Transfer Rumour Billy Sharp (13 Viewers)

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SleepyGinger

SleepyGinger

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He’s currently on £0 a week, it doesn’t matter what his last contract at Sheff Utd was. We wouldn’t throw silly money at him.
 
Flying Fokker

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SHUNT31 said:
Dennis Wise wasn’t bad you know
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That game where he did a crunching challenge impressed me. He also did an exquisite pass on the diagonal across the pitch. It just oozed quality. He got us some goals as well. Not bad for someone at the end of his career. He should have stayed on for another season because some of the players around him could not touch his skills.
 
SkyblueDad

SkyblueDad

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Dennis Wise despite his age was excellent showed us all what a class player was all about, same with Strachan and Roland Neilson and that’s why I have no problem with us signing Billy Sharpe as back up & cover for a season I can see exactly where Robins is coming from, that’s if there is any truth in this.
 
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skyblueelephant76

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Flying Fokker said:
That game where he did a crunching challenge impressed me. He also did an exquisite pass on the diagonal across the pitch. It just oozed quality. He got us some goals as well. Not bad for someone at the end of his career. He should have stayed on for another season because some of the players around him could not touch his skills.
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6 goals in only 13 games including this:

 
Flying Fokker

Flying Fokker

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That's what we're talking about. He was clearly enjoying his time on the pitch with us. For saying he was 40, he was 'brave'. Most players would leave the acrobatics for someone else. He must have walked on that pitch thinking there was nobody as good as him. Who would argue against that?
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6 goals in only 13 games including this:

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Legia Sky Blue

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Dennis Wise is the exception not the rule. 2 goals last season in a free scoring side is a big warning. He is not the Billy Sharp of years gone by. For every Dennis Wise you will get a De Zeeuw, a Waghorn, a Michael Hughes, a Colin Cameron, a Darius Henderson, a Stephen Hunt etc etc. When we already have an experienced forward in Godden, who is younger and scored more goals last season, signing Sharp seems a real retrograde step to me.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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Legia Sky Blue said:
Dennis Wise is the exception not the rule. 2 goals last season in a free scoring side is a big warning. He is not the Billy Sharp of years gone by. For every Dennis Wise you will get a De Zeeuw, a Waghorn, a Michael Hughes, a Colin Cameron, a Darius Henderson, a Stephen Hunt etc etc. When we already have an experienced forward in Godden, who is younger and scored more goals last season, signing Sharp seems a real retrograde step to me.
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Hutchinson was alright aswell
 
pusbccfc

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junglej13 said:
Genuinely don't think Joe Cole had a 7/10 or above game for us. His legs and stamina were completely shot. Have full respect for him dropping down to League 1 to play football but he was finished as a footballer.
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See I totally disagree with this.

His work ethic is what impressed me most. Gave everything despite the fact he was playing alongside brutes in League 1.

He didn't do anything that you'd expect from a player like Cole. There were very few fancy flicks and skills but he did the basics well.

For me, he was consistently a 7 but people weren't happy with that because they expected stepovers and goals every game.
 
Hobo

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Brylowes said:
He made 37 appearances last season for a team that won automatic promotion by 11 clear points, those stats would suggest he played a vital role in getting his club promoted.
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He scored 2 goals in 38. Waghorn scored 2 goals in 24 Championship appearances last season, discuss......
 
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Speedie's Head

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Robins was always extremely complimentary about Waghorn but the boo boys chased him away. We certainly could have been doing with his penalty taking at Wembley. What did Maguire give us? Should have kept him!
 
Hobo

Hobo

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Speedie's Head said:
Robins was always extremely complimentary about Waghorn but the boo boys chased him away. We certainly could have been doing with his penalty taking at Wembley. What did Maguire give us? Should have kept him!
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I agree. There was a lot of quality in Waghorn's play. But Waghorn still needed moving on, if we want experience get it into the centre backs say a 30 or 31 year old. A good one just gone to Derby who would look a youngster alongside McFadz.
 
Briles

Briles

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Speedie's Head said:
Robins was always extremely complimentary about Waghorn but the boo boys chased him away. We certainly could have been doing with his penalty taking at Wembley. What did Maguire give us? Should have kept him!
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I don't think waghorn was as bad as he was made out to be, but he didnt suit our style
 
alexccfc99

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Speedie's Head said:
Robins was always extremely complimentary about Waghorn but the boo boys chased him away. We certainly could have been doing with his penalty taking at Wembley. What did Maguire give us? Should have kept him!
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Waghorn was on a hiding to nothing from minute one because he wasn’t Biamou, I’m convinced some of our lot wanted him to flop from the off

Good pro and it just didn’t work for him here some of the petty shite thrown towards him is child’s stuff
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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alexccfc99 said:
Waghorn was on a hiding to nothing from minute one because he wasn’t Biamou, I’m convinced some of our lot wanted him to flop from the off

Good pro and it just didn’t work for him here some of the petty shite thrown towards him is child’s stuff
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Didn’t Gyokeres form dip in 21/22 when Waghorn went out injured? They actually formed a decent partnership
 
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robbiethemole

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He was awful here, far too much living on the memory of how ‘good’ he used to be!
It was a toss up who was the worst between him and Walker.
 
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djr8369

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Flying Fokker said:
That game where he did a crunching challenge impressed me. He also did an exquisite pass on the diagonal across the pitch. It just oozed quality. He got us some goals as well. Not bad for someone at the end of his career. He should have stayed on for another season because some of the players around him could not touch his skills.
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He was class. It was staggering the difference in quality even at his age. Sure it did Doyle the world of good too.
 
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DrPoolittle

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Dennis Wise and Don Hutchison showed what a bit of talent and experience could do on the pitch. Watching them play together, give instructions to each other and the rest of the team and exercise some influence, was a pleasure to watch
 
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Deity

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Waghorn had a good footballing brain but his legs had gone. He couldn’t keep up with our fast counter attacks and frankly was a poor fit to our style. He needed moving on and tbh he didn’t rip up any trees then either, often not making the match day squad:

maguire didn’t work and frankly he was give. So little opportunity it was obviously not a player Robins fancied from the get go.
 
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PVA

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alexccfc99 said:
Waghorn was on a hiding to nothing from minute one because he wasn’t Biamou, I’m convinced some of our lot wanted him to flop from the off

Good pro and it just didn’t work for him here some of the petty shite thrown towards him is child’s stuff
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He did get a lot of stick and some of it unwarranted. But let's be honest for the wage he was on he was terrible.
 
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