Latters
Well-Known Member
Whilst words like "journeyman" and "mercenary" regularly get bandied about by Blades fans whenever we sign a player in the twilight of his career, I would say its pretty clear that we tend to play better with an older, more experienced striker who's played at a higher level up front. The likes of Shipperley and Allison both did good jobs for us. Last season, a lot of the good stuff Evans did was helped quite a lot by Cresswell and this season we have Kitson bagging a few goals and generally helping the team perform.
The problem with players like this is that they can usually only keep up their good performances for a season or so, I know we've had a couple of decent years out of Cressy, but look at him this season when he's been involved, or we might even get them a year too late, like with Beattie the second time around, so it's always a gamble.
Anyway, I'm wondering if we'll try the same tact next year and get an old target man that has played Premier League or equivalent football. Maybe this is why we had that Greek bloke on trial, in preparation for Kitson pissing off to America or his legs going.
Who do you think we should get in to be next season's Kitson?
I'll throw a name in the ring to get started. Ricardo Fuller. Been a decent striker all his career, now no doubt nearing the end of his career, but still doing a decent job for Charlton. He'll be 34 next so they might not want to keep him and he should be realistic.
The problem with players like this is that they can usually only keep up their good performances for a season or so, I know we've had a couple of decent years out of Cressy, but look at him this season when he's been involved, or we might even get them a year too late, like with Beattie the second time around, so it's always a gamble.
Anyway, I'm wondering if we'll try the same tact next year and get an old target man that has played Premier League or equivalent football. Maybe this is why we had that Greek bloke on trial, in preparation for Kitson pissing off to America or his legs going.
Who do you think we should get in to be next season's Kitson?
I'll throw a name in the ring to get started. Ricardo Fuller. Been a decent striker all his career, now no doubt nearing the end of his career, but still doing a decent job for Charlton. He'll be 34 next so they might not want to keep him and he should be realistic.
