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Fucked if I know, hope Wilder is sussing this out.

  1. Robinson - on trial tonight, played in patches this season but has failed to nail the shirt down
  2. McGoldrick - Fantastic on the ball, can't shoot
  3. Moose - electric from the bench, surely starts against Liverpool
  4. McBurnie - hit and miss so far but is an awkward customer for oppo defences
  5. Sharp - Ace finisher (but banned)
  6. Clarke - washed up
For me we have to give Moose & McBurnie a run of at least 5 games to gel, they are the most likely to delive IMO.
 



Judging by the 50% Mousset gave it tonight I assume he's starting on Saturday
 
I think it will be McGoldrick and McBurnie on Saturday but not sure that combo works as both come deep. Robinson also comes deeper. I am concerned that we have spent 40 million on 3 new strikers and it might be Sharp and McGoldrick still are the best pairing we have. McBurnie and Robinson have to do much more for me if they get a start.
 
If mcgoldrick is fit I'd like it to be mcgoldrick and moose to be honest. Mcgoldrick playing just behind and linking it up more of a 5-3-1-1 to be honest. McGoldrick's all round play is brilliant but his finishing has been woeful so far to say the least but can see it been quite exciting with McGoldrick dropping deep picking the ball up getting forward when he can and leaving moose to play on the shoulder of the last defender all game can see that working and causing problems, also think it would suit us more against liverpool as I can't see McBurnie been able to out muscle VVD either so surely pace and playing in behind would be a better option.
 
Goldie will come good , sharp looked awesome when he came on v Southampton, Billy's desperate to prove he can do it in the premier , and he will , we will get better up front soon !
 
Over the season, and looking at the group's attributes, then McBurnie and Mousset should probably end up as the starting pair. But it rarely works like that.

Write Sharp off at your peril.
 
We have so many strikers and they all offer something different.

McGoldrick is probably our best player up front but the least likely to score.
He often makes a bad contact when striking the ball, also notice how many of McGoldricks shots lack power.
Also McG’s first instinct is to look for the pass, not shoot
But I still really rate McG, he has a kind of Duffy effect, he links midfield and attack so well and we play nicer possession and passing football with McG in the team.
 
Been saying it a while. Mousset and McBurnie, and Robinson out wide.

You've got the perfect mix of pace, strength, height and finishing there.

That's the winning combo, but I have a feeling it's going to take a few more weeks for us to figure that out.
 
We do not play three strikers.
Moussett and McBurnie are my preferred choice, with mcgoldrick first choice sub.
Robinson needs some upper body strength, and to work on his ball retention as he is too easily dispossessed and gives it away too much. But has the potential to be a v good player.

Billy provides an alternative to all of them with his ability to take chances, but whilst ever we take an age to get the ball forward his contributions are wasted.
 
Sharp is our best striker, it’s amazing how obvious this is but it’s not surprising considering Wilder seems to not like our main talisman for one reason or another. Someone please explain to me why he hasn’t deserved a chance to start and I’ll listen?
 
Sharp is our best striker, it’s amazing how obvious this is but it’s not surprising considering Wilder seems to not like our main talisman for one reason or another. Someone please explain to me why he hasn’t deserved a chance to start and I’ll listen?
I agree that Sharp is a great option, but not actually the best, and it's a pity he's suspended for this game. I'm sure Wilder could have, and would have started him in this game.
 
I'm more worried about our ability to get hold of the ball and retain possession than who's up there to finish.
 
If we're playing Norwood and Lundstram with Fleck, we need McGoldrick to link midfield and attack.

If we play Norwood and Lundstram with Freeman, we potentially don't need McGoldrick as Freeman will link more, although we do tend to look better with McG on anyway.

For me, the ideal situation for Saturday is Moose and McGoldrick, and I think that's a good combo generally.

Sharp and McBurnie, Sharp and Robinson, Moose and Robinson, would also be good pairs with a number 10 behind.

Robinson and McBurnie I'm not sure because neither seems to be in the box, they veer out wide.
 
Been saying it a while. Mousset and McBurnie, and Robinson out wide.

You've got the perfect mix of pace, strength, height and finishing there.

That's the winning combo, but I have a feeling it's going to take a few more weeks for us to figure that out.

Wilder is never gonna play 3 upfront this season, unless its late in the game and we're losing.
 



While I share your concerns, this thread is about the front two. :)

I'd say the only two of our strikers that have really impressed me are Mousset and McGoldrick. Moose looks all round great, McGoldrick's link up play and skill on the ball haven't looked out of place once and you could see the distance between attack and defence when he wasn't there vs. Everton. Otherwise 4 out of 6 of the strikers named have found the back of the net so far and number six isn't likely to feature at all in the Prem this season.

People see a few big misses and say you can't miss those, other teams would score them every time, and so on. The reality is that if you watch games at any level from bottom to top then you see big misses, plenty of them from top strikers. It doesn't worry me much that McGoldrick's missed some.

What does worry me is how little we created vs. Everton. It worries me how few clear cut chances we've created for both Robinson and McBurnie. It worries me how often we've struggled for possession. Even then, not really that much given how early it is in the season and how well the results have gone so far.

People are too quick to look at strikers when what problems we've had so far start elsewhere on the pitch.
 
I'd say the only two of our strikers that have really impressed me are Mousset and McGoldrick. Moose looks all round great, McGoldrick's link up play and skill on the ball haven't looked out of place once and you could see the distance between attack and defence when he wasn't there vs. Everton. Otherwise 4 out of 6 of the strikers named have found the back of the net so far and number six isn't likely to feature at all in the Prem this season.

People see a few big misses and say you can't miss those, other teams would score them every time, and so on. The reality is that if you watch games at any level from bottom to top then you see big misses, plenty of them from top strikers. It doesn't worry me much that McGoldrick's missed some.

What does worry me is how little we created vs. Everton. It worries me how few clear cut chances we've created for both Robinson and McBurnie. It worries me how often we've struggled for possession. Even then, not really that much given how early it is in the season and how well the results have gone so far.

People are too quick to look at strikers when what problems we've had so far start elsewhere on the pitch.
Only 2 points from me. Don't forget Billy Sharp, and i agree about the attacking midfield connection needs a solution that works for the front 2 whoever they end up being.
My main worry is Wider changing our shape to natch our opponents home and away.
 
Mousset & McGoldrick is what I'd like to see this Saturday. Billy Sharp (when available) would be my next choice to start games. McBurnie has been good in flashes, I'm hopeful on him.

Callum Robinson is really not impressing me. Bit worried about his offerings.
 
Only 2 points from me. Don't forget Billy Sharp, and i agree about the attacking midfield connection needs a solution that works for the front 2 whoever they end up being.
My main worry is Wider changing our shape to natch our opponents home and away.

I agree, but I mostly think it's just things to put at the back of our mind for now. These are all things that we knew would be difficult to manage after promotion and they'll only become real concerns if after another eight or so games we've shown no sign of improvement.
 

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