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I can't see him playing for Torquay again under P.B. [see Woods, Sills, Hargreaves]. Buckle for whatever reason has placed him on the transfer list & want's to see him off to another club. No doubt N.W. wants 1st. team football so it's in everyones best interest to loan him out to any interested parties for the rest of the season. If he does well at his new club they may pay a small fee to sign him.

SouthamptonGull wrote:


On the money yet again, Jeff.

He's definitely better than a BSP player when playing well, and with his personal life happier, I'm sure he'll start to play to his full potential again.

Not sure why people are dismissing Pope so soon, Dario Gradi liked him enough to play him plenty of times and only let him go for a large fee for this level. If we could get Pope then that would represent good business as far as I'm concerned.

I think Pope is one of those players who had one good season, then got hamstrung with a whopping price tag. Just reading a Rotherham messageboard, which opens with "Pope is s**t", which is nice and informative.

From what I remember he is a lanky sort of lad, obviously did well enough at Crewe for silly money to be thrown around, but he doesn't truly represent a recognised goalscorer and would be something of a risk. Andy Bishop on the other hand (if there is any truth in that rumour on TFF) would be a more proven quantity. If it is Tom Pope that we are after, we'd be relying on Buckle unearthing that diamond in the rough.

The Bishop "rumour" only started due to a few posters on there using religious words to describe Pope. Someone mistakenly came up with Bishop, but he isn't a realistic target.

I never consider the views of fans using words such as "shit", hardly constructive or informative as to his ability. I prefer to see how a player would fit in with our own before passing judgement.

forevertufc wrote: Sorry dont quite know how i have done this,just wanted to add to my reply,that it does say on Tom Pope's wiki page Rotherham are consdiering a transfer offer for Tom Pope from Tufc.

If you check out the revision history of his Wikipedia page, it's been vandalised quite a bit over the last few months, so very unlikely if you ask me. Plus we have quite a few strikers already...

GreenwichGull wrote: If you check out the revision history of his Wikipedia page, it's been vandalised quite a bit over the last few months, so very unlikely if you ask me. Plus we have quite a few strikers already...

I am not 100% trusting of wikipedia,which once listed Tim Sills as a 6ft 6 in striker,just thought it intresting.

wodger-of-Awabia wrote:I can't see him playing for Torquay again under P.B. [see Woods, Sills, Hargreaves]. Buckle for whatever reason has placed him on the transfer list & want's to see him off to another club.

Wodge - it seems pretty well covered that NW turned down a new contract. Is it in the interest of the club that he stays till summer and leaves for free? or should we try and get a fee for him in the January window?

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE buy Reid from Newport with the money

Fletch wrote: Wodge - it seems pretty well covered that NW turned down a new contract. Is it in the interest of the club the he stays till summer and leaves for free, or should we try and get a fee for him in the January window?

Yes, but he may have been offered a new contract on less money due to present lack of funds. Tqy. could have tried to tempt him with less money, but security. He appears to have rejected the new contract so it would seem that it is not as good as his existing one.
Of course the club will try to get a fee for him now, but I doubt that northern clubs will want to pay for him when they can get him for free at the end of the season. In any case they will know that he wants to go north,& taking him on loan will be favorite as Tqy. will be keen to save his wages, & maybe use them to pay a new striker.

Hmmm, I wonder if there is anything a club in our position can do?

Is there anything stopping NW from refusing to sign a contract here and clubs in the division waiting till the summer to sign him for free? Given that he is over 24 (or whatever the rule is) I guess there is nothing TUFC could do in this situation?

Matt.

A loan is mostly likely and best that all parties could agree on. Tufc need the money(wages or loan transfer fee), Wroe wants to go and the buying club doesnt want to pay a large fee.

So Mr Wroe has done the same to us as he's done to York - They say a leopard never changes his spots!

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na **** off Nicky Wroe, Nicky Wroe, **** off Nicky Wroe!

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Chow Mein wrote:So Mr Wroe has done the same to us as he's done to York - They say a leopard never changes his spots!

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na **** off Nicky Wroe, Nicky Wroe, **** off Nicky Wroe!

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You really are the biggest tool going mate. I bet you are one of those boo boy to$$ers on the popside that do nothing other then damage the club.

Regardless of the final outcome of all of this I would like to thank Nicky Wroe for the (big) part he played in regaining our league status.

Chow Mein wrote:So Mr Wroe has done the same to us as he's done to York - They say a leopard never changes his spots!

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na **** off Nicky Wroe, Nicky Wroe, **** off Nicky Wroe!

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Totally wrong I'm afraid.

It's clear from the statement put out by Paul Buckle on the Official Site that it is in the main the clubs decision to bring this move (transfer listing of Nicky Wroe) forward - in order to free up some wages in the budget so that we can strengthen other areas of the team i.e to bring in a striker!

The facts are that Nicky Wroe could easily see out his contract with us, wait until the summer, and then as a "free agent" negotiate the best possible deal for himself. By agreeing this course of action with Bucks, the club is ensuring that they do get some sort of fee for NW rather than let him leave for nothing in the summer.

It may well be that NW wants to be nearer "home" and at 24 he has also got to think of what is the right career move for him and his partner.

He has served us well in the time he has been here and certainly played a huge part in getting us out of the BSP. I just hope that he moves on quickly now and doesn't have to suffer the "moronic element" on the popside who will no doubt be ready to turn on him should he misplace a pass on Saturday!

Personally I wish him all the best and would like to thank him for his contribution over the last two and a half years.

As for his destination, well it seems Rotherham Manager Ronnie Moore is looking for a playmaker ....

http://www.thestar.co.uk/millers/Moore- ... 6576233.jp

Rotherham? Isn't that who Tom Pope plays for? How convenient...

Fonda wrote:Rotherham? Isn't that who Tom Pope plays for? How convenient...

Funny that. And that would be Rotherham very close to Wroe's old stamping ground of Barnsley. Who'd have thought it........?