Well he's been a major thorn in our side every time he has played against us,very pleased to see him sign and balance up the strikers we now have available.
Well done Gary Rowett !

I agree - very impressive 18 months ago when he ran our defence (ok, it was TJ and Patrick Ada) a merry dance. Could not get the ball off him all afternoon. Scored one but was comprehensively MOTM in a 4-1 trashing that signaled the end of Mr Peschisolido's tenure as manager.

So as the catalyst for transformation we already have good reason to welcome him as a Brewer.

Another 16 goal season will complete the process.

Good luck, Rene, and well done Gary & Ben

Excellent signing. I am really pleased.

As has been said, he is an excellent target man and very difficult to get the ball off.

Better than Calvin Zola? Quite possibly. His strike rate is very good at this level. However, what is important is that he will play more games than Calvin.

Delighted by this news. I hope we sign Rory Delap next.

There might be an issue behind the scenes with Paterson that we do not know about.

I'd not looked at it like that Steve ! We certainly do have good reason to welcome him to the Pirelli stadium !

At last we have a power house up front and a very mobile one at that.Its a fantastic signing in my opinion and Gaz has done well to get him.This lad knows where the net is so fingers crossed he scores 20 plus this coming season.I know Burton boy wanted Paterson but this lad is a proven striker and in another class and will compliment what we already have.

Good to see a signing you're all pleased with! Sounds like he'll be ideal to get on the end of Rory's long throws, or Delapadators if you will.

Yep a good signing and a direct replacement for Calvin, although I would still rather have Calv.

I still think there's room for Pato, only Billy and Rene are better imho, so I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed that the youngster is re-signed.

Just had a look at a Torquay forum, they are surprised that he has joined little old Burton and it can only be for 'money' reasons as he had interest from lots of L1 and Scottish clubs. He is injury prone and has disciplinary record is terrible.

A new start for the lad at Burton and lets hope he bangs those goals in for us, well done GR.

Yes a good signing ,well done Gary we needed a lift and we now have one ,he will score goals thats for sure and i feel a lot more confident going into the season ,a fit Billy Kee alongside him and we will be a force im sure .Did they play together at Torquay ?

A good signing...very good strike rate and well experienced in League 2. I expect him to do well for the Brewers.

Imagine this scenario folks. Delap hurling the ball in to the box from anywhere beyond the halfway line on to the head of The Tank. It's got to be worth a stack of goals throughout the season.

If another club does it, it is the ugliest football in the world and cannot be condoned. When you are the club doing it then it is perfectly acceptable.

Got to say that I am surprised with GR signing Howe. He's a generally unfit and ill disciplined player who, although he managed a good total of goals last season was not generally liked by the Torquay fans. They seem to think he's only come to Burton for the money, so BR must have dug deep!

So we've now got two strikers that are 15/20 goals strikers, we still need at least another one because I am gobsmacked with Symes signings, just think he will bring very little to the table. that only leaves Knowles.

I'm with BurtonBoy on Pato, he was brilliant for us last season and I was told on Saturday that he was only told two days before pre-season that the club was renaging on his contract - poor by the club if true. Maybe it is down to the money we are having to pay Howe? and of course it won't be cheap to sign Delap.

Slightly happier with the squad now, but still think we are lacking up front and at the back.

Wow. Aren't you a ray of sunshine.

First you criticize Rowett for signing the "ill disciplined and unfit" Howe and then say that he's a 15/20 goal a season striker, something you've been yearning for since Zola went. For the record, Howe has played more games and scored more goals than Zola for each of the past two seasons.

Secondly you continue to have a go at Michael Symes despite the fact that he's now a Burton Albion player and is clearly in Gary Rowett's plans.

Can you try actually supporting the club instead of continually knocking it?

And so it begins, the trolls are out lol!

I haven't criticised anyone, especially Rowett. The Torquay fans have said Howe is ill disciplined and unfit! He scored 16 goals last season, if he replciates that I will be the happiest Brewer on the planet!

Zola was a phenominal player for this club, no one in comparison has every played for this club. Whether or not Howe is fit to fill his boots remains to be seen.

Symes was rubbish last season, sorry if you don't agree. I saw nothing in his game that said we should sign him, sorry if you don't agree, but I would rather Knowles played than Symes and I've yet to see him play!

Try supporting the club, are you having a laugh? I missed three games ALL season last season and have only missed a few games over the last ten seasons, if that is not supporting the club then what is?

I will continue to support my team the way I want to. This is a forum for supporters to say what they feel, warts and all, not just to put on a pair or rose tinted glasses and agree with everything.

Now go away, and try supporting your team.

We all have opinions on various things to do with our football club Burton 1,you have yours and all on here have theres thats what makes things on here so interesting.The need for sniping is not acceptable on the BAFC forum we all take in what threaders say and if we dont agree we just disagree in a calm and pleasant manner that way we stay close as a fan base.Please keep giving your views and your welcome to do so my friend anytime.

Yes lets not start falling out on here already ,we are all voicing our opinions , it makes for interesting discussion and debate , what we dont want are people to stop airing their views for fear of upsetting someone or the club . We are all fans otherwise we wouldnt bother to write ,lets continue to be the best fans in league two on ja606 .

Touche fellas, last thing we need on here is the odd troll to come on and try to upset what is a beautiful applecart

This is the best and only forum for true debate that I can find on BAFC, long may it continue