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Player Profile : Kemar Roofe

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Today's player

Kemar Roofe

Retain as our main striker next season ?

Retain as a bench player ?

Move on ?

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retain yes... but not as a midfielder... he is a striker

if he can keep fit, will score 25+ goals in this system

7.5 for last season, injuries and recovery from them dropped his form a bit.
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Retain Yes

Starter If fit and finds his shooting boots again yes after last season he deserves to be given another opportunity to prove he is a top striker

Bench Nope

Rating last season 7 overall without the injuries I’m sure he’d have scored many more goals
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DO NOT retain as midfielder, he ain't one

Retain as striker for me.

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radebe88 wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:30 am 6./10 = had early promise but then injures had an impact on form. Sometimes i feel his knack of scoring tap ins etc kept him on the pitch when he was having a bad game
No better reason for keeping a striker on the pitch tbf ;-)
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Keep as striker. He's our starting number 9 unless someone else is brought in. If he eats fit he scores 20+.

Contract is an issue, but I can see it getting sorted regardless of TOMA.

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Move on for me.

Dont think the club should be offering him £30k a week and if that is what he wants then sell now.

Also frankly im yet to be convinced he is a 20 goal a season striker in the Championship.

6.5 started well but like Bamford to wasteful.
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I'd want Roofe to be retained certainly he has more to offer for sure.
Sure he's only here a relative short time and ÌF he stays fit he can be more productive.
Passing is sharp, movement is exceptionally good, workrate is excellent & allround game very , very good.
Of course does he stay...? Difficult if a big offer came in.
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Retain as a striker
Starts if fit
Only if his wage demands become excessive
7.5 for the season. Without injuries, he'd have had 20+
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hector wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:34 am
if he can keep fit, will score 25+ goals in this system
Unconvinced we'll get 25 goals from Roofe as I doubt we'll get 40 matches out of him.

Should have easily got at least 20 goals last season
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Should we sign a proven goalscorer Roofe would be on the bench for me

If a signing doesn't materialise Roofe starts

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A tricky one this as it is hard to know exactly what we can get from Kemar Roofe next season. Last season was a breakout season for him in terms of scoring at this level but equally we were a team that created the most chances in the league so should our striker (be it Roofe or Bamford) have been scoring more.

At present I would be concerned if we started next season with Roofe and Bamford as our only striking options.

Retain as first team starter: Not as a guaranteed starter but would keep him as a first team player that may be a squad member but would likely start a lot of games.

Retain as squad player: Yes

Sell: If an offer was decent and it would bring in someone who would be almost guaranteed to score more.
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Kemar Roofe didn't score in 20 of his 32 appearances so I don't buy he is a 25 goals a season striker.

Why no goals in 20 matches ?
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Because some he was playing injured, some he was recovering, and at least 8 he was played out of position.
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hector wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:24 pm Because some he was playing injured, some he was recovering, and at least 8 he was played out of position.
So he didn't miss an abundance of chances that a clinical striker would normally score

Same problem applies to Bamford too imo !

Both injury prone & not physically strong enough to play at least 40 games a season
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Retain as our main striker next season ?

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Retain as a bench player ?

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Move on ?

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Rating out of 10 last season

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Definitely keep.
I rate Bamford higher but the competition between them should keep them in their toes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YEQR_lz9Cc

Roofe making fans over in Belguim.

4 goals in the last 3 games.
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I really miss Kemar...big mistake but I think MB told him he was going to be behind Bamford. He'd probably have only played sporadically for us had he stayed. I'm going to say it...Better than Beckford!
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