Luke Rooney

[Gnasher]

Rooney's got the talent but he's too inconsistant and obviously lacking in confidence/form. Hopefully he can pick up some form on loan.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

In his first month or so with us he was brilliant. It was after the defeat at Oxford where he went off the boil and began to become a little inconsistent. Gills fans said he would be and you would expect it given his age. I've no doubt he has the quality but he needs games to get consistent and to gain experience. This will do him some good. Mind you i'm not sure he has much of a future here at the moment given the fact he is 4th choice out wide at the moment.

[joteddyred]

Good luck to him.  Ultimately, he has disappointed.  PDC would have spent the money last year with an eye on League 1 and a belief that he would be able to cut it at that level.  And, no doubt about it, he was one of Gillingham's top players.

We're a bit free & easy with the cash right now.  I hope we get something back for him when he moves on but, as with Connell, I'm not convinced that we will.

I wonder if he wishes he'd stayed at Gillingham?

I heard an interesting fact the other day which came from somebody connected to the club, so I assume reasonably accurate?  Apparently we paid out £450,00 in agent's fees last season and have spent another £200,00 in cancelling contracts/paying player's off.

[tans]

Those agent figures were released ages ago Jo

[Peter Venkman]

I heard an interesting fact the other day which came from somebody connected to the club, so I assume reasonably accurate?  Apparently we paid out £450,00 in agent's fees last season and have spent another £200,00 in cancelling contracts/paying player's off.

http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=44996.0

[joteddyred]

http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=44996.0

This was for 2010/11, there must have been something published for 2011/12?  I'll have a look.

Edit:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19197486

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

This was for 2010/11, there must have been something published for 2011/12?  I'll have a look.

No the accounts are always published a year later so we won't see last seasons until next spring/summer.

[joteddyred]

No the accounts are always published a year later so we won't see last seasons until next spring/summer.

Looks like something has come out, see link in my above post.

Tans - I'm always miles behind the event 

[Peter Venkman]

I posted the wrong link.

http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=48835.0

[phelpsieboy]

Some Pikey fans reckon that whilst at Gills, when he couldn't get into the matchday 16, Luke played sunday league football under a pseudonym, what a random rumour.

[chalkies_shorts]

Shame he sold his caravan

[Dozno9]

Some Pikey fans reckon that whilst at Gills, when he couldn't get into the matchday 16, Luke played sunday league football under a pseudonym, what a random rumour.

I used to play in Bristol on a Sunday and we often had the Rovers youth and reserves on the Sunday circuit. I find it hard to believe a prominent player wold get away with it though.

[adje]

I do remember saying at the time we signed him that no Gillingscum players were good enough for us-I stand by it.Not worthy.

[Peter Venkman]

The Shrewsbury fans really have a chip on their shoulder with us dont they, apparently they are saying that we spent £400k on Roney in January! I thought it was nearer £80k plus add ons......from the blue and amber forum...

I'm not sure he's particularly great when it comes to getting value for money for players - didn't they pay ~£400,000 for Luke Rooney in January? If he was in charge of us, I don't think he'd do well, but with a club like Swindon where he's got cash to splash I think he's a good manager.

I think they will find that fingure is a little bit wrong!

[pauld]

With all this boardroom upheaval going on, we've missed out on the chance to replenish our Rooney collection:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19960658

FFS!