Okenabirhie was at Shrewsbury with Docherty. He reminds me in those clips of Wilks in the positions he gets into. However, he doesn't seem to want to take twenty touches before shooting. Of course, compilations can be deceiving.
This... I'm not knocking the finish but he's not gonna get many chances like this in Division One. Unless he happened to be playing against us.
It would be a very astute signing if he was, but Doncaster would want a fair whack, he's still got 18 months left on his contract. A good striker and different to what we've got.
He's he? Transfermarkt have his contract as expiring June 2021. Lad looks languid in style, but then so did Waddle and he did Ok. Flores looks like a very clean striker of the football mind.... Probably better than we currently have - not just with that worldie either. Looks a natural finisher when he gets a slighter. His movement peeling off for the Shamrock goal and for the arsenal one looks promising.
He signed a two and a half year deal in January 2020, according to the Donny website: Rovers sign striker Okenabirhie | News | Doncaster Rovers (doncasterroversfc.co.uk) Rovers have completed the signing of Fejiri Okenabirhie, with the striker signing a contract until the end of the 2021/22 season. please log in to view this image Club News New boy Okenabirhie has play-offs in sights 30 January 2020Rovers have paid an undisclosed fee to Shrewsbury for Okenabirhie, who was top scorer at the Shrews last season. Okenabirhie will wear shirt No.9, and is eligible for Saturday’s Sky Bet League One trip to Fleetwood Town.
Maybe it's one of those option of a further year jobbies? Some sources are saying flores is a free agent and others have him as under contract also. Contracts are so nuanced these days I can't be arsed to look into it. It the signings happen they happen. If they don't they don't.
I don't know why, but I read that last comment about us getting done 8-0 by Luton in the same way Alan Partridge has the conversation with the farmer and the farmer says something like "you alienate everybody you come across which is presumably why you live like some tramp in a layby" Alan: It's a Travel Tavern.
Yeah, I smiled at the Luton comment haha (or Aha)! Looks like he's finding consistency after serious injury, which is probably why he was playing in the Irish league and not the championship.
He's alright Jordan Flores. I don't think he's ever set the world alight at any club he's been at, but at League One level he's decent cover for Honeyman. From what I've seen of him, he's capable of doing very well (he looked very good against Arsenal in the Europa League), but he's one of those that looks to shape to shoot, and then hits a 1mph shot that dribbles into the keeper's hands. It's a solid, if unspectacular signing that provides competition in a position where there isn't any. Still need a wide man and a striker for me.
Deffo need cover for Honeyesta. I'd rather we just sorted KLP out than replace Adelukan 'cos we have options out wide. Different kind of striker to Josh and Tom would be my priority. The Donny lad looks to fit the bill, but whether he's too expensive or not I've no idea. Whoever we sign is probably going to be flawed or frustrating in one way or another. We're subject to a league 1 salary cap and most already proven top level talent will earn more money elsewhere, so why drop down to League one when you can go to MLS, Turkey, A-league, China or the Middle East for a final payday?
I suppose it's relative. Doncaster will no doubt want to keep him, their top scorer is midfielder Whiteman (who we had a £1m bid rejected for last season, you can triple that now), but after him and Okenabirhie their next highest goalscorer is defender Reece James on five. They aren't blessed with forward options, but then, if bigger clubs are calling, do they risk losing him for nothing in a year's time? They only paid around £100k to get him from Shrewsbury, we'd probably be looking at around ten times that to prize him away and I'm not sure in League One that's going to happen.
It's a wierd season. Financial pressures of covid, salary cap and whatever internal club dynamics are at play is difficult to judge this time around. Normal rules don't apply. You'd say Donny did well to get another clubs top scorer out for only 100k, whatever level Shrewsbury were playing at the time.
Shrewsbury were in League One too, but a club of that size always needs money; like you say, Covid bites hardest at the bottom of the heap. I hadn't realised, perhaps because I've been so focused on City, but Doncaster are 4th and have two games in hand on us which if they win, they would go above us. Not bad going at all, they're a good little club. Hard to think they see us as actual rivals.
