Guitar Man
Midfield
100% we won't get a proven striker in Jan window because........
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221 days since a striker scored . . .
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jimmy grimble
Subs Bench
Milan bid 13m for Burstow in the summer. Chelsea rejected it, I hope he gets ore of a chanceBurstow back to Chelsea and another loan in
The Situation
Striker
Stewart has played a grand total of 17 minutes this season and we are a third of the way through.
In total, he would have been unavailable for 53 of our last 66 games.
I think Ross is an excellent player but hanging your hat on a player who has struggled to stay fit for a significant amount of time of late is a recipe for disaster.
Of course it would be a no brainer to pay any player X amount of money if it guaranteed promotion, but it doesn't.
Boro, Coventry and Swansea had 20 goal a season strikers last year and none of the three got promoted. Blackpool had a striker who scored 15 and they got relegated.
Or if he gets injured again and doesn't play for 4 months then we are screwed if we're paying him £30k a week.
No new news, but none the less shocking stat. TM has worked miracles with what he has had.
Mayenda is our only chance and he’s a kid .
That’s because he doesn’t have a defensive midfielder to chose from. I know you understand that defending is not just the job of the back 4.
Best striker performance of the season v Southampton was Jobe, but he’s also played as one of the two in central midfield.
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Superbadross
Midfield
Mental stat that …
craigypants
Striker
Feels like a century since Roberts scored....attacking winger who never scores or assists. Wouldn't be picking him but Mowbray does.
Don't let the fact that at this stage last season we'd already failed to score in six games get in the way of your "pretty accurate" rant, marra. (Norwich, Boro, Preston, Blackburn, Blackpool, Cardiff).
We've also scored more than at this stage, last season. Spot on, other than that, though.
Haway man, at least have the nous to check your facts before having a dig.
Alfa
Striker
You‘re right I missed the ‘away from home’ in my point.
Last season by this time we’d failed to score away from home twice by this point this season in the league (at Boro and Blackburn). So far this term we‘ve drawn a blank at double that number.
sunderpitt
Striker
Martin Samuel, Sunday Times, writing about financial shenanigans in the EPL.
He discusses in part the 'sustainable' model mocking it and using Southampton as evidence...
' Nothing grows organically if a vandal keeps entering the garden, pulling young plants out by the root. This leaves one form of growth, Inward Investment'
In other words, KLD, buy an experienced striker or two in January for a chance of success this season.
He discusses in part the 'sustainable' model mocking it and using Southampton as evidence...
' Nothing grows organically if a vandal keeps entering the garden, pulling young plants out by the root. This leaves one form of growth, Inward Investment'
In other words, KLD, buy an experienced striker or two in January for a chance of success this season.
Ah you're just changing your argument to suit? I see.
Concisely, it means that last season, we failed to score at home four times, up to this point and this season, just twice. People wanted home form to improve and it has. Unfortunately away form is suffering because we've changed the way we play.
Alfa
Striker
We’ve already lost seven games this season (the same number as Huddersfield who sit just above the relegation zone).Ah you're just changing your argument to suit? I see.
Concisely, it means that last season, we failed to score at home four times, up to this point and this season, just twice. People wanted home form to improve and it has. Unfortunately away form is suffering because we've changed the way we play.
We’re doing ok sitting 9th but unless things are addressed with the deficiencies in this side we’re not going to finish much higher than that imo. In your utopian world we might be great and that’s fine but I’m still hopeful of genuine improvement this season.
I'm aware of how many we've lost, but we've also won more than at this stage, last season and thus, have more points than...
Things aren't great in my world but I can see signs of improvement in players that we need to improve. I think that the signs are there that our two main strikers will score, soon enough and if we can stay amongst the pack until January when we can (surely) bring in a holding midfielder, I think we'll do OK
wicketkeeper
Striker
If you have a striker who can score it takes pressure off the defence
That's because they were poor teams but a good striker got them to a position where they could challenge.
We are a good side who would be challenging with a half decent striker
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Binxy
Striker
What signs have you seen from our strikers that they can score goals?
barts45
Winger
It has to be i think
I've seen them get into the right positions but fluffing their lines, so to speak. I think that once they get the first one, the rest will follow. Rusyn was poor yesterday but all the signs are there, for me at least, that the lad knows what he's doing. Mayenda has still played less than 90 minutes, I think but other than his horrendous first touch for his chance, he looks the part.
Binxy
Striker
Mayenda looks the most likely for me despite playing the least minutes.
Hemir and Burstow look shite.
Turner the Cat
Midfield
Hopefully one of our strikers will come good in the long run but short term I'm not sure it was ever likely to work. We've 3 inexperienced strikers who have just 9 professional goals between them all in lower league football and another who, by our own ommission, needs time to adapt. I'm still confused as to whether Rusyn's best position is striker.
