martonrover Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 He'll do for me. Not going to get drawn into the moral majority crusade that seems to be stirring. Aside from his alleged active support of a terrorist organisation, he has been trouble for Celtic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JBiz Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Aside from his alleged active support of a terrorist organisation, he has been trouble for Celtic. But will he score a goal in blue and white? If he does, that's an improvement on brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhodie Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Not so sure that anyone should try to turn Stokes into a pariah for his beliefs, anyone born in Northern Ireland in previous times of unrest will have been socially obligated to choose a side, it would have been part of growing up, they wouldn`t have been able to avoid it. As long as the lad didn`t actually commit any acts of terrorism, surely we can make allowances and not judge, accuse or demonise the lad, especially considering he hasn`t officially even put pen to paper yet, as far as we know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasta Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I'll hold my hands up here. There was nothing wrong with your post, but I felt it might be jumped on by the usual so tried acting pre-emptively. Tbh, what I should've done is PM you at the time to see what you thought before hiding. My apologies for that. Would you like it unhiding? No Mike, that's fine .Thanks for explaining. I think everyone can see the problem though when a quite jokey post is removed because it questions Nixon's comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Not so sure that anyone should try to turn Stokes into a pariah for his beliefs, anyone born in Northern Ireland in previous times of unrest will have been socially obligated to choose a side, it would have been part of growing up, they wouldn`t have been able to avoid it. As long as the lad didn`t actually commit any acts of terrorism, surely we can make allowances and not judge, accuse or demonise the lad, especially considering he hasn`t officially even put pen to paper yet, as far as we know. He was Born in Dublin I think.If he signs he'll polarise opinion, if he scores most Rovers fans will forget any principles they held and get his name on the backs of shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthblue02 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 But will he score a goal in blue and white? If he does, that's an improvement on brown Hopefully he bags them before November 22nd he might be not able to after that http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/anthony-stokes-trial-alleged-assault-7211284# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlete Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Leaving aside the RA allegations, Christ almighty the lad hasn't even been announced yet and he's being written off on here. Is anyone going to get a fair crack of the whip? Definitely give him a fair crack of the whip he was fantastic in the cup final and certainly has talent imho could well be a very good signing Anyone slagging him certainly hasn't seen him play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomphil Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Shades of Badwille with this geezer . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhodie Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 He was Born in Dublin I think. If he signs he'll polarise opinion, if he scores most Rovers fans will forget any principles they held and get his name on the backs of shirts. Even though there is a north side divide, that vein still runs deep, maybe not equally but it is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondie Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 With respect to Stokes enjoying the night life, make him live in Blackburn.He'll be home by 10.30 pm every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroom DE. Posted June 17, 2016 Backroom Share Posted June 17, 2016 Shades of Badwille with this geezer . In fairness, Goodwillie's record in Scotland wasn't even that good before we signed him. Stokes definitely has better form in that regard. He was sent to Hibs on loan for tweeting angrily about not even being included on the bench for a Celtic league match. Scored 2 goals in the cup final and won Hibs the cup, so it didn't work out so badly for him. With respect to Stokes enjoying the night life, make him live in Blackburn.He'll be home by 10.30 pm every night. You'll have to ban him from Manchester, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 My season ticket at Ewood, is in no way shape or form an endorsement of the ownership. Sure it is. You can justify the decision however you want, it doesn't change the fact that you are financially endorsing the status quo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddyrovers Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 Stokes completed Rovers move Rovers complete Stokes swoop https://t.co/MZYm4VoLkD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamRochina Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 We assuming he will sign today? If so is 6pm the dead line? I don't remember any announcements like this after 6 unless is was deadline day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Apparently we've signed Stokes. Woo. Hoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamRochina Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Well that was embarrassing lol cheers chaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroom DE. Posted June 17, 2016 Backroom Share Posted June 17, 2016 Stokes completed Rovers move Rovers complete Stokes swoop https://t.co/MZYm4VoLkD Rovers are delighted to announce the signing of proven goalscorer Anthony Stokes. The "proven goalscorer" part is a bit weird for an official announcement. Almost like they're trying to justify the signing without mentioning why... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldjamfan1 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 [quote name="DE." post="1662269" timestamp= The "proven goalscorer" part is a bit weird for an official announcement. Almost like they're trying to justify the signing without mentioning why... They must be lurking on here DE lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
den Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 The "proven goalscorer" part is a bit weird for an official announcement. Almost like they're trying to justify the signing without mentioning why... 61 games in the English leagues - 4 goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 The "proven goalscorer" part is a bit weird for an official announcement. Almost like they're trying to justify the signing without mentioning why... Proven in Scotland, getting into double figures for league goals in five seperate seasons up there, twice getting into the 20's. Anything but proven in England though. I'll give him a chance seeing as he's here, joining at the right age but not expecting anything special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroom DE. Posted June 17, 2016 Backroom Share Posted June 17, 2016 They must be lurking on here DE lol It does make you wonder. It jumped out as me straight away as being an odd thing to put in an official announcement. I wonder if people have been tweeting about it? They'd take more notice of what was being posted onto their twitter account than what's being said on here, I assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallydally Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/anthony-stokes-3145810.aspx All rosy in the garden then - and Owen was the catalyst!! Any more news on Graham/the loanee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/anthony-stokes-3145810.aspx All rosy in the garden then - and Owen was the catalyst!! Any more news on Graham/the loanee? did we run out of scarves or shirt for him to hold up? i will be angry if we signed Stokes, and that will be the end of us bringing in Graham. But it wouldnt surprise me, if we no go and find a rank average striker to play alongside Stokes We should have partnered Fletcher and Graham, as i see Sunderland released Fletcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumboots Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/anthony-stokes-3145810.aspx All rosy in the garden then - and Owen was the catalyst!! Any more news on Graham/the loanee? did nobody tell him that despite the lovely stadium etc there will be very few fans to fill it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisF Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 fletcher would be a big ask, doubt he'd come here, dingle too, but I wouldn't hold that against him if he did come here (which he will not) as he'd be a top player at this level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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