Lack of ‘Striker’ rumours

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Bruce Wayne said:
Why not? If we spend £18.5 on a keeper I can see us busting the TR on a forward to push us on.

IMO:

Sharp will get game time mostly in the cups next season and the odd sub cameo in the EPL
Didsy will get less game time next season, like Sharp fitness and age is a factor at this level considering the high energy game we play
Moose will hopefully come back in a different frame of mind and show some consistency in his game
McBurnie is probably the only striker we have that currently starts most games
Robinson isn't a striker and isn't good enough so he will either be sold or loaned out again

I would say we need one first team forward at least next season and that won't come cheap, we need this and will get this.
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I agree that ideally we should buy a top class striker. But in my opinion to do that we would have to get rid of Mousset.
Keeping strikers sharp and in the right frame of mind is a difficult man management skill.
For me it's McBurnie and Mousset/replacement with Didsy Sharp and a young striker.
 
Nagima said:
I agree that ideally we should buy a top class striker. But in my opinion to do that we would have to get rid of Mousset.
Keeping strikers sharp and in the right frame of mind is a difficult man management skill.
For me it's McBurnie and Mousset/replacement with Didsy Sharp and a young striker.
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I think you are quite conservative in your thinking and are going along with Wilders "don't expect big money signings this season" quote

The same Wilder that has just made his first signing on a keeper by whipping out £18.5m

If Wilder says he's going to make us better next season with the quality of the squad he knows he's going to have to shell out a fair bit at this level. If the Prince was saying sorry Chris no cash just try your best to stay up he'd leave IMO.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
I think you are quite conservative in your thinking and are going along with Wilders "don't expect big money signings this season" quote

The same Wilder that has just made his first signing on a keeper by whipping out £18.5m

If Wilder says he's going to make us better next season with the quality of the squad he knows he's going to have to shell out a fair bit at this level. If the Prince was saying sorry Chris no cash just try your best to stay up he'd leave IMO.
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I am being conservative but not from what Chris has said but more from a practical poiny of view.
I would love a new striker. But as we don't use wingers like other clubs our options for up front are strikers. IMO it is preferable to have a smaller pool and keep them happy than have too many options.
If we pay good money for a striker then he starts regularly. Similar or less game time for Mousset won't bring his performance levels up. That is why I am saying he should go if we bring someone in as I suspect he would be unhappy. Didsy and Billy can be managed and we should always look to develop a youngster.
 
Sithblade said:
Agree, but Liverpool didn't do too bad paying £8 million for a left back who was relegated with Hull.
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But the 2 signings that won them the league were each over £70m and fixed their weak point of conceding goals. We don't have a problem with that it's scoring in the PL we need improvement with.
 
Nagima said:
I am being conservative but not from what Chris has said but more from a practical poiny of view.
I would love a new striker. But as we don't use wingers like other clubs our options for up front are strikers. IMO it is preferable to have a smaller pool and keep them happy than have too many options.
If we pay good money for a striker then he starts regularly. Similar or less game time for Mousset won't bring his performance levels up. That is why I am saying he should go if we bring someone in as I suspect he would be unhappy. Didsy and Billy can be managed and we should always look to develop a youngster.
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To go forward we have to think bigger than that.
 
tincan said:
But the 2 signings that won them the league were each over £70m and fixed their weak point of conceding goals. We don't have a problem with that it's scoring in the PL we need improvement with.
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Probably the hardest position for a team like us to be able to improve.
How much would Chris Wood cost? Because he's been consistent getting around 15 goals a season the last few years for a non "big 6" PL team.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
To go forward we have to think bigger than that.
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Thinking bigger doesn't automatically mean having more strikers. It means having better ones. I have no problem spending money for a good ones. All I am saying is if we do we should shift one out.
 
Nagima said:
Thinking bigger doesn't automatically mean having more strikers. It means having better ones. I have no problem spending money for a good ones. All I am saying is if we do we should shift one out.
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How many do we need? We have Sharp/Dids/Robinson/Moose/McBurnie

3 of those 5 will not be regular starters next season based on age/quality.

So we have Moose/McBurnie - that's not enough. I expect Robinson will go so we require at least 2 strikers. I expect one of those will be a big signing and the other a gamble.
 
Chabuddy G said:
It’s the creation of chances that needs drastic improvement rather than the forwards imo
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I agree but we have to correct the mistake we made with Calum , who is not a striker but a winger + we don't play with wingers - also he has no strength on the ball + no appetite for a tackle or indeed any physicality - just not a Blades type player.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
How many do we need? We have Sharp/Dids/Robinson/Moose/McBurnie

3 of those 5 will not be regular starters next season based on age/quality.

So we have Moose/McBurnie - that's not enough. I expect Robinson will go so we require at least 2 strikers. I expect one of those will be a big signing and the other a gamble.
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What's worse is we've just given 2 year contracts to 2 who won't be regular starters !
 
Keen Blade said:
What's worse is we've just given 2 year contracts to 2 who won't be regular starters !
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Sharp is going to move into coaching here building on the home grown model so I get that one, I doubt the 2 years comes with a regular starter clause. Didsy still has that edge that we don't have as in dropping deep and acting as a no.10. Can't see him playing every week but a handy player to have on the bench.

We really need 2 forwards and if we are going to improve very good forwards.
 

I already mentioned we need 5 in total.
McBurnie and Mousset/replacement.
Didsy will still get alot of game time next season. That leaves Billy and Robinson or his replacement.
Preferably we get rid of Mousset and get someone decent in.
 
I think we'll buy a striker in this transfer window. But I also think it's worth noting McBurnie, McGoldrick and Mousset will all score MORE goals this season. It may not be the problem area it seems on surface.

Also, e.g. Watkins or Dennis aren't likely to join and immediately score 15-20 goals. We can't attract the world's best strikers that would guarantee that amount of goals.

Thankfully it's far more likely that McBurnie will score 10-15, McGoldrick score around 10, Mousset 10-15... with more experience, confidence, luck and tactical tweaks. They're genuinely good strikers.
 
We had the 2nd lowest shot creating actions, lowest shots, lowest shots on target. It's creativity that we're lacking, I actually think we'd be quite alright if we didn't sign a striker (but I think we will, and would rather we would).
 
Problematic , our striker dept , it is.
Nagima seems to want only 5 , but we started last season with 6 - and since Billy will hardly play , I favour 6.
Calum needs to go + play as a winger somewhere.
Didsy barely scored but can be a link-man.
Before even considering Moose , we need 2 strikers in.
For a start , we need to have some succession-planning for Billy & Didsy.
For 1 vacancy I think CW will identify a young striker from a lower level who can be developed at the Lane.
But we urgently need a quality striker to be a regular starter with McB.
The difficulty for CW is that this could be Moose but the lad can't manage 90 mins + has other issues.
So to survive next season , I think we have to get a PL player loan or a bank loan.

This is how my 6 would stack up :
1.Billy - hardly playing as he transforms into a coach.
2.Didsy - playing in certain matches where his linkup skills are advantageous.
3.McB - starting almost every game (barring loss of form).
4.Quality New Striker (starting most games barring loss of form).
5.Mousset - first replacement for the previous two. If he really improves consistency , might even displace one of them.
6.Development New Striker - some under-the-radar CW special from a lower level , signed with an eye to the future.

The great unknown in all this is the enigma that is Moose.
If he returns in no better mental or physical shape then I can see CW having a real dilemma on his hands.
I'm not sure what's available for the fee we might get for him.

But presumably we'll get our money back for Calum , so that would help
 
Bruce Wayne said:
Why not? If we spend £18.5 on a keeper I can see us busting the TR on a forward to push us on.

IMO:

Sharp will get game time mostly in the cups next season and the odd sub cameo in the EPL
Didsy will get less game time next season, like Sharp fitness and age is a factor at this level considering the high energy game we play
Moose will hopefully come back in a different frame of mind and show some consistency in his game
McBurnie is probably the only striker we have that currently starts most games
Robinson isn't a striker and isn't good enough so he will either be sold or loaned out again

I would say we need one first team forward at least next season and that won't come cheap, we need this and will get this.
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I agree with all of that, except perhaps your views on Moose.

I think there's a few years of "form" there that suggest, for whatever reasons, the lad isn't mentally cut out to be a top level striker. He showed it at Bournemouth and he's showed it here. Potential- great. Delivery - less so.
 

Chabuddy G said:
It’s the creation of chances that needs drastic improvement rather than the forwards imo
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Very much so .

There will be teams starting next year's Prem with much weaker options up front than any combination of Sharp /McBurnie /Mousset and McG , and Dirty Leeds will be one of them. The reality is , that with almost every team in the country looking to improve in this department , finding one who is an improvement on what we've already got and within our price range is going to be very difficult if not impossible .

That being the case , we need to find ways of improving the service to them and this may involve a move away from the rigid flat 3 system we have adopted , in at least some matches .
 
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