[GasAttack]

You got it here first folks
Paul Heffernan is the first stricker - already signed.
The next will be Ishmail Millar.

[Easton Gas]

Ishmel Miller!!!!!!

If we get him i will personally shake LL and Trolls hand because that would be unbelieveble.

[HengroveGas]

Would be nice.

[pauldicker]

I can believe Heffernan, but Miller!? Not a chance!

[MarkCGashead]

GasAttack, on 08 February 2010 - 03:42 PM, said:

You got it here first folks
Paul Heffernan is the first stricker - already signed.
The next will be Ishmail Millar.

WTF!!?

[kwoodgas]

MarkCGashead, on 08 February 2010 - 03:44 PM, said:

GasAttack, on 08 February 2010 - 03:42 PM, said:

You got it here first folks
Paul Heffernan is the first stricker - already signed.
The next will be Ishmail Millar.

WTF!!?

okay this is just getting silly, i can belive chris wood being loaned to us but miller you got no chance mate!

[greener]

it will not be ishmael miller he is out injured for the next 3 weeks

[Phil Bunn]

Lies.

Miller is injured for another couple of weeks atleast.

Heffernan would be a decent signing though, plus a target man.

[lurker1234]

i'd drive to the hawthorns and pick ishmael miller up myself.

[greener]

And i have also been told by the same source who told me about chris wood that paul heffernan will be the first signing.

[wateryblue]

I'd be very surprised at Miller, but never say never!

[GasAttack]

greener, on 08 February 2010 - 03:48 PM, said:

And i have also been told by the same source who told me about chris wood that paul heffernan will be the first signing.

greener...I think that your Chris wood shout is correct. I was told 6'3 striker, Wood and Miller are the same.. We must have the same source pal.

[Just Vans frome]

lurker1234, on 08 February 2010 - 03:47 PM, said:

i'd drive to the hawthorns and pick ishmael miller up myself.

Dam it !!

I drove past there on the way back from walsall , id have picked him up on me bike

[TomGas]

GasAttack, on 08 February 2010 - 03:42 PM, said:

You got it here first folks
Paul Heffernan is the first stricker - already signed.
The next will be Ishmail Millar.

PRT> rejects.

[PipeDream]

Obviously don't want to judge it yet but is this definitely the striker that we have 'wrapped up'?

His goal-scoring record isn't great and he recently had a loan spell at Oldham where he didn't exactly set the world alight. And he is well under 6ft.

Would love Chris Wood and another, proven scorer to join the team though.

[greener]

yh maybe i was just about to start a new thread about heffernan but you beat me to it.

[pauldicker]

PRT> rejects ???

[Phil Bunn]

Heffernan not proflific ?

He has scored 98 career goals in 203 starts. That is very decent stats by anyones standards, especially with 2 seasons in The Championship thrown in.

He scored 1 in 4 for Oldham, but they are struggling.

He's only just turned 28 (December last year) so has another 3 or 4 good seasons left.

I'd be happy with Heffernan and Chris Wood for the target man, not bad at all if true.

[mikey89]

DONE DEAL

http://www.bristolro...1958845,00.html

This post has been edited by mikey89: 08 February 2010 - 04:07 PM

[PipeDream]

Phil Bunn, on 08 February 2010 - 03:58 PM, said:

Heffernan not proflific ?

He has scored 98 career goals in 203 starts. That is very decent stats by anyones standards, especially with 2 seasons in The Championship thrown in.

He scored 1 in 4 for Oldham, but they are struggling.

He's only just turned 28 (December last year) so has another 3 or 4 good seasons left.

I'd be happy with Heffernan and Chris Wood for the target man, not bad at all if true.

Sorry, just checked his wiki page and it makes for much better reading. I was going by information my friend had given me earlier on today. By looking at the correct stats it's a good record and he should be able to provide some much needed cutting-edge in the final third. Wood seems like a good player, but I can't see WBA loaning him to us if he isn't going to play regularly so that would mean, as mentioned elsewhere, a change in position for Kuffour or maybe even dropping to the bench?

[East-London-Gas]

The only goal I picture him scoring was against us at Cardiff in the JPT. Route one ball over the top, first time, good goal...

http://www.youtube.c...16EPG1g#t=1m46s

[gasheadno.1]

Thing is, Heffernan is 5ft10. Which is all great with Chris Wood but when summer comes and we sign Heffernan, Chris Wood will go back to WBA and we'll be without a target man again...

[RoverDrive]

gasheadno.1, on 08 February 2010 - 04:07 PM, said:

Thing is, Heffernan is 5ft10. Which is all great with Chris Wood but when summer comes and we sign Heffernan, Chris Wood will go back to WBA and we'll be without a target man again...

So then we get another one?

[monster]

Very good signing in my opinion. He was part of the Donny team that got them promoted. Not really a target man, but proven at this level. He is an ex Sheed, don't care about that, just hope he can do a job for us!

[SaltfordGas]

Well done Rovers! Shame it couldnt have been last week which might have lead to that big defeat but that should be a good signing and hopefully 1 or 2 more to come!

[Greenbank_Gas]

Always liked Heffernan, even when he was a sheed. I remember my sh*thead mate being gutted when they let him go. A few years ago, admittedly, but still a quality player.

Getting quite excited about tomorrow night now!

[kwoodgas]

Greenbank_Gas, on 08 February 2010 - 04:33 PM, said:

Always liked Heffernan, even when he was a sheed. I remember my sh*thead mate being gutted when they let him go. A few years ago, admittedly, but still a quality player.

Getting quite excited about tomorrow night now!

im pleased with this signing, im looking foward to the team sheet tmorow night

[Croscombe Gas]

This is is a good signing. credit where its due to PT, LL and the board, now if only we can sign that lad from WBA we may score a few goals and give opposition keepers something to think about

This post has been edited by Croscombe Gas: 08 February 2010 - 04:52 PM

[SaltyGas]

very happy with this signing, but will him and kuffour compliment each other. I dont think so.

I think kuffour is too lazy and greedy to play alongside heffernan, I would like to see heffernan and williams start.

[JohnnyBlade4]

Paul Heffernan! Well pleased with that!! Now,i take a little back what ive said over the past few weeks but not a lot..just goes to show the right players are out there if you look hard enough.

[cball_1985]

Great signing. Not what we need, but he is proven and im excited to see what he can do for us tomorrow! Looks like there is a chance for a permanent deal too if he is happy here.

[sammyboiii101]

SaltyGas, on 08 February 2010 - 05:01 PM, said:

very happy with this signing, but will him and kuffour compliment each other. I dont think so.

I think kuffour is too lazy and greedy to play alongside heffernan, I would like to see heffernan and williams start.

Kuffour lazy and greedy? I disagree with that.

Very good striker proven at this level, think he will fit in just fine, looking forward to tomorrow night.

Up the gas!

[MiagsyGas]

I'll be sticking some money on Heffernan to score and Rovers to win for tomorrow night i think.

Can't see why someone says Kuffour is greedy and lazy, he's got a massive workrate he's just not prolific. Like i've said before, I'll be looking forward to another striker coming in and i'd quite like to see Kuffour on the right hand side.

[gasheadfloyd]

I'm close to ecstatic with this news.

Heffernan is hugely experienced, but not passed it by all means, and 28 is a decent age. He's proven in the Championship too.

And in Lennie's article on the OS, he said that the players wouldn't be brought in if there wasn't a chance of a permanent deal. This could mean we get Heffernan and if the second player turns out to be Wood, we'd have a chance of signing him on permanently.

Maybe Roberto Di Matteo hasn't been impressed with him, but for an 18 year old, Championship experience and International experience would bode well for a striker in League 1.

I see no reason why it shouldn't be Wood. West Brom have brought in Nouble from West Ham, and to add to that, they have Cox, Miller, Bednar, Moore and Thomas.

If Wood does infact join Heffernan and Trolls brings in the LB that has been mentioned here, they've responded exactly how the fans wanted.
That does mean, though, that we'll have 5 loans in the team, and if we could get atleast 3 of them, it'll bode us well for next season.
Is a bit unfortunate that they haven't been completed before this, but I find it difficult to see how anyone could complain now.

We're still a bit off the play-offs, but if we start taking points, other teams will sit up and take notice, recognising as perhaps the team we looked like earlier on in the season.

I doubt we'll get promoted this season, and I'm fine with that, I think we'd have to bolster the ranks further to maintain a Championship status, not to mention tie our better players down to contracts to fend off other clubs who would've taken notice.
Depending on what happens in the next few days, I reckon the immediate future is positive for us Gasheads!

UP THE GAS!

[Ricardo]

SaltyGas, on 08 February 2010 - 05:01 PM, said:

very happy with this signing, but will him and kuffour compliment each other. I dont think so.

I think kuffour is too lazy and greedy to play alongside heffernan, I would like to see heffernan and williams start.

Never heard anyone call jk lazy before, for me that's because he isn't!

[Easton Gas]

gasheadfloyd, on 08 February 2010 - 07:11 PM, said:

I'm close to ecstatic with this news.

Heffernan is hugely experienced, but not passed it by all means, and 28 is a decent age. He's proven in the Championship too.

And in Lennie's article on the OS, he said that the players wouldn't be brought in if there wasn't a chance of a permanent deal. This could mean we get Heffernan and if the second player turns out to be Wood, we'd have a chance of signing him on permanently.

Maybe Roberto Di Matteo hasn't been impressed with him, but for an 18 year old, Championship experience and International experience would bode well for a striker in League 1.

I see no reason why it shouldn't be Wood. West Brom have brought in Nouble from West Ham, and to add to that, they have Cox, Miller, Bednar, Moore and Thomas.

If Wood does infact join Heffernan and Trolls brings in the LB that has been mentioned here, they've responded exactly how the fans wanted.
That does mean, though, that we'll have 5 loans in the team, and if we could get atleast 3 of them, it'll bode us well for next season.
Is a bit unfortunate that they haven't been completed before this, but I find it difficult to see how anyone could complain now.

We're still a bit off the play-offs, but if we start taking points, other teams will sit up and take notice, recognising as perhaps the team we looked like earlier on in the season.

I doubt we'll get promoted this season, and I'm fine with that, I think we'd have to bolster the ranks further to maintain a Championship status, not to mention tie our better players down to contracts to fend off other clubs who would've taken notice.
Depending on what happens in the next few days, I reckon the immediate future is positive for us Gasheads!

UP THE GAS!

Very good signing and if it is Wood then another good signing.

However we could get Heffernan permanently but no chance of Wood.

The first player was with a view to a permanent which is Heffernan.

[4evergas67]

SaltyGas, on 08 February 2010 - 05:01 PM, said:

very happy with this signing, but will him and kuffour compliment each other. I dont think so.

I think kuffour is too lazy and greedy to play alongside heffernan, I would like to see heffernan and williams start.

You are having a laugh right?

Since Lamberts gone he's ran his ass off every game for nothing and carries on doing so week in week out.

I admire the guy he knows hes got class but never once let his head drop even though our DOF left him out to dry up front for soooooooooo long.

[matealotblue]

Easton Gas, on 08 February 2010 - 07:42 PM, said:

gasheadfloyd, on 08 February 2010 - 07:11 PM, said:

I'm close to ecstatic with this news.

Heffernan is hugely experienced, but not passed it by all means, and 28 is a decent age. He's proven in the Championship too.

And in Lennie's article on the OS, he said that the players wouldn't be brought in if there wasn't a chance of a permanent deal. This could mean we get Heffernan and if the second player turns out to be Wood, we'd have a chance of signing him on permanently.

Maybe Roberto Di Matteo hasn't been impressed with him, but for an 18 year old, Championship experience and International experience would bode well for a striker in League 1.

I see no reason why it shouldn't be Wood. West Brom have brought in Nouble from West Ham, and to add to that, they have Cox, Miller, Bednar, Moore and Thomas.

If Wood does infact join Heffernan and Trolls brings in the LB that has been mentioned here, they've responded exactly how the fans wanted.
That does mean, though, that we'll have 5 loans in the team, and if we could get atleast 3 of them, it'll bode us well for next season.
Is a bit unfortunate that they haven't been completed before this, but I find it difficult to see how anyone could complain now.

We're still a bit off the play-offs, but if we start taking points, other teams will sit up and take notice, recognising as perhaps the team we looked like earlier on in the season.

I doubt we'll get promoted this season, and I'm fine with that, I think we'd have to bolster the ranks further to maintain a Championship status, not to mention tie our better players down to contracts to fend off other clubs who would've taken notice.
Depending on what happens in the next few days, I reckon the immediate future is positive for us Gasheads!

UP THE GAS!

Very good signing and if it is Wood then another good signing.

However we could get Heffernan permanently but no chance of Wood.

The first player was with a view to a permanent which is Heffernan.

Said on the website "....with a view to a permanent loan". Not sure what one of them is!

[Easton Gas]

I assumed it was the first one .

Could be wrong.

[gasheadfloyd]

I'm not 100% sure.

The paragraph I looked at in the article was this one:

"It is only a month to start with, both of them will be if the second one comes off, but we don't normally loan unless there is prospect of A) extending it to it's maximum and B) also permanent"

My understanding was that this applied to both players. Thought they might be saying that, should they pull off the second signing, they want to make it permanent eventually. I'm by no means "in the know" about this, and for all we know it might not even be Wood.

Adds to the excitement, doesn't it. Certainly has us talking again.

[gasheadnaboo]

EDIT

This post has been edited by gasheadnaboo: 08 February 2010 - 08:35 PM

[gasheadnaboo]

gasheadnaboo, on 08 February 2010 - 08:32 PM, said:

http://www.socceram....oftheyear#watch #13

Looks like a Lambo/Walker love child to me, looks like he may be a great signing if he does come.
As a West Ham casual follower I can safely say WBA wont miss him as Nouble is an awesome player.

[Steve from Stoke]

Speaking to a City fan about Heff, he said,

'Without doubt, he would have been a 20 goal a season player in League One when he was with us, but he never got the chance to show that purely due to the outstanding form, at the time, of Leroy Lita. That was the only reason he left us, he didn't get into the team because of the outstanding form of Lita. Also going in his favour is that he seemed 'easy going', not once; having been signed for big money did he make any dissapointed noises to the press, just got his head down and understood why he wasn't in the team.'

He also added that his attitude was far better than Lita's and at no point, according to the City fan, did Heff give it the 'big-un' down the Waterfront or go all 'gangster' on a family man who asked for an autograph for his kid.

I'm delighted with this signing.

[Rocky]

Heffernan is a very good signing for Rovers, if he can remember how to score after sitting on Donny's bench for 4yrs!

[4evergas67]

Steve from Stoke, on 08 February 2010 - 09:19 PM, said:

Speaking to a City fan about Heff, he said,

'Without doubt, he would have been a 20 goal a season player in League One when he was with us, but he never got the chance to show that purely due to the outstanding form, at the time, of Leroy Lita. That was the only reason he left us, he didn't get into the team because of the outstanding form of Lita. Also going in his favour is that he seemed 'easy going', not once; having been signed for big money did he make any dissapointed noises to the press, just got his head down and understood why he wasn't in the team.'

He also added that his attitude was far better than Lita's and at no point, according to the City fan, did Heff give it the 'big-un' down the Waterfront or go all 'gangster' on a family man who asked for an autograph for his kid.

I'm delighted with this signing.

So he didn't pop a cap in his ass then?

This looks like a real good signing.

I am hoping that tomorrow night all and i mean ALL the team play their hearts out.

[Steve from Stoke]

4evergas67, on 08 February 2010 - 09:45 PM, said:

Steve from Stoke, on 08 February 2010 - 09:19 PM, said:

Speaking to a City fan about Heff, he said,

'Without doubt, he would have been a 20 goal a season player in League One when he was with us, but he never got the chance to show that purely due to the outstanding form, at the time, of Leroy Lita. That was the only reason he left us, he didn't get into the team because of the outstanding form of Lita. Also going in his favour is that he seemed 'easy going', not once; having been signed for big money did he make any dissapointed noises to the press, just got his head down and understood why he wasn't in the team.'

He also added that his attitude was far better than Lita's and at no point, according to the City fan, did Heff give it the 'big-un' down the Waterfront or go all 'gangster' on a family man who asked for an autograph for his kid.

I'm delighted with this signing.

So he didn't pop a cap in his ass then?

This looks like a real good signing.

I am hoping that tomorrow night all and i mean ALL the team play their hearts out.

Seemingly, The Heff is polite, reserved and more than willing to talk to suppoters who spot him when they are out and about. Lita, so I was told, thought that playing in League One meant he was power personified (which might explain why Steve Brooker kicked the s**t out of him at a Christmas Party).

[Ricardo]

gasheadnaboo, on 08 February 2010 - 08:34 PM, said:

gasheadnaboo, on 08 February 2010 - 08:32 PM, said:

http://www.socceram....oftheyear#watch #13

Looks like a Lambo/Walker love child to me, looks like he may be a great signing if he does come.
As a West Ham casual follower I can safely say WBA wont miss him as Nouble is an awesome player.

i tried to watch it but everytime my mouse kept clicking on one of the other goals for some reason

[MJHGAS]

Let's hope the poor bloke gets a lie in tomorrow morning! From his picture, it looks like Lennie dragged him from his pit in the early hours of this morning! I know we were desperate for a signing...................

[4evergas67]

Steve from Stoke, on 08 February 2010 - 09:57 PM, said:

4evergas67, on 08 February 2010 - 09:45 PM, said:

Steve from Stoke, on 08 February 2010 - 09:19 PM, said:

Speaking to a City fan about Heff, he said,

'Without doubt, he would have been a 20 goal a season player in League One when he was with us, but he never got the chance to show that purely due to the outstanding form, at the time, of Leroy Lita. That was the only reason he left us, he didn't get into the team because of the outstanding form of Lita. Also going in his favour is that he seemed 'easy going', not once; having been signed for big money did he make any dissapointed noises to the press, just got his head down and understood why he wasn't in the team.'

He also added that his attitude was far better than Lita's and at no point, according to the City fan, did Heff give it the 'big-un' down the Waterfront or go all 'gangster' on a family man who asked for an autograph for his kid.

I'm delighted with this signing.

So he didn't pop a cap in his ass then?

This looks like a real good signing.

I am hoping that tomorrow night all and i mean ALL the team play their hearts out.

Seemingly, The Heff is polite, reserved and more than willing to talk to suppoters who spot him when they are out and about. Lita, so I was told, thought that playing in League One meant he was power personified (which might explain why Steve Brooker kicked the s**t out of him at a Christmas Party).

I did hear that Lita was a bit of an assh0le and that Brooker gave him a little bit of a shoe'in but it is nice to have it confirmed.

[sammyboiii101]

Steve from Stoke, on 08 February 2010 - 09:57 PM, said:

4evergas67, on 08 February 2010 - 09:45 PM, said:

Steve from Stoke, on 08 February 2010 - 09:19 PM, said:

Speaking to a City fan about Heff, he said,

'Without doubt, he would have been a 20 goal a season player in League One when he was with us, but he never got the chance to show that purely due to the outstanding form, at the time, of Leroy Lita. That was the only reason he left us, he didn't get into the team because of the outstanding form of Lita. Also going in his favour is that he seemed 'easy going', not once; having been signed for big money did he make any dissapointed noises to the press, just got his head down and understood why he wasn't in the team.'

He also added that his attitude was far better than Lita's and at no point, according to the City fan, did Heff give it the 'big-un' down the Waterfront or go all 'gangster' on a family man who asked for an autograph for his kid.

I'm delighted with this signing.

So he didn't pop a cap in his ass then?

This looks like a real good signing.

I am hoping that tomorrow night all and i mean ALL the team play their hearts out.

Seemingly, The Heff is polite, reserved and more than willing to talk to suppoters who spot him when they are out and about. Lita, so I was told, thought that playing in League One meant he was power personified (which might explain why Steve Brooker kicked the s**t out of him at a Christmas Party).

The Heff... love that!