Animis Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Next season start again new start new team except Lees & Westwood I think those two are responsible for 10 points alone. Great signings by Gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggoisgod Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Yep cant wait for our next 10 million striker on loan, i want at least 3 of them.............. Dont expect anything like Wickham but 800k on a striker who cant sprint or kick a ball cleanly was a disaster of our own making Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidc77 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Dont expect anything like Wickham but 800k on a striker who cant sprint or kick a ball cleanly was a disaster of our own making shakes head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kagoshimaowl Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 We need a striker definately. I'm wondering if in hindsight, we would have been better off keeping Antonio, playing Maguire up front and not bothering with Stevie May. I think we may have had more points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 We need a striker definately. I'm wondering if in hindsight, we would have been better off keeping Antonio, playing Maguire up front and not bothering with Stevie May. I think we may have had more points. We'd have been better playing Antonio up front, more goals and more assists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Gray says he wants strikers who work hard. This is fair enough in the modern game but the strikers we have are not mobile enough to do this work and then get into the box. They are just too slow. Even May who has decent movement overall cannot make up the ground because he has no real pace. Whereas somebody like Lee has the mobility, he never stands still , gets in the box and has the chances. We have also missed far too many chances. Many home games this season Gray has clearly told May to stay up top and he has missed too many opportunities. It is a bit bemusing that we have experience at the back, signed McGugan to add it to midfield but continue to play and sign kids up front. I know goalscorers are difficult to sign but not as impossible as we have made it look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 We'd have been better playing Antonio up front, more goals and more assists We tried that under DJ and most people on here claim it ruined him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 We don't have any natural width in the squad. Maguire & Maghoma like to go inside continually rather than go down the touchline. We let JJ go and sold Antonio and haven't made a concerted effort to replace them. Whatever happens in the Summer I would say signing at least a couple of wingers is more important than signing a striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Glenn Murray can go back out on loan to a championship club Would/should we be interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 The number of times in commentaries it has been said that we don't have enough people in the box suggests it is a tactical, fitness or laziness issue. Defenders find it much easier to mark 1 man as opposed to 3 or 4. And you're more likely to score with 3 or 4 in the box. I'm not sure if the current strikers are good enough but there are more things involved in this equation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCOWL Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 When Southampton got their takeover they went out and bought Rickie Lambert. The catalyst for two promotions. It's just my opinion but I think we needed to do something similar. We don't have a proven Striker in our squad, sooner or later that's going to have to be fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 When Southampton got their takeover they went out and bought Rickie Lambert. The catalyst for two promotions. It's just my opinion but I think we needed to do something similar. We don't have a proven Striker in our squad, sooner or later that's going to have to be fixed Absolutely right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfmanjack Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 NYC, do you actually watch our games? Whether we play with one or two strikers, and whether or not they are prolific goal scorers, we don't have a wide player capable of beating a full back and getting decent crosses into the box. Neither do the other outfield players offer any kind of support to the strikers. You could sign the best centre forward in the country, but if the service is none existent, he aint going to score you goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidc77 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 We'd have been better playing Antonio up front, more goals and more assists Are you trying to compete with yourself for the most stupid post award of the year? NYC, do you actually watch our games? Whether we play with one or two strikers, and whether or not they are prolific goal scorers, we don't have a wide player capable of beating a full back and getting decent crosses into the box. Neither do the other outfield players offer any kind of support to the strikers. You could sign the best centre forward in the country, but if the service is none existent, he aint going to score you goals. Stop talking sense its not wanted here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronio Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 We currently have 6 strikers at the club, with 2 of them out on loan. I would trade them all in for Connor Wickham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCOWL Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 So we don't need a striker that can score goals then. Glad that's been cleared up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 NYC, do you actually watch our games? Whether we play with one or two strikers, and whether or not they are prolific goal scorers, we don't have a wide player capable of beating a full back and getting decent crosses into the box. Neither do the other outfield players offer any kind of support to the strikers. You could sign the best centre forward in the country, but if the service is none existent, he aint going to score you goals. Waffle, plenty of chances come and go If you can't see that there's a huge disparity between our defensive options, and those up front, you must be watching a different game to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCOWL Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I'm not even suggesting that it was even possible to get what we needed in the January window. It's not a great time to do business. But surely we are going to have to sort out this problem by the summer. They are calling it Nillsborough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidc77 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 So we don't need a striker that can score goals then. Glad that's been cleared up. I would trade them all for Rooney, not going to happen though is it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidc77 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) I would trade them all for Rooney, not going to happen though is it That quoted you nycowl not sure why i quoted Ronio Edited February 15, 2015 by kidc77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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