The Signing of Billy Sharp

On Wednesday the 22nd of January, we are discovered the news every Rovers fan had been hoping for, for 2 years. The return of Billy Sharp.

Now i'm sure you have heard a lot about this, and will continue to hear more, but why is this such a big signing for us? Especially with it it just being a loan.

We all saw his quality during his time with us before, and he certainly knows where the goal is.
With Dickov's team, he has strengthen every area of the team. However, even with the signing of Theo Robinson and Kiko Macheda who was on loan until January and seems unlikely to return, we rarely seemed much of a threat infront of goal. Something that ex manager Sean O'Driscoll experienced up until the signing of Billy Sharp. Now fans will be hoping Billy can put away the chances created by the likes of Duffy, Forrester, Husband, Wellens.

It's great news for all involved, especially coming after the news that Wellens has signed and 18 month contract, and the recent strengthening of defense with Meite and Tamas. Credit certainly goes to Paul Dickov, and board. Especially given the recent stick Bramall and Watson had received, the very people that were quick to criticize these people seem to be very quiet of late.

Now ignoring the on field matters, how is this signing of Billy Sharp so important?

Billy is seen as a hero here at Doncaster, he is well credited for his goals, work rate and passion, which is something we all want to see from the fans. It was the main thing that ruined 'the experiment' two years ago, players coming in that seemingly didn't care and put the effort in. Another example of this is people liking the less technical players such as David Syers, Paul Green, Paul Keegan and Ricky Ravenhill to name a few, that work really hard, as opposed to David Cotterill, Jay E. Thomas that have no doubt got immense talent but don't work as hard.
Now this signing will be quite expensive having to pay his wages, I don't know the terms of the loan but I imagine we are paying quite a bit for him, however there is no doubt the signing will raise money, people will be getting Sharp 10 on the back of there shirts, people may be encouraged to go and watch knowing Billy is back. The club are encouraging this with the 10 match multi game ticket offer.

In answer to the stupid media rumors about Rovers potentially going into administration, if the signing of Wellens wasn't enough to prove that story a load of cobblers, and the signings of Meite and Tamas didn't, then this certainly will.

Lets hope this signing along with the others will keep us up this season!
Credit to everyone who got the deal done.

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The Donny Pop