Summer transfer rumours and speculation

[werstayinup]

50 minutes ago, TJHValiant said:

A poor team is a poor team. We had a dreadful midfield, worst I have ever seen in terms of creating chances, but Ojo was still the best of a bad bunch, technically a majestic footballer. 
 

Too many Vale fans like rubbish bruisers who can’t actually play football. Ojo can. 

Ojo on his day and when he wants to is a good player no doubting that  BUT majestic really?

Edited June 27 by werstayinup

[JRC]

2 hours ago, werstayinup said:

I am looking forward to seeing Sam Foley play again,just given a new deal by Barrow at the age of 37,I really liked him at the Vale

Good footballer.  

[philmpv]

A poor team is a poor team. We had a dreadful midfield, worst I have ever seen in terms of creating chances, but Ojo was still the best of a bad bunch, technically a majestic footballer. 
 
Too many Vale fans like rubbish bruisers who can’t actually play football. Ojo can. 

I'm presuming you're talking post Arblaster and Devine? Also, you haven't been going long if you think that midfield was worse than Pugh and Tonge!

[Portvale4]

I remember Rossiter running the midfield for Bury against Vale a few years back, and thinking the lad will go onto bigger and better things. It seems as if injuries have been his downfall to date - can we really run the risk? Maybe a 12-month agreement, with certain arrangements in our favour. I have just read that he’s turned Rovers down, despite a new contract being offered.

[Vtid]

10 minutes ago, Portvale4 said:

I remember Rossiter running the midfield for Bury against Vale a few years back, and thinking the lad will go onto bigger and better things. It seems as if injuries have been his downfall to date - can we really run the risk? Maybe a 12-month agreement, with certain arrangements in our favour. I have just read that he’s turned Rovers down, despite a new contract being offered.

Where you seen that mate? 

[werstayinup]

20 minutes ago, Portvale4 said:

I remember Rossiter running the midfield for Bury against Vale a few years back, and thinking the lad will go onto bigger and better things. It seems as if injuries have been his downfall to date - can we really run the risk? Maybe a 12-month agreement, with certain arrangements in our favour. I have just read that he’s turned Rovers down, despite a new contract being offered.

Maybe Loft has put in a good word about the club..................... oh

[darren1810]

10 minutes ago, Vtid said:

Where you seen that mate? 

Bristol Rovers midfielder Rossiter set to turn down deal, clubs keen

WWW.GOOGLE.COM

 

[JRC]

Ojo did his job second half of last season,  picked the ball up deep in traffic got himself free, looked up to pick passes and nobody further forward was doing anything.  You just need to watch the last 2 matches on iFollow to see that. Sometimes he ended up back in traffic 2 or 3 times and there was still nobody making a run.

Yes he was better with Arblaster and Devine, both players who  got themselves into space to receive a ball. 

[werstayinup]

7 minutes ago, darren1810 said:

Bristol Rovers midfielder Rossiter set to turn down deal, clubs keen

WWW.GOOGLE.COM

 

Just read up on him and he has picked up bad injuries at every club he has been at,so if any truth in our interest I would steer clear of this one sadly as he does seem to have plenty of ability

[TJHValiant]

43 minutes ago, philmpv said:

I'm presuming you're talking post Arblaster and Devine? Also, you haven't been going long if you think that midfield was worse than Pugh and Tonge!

When they left of course it certainly was. Danny Pugh was ok, still a very good passer of the ball. The issue with Pugh and Tonge were their legs had gone and they could barely move. However you could still see they had some technical nous that saw them both play in the Premier League. 
 

Others will point to the likes of Garrity and Chislett being midfielders, but I would argue that their strength is as attacking midfielders, not creative ones for the strikers.  Our most creative midfielder of the past decade was probably Worrall and he was sorely missed, especially with the likes of Grant and Sang around. In fact, if we need to pay off or offload any players in the squad it would be that pair of wasters. It would  make a massive difference even if we had two adequate players in their roles. 

[dantheman]

Can’t agree with the ojo comments blokes a cry baby. Disappeared when we have needed him most 2 consecutive seasons. For everyone saying we can’t afford to have injured players then Ojo has to slot into a similar category where we can’t to afford to have players that only play when it suits them. To me that’s actually worse. Injury prone players sometimes is just bad luck Ojo consciously make the desicion to breeze through games and pick up money. Personally he would have been first through the door for me attitude stinks. For those that will say how do you know, use your eyes. Couldn’t care less if he’s lovely guy in training blah, blah, blah. Needs to turn up when we turn up on a match day when it matters on the pitch. 

[RayWalkers40yarder]

2 hours ago, TJHValiant said:

A poor team is a poor team. We had a dreadful midfield, worst I have ever seen in terms of creating chances, but Ojo was still the best of a bad bunch, technically a majestic footballer. 
 

Too many Vale fans like rubbish bruisers who can’t actually play football. Ojo can. 

ojo is a quality player. but his attitude is non league. id personally drive him to his next destination after how petulant he was last season. we need good players with a good attitude. he only has 1 of trhose 2 traits. get rid

[PV1973]

Can’t do with Ojo. It’s all well and good having the ability (which he has) but when your attitude stinks then it’s not for me.

[Vtid]

Off topic but that Brian Plant character on Facebook is a proper creep 😭

[DazFred]

21 minutes ago, dantheman said:

Can’t agree with the ojo comments blokes a cry baby. Disappeared when we have needed him most 2 consecutive seasons. For everyone saying we can’t afford to have injured players then Ojo has to slot into a similar category where we can’t to afford to have players that only play when it suits them. To me that’s actually worse. Injury prone players sometimes is just bad luck Ojo consciously make the desicion to breeze through games and pick up money. Personally he would have been first through the door for me attitude stinks. For those that will say how do you know, use your eyes. Couldn’t care less if he’s lovely guy in training blah, blah, blah. Needs to turn up when we turn up on a match day when it matters on the pitch. 

I remember him getting sent off at Accie in the 95th when we were 3-0 down 2 seasons ago which left us short in MF.

Massively overrated. Carried by Blaster in the first half of the season. He knows his wages are paid for the next two years. Another poor decision overseen by Carol