| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker 20:05 - Jan 31 with 11463 views | The_Romford_Blue |
My man ITK said there’s literally not a single name being thrown around at all.
Piroe a fortnight ago and Bamford before that but right now.. nobody.
We NEED a new striker. It’s so so painfully obvious hirst is gone at the game. And Azon, as likeable as he is, is still Azon. |  |
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| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:16 - Jan 31 with 1564 views | StNeotsBlue |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:02 - Jan 31 by redrickstuhaart |
The idea that people on a forum cant challenge an opinion asserted, which is based on nothing but "feels" is ridiculous. |
Where did you get that from? Do you think our strikers have been great so far this season? Hirst has looked a shadow of the player he was and at his peak he's midtable Championship, Azon shows a bit of promise but is far from prolific.
I never mentioned "feels", you did, so back up your argument with some facts. |  | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:20 - Jan 31 with 1506 views | StNeotsBlue |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:04 - Jan 31 by itfc1108 |
I think he might be out of range for us now, with the season he is having for AZ and Ireland, but I would try for Troy Parrott. |
Don't think he was too popular here last time. | | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:22 - Jan 31 with 1477 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 22:31 - Jan 31 by FrimleyBlue |
"Please point out a suitable CF that has moved at our level in the past 6 months that would have been suitable"
forum users aren't paid big money to find and sign these players.
KM, Ashton etc indeed and rightly take the plaudits when things go well, and they will smile when a signing comes off as an excellent piece of business. So they can indeed be critiqued, when as a parachute club you're trying to fight for promotion with two strikers with a combined 30 missed clear cut chances when you sold your main striker in march of last year. |
You’re completely missing the point. If they’re not there to be traded, you can’t conjure them up on the money tree. This isn’t FPL. Show me these top, quality centre forwards that are being traded into the Championship, and I’ll concede. But you won’t be able to, because it’s not been happening. |  | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:26 - Jan 31 with 1443 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 22:46 - Jan 31 by StNeotsBlue |
I never mentioned negligent, I'm merely a tw@t on a Internet fans forum, the idea that I can't express an opinion without giving a compelling case as to why we should be signing (insert name of any forward from Europe that none have us have heard of) is ridiculous.
Clearly our current options aren't and haven't been doing the biz for a while, with Jaden injured there isn't many goals in the team other than Jack Clarke. |
You said reckless, others have said negligent this evening. Similar criticism whatever.
Of course you can state an opinion, but don’t you equally think it can legitimately be challenged? | | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:36 - Jan 31 with 1400 views | StNeotsBlue |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:26 - Jan 31 by SuffolkPunchFC |
You said reckless, others have said negligent this evening. Similar criticism whatever.
Of course you can state an opinion, but don’t you equally think it can legitimately be challenged? |
Of course and my use of the word reckless was me being slightly over the top and possibly a touch hyperbolic, which isn't like me normally. But I stand by the general point I was making .
If anyone disagrees with me they are clearly degenerate scum. | | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:38 - Jan 31 with 1389 views | HighgateBlue |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 22:30 - Jan 31 by tractorshark |
You only had to look at Bamford at Sheff Utd last week to see what we’re missing.
Simms at Cov, Armstrong potentially going to Boro, I’d say we’re well behind them in terms of quality up front.
I think Hirst and Moore scored seven each in our promotion season but our goal tally was boosted by the 3 behind.
With the exception of the left wing, that’s not happening right now.
And teams are defending deep which means we rarely counter attack with pace.
Right now I’d take a striker on loan if that’s the only route but we desperately need someone to stand a chance of the top two. |
Yes. I only had to look, you only had to look, but McKenna? He values possession over goals, and for some reason he doesn't understand that a goal is essential to win you a match. Our strikers are woeful, and McKenna just keeps filling up on wingers and no10s.
Weird. |  | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:40 - Jan 31 with 1373 views | strikalite |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:22 - Jan 31 by SuffolkPunchFC |
You’re completely missing the point. If they’re not there to be traded, you can’t conjure them up on the money tree. This isn’t FPL. Show me these top, quality centre forwards that are being traded into the Championship, and I’ll concede. But you won’t be able to, because it’s not been happening. |
It's a terrible window, no club is willing to sell their best striker as most still have a lot to play for, so they'll quote stupid "go away" money, if they could be available for stupid money then the player will probably have a few options, and here we are, once again...remember, they also know our position, a tad desperate and willing to spend big, we've proven that on many players recently.
It'll go down to the wire, they'll be trying no doubt about that... |  | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:44 - Jan 31 with 1332 views | HighgateBlue |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 21:41 - Jan 31 by Linners |
If you look at our attacking players, we paid double-digit (or nearly) millions for Phil, Clarke, SS, Egeli, McAteer, Nunez etc and yet the guy at the top of it all is the same guy that we bought to lead the line in League One. I don't blame anyone in particular for that, and I'm sure we're trying to sort something out, but surely if we had a £10m number 9 and one less £10m attacker we'd be sorted? |
Yes! This! It's just plain weird that McKenna keeps spaffing untold millions on wingers and no.10s and not getting us a competent top 6 striker.
It's a question of priorities.
He thinks we need 4 right backs and only one left back.
He thinks we need two massively high quality left wingers. Even though the way they play neuters Leif.
He thinks we need to keep buying right wingers for £6m, £8m, £12m, £17.5m, whatever. When Burns is better than the lot of them.
We don't go for the likes of Kieffer Moore, as he's beneath us. Yet Norwich have two no9s better than anything we have.
What has a no9 done to upset Kieran in a former life?
How can he see that attempted finish from Hirst today and be happy?
How can he be happy with Azon's return of 2 league goals? (the same as Kipre, by the way...)
It doesn't make any sense whatsoever. | | | |
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| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:46 - Jan 31 with 1305 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:22 - Jan 31 by SuffolkPunchFC |
You’re completely missing the point. If they’re not there to be traded, you can’t conjure them up on the money tree. This isn’t FPL. Show me these top, quality centre forwards that are being traded into the Championship, and I’ll concede. But you won’t be able to, because it’s not been happening. |
Most sides with their own financial levels to look after had their strikers in place. Coventry for example.
Clubs who needed strikers got them.
The old fpl line I get it. But the reason why parachute clubs historically do well in general is because you can afford to do things others cant. So yeah maybe instead of 3 right wingers. 4 right backs etc we could have used and this is an exaggeration btw but that £12 mill of mcateer and put that in for armstrong. For example. |  |
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| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:51 - Jan 31 with 1289 views | HighgateBlue |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 21:44 - Jan 31 by SomethingBlue |
I like both Hirst and Azon but it feels essential that we do something. Currently we look like a team that, while absolutely fine most weeks, will find a way not to get promoted. We need the option of a clinical finisher or, at least, someone who the ball can stick to. |
I like my mum, but her goalscoring potential for us, at this level at least is limited.
To a very similar extent as Azon.
And she's 81. | | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:58 - Jan 31 with 1241 views | armchaircritic59 |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 21:06 - Jan 31 by redrickstuhaart |
Can someone point to another Champ team which has secured a top striker in this window? |
Quite a few don't need one, some have a decent enough one already. Maybe we don't need one as I'm constanly told the KM system doesn't rely on the " no 9 " to score most of the goals. Which of course explains why our " no 9 " scored exactly one third of our league goals last season, and his sub/replacement scored another 3, making it 41.5% of our total league goals last season. It seems to have been airbrushed out of their heads. |  | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:58 - Jan 31 with 1225 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:46 - Jan 31 by FrimleyBlue |
Most sides with their own financial levels to look after had their strikers in place. Coventry for example.
Clubs who needed strikers got them.
The old fpl line I get it. But the reason why parachute clubs historically do well in general is because you can afford to do things others cant. So yeah maybe instead of 3 right wingers. 4 right backs etc we could have used and this is an exaggeration btw but that £12 mill of mcateer and put that in for armstrong. For example. |
But you’re still missing the point (and I’m really not trying to have a go at you). Yes, we have more funds, and this might allow us to pay silly (championship) money for a top centre forward. But if they don’t want to play in the championship, then whatever we offer won’t bring them here.
A couple of days ago, I posted a list of centre forwards who have moved to Championship club this window. Not one of them is the quality we’re looking for, and would not have improved on what we have.
I find it frustrating too, but recognise that it’s not as easy as some make out. Armchair management is easy without the constraints of what makes real-world transactions actually happen 😉 | | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:05 - Feb 1 with 1199 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:58 - Jan 31 by SuffolkPunchFC |
But you’re still missing the point (and I’m really not trying to have a go at you). Yes, we have more funds, and this might allow us to pay silly (championship) money for a top centre forward. But if they don’t want to play in the championship, then whatever we offer won’t bring them here.
A couple of days ago, I posted a list of centre forwards who have moved to Championship club this window. Not one of them is the quality we’re looking for, and would not have improved on what we have.
I find it frustrating too, but recognise that it’s not as easy as some make out. Armchair management is easy without the constraints of what makes real-world transactions actually happen 😉 |
The frustration is not getting someone that has done it at this level during the off season, loads available for relative peanuts. |  |
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| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:14 - Feb 1 with 1144 views | eirannach_gorm |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 23:20 - Jan 31 by StNeotsBlue |
Don't think he was too popular here last time. |
He had an undistinguished time at all the loan clubs he was at and only revealed his true potential at AZ. He is currently on fire for club and country so he won't be coming back to us. He is not a McKenna type forward but Evan Ferguson is. Would be a marriage made in heaven but is unlikely due to there being no recall option for Brighton.
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/16 | | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:18 - Feb 1 with 1124 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:05 - Feb 1 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
The frustration is not getting someone that has done it at this level during the off season, loads available for relative peanuts. |
But we did. Akpom has absolutely done it at this level, but hasn’t really been played as a CF much to far.
Regardless of whether it’s worked so far with him, he was a proven striker at this level, and therefore surely says we did sign exactly that profile of player. | | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:21 - Feb 1 with 1118 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:18 - Feb 1 by SuffolkPunchFC |
But we did. Akpom has absolutely done it at this level, but hasn’t really been played as a CF much to far.
Regardless of whether it’s worked so far with him, he was a proven striker at this level, and therefore surely says we did sign exactly that profile of player. |
I don’t think we signed him to play up front myself, I think Azon was the back up to Hirst, I think we signed Akpom him to play in behind, Nunez was an 8 when he first arrived remember. | |
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| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:24 - Feb 1 with 1107 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:21 - Feb 1 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
I don’t think we signed him to play up front myself, I think Azon was the back up to Hirst, I think we signed Akpom him to play in behind, Nunez was an 8 when he first arrived remember. |
You may or may not be right, but surely he fits your profile of a proven striker at this level? | | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:28 - Feb 1 with 1090 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:24 - Feb 1 by SuffolkPunchFC |
You may or may not be right, but surely he fits your profile of a proven striker at this level? |
He had one great year playing in behind Archer didn’t he? I don’t really agree with that, we should have thrown a few quid at true 9 like Agyemang or McBurnie like I said in the summer. So low risk.
All the big money we’ve invested since Jan 2025 has been in behind the striker from an attackers perspective. | |
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| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:29 - Feb 1 with 1073 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:24 - Feb 1 by SuffolkPunchFC |
You may or may not be right, but surely he fits your profile of a proven striker at this level? |
Well no hes not as hes not a proven striker. | |
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| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:32 - Feb 1 with 1053 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:28 - Feb 1 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
He had one great year playing in behind Archer didn’t he? I don’t really agree with that, we should have thrown a few quid at true 9 like Agyemang or McBurnie like I said in the summer. So low risk.
All the big money we’ve invested since Jan 2025 has been in behind the striker from an attackers perspective. |
Let’s not resurrect the McBurnie debate again 😉 Rightly or wrongly I, like many, would not have wanted that thug anywhere close to our club. There are principle that I feel this club should never compromise on. | | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:35 - Feb 1 with 1043 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:29 - Feb 1 by FrimleyBlue |
Well no hes not as hes not a proven striker. |
33 goals in a season says otherwise. He did play in a different system, effectively with 2 strikers, but he sure proved he could score in a striker role, even if it was more of a 4-4-1-1 | | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:38 - Feb 1 with 1035 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:35 - Feb 1 by SuffolkPunchFC |
33 goals in a season says otherwise. He did play in a different system, effectively with 2 strikers, but he sure proved he could score in a striker role, even if it was more of a 4-4-1-1 |
Well no. He scored playing the Sammy s role which weve seen doesnt work in this side so we ended up with two of them who cant play the role and we ended up moving a cm signing into our 10 role.
I wanted to see akpom thrown uptop as the others weren't doing anything but KM was reluctant to do it. So he clearly didn't feel he can be our striker. Despite that 33 goal season you mention. | |
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| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:39 - Feb 1 with 1031 views | lordsambuca |
The recent NTT20 article on Hull points to the importance of clinical finishing in this division. Their game today is a great indicator of that - 38% possession but they still win.
We lack a clinical striker or 2. Not sure why McBurnie or some others were deemed not good enough or beyond us. | | | |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:41 - Feb 1 with 1013 views | Whos_blue |
The clamour for a striker is all very well and good, but for me the three (unanswered) questions are:
Who do we go for?
Do they want to come here?
How much do we spend?
We need to consider coming to terms with the fact that we may not get a deal over the line. |  |
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| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:47 - Feb 1 with 984 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Phil please say you’ve heard something re a new striker on 00:38 - Feb 1 by FrimleyBlue |
Well no. He scored playing the Sammy s role which weve seen doesnt work in this side so we ended up with two of them who cant play the role and we ended up moving a cm signing into our 10 role.
I wanted to see akpom thrown uptop as the others weren't doing anything but KM was reluctant to do it. So he clearly didn't feel he can be our striker. Despite that 33 goal season you mention. |
Check out the analysis of Szmodics and Akpom’s positions played. They are not the same at all. One an attacking midfielder who also plays a little further forward, the other a centre forward who also played as a second centre forward. This is not my analyse, but the stats you can easily find.
Anyway, I’m calling it a night now … | | | |
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