Perryqhill
Striker
‘Badly’ is subjective for me, Perry. Certainly I’d argue that it wasn’t the difference between promotion and not. Ultimately that fell on the injuries in defence - where we had 9 first team options in the squad (which I’d argue is a fairly sensible number). A striker would have meant a more comfortable route into the playoffs but there’s very little chance it would have bridged the gap to the automatics.
The injuries in defence in reality have cost us right at the end and in the play offs, which we managed to get through. So that's a fair enough comment. But its certainly hampered us in many games. As you say likely not enough to bridge the gap, but I guess that depends on the quality of the striker.
Having a decent striker may have helped us get more points and get higher and miss Luton or even help us in an attacking sense away from home to ease the pressure at the back.