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Rovers set to sign foward Paul Mullin
Discussion started by trfc-boi (IP Logged), 23 June, 2018 20:58
trfc-boi
trfc-boi
23 June, 2018 20:58
Mullin was signed to Huddersfield Town in 2012[4] and often impressed at U18 and U21 level, went on to play for Morecambe & Swindon Town.

2014–2017
Morecambe
122apps. 25 goals

2017–
Swindon Town
40 apps 6 goals

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TranmereFan
23 June, 2018 21:09
Prolific

MoanerLesser
Account Deleted FoaHsssleFreeLife
23 June, 2018 21:17
8 or 9 a season......

trfc-boi
trfc-boi
23 June, 2018 21:17
He has football league experience suppose

Aldo'smuzzy
Aldo'smuzzy
23 June, 2018 21:41
Looks like the replacement for Mangan rather than the target man to replace Cook.

Seems well-regarded at Morecambe and Swindon, good attitude and work rate. Looks like he's been played out wide at Swindon but is supposedly more effective in the middle.

mrGr33n13
mrGr33n13
23 June, 2018 21:52
still young, a lot of those stats coming from a 19-21 year old cutting it in a professional league for a struggling team.

if he's good on the ball and got a good work rate then he'll slot in nicely with jennings and nors.

we dont need to replace a big no 9 and 20 goals to achieve our aims.

DevonExile
DevonExile
24 June, 2018 13:01
It is clearly not a like for like replacement for Cooke but that does not mean that he would not be a good signing.He has had four seasons of playing regularly in the league and as for his scoring rate it compares well with the career stats of Stockton advocated by some.
It looks just the kind of profile we need to have a side that can at the very least stay clear of relegation
His age is also a plus

mini_andy
mini_andy
24 June, 2018 20:20
Swindon fans seem gutted, but he was signed by the previous manager, so the new guy is getting his own players in.

I see him as cover for Nors.

trfc-boi
trfc-boi
25 June, 2018 17:43
2 year deal.....signed !

DevonExile
DevonExile
25 June, 2018 18:02
I think that he offers more than cover and could be a very good signing

Fiftyyearsarover
Fiftyyearsarover
25 June, 2018 18:20
Yes ,happy with that one

Borough Roaderd
Tranmere69
25 June, 2018 18:35
Welcome and good luck Paul Mullin.

jonesy792
jonesy792
25 June, 2018 19:07
Judging from responses from Swindon fans, will be a very good addition to the squad.

Rumours Manny Monthe has signed too.....

EBAWB
EBAWB
25 June, 2018 20:06
Quote:
jonesy792
Judging from responses from Swindon fans, will be a very good addition to the squad.
Rumours Manny Monthe has signed too.....
Yes,
I too have heard Monthe has signed



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mini_andy
mini_andy
25 June, 2018 20:24
I think we’re getting rid of the big man approach. From my mates description, we’ve just signed Nors twin!

Johnos Hackers
Johnos Hackers
25 June, 2018 20:30
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EBAWB
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jonesy792
Judging from responses from Swindon fans, will be a very good addition to the squad.
Rumours Manny Monthe has signed too.....
Yes,
I too have heard Monthe has signed

Months if correct is an excellent signing..Calming influence at the back ..He was Outstanding when he came on against Ebbsfleet and even better against Boreham Wood when we only had 10 men ..👍👍

mrGr33n13
mrGr33n13
25 June, 2018 20:51
monthes lovable too. touch of the shaun garnetts and gerorge santos about his personality.

seems to suit our club

happy with the pre season so far

Aldo'smuzzy
Aldo'smuzzy
25 June, 2018 22:59
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mini_andy
I think we’re getting rid of the big man approach.

I hope not! Doubt we'll get a like for like replacement for Cooky but we'll still need someone up top to win headers or hold the ball up and bring others into play, even if it's only to give us a different option. I don't see Waring featuring next season so, assuming both he and Alabi can be moved on, we'll need a third striker on the books.

AndyMase
AndyMase
26 June, 2018 00:40
Looks half decent, stats don't really tell a clear story. How often was he a sub, how much actual game time did he get. Etc.

We also don't know how many cookie would score in this league, I'm happy with 4-5 players chipping in with 10-15 each rather than a single player expected to get 20+

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hong kong rover
26 June, 2018 08:20
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AndyMase
Looks half decent, stats don't really tell a clear story. How often was he a sub, how much actual game time did he get. Etc.
We also don't know how many cookie would score in this league, I'm happy with 4-5 players chipping in with 10-15 each rather than a single player expected to get 20+

sorry Andy but there is no way that 4-5 players will chip in with 10-15 goals each. thats never gonna happen. if it does miraculously happen this season then we will probably p*ss the league,lol..take the season just gone for example- after cook n norwood our 3rd highest scorer was connor jennings with 8 goals and next was richie sutton with 5 goals...we need to replace cook imo. this mullin lad does not appear to be prolific up to now, but hoping that will change soon. i reckon cook would score goals in league 2 for us.christian doidge scored 20 goals for FGR this season just gone and that was in an FGR side that struggled. if Doidge can step up from the VNL and still bang the goals in, then so can cookie. Doidges goals have probably stopped FGR from an immediate return to the VNL.



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 26/06/2018 09:15 by hong kong rover.

Kennel
Kennel
26 June, 2018 09:47
Quote:
jonesy792
Judging from responses from Swindon fans, will be a very good addition to the squad.
Rumours Manny Monthe has signed too.....
OK Jonesy where did you hear those rumours?And you EBAWB?

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hong kong rover
26 June, 2018 10:12
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Aldo'smuzzy
Quote:
mini_andy
I think we’re getting rid of the big man approach.

I hope not! Doubt we'll get a like for like replacement for Cooky but we'll still need someone up top to win headers or hold the ball up and bring others into play, even if it's only to give us a different option. I don't see Waring featuring next season so, assuming both he and Alabi can be moved on, we'll need a third striker on the books.

+1 without cook n norwood where are the goals coming from? our midfield doesnt score enough.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 26/06/2018 10:15 by hong kong rover.

rossb07
rossb07
26 June, 2018 10:28
Quote:
Kennel
Quote:
jonesy792
Judging from responses from Swindon fans, will be a very good addition to the squad.
Rumours Manny Monthe has signed too.....
OK Jonesy where did you hear those rumours?And you EBAWB?

I've seen that one floating around too, only picked up yesterday after someone saw him turn up to training with the rest of the lads.

Would rather have had a pic than someone say they saw him, but the club is a little behind on the announcements so anything is possible. I'll wait for that though.

AndyMase
AndyMase
26 June, 2018 15:14
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hong kong rover
Quote:
AndyMase
Looks half decent, stats don't really tell a clear story. How often was he a sub, how much actual game time did he get. Etc.
We also don't know how many cookie would score in this league, I'm happy with 4-5 players chipping in with 10-15 each rather than a single player expected to get 20+

sorry Andy but there is no way that 4-5 players will chip in with 10-15 goals each. thats never gonna happen. if it does miraculously happen this season then we will probably p*ss the league,lol..take the season just gone for example- after cook n norwood our 3rd highest scorer was connor jennings with 8 goals and next was richie sutton with 5 goals...we need to replace cook imo. this mullin lad does not appear to be prolific up to now, but hoping that will change soon. i reckon cook would score goals in league 2 for us.christian doidge scored 20 goals for FGR this season just gone and that was in an FGR side that struggled. if Doidge can step up from the VNL and still bang the goals in, then so can cookie. Doidges goals have probably stopped FGR from an immediate return to the VNL.

We let's see, so we had 3 players scoring 8+ so if we could make that 5 scoring 8+ i would be happy.
To me cookie was decent in a fairly good free scoring side in the VNL, this year he will potentially be in a struggling side. I'm hoping he does well as he was great for us, but I don't see him getting more than 8-10 this year. Maybe he will be back on loan assuming it wasn't simply a massive wage rise he moved for

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hong kong rover
26 June, 2018 16:27
Quote:
AndyMase
Quote:
hong kong rover
Quote:
AndyMase
Looks half decent, stats don't really tell a clear story. How often was he a sub, how much actual game time did he get. Etc.
We also don't know how many cookie would score in this league, I'm happy with 4-5 players chipping in with 10-15 each rather than a single player expected to get 20+

sorry Andy but there is no way that 4-5 players will chip in with 10-15 goals each. thats never gonna happen. if it does miraculously happen this season then we will probably p*ss the league,lol..take the season just gone for example- after cook n norwood our 3rd highest scorer was connor jennings with 8 goals and next was richie sutton with 5 goals...we need to replace cook imo. this mullin lad does not appear to be prolific up to now, but hoping that will change soon. i reckon cook would score goals in league 2 for us.christian doidge scored 20 goals for FGR this season just gone and that was in an FGR side that struggled. if Doidge can step up from the VNL and still bang the goals in, then so can cookie. Doidges goals have probably stopped FGR from an immediate return to the VNL.

We let's see, so we had 3 players scoring 8+ so if we could make that 5 scoring 8+ i would be happy.
To me cookie was decent in a fairly good free scoring side in the VNL, this year he will potentially be in a struggling side. I'm hoping he does well as he was great for us, but I don't see him getting more than 8-10 this year. Maybe he will be back on loan assuming it wasn't simply a massive wage rise he moved for

Hi Andy, i suppose it doesnt really matter who scores the goals as long as we score enough of them, lol. Its interesting to note that Macc finished as champions and they didnt have a 20+ goal striker, their highest scorer last season only scored 14 goals. I am not saying its absolutely imperative to replace Cookie and his goals and/but if we dont then we do need more of our midfield and wide players to bag a few more. A 20+ goal striker can be a massive asset for us though in league 2 at either end of the table, whether it be pushing for promotion eg. Billy Kee ( Accrington ) 25 goals OR surviving the drop eg. Christian Doidge ( FGR ) 20 goals.

Interesting to look at the 2 promoted sides TRFC and Macc. We scored 78 goals in the VNL , Macc scored 67 ,and also who n where the goals came from..

TRFC top 6 scorers last season. Macc top 6 scorers last season.

Cook 28 goals, Wilson 14 goals
Norwood 23 goals, Marsh 9 goals
Jennings 8 goals, Whitaker 9 goals
Sutton 5 goals, Durrell 8 goals
Norburn 4 goals, Hancox 7 goals
Cole 3 goals, Blissett 5 goals


Rovers relied heavily on Cook n Norwood to fire us to promotion, whereas Macc was a bit more spread out with their midfield/attacking midfield helping them on their way.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 26/06/2018 16:29 by hong kong rover.

Higgosboots
Higgosboots
26 June, 2018 17:50
Cook is not a proven player at this level there is no guarantee he would score anywhere near 20 goals in L2. If he players against us in the Carabao Cup he will get no return.

Now that Alabi has been moved on and Mullion is in I suspect we see little to no chance of a striker coming in, is Mullion was probably delayed until we were certain around Alabis 18/19 whereabouts. Suppose the chances are with Norwood, Jennings, Waring, Green, and Cole on the books we won't see anymore additions in that area.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 26/06/2018 17:58 by Higgosboots.

mrGr33n13
mrGr33n13
26 June, 2018 19:04
1 we don't need to score as many as last season to achieve our objectives, or exceed them

2 if we do need as many goals then losing a 20 goal striker doesn't mean we need to find 20 goals. If his direct replacement scores 12 then we are only 8 goals short

3 it's likely a different style of play will be needed and so like for like might not fit in with Mellon's plans

4 Mullins / jennings / lord nors with tollit as an option looks really good to me. Lots of pace movement and intelligence right there.

Aldo'smuzzy
Aldo'smuzzy
26 June, 2018 21:46
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mrGr33n13
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4 Mullins / jennings / lord nors with tollit as an option looks really good to me. Lots of pace movement and intelligence right there.

I don't disagree with the gist of this but I doubt we'd be good enough to play through teams in this way week in week out in what's still a physical league. For me the squad needs a bit more height, strength and physicality up front, someone who can play with Mullin or Norwood if they're not playing together. Waring might be that man but I'm not at all convinced he is.

Shaumbra
Shaumbra
26 June, 2018 21:47
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jonesy792
Judging from responses from Swindon fans, will be a very good addition to the squad.
Rumours Manny Monthe has signed too.....

Jonesy where did you read the responses from the swindon fans?

EBAWB
EBAWB
27 June, 2018 07:07
Quote:
Kennel
Quote:
jonesy792
Judging from responses from Swindon fans, will be a very good addition to the squad.
Rumours Manny Monthe has signed too.....
OK Jonesy where did you hear those rumours?And you EBAWB?

Through a friend of MM - That's Manny not Mickey!



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trfc-boi
trfc-boi
19 July, 2018 19:29
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Few decent goals on here



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