[Archived] Striker Signs!

[Blackpool_Rover]

on loan until end of season from perugia with a view to a permanent deal!

Edited August 31, 2004 by Blackpool_Rover

[Glenn]

Source ?

[John]

Just got the text as well.

Thought someone was taking the pi*s!

Have to confess dont know how he is doing over there, I am sure someone will enlighten us......

[Blackpool_Rover]

Source ?

txt from club

[Eddie]

Good news

[Ossydave]

What an absolute joke. Jesus wept.

[Manchester Blue]

Bleedin hell i've heard of people knocking a player too soon but he hasn't even played yet and you've written him off.

[Alan75]

Goals record.

Serie A 2003/2004 Perugia 3

Division One 2002/2003 Coventry 7

Division One 2001/2002 Coventry 6

[John]

Souness on Sky

Best for Dwight and the club- fee agreed for Dwight along with Birmingham matching the fee- Yorke favours Birmingham Souey thinks.

Good young striker Bothroyd, had our eye on him for a while.

[Blackpool_Rover]

What an absolute joke.  Jesus wept.

well he scored 7 goals in serie a last season, more than yorke would. He is a the ripe old age of 22. We need competition up front. I dont see a problem. What the hell do you expect? Ronaldo? Shearer? perhaps we should of bid for rooney? behave

Edited August 31, 2004 by Blackpool_Rover

[The1mattjansen]

Souness is talking about him now, as i type. Bothroyd went to Perrugia after spending time at both Coventry and as a youngster at Coventry.

Great things were predicted of Bothroyd, but he left England as a bit of a failure really, with the main complaint about his game, being his work-rate and lack of effort. I just hope we haven't replaced one big lazy lump with another

[philipl]

Bothroyd surprised a lot of people by his move to Serie A Perugia then by doing pretty well there.

He ended up scoring 6 goals for the side which was eventually relegated (another player who went down last season now at Ewood).

Probably will not win us any penalties though!

[John]

Souness says he is on holiday????

[herbergeehh]

Serse Cosmi rocks!

Heard good things of Bothroyd aswell, can't say I've seen him play much though...

[waggy]

did he play for arsenal

[Modi]

Bothroyd went to Perrugia after spending time at both Coventry and as a youngster at Coventry.

He's got to be good - he'd been at Coventry twice.

Anyhow, the news is now on the official site as well.

[1864roverite]

actually he was a youngster at Arsenal and due to a fall out he left the club under a cloud !

Ossydave, give the lad a chance, you obviously dont know that much about him, 7 goals in the Italian league aged 22 makes him a pretty good bet. I mean Cg didnt score that many and he is 6 yrs older than him.

As for jesus wept outcry ? well ***********

[Blackpool_Rover]

Id just like to point out that my comment about 7 goals for perugia was slightly incorrect. Alan got it right, was 7 for coventry, 3 for perugia.

[Scotty]

Goals record.

Serie A 2003/2004 Perugia 3

Division One 2002/2003 Coventry 7

Division One 2001/2002 Coventry 6

Not exactly inspiring. Still, we'll see.

[Ossydave]

Dress it up however you like, it's a poor, poor signing.

[modes98]

Very highly rated while at cov and they didn't want him to go. Got to say i always hated him, because he scored vital goals! at least its only a loan!

[jim mk2]

So the knight in shining armour came galloping over the hill to the rescue of the Rovers in the shape of a Coventry reject.

Wonderful.

Souness's much-acclaimed Italian scouts strike again.

[Modi]

So the knight in shining armour came galloping over the hill to the rescue of the Rovers in the shape of a Coventry reject.

Wonderful.

You've noticed David Thompson is back again,

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

This has got to be a win-win situation ?

We get rid of a 32 year old has been for £500k, and his 32k a week wages.

We then get on loan a 22 year old player who can't be any worse - but has it all to prove, and so hopefully will work harder. He will undoubtably be on less wages than Yorke - and we still have £500k in the bank.

Why is anyone moaning about this ? We have to take risks on players like this in the hope that we unearth a gem that has been over-looked by the big boys. Being on loan for the season means that we also don't have as much risk (other than his wages) - as long as we have first refusal on him (and an agreed fee) if he is a star in the EPL

[chris]

Goals record.

Serie A 2003/2004 Perugia                3

Division One 2002/2003 Coventry    7

Division One 2001/2002 Coventry    6

Not exactly inspiring. Still, we'll see.

and that's being very kind, but still have to wait and see, he only a loan, can't be worse then Yorke