Another two goals for Johnson Clarke Harris today


I don't know who he is, that's normal for me, is he any good? What are his strengths and weaknesses?
He does alright in L1, not so good at all in the Championship. The Wicket won't leave it as hes found ONE internet article that agrees with him so he bases his assumption as fact now. The underlining point is, we didn't sign him so we move on and I don't think many will lose sleep over it.
 
He does alright in L1, not so good at all in the Championship. The Wicket won't leave it as hes found ONE internet article that agrees with him so he bases his assumption as fact now. The underlining point is, we didn't sign him so we move on and I don't think many will lose sleep over it.
Well I don't know about you but I ssuspect quite a few will be annoyed if we do not make the play offs because we didn't sign a striker
 
Well I don't know about you but I ssuspect quite a few will be annoyed if we do not make the play offs because we didn't sign a striker
The assumption of signing any average striker has not worked out well for us in the past. This has been argued over and over again on here and I'm sure the recruitment are aware of this. We didn't sign one, it was a balls up and awful timing with Stewart injured and Simms going, again that's been established.

We can't sign anyone now so move on or keep bleating about it like a jilted ex.
 
FFS he would score goals in our team.
He scored 12 last year in the championship in an atrocious Peterborough team that were relegated. He has 18 already this season

Of course he is 28 and no sell on fee so he is out even though his goals could have helped us get 150 milion.
Sometimes you have to deviate from the plan
I'm sure it's been discussed but what if we sign him for £5m plus a 3 year deal on X amount per week, he scores 15 goals, we still don't get promoted, next season he's 29 and doesn't score. We have to sell Stewart as we can't afford to have two strikers on the wages Clarke Harris demanded for what would assumedly be his last big move, and then we finish 16th next season?
 
hE SCORED 6 .
Clarke Harris has 18 so far and 31 in 2021
and 12 in a very poor championship side that were relegated last year
He would score goals in our team with the chances we create and would have given us a focal point
He's f***ing shit man. Log off.
 
Signing a striker doesn't guarantee making the playoffs. Remember when everyone thought signing Will Grigg guaranteed us promotion?
I'd rather not remember that 😊
hE SCORED 6 .
Clarke Harris has 18 so far and 31 in 2021
and 12 in a very poor championship side that were relegated last year
He would score goals in our team with the chances we create and would have given us a focal point
Its a good point but not a reality now so not even worth twisting about.
 
Last edited:
I'm sure it's been discussed but what if we sign him for £5m plus a 3 year deal on X amount per week, he scores 15 goals, we still don't get promoted, next season he's 29 and doesn't score. We have to sell Stewart as we can't afford to have two strikers on the wages Clarke Harris demanded for what would assumedly be his last big move, and then we finish 16th next season?
Posters like the Wicket don't think like that mate. They just think "any striker = promotion". It's the mentality of a bairn, which he may very well be. Others on here banging the same shite drum, definitely aren't which is worse.
 
Last edited:
Maybe not, but not having one has written off any chances we had

It hasn't written it off at all. Losing Ross Stewart has significantly hampered our chances, nothing has been written off though. The job Stewart does for this side is difficult to replicate. He's probably the most hard working striker I've ever seen for us, he just never stops. Runs into the channels, battles and challenges for headers, chases lost causes. All of this stretches the opposition defence and creates space for Clarke/Pritchard/Roberts/Amad to go and be destructive. He has the bloody handy knack of being able to put the ball in the net regularly too. This is incredidibly hard to replicate at this level without spending a fortune (probably Gyokeres... thats just not realistic.)

We could have gone and signed any old striker. I've gone through before why I think Clarke-Harris in particular would have been a bad choice so I won't again. The style of forward is all important though - remember the year Wyke scored a hat full? We were so one dimensional as a result because he was unable to play any other way than stand in the box and be picked out by Mcgeady's quality. This limited our other attacking play because we had an immobile striker who wasn't good enough to mix his game up so the chances for others were at a premium because the attacking third was so compact. The wrong kind of forward would take away space for the likes of Clarke/Pritchard/Roberts/Amad to go and do what they're very good at, the exact feature which has seen us play some lovely football this season and be such a threat around the oppositions goal.

TL;DR - It's not just as simple as stick a striker on and we'll win games.
 
- £150 million 😀 😀 😀 😀
As if paying £5 million for a bang average, ageing, league one striker at this level would guarantee promotion and £150 million income. Absolutely on another planet mate

Getting to the point where we all just say “oh yes you’re so correct”, pat you on the head and blank any future transfer comments from you really.
 
Last edited:
It hasn't written it off at all. Losing Ross Stewart has significantly hampered our chances, nothing has been written off though. The job Stewart does for this side is difficult to replicate. He's probably the most hard working striker I've ever seen for us, he just never stops. Runs into the channels, battles and challenges for headers, chases lost causes. All of this stretches the opposition defence and creates space for Clarke/Pritchard/Roberts/Amad to go and be destructive. He has the bloody handy knack of being able to put the ball in the net regularly too. This is incredidibly hard to replicate at this level without spending a fortune (probably Gyokeres... thats just not realistic.)

We could have gone and signed any old striker. I've gone through before why I think Clarke-Harris in particular would have been a bad choice so I won't again. The style of forward is all important though - remember the year Wyke scored a hat full? We were so one dimensional as a result because he was unable to play any other way than stand in the box and be picked out by Mcgeady's quality. This limited our other attacking play because we had an immobile striker who wasn't good enough to mix his game up so the chances for others were at a premium because the attacking third was so compact. The wrong kind of forward would take away space for the likes of Clarke/Pritchard/Roberts/Amad to go and do what they're very good at, the exact feature which has seen us play some lovely football this season and be such a threat around the oppositions goal.

TL;DR - It's not just as simple as stick a striker on and we'll win games.
Signing JCH would be idiotic but losing Stewart and not adequately replacing him has written off our chances.
 
Last edited:
He's f***ing shit man. Log off.
Record proves otherwise.
Try and read
Posters like the Wicket don't think like that mate. They just think "any striker = promotion". It's the mentality of a bairn, which he may very well be. Others on here banging the same shite drum, definitely aren't which is worse.

The fact that you seem incapable of acknowledging is that by not replacing our strikers we have effectively thrown away our promotion chances from a very good position.

You have learnt zero from the Coventry match. Try and listen to our manager on why he thinks we lost
As if paying £5 million for a bang average, ageing, league one striker at this level would guarantee promotion and £150 million income. Absolutely on another planet mate

Getting to the point where we all just say “oh yes you’re so correct”, pat you on the head and blank any future transfer comments from you really.

Bang average😀😀🙂😀😀

31 goals and 20 goals so far in his last 2 seasons in league one shows the absurdity of your comments
It hasn't written it off at all. Losing Ross Stewart has significantly hampered our chances, nothing has been written off though. The job Stewart does for this side is difficult to replicate. He's probably the most hard working striker I've ever seen for us, he just never stops. Runs into the channels, battles and challenges for headers, chases lost causes. All of this stretches the opposition defence and creates space for Clarke/Pritchard/Roberts/Amad to go and be destructive. He has the bloody handy knack of being able to put the ball in the net regularly too. This is incredidibly hard to replicate at this level without spending a fortune (probably Gyokeres... thats just not realistic.)

We could have gone and signed any old striker. I've gone through before why I think Clarke-Harris in particular would have been a bad choice so I won't again. The style of forward is all important though - remember the year Wyke scored a hat full? We were so one dimensional as a result because he was unable to play any other way than stand in the box and be picked out by Mcgeady's quality. This limited our other attacking play because we had an immobile striker who wasn't good enough to mix his game up so the chances for others were at a premium because the attacking third was so compact. The wrong kind of forward would take away space for the likes of Clarke/Pritchard/Roberts/Amad to go and do what they're very good at, the exact feature which has seen us play some lovely football this season and be such a threat around the oppositions goal.

TL;DR - It's not just as simple as stick a striker on and we'll win games.

Not written off ok.
I tell you what if we get promotion I will admit I was wrong.
If we dont get promotion I hope you will do the same
As if paying £5 million for a bang average, ageing, league one striker at this level would guarantee promotion and £150 million income. Absolutely on another planet mate

Getting to the point where we all just say “oh yes you’re so correct”, pat you on the head and blank any future transfer comments from you really.
Would not guarantee promotion but at least we wpuld have made an effort to achieve it.
 
Last edited:
The fact that you seem incapable of acknowledging is that by not replacing our strikers we have effectively thrown away our promotion chances from a very good position.

You have learnt zero from the Coventry match. Try and listen to our manager on why he thinks we lost
I've acknowledged a load of times we'd be better off with strikers!! We all have! Jesus H man! Not JCH or any other of the shite, people have suggested. I'm also not a sulk that states with 12 games to go that the season is over. I'm guessing if that's your mentality, there's no point caring is there!
 
Some players are just so integral to how a team plays that if they get injured there's simply no easy way to replace them, Stewart is that player for us. It's not just his goals, it's his link up play, it's his defensive duties. He can drop deep, be out wide one minute then latching onto a ball in the box the next.

There's maybe only Gyokeres who is similar in ability and workrate and how much is that lad worth these days?

End of the day, most teams struggle without their talisman and we're no different. Unfortunately, ours is probably a level up from where we are now so a suitable replacement would cost a lot more than what the club can afford.
 
Wonder how many on here moan about the model but then push for us to sign shite like this 🤣

The club should have signed a striker but not just any old striker. Have we learnt nowt from the Grigg deal
 

Back
Top