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Just got a club text...

"Iffy has made a move for Shef Weds midfielder Craig Roscatle on loan until the end of the season, partly funded by the red army fund"

Anybody know about him?

Never heard of him  :?

http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=37908
http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/ProfilesDetail/0,,10304~29769,00.html

Good player from what i saw of him on the tv for Sheff Weds.

We're just a team full of niggers. Should never have appointed a black manager. Same old fucking Town  :-))(

He played for Hibs for a bit... Jan, any idea if he was much cop?

Just what we need-another midfielder that doesn't score any goals!

Like Paul Smith?

He's son of David Rocastle isn't he?  Spawned from Chelsea reserves, he's looked decent whenever I saw him play for Wednesday, which admittedly was only on a couple of occassions, but I think that's a good signing if we pull it off.

Yep-and Shakes and Brown and Migz and Pook ..........

As long as he put some good balls through to the strikers then im not bothered if he scores.

For fucks sake we dont need another useless midfielder ! What we need is a couple of old heads to get us out of the shit ,not a youngster who will panic under the pressure . Iffy makes some strange decisions sometimes.

Don't judge him until he's got a good few games under his Belt everyone!
Iffy's trying and doing all he can.

Fantastic signing IMO.

i expect iffy was looking at experienced players but they're much harder to come across at this stage of the season than up and coming youngsters.

From a (brief) scan of other sites, seems he was rated by Hibs fans when he was up there, and they seemed surprised he went back to Chelsea rather than signing for them (comments along the lines of "doing well in the SPL does not equate to even being in Chelsea's squad, much less their 1st team"), then did well at the Wendies in helping them get to the play-offs. According to the wendies' rivals site's pen portrait (http://sheffieldwednesday.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=894&p=2&stid=8397163), he also did well in the play-off games - his performance in the final was "immense" apparently. But then he seems to have fallen out of favour there since New Year - they have a big squad so could just be got injured and couldn't force his way back in after. However, on the basis of this (really very limited) research, seems he's rated as a strong central midfielder who has done it at this level and (a bit) higher. We'll see, eh? Let's not judge the bloke till we've seen him

Although I haven't seen him play for Hibs, which makes my opinion worthless according to some, I know that a fair few Hibs fans were disappointed to see him leave.  Good battling midfielder, could be what we need right now tbh.

I paid for a bit of him 8)

Bound to be ace 8)

we'll have to judge for ourselves saturday if he plays.

I wont judge till I see him, Wednesday seem to have a decent opinion of him. However they also had a decent opinion of Patrick fucking Collins, and he was utter dog turd on a stick

 :shock: thats a worrying point, they thought Collins was ace.

I think that considering the position we are in at the moment we have to grab anything we can at this stage.....trial and error so be it

Aaahhh! I was quite optimistic till you pointed that out. Cheers, DV, spread the misery around why don't you?

Quietly confident that he'll be better than expected.  Why oh why does this happen before every home game.  We get beat I get pessimistic then a coupleof days before the next home game I start getting optimistic that we could do something this weekend?

Sounds like a good signing to me.

Our midfield has been non-existent since Smith got injured so hopefully he can tackle and do a job in the middle of the park which no-one else has been capable of this season.

"i agree, he was a very good player held the ball well and never really wasted a pass, strong as well."

"Yeah Rocastle did well for us."

"Good player i liked him, he always went looking for the ball & never shirked it, i would have him back at Easter Road anytime"

3 out of 3 from a few Hi-bees nothing negative.... yet.

I think some of you are being a little harsh on him.  I saw him play vs. Reading this season for the Wendies and he was very calm on the ball and had a good touch.  He seemed to me much in the mould of Migs/Whalley with a bit more composure and a better tackle on him.  I think he could be a class signing.

I'm more inclined to agree with Walrus.  WTF's the point in slating the lad before you've even seen him play for us.  Fucking hell lads get a grip.  Who did you want Iffy to sign, Stevie Gerrard?

Wendies fans on their rivals site seem disappointed he's going out on loan, which has to be a good sign surely? (Collins aside)

http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=894&p=16&style=2&forumId=3367&action=1&replytoid=2123342947

I've been told he is very lightweight....

Lightweight compared to what though...if its Kevin Pressman we're alright....if he is lightweight compared to our current midfield...then bloody hell  :shock:

Yes please!

Makalele isn't exactly the biggest/strongest of players is he.

I dunno, he isnt the biggest but I expect he is alot stronger than he looks

Can't argue with the quality this late in the day but is a loan confidence player short of match fitness really the answer?

Hope he does the deed.  Sounds quite solid and he seemed quite a rated capture when Wendy signed him.

Sounds like he could be alright to me.

I just hope its not a squad signing like Jarrett. I hope he makes a difference and gets in the first team, and not just warm the bench.

Its a huge disappointment we missed out on Tommy Doherty (even though he's injured now?). I honestly beleive we wouldn't be where we are now if we had signed someone with experience and not inury prone.  :x

http://www.footballforums.net/forums/league-one/106441-swindon-sign-owls-midfielder-loan.html

http://www.footballforums.net/forums/championship/106440-craig-rocastle.html

Sounds ace  :|

I'm sure the likes of Roberts, Pook et al, will train him up over the rest of the season....

Can't see that as not registered what's the groove?

Nor am i but i can read the posts.

Some Town fan put "i hope he's better than Patrick f****** Collins!"  :mrgreen:

I wonder who that was  :--

 :mrgreen:  i didnt actually look who posted it.

whoever he is, he knows what he is talking about  8)

I just hope he doesnt come on here and start posting depressing stuff.

who the fuck?

hahaha, people are already criticising him and he hasn't even played a game for us yet.

FFS, wait till you see him play.

I think, all things considered, it's an okay signing... But what do you expect with our resources? I'll judge him when he's played.

I believe he is the cousin of the late great David Rocastle, not his son.

Nephew I thought?

I do believe that after some mad red dwarf like time travelling incedent, he is in fact his own grandfather.

Fuck off with your racists views.

We need a strong player in the centre in the absence of Paul Smith and he will bring a much needed physical presence.

Migs is shit!

can he be worse than gurney or migs?

Yeah too right! fucking hell r4e you're a rasist cunt. People like you are a big factor in the seperation of cultures we have in our country; I hold you personally responsible for terrorism.

(see the clever use of the semi-colon there? Not sure how semi-colon's work but try to sneak them in because it makes me look clever.)

Just wanted to point out that we don't have a 'good few games' left.  :roll:

NMH

Paki-lover...   :roll:

All gingers should be culled  :wink:

Do one you little mug.

I meant literally, a few = atleast 3 games :D

I'm not expecting him to be amazing and save us from relegation but he could come in useful. We'll have to see what he's like.

One thing that annoys me is when people say 'oh I've never heard of him', 'who the fuck is he?'. We'd never really heard much of sam parkin before he joined swindon, same with fallon and Rhys! Don't say stupid shit!

http://www.hibs.net/message/showthread.php?t=39394

Little bit of thought from the peg sellers about Rocastle.

Good god, what are Hibs paying their players then?

I know that Garry O'Connor who recently moved to Lokomotiv Moscow (Where he gets £18k a week) was on 2k a week at Hibs, but I am not sure if that includes money for smack as he, Riordan and most of the peg sellers are total skanky smackheads.

:x