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He didn’t Phillip. Neither Pele or Ronnie Clayton played in the 0-0 draw between England and Brazil in the 1958 World Cup. It was a result of Brazil failing to score that they brought Pele into the team. Wolves Eddie Clamp played in Ronnie’s position. Bryan Douglas played in that game though. Ronnie did play directly against Pele in the away friendly against Brazil in the following year.

Distasteful

My first hero,.loved this guy

Should be at the game today then if any truth to the fact he's here for a medical

Yup, being reported by reputable source in the target location = VERY likely! I watched his reel this morning and he looks good. Clean striker of the ball, left and right foot. Resembles his dad with a couple of cute finishes too. PS - before the naysayers come on saying he hasn’t scored many in the last year, if he had….hed be worth 10x what we’re paying. We have to sign them at this stage and hope they hit that curve whilst playing for us.

Hopefully 🤞 this will be a good signing. Only 23, been at some good academies & Icelandic international. Dunno why, but I'm on board with this one.

Has Rudy done a good job? Well the proof will be told in time, but it also depends on how you define a good job. I'm not supportive or against Rudy, but I can recognise he's managed a squad overhaul pretty much in one window. He's got what is presumably the profile that VI wants - more athleticism and pace. He's got rid of deadwood - JRC and Bucko, who presumably were on decent wages within our structure. The blip for most would be the senior first xi players who were sold - but the balance is them leaving on a free which we've had enough of. If we can't offer extensions they'll sign is that Rudy's fault, or the budget he is working within? The unknown transfers are always a risk but, particularly under Mowbray, there was often talk of how our UK based recruitment was so unimaginative. Rudy feels he has better value from abroad so let's see. If rather try a punt on Tavares and Baradji than another Akpan and Williamson.

Some players just don’t settle at a club. Hopefully we’re the club for him to show his best

You are god damn right he is although even Gibson when he was there seemed to want TM more focused on youth development. However Tony probably never asked for much anyway ...'Steve is a nice man with a nice family, sunk millions into the club, fans are still craving the Ravaneli era' You know the script.

I saw him quite a bit when he played for Lyngby in Denmark. Always liked the look of him and had hoped he was gonna go to my club AGF, but he went to Belgium instead. Don’t know why he hasn’t succeeded in Belgium but I’m quite excited to see him in the Rovers shirt.

Ronnie Clayton played against Pele at the 1958 World Cup.

A Berkovic header. That’s one for the scrap book.

I'd be quite happy with this one. Not seen much of him but his International record isn't bad at all for 23. Could be a good option for that lone role. Looks physical enough and should be technically good- given his time at youth level in Spain. If his style is anything like his dads, he should be a good fit for us. Another player with a big upside should he have a decent season or 2.

There is a photo of Tony Field and Pele playing together at New York cosmos. The caption says :" The greatest player in the world, and Pele".

That's 90% of Twitter accounts to be fair

I am super excited by this one. Normally the genes has a lot to say. Real Madrid academy who else was deemed not good enough for the real academy and had to ply their trade elsewhere? Martin Odegaard (cap of Arsenal) May have a massive potential

Go on YouTube.The goal was for Sheffield United v Ipswich. If you didn’t know it was Tony Field you’d think it was Messi. A brilliant bit of skill. Incidentally I was browsing the racks in TKMaxx years ago and I came across two replica New York Cosmos shirts by “ Umbro “ , one home and one away. “ Pele “ and “ 10 “ on the back. I just couldn’t leave them there. I was hoping to get the great man to sign them one day. Too late now.

I’m so what confused with the thread and the excitement at the new look Rovers. Some are even saying Gestede has done a great job. On the surface we have an exciting new squad but dig deeper and we have assist stripped, cut wages, disposed of the established vocal and passionate players who would speak out, sold academy local. grown talent, a goal keeper Pears who’s not been heard of for ages, and back room staff being disposed of, there is so much unrest and change at the club it frightens the F out of me and is seriously strange. I’ve not know a club make such sweeping changes in a season. goodness know what agent payments have been made and pockets feathered with these transfers-someone will gain. So who’s pulling the strings in these transfers? Whose benefiting, why the whole squad overhaul (and lack of contracts is a poor excuse as they’ve not been offered/played under valued ) the apathy and denial between the fan base of some serious concerns, lack of anger and pointing finger at people jumping ship as snakes or not loyal worries the hell out of me. Yet those pulling the stirngs on the surface are painted as doing a great job in loosing deadwood. why isn’t everyone jumping with rage 😡 is beggars belief

Interesting one and he’s scored some goals at international level. Hopefully he’s suited to the championship.

Must be some truth in it , this lad is fairly reliable, €2m price tag:

Fair play to RoversXtra on X...Gets some stick for whatever reason but does get some good leads.

Not even as if it is massive amounts, how much would it cost in total to pay his wages till January?

I park in the hood on Infirmary Street. A fair walk to the ground, but I find it quick getting away and I’m never stuck in any traffic after.

I was looking at their previous fixtures list, one of the aways might have been an efl cup tie.

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