| No new striker then 20:12 - Feb 3 with 4143 views | Chris_ITFC |
If someone had said that on 1st January, I'd have had them sectioned! |  |
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| No new striker then on 20:41 - Feb 3 with 2585 views | Blooos |
Genuinely baffled by it myself |  | | |
| Madness, madness.... on 20:47 - Feb 3 with 2533 views | Bloots |
....they call it madness. |  |
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| No new striker then on 20:53 - Feb 3 with 2488 views | textbackup |
There were many on here, that when it was discussed, gave the cool reply of ‘yeah I think I’ll reserve judgement for when the transfer window closes and not chuck toys from pram… loads of time’
Not getting in a striker, IMO, they’ve accepted their fate now. |  |
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| No new striker then on 20:56 - Feb 3 with 2452 views | ArnieM |
McKenna has said they're not out there to be had this window. I dont doubt for a minute the club have worked very hard to get one in. But we all know Jan is not a buyers window.... |  |
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| No new striker then on 20:57 - Feb 3 with 2422 views | badadski |
| No new striker then on 20:53 - Feb 3 by textbackup |
There were many on here, that when it was discussed, gave the cool reply of ‘yeah I think I’ll reserve judgement for when the transfer window closes and not chuck toys from pram… loads of time’
Not getting in a striker, IMO, they’ve accepted their fate now. |
Isn’t encisio effectively a striker and hopefully szmods back so not really feeling the need to risk more money with Lilkely big chance we will be relegated. Keep the core of what we have and come backk stronger once they have had a pre season together and hopefully a season of firing on all cylinders as a unit. | | | |
| Neither of them are centre forwards. (n/t) on 20:58 - Feb 3 with 2379 views | Bloots |
| No new striker then on 20:57 - Feb 3 by badadski |
Isn’t encisio effectively a striker and hopefully szmods back so not really feeling the need to risk more money with Lilkely big chance we will be relegated. Keep the core of what we have and come backk stronger once they have had a pre season together and hopefully a season of firing on all cylinders as a unit. |
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| No new striker then on 20:59 - Feb 3 with 2360 views | Chris_ITFC |
| No new striker then on 20:57 - Feb 3 by badadski |
Isn’t encisio effectively a striker and hopefully szmods back so not really feeling the need to risk more money with Lilkely big chance we will be relegated. Keep the core of what we have and come backk stronger once they have had a pre season together and hopefully a season of firing on all cylinders as a unit. |
I can understand the "not risking it" argument, but I don't really buy it when we're so close to safety (in points terms).
But no, Enciso and Szmodics aren't strikers in our system at all. | |
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| Yep, really disappointing.... on 21:00 - Feb 3 with 2324 views | Bloots |
| No new striker then on 20:53 - Feb 3 by textbackup |
There were many on here, that when it was discussed, gave the cool reply of ‘yeah I think I’ll reserve judgement for when the transfer window closes and not chuck toys from pram… loads of time’
Not getting in a striker, IMO, they’ve accepted their fate now. |
....because it was so obvious.
I assume those that said wait till the end of the window will now say we didn't need one anyway.
"Broady can play there" | |
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| No new striker then on 21:01 - Feb 3 with 2308 views | Chris_ITFC |
| No new striker then on 20:41 - Feb 3 by Blooos |
Genuinely baffled by it myself |
I'm not saying "just get anyone", but odd to loan out AAH and not get any sort of replacement.
If one of Delap or Hirst get injured, or suspended (LIAM!), we have no striker on the bench now. I thought this window was all about 'bench options'..?! | |
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| No new striker then on 21:01 - Feb 3 with 2306 views | le2blue |
| No new striker then on 20:41 - Feb 3 by Blooos |
Genuinely baffled by it myself |
Who should we have signed? It is not as though there are lots of options we could have gone for. They've decided that Encisco and Szmodics are adequate cover for Delap and Hirst....will require a change of system but I'm not sure we had much choice. |  | | |
| No new striker then on 21:01 - Feb 3 with 2296 views | hadleighboyblue |
| No new striker then on 20:41 - Feb 3 by Blooos |
Genuinely baffled by it myself |
Loaning out Ali seems without a replacement seems a very odd decision , with doubts over whether Delap will avoid a ban and Hirst will avoid injury | | | |
| No new striker then on 21:02 - Feb 3 with 2289 views | bsw72 |
Genuine question.
Who should we sign considering our league position, wage and transfer limits that would be willing to be 2nd or even 3rd choice striker but would also improve the squad? |  | | |
| No new striker then on 21:03 - Feb 3 with 2288 views | PhilTWTD |
| No new striker then on 20:56 - Feb 3 by ArnieM |
McKenna has said they're not out there to be had this window. I dont doubt for a minute the club have worked very hard to get one in. But we all know Jan is not a buyers window.... |
To be fair, I've talked to a lot of people over the course of the window, ex-players, journos, agents and no one was able to come up with a really decent shout. Very few strikers available it seems. How many out-and-out number nines moved at this level in this window? |  | | |
| No new striker then on 21:04 - Feb 3 with 2239 views | joepublic |
Kelechi Iheanacho signing for Middlesbrough, on loan from Sevilla is a strange one for me.
Would he not have been an upgrade on AAH. |  |
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| No new striker then on 21:05 - Feb 3 with 2226 views | PhilTWTD |
| No new striker then on 21:01 - Feb 3 by hadleighboyblue |
Loaning out Ali seems without a replacement seems a very odd decision , with doubts over whether Delap will avoid a ban and Hirst will avoid injury |
I see that to some extent but when we had neither Delap nor Hirst Al-Hamadi didn't start. I don't think he was viewed as a viable third striker and it probably wasn't doing him any good coming on and getting stick. | | | |
| No new striker then on 21:05 - Feb 3 with 2222 views | SitfcB |
| No new striker then on 21:04 - Feb 3 by joepublic |
Kelechi Iheanacho signing for Middlesbrough, on loan from Sevilla is a strange one for me.
Would he not have been an upgrade on AAH. |
And Emmanuel Dennis going to Blackburn! |  |
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| No new striker then on 21:05 - Feb 3 with 2220 views | badadski |
| No new striker then on 21:03 - Feb 3 by PhilTWTD |
To be fair, I've talked to a lot of people over the course of the window, ex-players, journos, agents and no one was able to come up with a really decent shout. Very few strikers available it seems. How many out-and-out number nines moved at this level in this window? |
If delap gets injured I would be quite interested in what szmods or Chaplin and encisio look like
Together / all very good at creating space for them selves In tight spaces and good at interchanging with broadhead on left and philo or Hutchinson on right. Get some team ethos back [Post edited 3 Feb 21:06]
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| No new striker then on 21:06 - Feb 3 with 2198 views | hadleighboyblue |
| No new striker then on 21:03 - Feb 3 by PhilTWTD |
To be fair, I've talked to a lot of people over the course of the window, ex-players, journos, agents and no one was able to come up with a really decent shout. Very few strikers available it seems. How many out-and-out number nines moved at this level in this window? |
In which case why let AAH go ? | | | |
| Yep, really disappointing.... on 21:07 - Feb 3 with 2166 views | SitfcB |
| Yep, really disappointing.... on 21:00 - Feb 3 by Bloots |
....because it was so obvious.
I assume those that said wait till the end of the window will now say we didn't need one anyway.
"Broady can play there" |
Szmodics! | |
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| No new striker then on 21:07 - Feb 3 with 2168 views | le2blue |
| No new striker then on 21:03 - Feb 3 by PhilTWTD |
To be fair, I've talked to a lot of people over the course of the window, ex-players, journos, agents and no one was able to come up with a really decent shout. Very few strikers available it seems. How many out-and-out number nines moved at this level in this window? |
Pretty much the only one was Ferguson. Who we wanted as well but were not in a league position or squad situation (as he wouldn't guarantee to start) to land, and that disappeared when Potter went into West Ham. | | | |
| No new striker then on 21:07 - Feb 3 with 2158 views | pointofblue |
| No new striker then on 21:05 - Feb 3 by badadski |
If delap gets injured I would be quite interested in what szmods or Chaplin and encisio look like
Together / all very good at creating space for them selves In tight spaces and good at interchanging with broadhead on left and philo or Hutchinson on right. Get some team ethos back [Post edited 3 Feb 21:06]
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Didn't Szmodics lead the line against Newcastle?
Not in a hurry to see that again. | |
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| No new striker then on 21:08 - Feb 3 with 2113 views | BarcaBlue |
| No new striker then on 21:04 - Feb 3 by joepublic |
Kelechi Iheanacho signing for Middlesbrough, on loan from Sevilla is a strange one for me.
Would he not have been an upgrade on AAH. |
Iheanacho has turned into a traffic cone with a bad attitude. |  | | |
| No new striker then on 21:09 - Feb 3 with 2068 views | portmanking |
| No new striker then on 21:06 - Feb 3 by hadleighboyblue |
In which case why let AAH go ? |
Because he's so far off the PL level that letting him play Champ football is better for his development.
BUT, we surely had to do that on the proviso that we signed *someone*. If Delap tears his hamstring at Villa Park, we're literally facing a 75% fit George Hirst leading the line until May. That's not being unnecessarily negative, that's the reality we'd face. And it's quite possible considering how much we're having to flog young Delap in his first full season as a #9 (let alone first season in the PL!}
The Iheanacho one feels strange to me. He has the PL physicality and speed which someone like Hirst lacks. He'd have been an ideal third choice option IMO. | | | |
| Roflcopter. (n/t) on 21:10 - Feb 3 with 2059 views | Bloots |
| Yep, really disappointing.... on 21:07 - Feb 3 by SitfcB |
Szmodics! |
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| No new striker then on 21:12 - Feb 3 with 1984 views | pointofblue |
| No new striker then on 21:08 - Feb 3 by BarcaBlue |
Iheanacho has turned into a traffic cone with a bad attitude. |
I accept he might have been a panic signing. But we are at the point of needing a panic signing.
In truth, having Delap, Hirst and Al-Hamidi as the only strikers at the club at the end of August was bad management. January was always going to be difficult to bring anyone in; it always has been. | |
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