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A signing! (Brooke Norton-Cuffy) (2 Viewers)

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  • Start date Jan 6, 2023
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #141
Tomh111 said:
You can no longer define football formations in this way, I will die on this hill.
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Interesting point
 
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djr8369

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #142
Cata said:
5' 11"
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Yeah I looked up his stats and such after and was surprised. Maybe a lot of those clips were youth games and he was an early developer but seemed to look massive.
 
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aviles

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #143
Very happy with this signing. Rotherham fans seem to talk highly of him. I believe a weakest position is rwb so glad we have strengthened there first. Dabo hasn’t been himself since league 1, I do love him but fear injuries have left him behind where we are now as a club. And Kane should be no where near our team.
An experienced cb, attacking mid and keep hold of everyone and I’m happy
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #144
aviles said:
Very happy with this signing. Rotherham fans seem to talk highly of him. I believe a weakest position is rwb so glad we have strengthened there first. Dabo hasn’t been himself since league 1, I do love him but fear injuries have left him behind where we are now as a club. And Kane should be no where near our team.
An experienced cb, attacking mid and keep hold of everyone and I’m happy
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Would quite like a strike partner for Vik. None of Waghorn, Tavares, Godden and Walker are quite right.
 
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PVA

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #145
We were at our best last year when we had Maatsen high up the pitch stretching teams with his pace and dragging defenders away from Vik and O'Hare. Hopefully this lad can do the same on the right.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #146
shmmeee said:
Would quite like a strike partner for Vik. None of Waghorn, Tavares, Godden and Walker are quite right.
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I’m not sure you need one, you just need more like him who can also lead the line and give him some respite. The problem invariably seems to be midfield not coming forward quickly enough to support him when he gets possession or makes a driving run. I think really it’s midfield where our games are won or lost
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #147
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I’m not sure you need one, you just need more like him who can also lead the line and give him some respite. The problem invariably seems to be midfield not coming forward quickly enough to support him when he gets possession or makes a driving run. I think really it’s midfield where our games are won or lost
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I think we need a striker who stays central TBH, we never have people in the box and Vik does wandering.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #148
shmmeee said:
I think we need a striker who stays central TBH, we never have people in the box and Vik does wandering.
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Whoever it is, when we play with two up front they tend to both end up feeding off scraps because we can’t get hold of the ball.
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #149
Terry Gibson's perm said:
I’ve only seen him play once at Nuneaton and he was terrible and had a terrible attitude when he got subbed.
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Why so terrible?
 

shmmeee

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #150
New Beginnings said:
Tavares is a young promising player so should be able to get a few million for him and Would be the most profitable so why not invest that profit into a free proven championship striker like Benik Afobe
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We wouldn’t even get £100k for Tavares
 
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Nuskyblue

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #151
shmmeee said:
I think we need a striker who stays central TBH, we never have people in the box and Vik does wandering.
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This can be remedied by late arrivals into the box. I think Gus has it in him to dart in at the last moment and make the numbers up. Also Palmer. Tho someone like that lad up top for Blackpool would be decent (not Madine)
 
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sotvtoday

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #152
Saddlebrains said:
I mean id argue Dabo is shit and not valuable considering hes out of contract soon, but hes probably worth 50p while Kanes worth 25
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If he's under contract until end of June then that's 25 x his weekly wage if he gets a move now. If he's on 5K a week then that's £125,000. Don't know what he's earning though obviously.
 
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skyblue025

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #153
New Beginnings said:
Tavares is a young promising player so should be able to get a few million for him and Would be the most profitable so why not invest that profit into a free proven championship striker like Benik Afobe
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Benik Afobe is your archetypal journeyman striker. His best ever goal return in the Championship is 13 in a season 8 years ago. Best assists in a season is 5. He'd be a decent squad player but probably not suited to our style of play. Great if your chasing the game and needed to lump it long. I'd take him as a different option to what we have but as with most proven Championship players, probably wages would be an issue.
 

fatso

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #154
aviles said:
Very happy with this signing. Rotherham fans seem to talk highly of him. I believe a weakest position is rwb so glad we have strengthened there first. Dabo hasn’t been himself since league 1, I do love him but fear injuries have left him behind where we are now as a club. And Kane should be no where near our team.
An experienced cb, attacking mid and keep hold of everyone and I’m happy
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We desperately need a striker as well, if Vik picks up an injury we are in big trouble, there's literally no one to step up.
Waghorn, Walker and Tavares ain't the answer, even when fit!
New Beginnings said:
Tavares is a young promising player so should be able to get a few million for him and Would be the most profitable so why not invest that profit into a free proven championship striker like Benik Afobe
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How would we get a few million for a player who's only scored 1 goal and isn't guaranteed a place on the bench even when every other striker is injured?
 
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skyblueelephant76

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  • Jan 7, 2023
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skyblue025 said:
Benik Afobe is your archetypal journeyman striker. His best ever goal return in the Championship is 13 in a season 8 years ago. Best assists in a season is 5. He'd be a decent squad player but probably not suited to our style of play. Great if your chasing the game and needed to lump it long. I'd take him as a different option to what we have but as with most proven Championship players, probably wages would be an issue.
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Afobe had his Millwall contract cancelled as he is signing for a club in Dubai
 

Esoterica

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #156
fernandopartridge said:
They're almost too self deprecating if you ask me
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Better than the self defecating Sunderland fans though.
 

RegTheDonk

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #157
Matt smith said:
We’ll sign a centre back with experience
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Unless he puts Dabs there.

Seriously though welcome to the new lad hope he fits in and makes an impact. If it's a seasons loan he must be moving Kane on maybe this will fre some wages to get a CB.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #158
Terry_dactyl said:
Why so terrible?
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Really poor on the ball and looked a million miles from the first team maybe some time away in mens football will help, when he came off he was moaning at the manager but he was so bad it was an obvious substitution and was lucky to get as long as he did.
 
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Cata

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #159
shmmeee said:
Would quite like a strike partner for Vik. None of Waghorn, Tavares, Godden and Walker are quite right.
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if only we could combine them; so Waggy's left foot, Godden's right, Tavares' speed and ....... Ok I didn't think this through :-(
 

slowpoke

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #160
I think the one linked a bit back who is a Brighton player but on loan abroad somewhere is a possibility fits the bill and proven goal scorer
 

fatso

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #161
New Beginnings said:
In the starting line up tonight so already done better then the bench.
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Mate, if you took your boots with you, you'd be in the starting line up.
Every fit player in the squad.
 

Greggs

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #162
Has asked to go back to Rotherham apparently
 
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Skyblue54

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #163
Clive was talking to rotherham radio presenter..said good prospect going forward..but not very good at defending!
 
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Northeast sky blue

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #164
Skyblue54 said:
Clive was talking to rotherham radio presenter..said good prospect going forward..but not very good at defending!
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He'll fit in well then
 
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oscillatewildly

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #165
RWB may be his preferred/considered position but I'd like to see him tried out in a more central role. And a bit further back. With a green jersey on. And a pair of gloves.
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #166
New Beginnings said:
I’d be starting every week regardless, could’ve made it but suffered a bad knee injury
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Hi Jodi
 
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rexo87

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #167
This guy will be 1st choice RWB easily

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Otis

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  • Jan 7, 2023
  • #168
Brook Norton Cuffy? Thank God for that. We are so short of numbers, we need all three of them.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Jan 8, 2023
  • #169
shmmeee said:
I think we need a striker who stays central TBH, we never have people in the box and Vik does wandering.
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I sort of agree, as we saw from Wrexham yesterday how effective having strikers in the box and decent delivery into them can cause problems.

Vik likes to drift out wide and run at players, but doesn't tend to look up or try and play others in, so a strike partner is likely to not get a great deal of service anyway, as we saw when he was playing with Godden.

So as someone was saying that none of our strikers are a decent partner for Gyok, I'm wondering if there is such a thing? If they're a poacher or run in behind they're not going to be utilised by him much. At best maybe another like him who will compete for the ball and give him a bit of space.

I think he's fine up top on his own (hoping he doesn't get injured) but we really need to get those attacking midfielders in and around the box to support him by picking up loose/second balls.
 
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Ann Proctor-Brown

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  • Jan 8, 2023
  • #170
Very good going forward,according to a press reporter from Rotherham,but not so good at defending.He should fit in fine.
 

slowpoke

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  • Jan 8, 2023
  • #171
Ann Proctor-Brown said:
Very good going forward,according to a press reporter from Rotherham,but not so good at defending.He should fit in fine.
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We’ve had that for two years with Dabo.
 
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hill83

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  • Jan 8, 2023
  • #172
Apparently he’s good going forward but not defensively, not sure if anyone has heard
 
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rexo87

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  • Jan 8, 2023
  • #173
hill83 said:
Apparently he’s good going forward but not defensively, not sure if anyone has heard
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Better than our current right backs being shit going forwards and shit in defence

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Otis

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  • Jan 8, 2023
  • #174
hill83 said:
Apparently he’s good going forward but not defensively, not sure if anyone has heard
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No, I heard quite the opposite, that he's NOT so good defensively, but IS good going forwards.
 
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Greggs

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  • Jan 8, 2023
  • #175
slowpoke said:
We’ve had that for two years with Dabo.
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Dabo good going forward? He couldn't skin a banana.
 
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