-1-2-1-2 When attacking you could have the forward on the active side move wide to act as a wide forward, opposite comes over, Szmodic joins the attack with Siggurdson suporting. Imagine we'd get absolutely battered when defending though. Poor side, Quote
rigger Posted February 26, 2024 Posted February 26, 2024 11 hours ago, joey_big_nose said: Hes been absolutely useless under JDT as well. I have seen absolutely nothing from him outside the box, he cant beat a man, his passing and link up is poor, he cannot physically compete at all. Only thing hes done well is find a bit of room and ability to finish in the box. Id stop playing him as a wing back or wide forward as he offers less than nothing, and try instead subbing him on through the middle in a two up front as we need him to get in the box. He will get bullied but might be able to drift about and find something to work with. Siggy is yet again another No10. 1 Quote
philipl Posted February 28, 2024 Posted February 28, 2024 Played really well in the Gally role last night. 2 Quote
joey_big_nose Posted February 29, 2024 Posted February 29, 2024 17 hours ago, philipl said: Played really well in the Gally role last night. Ive not got a vendetta against him or anything but I would say he was comfortably our worst performer on the night. He laid the ball off well for Markandays shot that led to our goal but outside of that I struggle to think of too many contributions he made. Id love him to play the Gally role well, or any effective role, but he doesnt offer enough for me. He gets pushed off the ball too easily when he has it and is so lazy off the ball. I hope the coaching team can get him to up his effort levels over the next few weeks to give himself a chance to turn things around. 1 Quote
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