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If that is how he is, doesn’t that just support the argument that there is little point signing a striker just for the sake of it and to make up numbers.?
Quote from: IDM on October 14, 2019, 09:16:43 amIf that is how he is, doesn’t that just support the argument that there is little point signing a striker just for the sake of it and to make up numbers.?But there is point to signing a striker with a far better record at a higher level
He was a lone attacker. against two good defenders, won his fair share of fifty fifty balls that was all he had to feed off from for once a below par midfield. When he had the ball he tried to bring other players into the game, but Taylor and Sadlier never got into the game either, or got up near to him to give support. He looked a little way off being really fit which is understandable, played in a side that was second best all over the park at times, and really was no better or worse than others who played. He will be a third choice forward when Sterling and Ennis are fit, they are simply our best players in the striker position, but he is a willing worker who made his debut against a team in top form, but in a team that for the first time this season was second best for much of the game, and against two defenders who played well. The fact is he did as well and probably better in that position Saturday than anyone else we have on the books apart from Ennis and Sterling and all of them would have struggled to impress with the service he had up front on a day when quite a few in the team were below par.
Quote from: IDM on October 14, 2019, 09:16:43 amIf that is how he is, doesn’t that just support the argument that there is little point signing a striker just for the sake of it and to make up numbers.?Dont recall anyone saying sign a striker for the sake of it! Clearly we have a need for a proven striker at league one level to replace the one weve lost if not more if we actually want to challenge for promotion which is the Board's stated aim. What exactly would you suggest?
I see Clarke-Harris was voted league 1 player of the month, if only we hadn't messed up the paperwork or lost the pen!
It makes me wonder what the Leicester fans thought about signing Vardy., £1 million for a non league player.
Quote from: selby on October 14, 2019, 01:47:09 pm It makes me wonder what the Leicester fans thought about signing Vardy., £1 million for a non league player.The difference is Vardy had scored a bag full of goals at every non league club he had played for. Thomas hasn’t even scored double figures in his whole career
Quote from: selby on October 14, 2019, 09:50:52 am He was a lone attacker. against two good defenders, won his fair share of fifty fifty balls that was all he had to feed off from for once a below par midfield. When he had the ball he tried to bring other players into the game, but Taylor and Sadlier never got into the game either, or got up near to him to give support. He looked a little way off being really fit which is understandable, played in a side that was second best all over the park at times, and really was no better or worse than others who played. He will be a third choice forward when Sterling and Ennis are fit, they are simply our best players in the striker position, but he is a willing worker who made his debut against a team in top form, but in a team that for the first time this season was second best for much of the game, and against two defenders who played well. The fact is he did as well and probably better in that position Saturday than anyone else we have on the books apart from Ennis and Sterling and all of them would have struggled to impress with the service he had up front on a day when quite a few in the team were below par.I was also there and watched with the game with interest.He never had the ball, he won nothing in the air and lost what ball he got to feet so the times that either Coppinger, who you forget to mention, Sadlier or Taylor were up with him, which was a few times, nothing came of it. The issues laid not with the team but how the opposition played - Oxford pressed us high up the pitch which meant that Whiteman and Sheaf were pushed back and played their game in a very deep position. This impacted the two wingers and Coppinger who in turn played very much deeper than normal.
Quote from: Donny Exile in York on October 14, 2019, 01:12:43 pmQuote from: IDM on October 14, 2019, 09:16:43 amIf that is how he is, doesn’t that just support the argument that there is little point signing a striker just for the sake of it and to make up numbers.?Dont recall anyone saying sign a striker for the sake of it! Clearly we have a need for a proven striker at league one level to replace the one weve lost if not more if we actually want to challenge for promotion which is the Board's stated aim. What exactly would you suggest?Many people have said sign “a striker” without naming specific players..I suggest we let the manager get on with it, and see how Ennis, Sterling (when fit) and Thomas get on as the weeks progress..And yes, for what it is worth, I would prefer we had signed a proven goal scoring traditional number 9, but there’s nowt I can do about it is there.?
It’s obvious though?We lost an experience striker for good money and we needed to replace him. We don’t need to throw names about that’s the managers job, we just needed the right striker in and for whatever reason we didn’t achieve it