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Transfer Rumour Billy Sharp (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Jul 9, 2023
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SleepyGinger

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #176
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.
 

SHUNT31

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #177
Dennis Wise wasn’t bad you know
 
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South West Sky Blue

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #178
SHUNT31 said:
Dennis Wise wasn’t bad you know
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I remember being really disappointed we signed him. Was quite happy to eat "humble pie" on that one.
 

LastGarrison

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #179
Craig Hignett was great for his brief spell as well!
 
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Flying Fokker

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #180
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.
 

junglej13

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #181
CovLis86 said:
Agree with Joe Cole, he looked a level above what we had at the time.
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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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slowpoke

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #182
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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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #183
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

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #184
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?
skyblueelephant76 said:
6 goals in only 13 games including this:

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Flying Fokker

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #185

Billy Sharp on Sheffield United 'hurt' and Paul Heckingbottom's thinking

The former Blades skipper was hoping to extend his stay at Bramall Lane but is now a free agent amid reports of interest from Rotherham, Coventry and Hull City
www.examinerlive.co.uk

billy sharp all goals - Zoeken Video's

www.bing.com
 
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Legia Sky Blue

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #186
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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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #187
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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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #188
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.
 
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Hobo

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #189
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......
 

Saddlebrains

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #190
Hobo said:
He scored 2 goals in 38. Waghorn scored 2 goals in 24 Championship appearances last season, discuss......
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Both fast useless has beens basically, cant understand the clamour for him, be disastrous
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #191
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

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #192
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

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #193
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
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #194
Briles said:
I don't think waghorn was as bad as he was made out to be, but he didnt suit our style
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I might be wrong but I think he maybe suffered from covid afters. It was certainly a thing

For elite footballers, the effects of covid-19 linger for months

Long after infection, players play fewer minutes and complete fewer passes
www.economist.com
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #195
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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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #196
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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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #197
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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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #198
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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djr8369

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #199
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Didn’t Gyokeres form dip in 21/22 when Waghorn went out injured? They actually formed a decent partnership
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Yeah first half of the season I think it really helped Vic to play alongside him.
 

pusbccfc

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #200
Hobo said:
He scored 2 goals in 38. Waghorn scored 2 goals in 24 Championship appearances last season, discuss......
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How many did Waghorn and Sharp score the season before...?
 

alexccfc99

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #201

HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Didn’t Gyokeres form dip in 21/22 when Waghorn went out injured? They actually formed a decent partnership
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Yes

Pocket of our fans booed him onto to the pitch at Hull away last season and I was pretty ashamed to be honest
 
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pusbccfc

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #202
alexccfc99 said:
Yes

Pocket of our fans booed him onto to the pitch at Hull away last season and I was pretty ashamed to be honest
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Don't remember that
 
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DrPoolittle

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #203
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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SBT

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #204
Andy Turner says we can rule out Billy Sharp signing with us….. [insert joke here]
 

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #205
Martin180 said:
Just a side , has any club ever let go its whole forward line before ?
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shmmeee said:
And almost all it’s defence
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In Robins we trust.
 
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djr8369

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #206
SBT said:
Andy Turner says we can rule out Billy Sharp signing with us….. [insert joke here]
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Now saying “the rumour didn't sit right at the start” yet reported it happily the other day.
 
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Deity

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #207
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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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #208
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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RoboCCFC90

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #209
SBT said:
Andy Turner says we can rule out Billy Sharp signing with us….. [insert joke here]
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TRANSFER: Billy Sharp joins Coventry City
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Jul 11, 2023
  • #210
Sharp story seems to be bs according to turner who is also talking up Matt Godden big time.
 
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