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Michael Rose - Stockport full back mentioned on the adver site this morning. Wages could be a stumbling block.

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/swindontown/news/4394764.Rose_is_a_red_/

Never heard of him until this morning, is he meant to be any good?

Was thought of quite highly at Man Utd when he started his career, they loved him at Yeovil and rated him very highly and were upset to lose him to Stockport.

Got 1 England amateur International cap while at Hereford.

Is also a dead ball specialist, scores a few from free kicks and scored against Rovers direct from a corner too.

Is that in the same way that Andy Gurney was a dead ball specialist?

Judging by the noises coming out of the CG, it looks like we'll sign 4 new players, maybe this fella, a GK, a striker to replace Cox...perhaps Robinson, and a centrocampista. What we've got signed up already will then be it. Optimism anyone?

Can you let us enjoy pre season before you start posting your repetetive negative bollocks

Decent goalkeeper

Aljofree
Greer
Morrison

McNamee
Easton
Decent new midfielder
Timlin
McGovern

Paynter
Decent new striker

With Rose to fit into there somewhere, it doesn't look all that bad a line up. Not saying it's one that would win the league but anybody who's expecting that kind of turn around over 1 summer is off their head. It'd potentially be a solid team up and around the mid-table to play-offs area

wow, I can't contain my excitement. Reg is right, we're not exactly going to set the world alight are we?

Dont fucking watch them then. 3 weeks since end of last season and you are moaning about next season already.

Struggling to match the wage demands of a Stockport player,its not good news really is it.

DRS = Happy Clapper

whats so wrong with being realisticly despondant anyway?

Refusing to match the wages of players from a club that are now fucked because they spent far too much, seems like good news to me

Is this the same Stockport who are in administration because they are skint ???


There is a moral to the story there me thinks

Michael Rose we got him good
Guess we knew we always would
We can’t stop to mess around
We got Michael Rose in town

Well if they are skint they probably haven't been offering big wages then have they? Unless they became skint over night because of the massive wages they were paying thier full back...

This usually happens when the player or his agent knows that there are other clubs interested.
It's my understanding that Huddersfield and the Poolies have been watching him,whether they
follow that up who knows?

Looks like a very similar line up to last season. Too similar in fact.

Other than that I'll reserve judgement until we see who actually comes in before lording our praises our writing us off..

I read it that he's on a fair amount at Stockport and will want that from a new club. He'll be gone it's just a case of if we can match the wages offered by another club, not Stockport.

We'll probably see more movement once players contracts are up next Monday.

Oh, i'm fucking sorry. I didn't realise being realistic was so offensive.

Yes, we're gunna win the fucking league by a record number of points, by scoring the most goals and letting fuck all in with that squad. I can't fucking wait, what a season it's going to be.

Better.

WERE DOOOOOOMED

CHAMPIONS!!

Well, at least wait until we've actually made some signings before spouting off about our chances next season.

Sam said it better

I can spout off all I like, thankyou. I'm just being realistic. Mid-table is my opinion. If you don't like it, fuck off.

Yes, but an opinion based on half a squad that isnt complete none the less.

Whatever, like a give a flying one about the opinion of a person who has made over 16000 posts on an internet forum.

Fine by me. But I think you're a bit of a fucking idiot to be making predictions like this when our starting 11 could be completely changed by the time August comes around.

Oh dear, never mind. If i'm wrong then i'm wrong.

Glad we're agreed.

I see handbags are out in full force today!

I own a satchel, does that count?

I've read many a post recently saying things like 'we'll be bringing in only 4 new players in the summer' (or similar)

Have there been any actual quotes from people that matter to confirm this - Fitton, Wilson, Watkins?

This is an honest question and not a dig - as I can't remember who has said what - and people seem to be hanging on to this as gospel.

Fuck off luci

swindon town aggro :)

I suppose it will have to do :D

I reckon my handbag is better than anyone else's.

I agree with Melksham, we may well be kicking around the middle of the table with the guys we have currently plus a couple of extras.  Melksham takes this as being a bad thing, but I think it will be a better season than the last 2 were generally.  Healthy mid table is ok for me next season, at worst it gives a posibility of play offs for a good 30+ games of the season and come the January window their might be an opportunity to rethink.

I wonder if Huddersfield can sustain spending what they did in January every transfer window without success?  I remember a few people holding them up as an example of what we should be doing (splashing cash) in January after they got a couple of wins.  As I remember it, they never really looked likely to feature in the play offs though.

I remember thinking that towards the end of last season Rob. Pilkington has undoubted quality for this division but he has less assists than McNamee too. I think Huddersfield were over-hyped last season but can see them doing well next term.

What sort of handbag do you have?

So what becomes of you Mike Rose?
When they've finally stripped you of
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old Grandad had to sweat to buy you

It has lots of sharp buckles that could do some serious damage....

The County Ground turnstile stewards check IN the bag for knives, but little do they realise that good old satch' is a deadly, deadly weapon in itself. Surely all the clotted blood in the strappings is a giveaway?

I can't really see how people can speculate on how we will do next season until they see the calibre of players we bring in for next season, I think from what I have heard there may be a surprise or 2 of the offing with players coming in we would not usually expect to attract.

Until players start to arrive then we don't really know the make up of the team, we may sign players that are viewed as really good and are the difference between mid table and play-off's - time will tell.

Thankyou for telling me what i'm thinking RobT. I actually don't think mid-table is a bad thing at all. Nor did I suggest we should try and buy our way to success like Huddersfield. Mid-table would be an improvement. It's just not going to be very exciting unless we can keep within touching distance of the play-offs. Which in my opinion is not much chance at all. I hope i'm proved wrong.

Has anyone else come up with some lyrics for our prospective new full back? Here's another for our future full back duo (note it may not be factually correct but it might make JFW do a little wee):

Rosie and Kev
Rosie and Kev
Crossing the ball every game
Rosie and Kev
Rosie and Kev
And Paynter puts them in.

I compare you
To a cross from a rose
on the wing

More likely to dehydrate her, that is, and if you don't like my opinion I've got a bodybag ready and waiting ...

Loving your work Dave, that's exactly what we need at football, more Seal songs.

We used to have Thorne
But now we've got Rose
We used to like Porn
But now we like prose

LOVE IT- I Hope he signs for this song alone. :D

Rose:- http://www.thefootballforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=88331

Obviously an old thread, so he may have improved since then, we hope.

Oh to be in Swindon
Now that Wilson's here
And whoever plays at left back
See, he'll play alongside Greer

Every rose has its thorn(e)

Just like every night has its dawn

Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song

Every rose has its thorn(e)

On the dark nights
by the flood lights
I see his face
before my eyes

Micheal Rose
My Micheal Rose,
Oh Mikey
My Rose

(Mungo Jerry)

We've got Rose
In different area codes

(to be sung when away from home)

Saw that, also saw some Stockport fans from the last couple of years, saying he has the best delivery and dead ball skills in the league for a fullback, so guessing he must have improved.

:D

shame we haven't got a player called Jim.

Rosie and jim
rosie and jim
rosie and jim on the old ragdoll
rosie and jim
rosie and jim
and john he steers the boat
we go and play and have a look(?)
with rosies bag, jims drawing book
the world is... something the world is something
(and then the duck quacks)
rosie and jim
rosie and jim
finding stories every day
rosie and jim
rosie and jim

Interestingly "Michael Rose" fits in very well with "There She Goes" by the Las.

I put it to you that some clever bugger could make a decent little terrace chant with that fact in mind.

Mi-chael-Rose
Mi-chael Rose again

So it does.

Your last sentence gives away your thoughts though, it suggests it's bad news rather than good news.  I remember 87/88 being pretty good despite mid table, and more recently 04/05 gave us half a season of fun.  If we play like we did at the end of the season (any we should have a better swuad than that) and finish mid table, I'd suggest that won't be too bad on the eyes.  In the last 25 years we've not really had too many proper mid table "seasons", we normally spend most of the season flirting with the bottom or in the play off/promotion places (the former being more likely).

As it is, until we see the signings, we have not got a scooby what the 1st team will look like.

I was losing interest until your last comment JJ  :nod: