New signing.. Left back

another one of Coleys' missions completed, he never lets one go when he tries to sign em.

I thought it was that Gav Cowan who signed for Grays til I read that he hadn't played for Forest, I was gonna look it up tonight and then post whether he was coming! Slow down Coley let the rumour mill start first!
 
Am i missing summat?, just went on fishy site n all its on about is programe recycling...
 
Taken from Forest site

Bradford get rid of lard-arse..
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
Alan Rogers, the self-confessed Premiership standard left back, has been dumped by Bradford City to free up some cash to secure other players on a contract - which is quite amusing. The chubby Scouser was on a week to week contract having been released by Forest having contributed bugger all since Kinnear signed him for his second Forest spell, including being banned from the dressing room!
Colin Todd, the Bantams manager, claims to be disappointed to not be able to retain the services of Rogers, but ultimately it goes to show that the man who thought he was ‘too big’ for Stoke not that long ago when we were trying to offload him perhaps has a few ideas above his station right now - as he now finds himself without work.
It will be interesting to see if and when another team offers him an opportunity, and what level they are at - certainly rumours of dressing room unrest, rifts and bad influence didn’t endear him to Forest in his second spell with us - but ultimately it was his shamefully poor performances on the pitch that banged the nails into the coffin of his Forest career - regardless of whatever conspiracy theories he tried to propagate around the press upon his departure from Forest.
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Bit awkward for the ultras.. trying to come up with a song and rhyme for "lard-arse" .. :)
 
Must be a bit of history here....

Somebody tell me if i'm wrong but Rogers has just become the first Accrington player ever to have commanded a £2 million pound transfer fee.

He cost Forest that when he joined from Tranmere in 1997.
 
If He was "Out of work"
Did we get him free ?

Apparantley Yes ! and he did cost Forest 2m back in `97

Talking of Left Backs.
Hows Leam ?
They said he was hobbling a bit on Sat.
 
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2 million pound player ten years ago

Still, more bodies about the place can only be a good thing at the moment.
 
OMG.... last time I saw a review like that about a player it was concerning the dread J Jackson and it proved to be just about as accurate a critique' as you could get....please god not again
 
sarah_d said:
Must be a bit of history here....

Somebody tell me if i'm wrong but Rogers has just become the first Accrington player ever to have commanded a £2 million pound transfer fee.

He cost Forest that when he joined from Tranmere in 1997.
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So he'll be 4 times better than Doherty?
 
just to cheer this thread up a bit after the last couple of posts (Oggy is feeling a bit fruity tonight), LET report that Coley is close to tying up a deal to sign Mannix on a permanent deal. It goes on to say that the 24 year old has had five operations on a troublesome knee.
 
maccawozzagod said:
just to cheer this thread up a bit after the last couple of posts (Oggy is feeling a bit fruity tonight), LET report that Coley is close to tying up a deal to sign Mannix on a permanent deal. It goes on to say that the 24 year old has had five operations on a troublesome knee.
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So how is five operations on a troublesome knee cheering this thread up?

How very dare you, fruity, me? Well Ok (Syrah/Grenache) :cool:
 
KIPAX said:
Bit awkward for the ultras.. trying to come up with a song and rhyme .. :)
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His nickname at Forest was "Tank" apparently:

Here's an explanation from the Guardian:

http://football.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,4284,1197194,00.html

"And it would be nice to think that the left-back Alan Rogers knows what an honour is accorded him in the shout of "Come on, Tank!" as he races up the touchline with the ball at his feet, giving the same impression of power and resolution that originally prompted the fans to bestow the nickname on Peter Hindley, the right-back of Johnny Carey's lovely side almost 40 years ago. "

Not sure if that really helps.
 
Haggis316 said:
"And it would be nice to think that the left-back Alan Rogers knows what an honour is accorded him in the shout of "Come on, Tank!" as he races up the touchline with the ball at his feet, giving the same impression of power and resolution that originally prompted the fans to bestow the nickname on Peter Hindley, the right-back of Johnny Carey's lovely side almost 40 years ago
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It was John Bray, Dave Whelan's Rovers partner at full back who was nick-named "Tank" - built like a brick ****house.
 
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