Billy Sharp

[paddy Agyemang]

Or he is holding out to see his options he probably won't even score many goals if he does come

[5waller5]

The fact that he wants a farewell game is just great business from his viewpoint.

The only potential loser is LCFC if he's injured.

But from BS's point of view: He get's to say goodbye to the fans he clearly has a bond with. He wastes a few days of the transfer window so if there were any lurking bidders they get a chance to come in for him. If he gets injured he stays at Donny which doesn't bother him and he moves in the summer.

Sounds like we are in a weak negotiating position and have had to just say yes, despite it being the last thing we want.

Hey ho .... he has the higher stack of chips, simple as that.

[Adster]

If true, ridiculous.

Say we draw 0-0 at home to Barnsley tomorrow in desperate need of a striker to put a chance away to win us the match and we've agreed to wait for Sharp to have his farewell love-in at a club that he's been at for a couple of seasons or so. A goodbye can be said in a newspaper, on a radio or in a television interview.

Let's not forget, Donny aren't his first club, the team he supports, or any of that. If Sharp wants to join us for footballing reasons (which should be the motive behind any move) then he would want to give us the best chance of winning. If Pearson feels he's what we need then we need him in the team now, or at least not risking any kind of injury tomorrow. If II were Pearson I would have given an ultimatum: either you genuinely and wholeheartedly want to join us and are willing to sacrifice playing for Doncaster tomorrow (or ever again) or you don't join. Simple as.

[80footgiraffe]

If true, ridiculous.

Say we draw 0-0 at home to Barnsley tomorrow in desperate need of a striker to put a chance away to win us the match and we've agreed to wait for Sharp to have his farewell love-in at a club that he's been at for a couple of seasons or so. A goodbye can be said in a newspaper, on a radio or in a television interview.

Let's not forget, Donny aren't his first club, the team he supports, or any of that. If Sharp wants to join us for footballing reasons (which should be the motive behind any move) then he would want to give us the best chance of winning. If Pearson feels he's what we need then we need him in the team now, or at least not risking any kind of injury tomorrow. If II were Pearson I would have given an ultimatum: either you genuinely and wholeheartedly want to join us and are willing to sacrifice playing for Doncaster tomorrow (or ever again) or you don't join. Simple as.

wow. Have you heard of emotions other than anger? It doesn't matter how long you've been somewhere, you have love for a club. Saying goodbye is a gentlemanly thing to do instead of walking off. If we draw 0-0 tomorrow then I'm not going to blame Billy Sharp, thats completely illogical. I think the lad is a star and after the extremely tragic loss of his son, leaving the place that holds memories of him is difficult. Please use a dictionary and look up the word empathy. I thinlk ou should learn to use it more

[He's not bald]

Have to agree, if Billy Sharp is coming here we have to respect that he wants to say goodbye to Donny by signing off in the right way,it's obvious that he loves the club and it will always mean the world to him and his family, I'm sure it will be a massive wrench wherever he goes, he would have needed that final farewell and even if he does choose us he won't be in the right frame of mind to give 100% until he has done that.

[Freeman's Wharfer]

Seems like plenty of people disagree with what I said.

Some have said cold hearted, some have despaired, some have said I'm angry. To all of those who think that Sharp is the goalscorer we need, how would you feel if we drew against Barnsley tomorrow and at the end of the season missed the play-offs by a point? Yes, a hypothetical situation but if you want to discredit the hypothetical then you want to deal in the certainties. And the certainty at the current moment in time is that an LCFC side containing Billy Sharp stands a greater chance of winning than an LCFC side without him.

For me, the point is that we haven't the time for emotion. This season has seen us fall far enough off the pace as it is. If we win tomorrow, Sharp has his farewell at Doncaster etc then all is well. If we lose tomorrow then we'll all look to the deficiency that we so abundantly currently have: scoring goals. Something that Sharp has proved himself capable of doing time and again.

Yes the matter is clouded slightly with the issue of emotion. Sharp lost his son whilst at Doncaster, they stood by him and supported him. But his thanks for this doesn't need to be expressed on the pitch. The death of his son was not a footballing matter, the thanks for the support he received subsequently needn't be so too. I am in no way belittling the loss of his son. What I am doing is dealing in harsh realities, something that we need to do if we're going to save this season. And that reality is that we have 17 days to find ourselves a goalscorer and 21 games to give ourselves a chance promotion.

We need Sharp tomorrow, Pearson will be wanting Sharp tomorrow, and if Sharp wants to be here for footballing, career-enhancing reasons then Sharp would be here tomorrow. It would be lovely to have the fairytale ending with Sharp having his farewell at Doncaster, to inject a little emotion and sensitivity into a move that is clearly dominated by reasons to the contrary (let's face it, as much as we might want/need him Sharp is only leaving the security and comfort of his Doncaster haven for financial gain). Football's not like that though now, and if we're to be successful we need to develop a little bit of that cut-throat mentality. We saw where a summer with a prolonged courting of Maynard got us and 14 days into January we're still no better off than a side humbled by Ipswitch and Portsmouth at home.

I know what I'd like and that's a heartfelt thanks in the Doncaster paper/programme by Billy Sharp as he lines up to help us bag three points against Barnsley.

[Bob Weasel Fox]

What about the support the club gave him when his Son died? He's bound to feel an affinity with them after that.

top banana, how very true

[Jace]

Seems like plenty of people disagree with what I said.

Some have said cold hearted, some have despaired, some have said I'm angry. To all of those who think that Sharp is the goalscorer we need, how would you feel if we drew against Barnsley tomorrow and at the end of the season missed the play-offs by a point? Yes, a hypothetical situation but if you want to discredit the hypothetical then you want to deal in the certainties. And the certainty at the current moment in time is that an LCFC side containing Billy Sharp stands a greater chance of winning than an LCFC side without him.

For me, the point is that we haven't the time for emotion. This season has seen us fall far enough off the pace as it is. If we win tomorrow, Sharp has his farewell at Doncaster etc then all is well. If we lose tomorrow then we'll all look to the deficiency that we so abundantly currently have: scoring goals. Something that Sharp has proved himself capable of doing time and again.

Yes the matter is clouded slightly with the issue of emotion. Sharp lost his son whilst at Doncaster, they stood by him and supported him. But his thanks for this doesn't need to be expressed on the pitch. The death of his son was not a footballing matter, the thanks for the support he received subsequently needn't be so too. I am in no way belittling the loss of his son. What I am doing is dealing in harsh realities, something that we need to do if we're going to save this season. And that reality is that we have 17 days to find ourselves a goalscorer and 21 games to give ourselves a chance promotion.

We need Sharp tomorrow, Pearson will be wanting Sharp tomorrow, and if Sharp wants to be here for footballing, career-enhancing reasons then Sharp would be here tomorrow. It would be lovely to have the fairytale ending with Sharp having his farewell at Doncaster, to inject a little emotion and sensitivity into a move that is clearly dominated by reasons to the contrary (let's face it, as much as we might want/need him Sharp is only leaving the security and comfort of his Doncaster haven for financial gain). Football's not like that though now, and if we're to be successful we need to develop a little bit of that cut-throat mentality. We saw where a summer with a prolonged courting of Maynard got us and 14 days into January we're still no better off than a side humbled by Ipswitch and Portsmouth at home.

I know what I'd like and that's a heartfelt thanks in the Doncaster paper/programme by Billy Sharp as he lines up to help us bag three points against Barnsley.

If we miss the play offs by 1 point I would be more pissed off bout the 3 points he cost us when we played Doncaster away but not because he didn't play tomorrow. If he wants to play for Doncaster again he is well within his right he is not under contract with us yet and hopefully he will be next week

[Kitchandro]

If we miss the play-offs by one point there will be numerous incidents I will look to, though pinpointing one in particular wouldn't make sense, since we have/will throw points away more than once. I wouldn't consider Sharp not playing one game for us a massive moment. Even if Sharp was a signigficant figure this season I'd say 'what if we had signed him in the summer?'.

I don't even think this is a make or break signing like thw wingers would be.

[thybluefox]

But what if we had bought him in time for the game later and he scored an own goal, costing us 3 points?? Or he helps Donny beat Cardiff tomorrow, and we beat them into 6th by one point?

What a stupid argument.

[Leicester_Loyal]

Fourth_Official Fourth Official

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@BranLCFC19 expected to sign next week, will play for #DRFC this weekend however

That was wrote on Thursday.

[MPH]

Seems like plenty of people disagree with what I said.

Some have said cold hearted, some have despaired, some have said I'm angry. To all of those who think that Sharp is the goalscorer we need, how would you feel if we drew against Barnsley tomorrow and at the end of the season missed the play-offs by a point? Yes, a hypothetical situation but if you want to discredit the hypothetical then you want to deal in the certainties.

Ok lets deal with certainties... I am certain we have had enough chances this season to of gotten more points then we currently do. I am certain that Beckford, Howard and all the other strikers who have played this season and not scored when they should of will shoulder more blame if we miss out by that one point that you mentioned because of all the chances they have missed. I am certain they would be more to blame than a man who wants to say goodbye to a club who was there for him in what can be the most difficult time imaginable for a man and father to go through.

I am also certain you are a heartless moron.

[JmorsonLCFC]

Seems like plenty of people disagree with what I said.

Some have said cold hearted, some have despaired, some have said I'm angry. To all of those who think that Sharp is the goalscorer we need, how would you feel if we drew against Barnsley tomorrow and at the end of the season missed the play-offs by a point? Yes, a hypothetical situation but if you want to discredit the hypothetical then you want to deal in the certainties. And the certainty at the current moment in time is that an LCFC side containing Billy Sharp stands a greater chance of winning than an LCFC side without him.

For me, the point is that we haven't the time for emotion. This season has seen us fall far enough off the pace as it is. If we win tomorrow, Sharp has his farewell at Doncaster etc then all is well. If we lose tomorrow then we'll all look to the deficiency that we so abundantly currently have: scoring goals. Something that Sharp has proved himself capable of doing time and again.

Yes the matter is clouded slightly with the issue of emotion. Sharp lost his son whilst at Doncaster, they stood by him and supported him. But his thanks for this doesn't need to be expressed on the pitch. The death of his son was not a footballing matter, the thanks for the support he received subsequently needn't be so too. I am in no way belittling the loss of his son. What I am doing is dealing in harsh realities, something that we need to do if we're going to save this season. And that reality is that we have 17 days to find ourselves a goalscorer and 21 games to give ourselves a chance promotion.

We need Sharp tomorrow, Pearson will be wanting Sharp tomorrow, and if Sharp wants to be here for footballing, career-enhancing reasons then Sharp would be here tomorrow. It would be lovely to have the fairytale ending with Sharp having his farewell at Doncaster, to inject a little emotion and sensitivity into a move that is clearly dominated by reasons to the contrary (let's face it, as much as we might want/need him Sharp is only leaving the security and comfort of his Doncaster haven for financial gain). Football's not like that though now, and if we're to be successful we need to develop a little bit of that cut-throat mentality. We saw where a summer with a prolonged courting of Maynard got us and 14 days into January we're still no better off than a side humbled by Ipswitch and Portsmouth at home.

I know what I'd like and that's a heartfelt thanks in the Doncaster paper/programme by Billy Sharp as he lines up to help us bag three points against Barnsley.

so at the end of the season when we miss out by one point, youll blame billy sharp and not the 0-0 draw at home to peterborough, 1-2 defeat to doncaster, and the numnerous shit home performances we've had? Grow up .

[jdean]

after reading a lot of posts on here about Billy Sharp and not joining us as of yet. I believe doncaster played Barnsley recently and a section of Barnsley fans chanted a lot horrible stuff towards Billy Sharp. To do with the tragic news about Billy Sharps Son. As we are playing against Barnsley on Saturday why would he want to join and play against them, if he misses this match and then does sign for us he will not play against them for at least the rest of this season.

[Jimmy]

so at the end of the season when we miss out by one point, youll blame billy sharp and not the 0-0 draw at home to peterborough, 1-2 defeat to doncaster, and the numnerous shit home performances we've had? Grow up .

that's why he'll blame Billy Sharp

[Extra Time Spike]

If Billy Sharp reads the posts by

Freeman's Wharfer

I can see him saying stuff Leicester. What about when he is not scoring because of your inept mid field, are you going to be getting on his back for it? Are you going to expect Billy to run around trying to do the mid fields work, he's a striker for god sake like Beckford is.

I can see Leicester ruining the career of another footballer and toss pots like Freemans Wharfer will say he is shite and let's get another one to ruin.

Call yourself football fans!!!!!

[Guest ttfn]

Get off Freeman Wharfer's back.

He's made a reasonable case in an articulate way, which is more than can be said for the goons on twitter begging Sharp to come. As others have pointed out this is only one of 46 games, but at this stage of the season time is against us and we don't currently have anyone who looks remotely like scoring.

That said, if Sharp is the right player, and I believe he is (although I'd still have liked Maynard) then we should wait for him. It's not the end of the world if he misses today.

Now for that elusive winger...

[The Year Of The Fox]

I don't think he'll come

[deep blue]

Get off Freeman Wharfer's back.

He's made a reasonable case in an articulate way, which is more than can be said for the goons on twitter begging Sharp to come. As others have pointed out this is only one of 46 games, but at this stage of the season time is against us and we don't currently have anyone who looks remotely like scoring.

That said, if Sharp is the right player, and I believe he is (although I'd still have liked Maynard) then we should wait for him. It's not the end of the world if he misses today.

Now for that elusive winger...

Agreed.Freeman Wharfer shouldn't be pilloried for an articulately stated view. I respect his viewpoint, and it is frustrating not to have Sharp starting for us today. However, at the end of the day, if we can't beat Barnsley at home without Sharp then you have to look at the ineptitude of our current strikers, and of Sven in failing to land a 20-a-season man when he had all summer to do it.

[dannythefox]

We'll soon see if he comes off on 88minutes to a standing ovation and says bye to the crowd if he doesn't we should be worried! My Grandad's off to Donny today he's a season ticket holder so I will speak to him after the game and see if anything's happened! Will post on here if there's any news.

[Foxes Blue Blood]

Perhaps with his assistance Donny will beat Cardiff, the loss of three points to Cardiff at the end of the season might benefit us. who knows.

[bluearmyfox23]

"Lcfcstu" why would you not think that billy sharp isnt coming? Everything has been agreed, the only thing that could possibly turn his head is that he realises how much donny need him and how the fans love him!?

[foxfanazer]

"Lcfcstu" why would you not think that billy sharp isnt coming? Everything has been agreed, the only thing that could possibly turn his head is that he realises how much donny need him and how the fans love him!?

Has he agreed personal terms?

[bluearmyfox23]

^^ according to fourth official and the LM, everything has been agreed, I personally would expect him to sign on Monday!?

[foxfanazer]

^^ according to fourth official and the LM, everything has been agreed, I personally would expect him to sign on Monday!?

Thanks