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Retdon1

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We need a striker
« on October 12, 2019, 04:27:17 pm by Retdon1 »
Exactly that. We won’t be successful until we bring in a half decent striker. Our build up play is good but same as the Portsmouth game and many others, we have no one to finish the opportunity’s off. The new lad Thomas looks average at best.



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the vicar

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #1 on October 12, 2019, 04:29:06 pm by the vicar »
We have since John went

dknward2

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #2 on October 12, 2019, 04:29:21 pm by dknward2 »
Or play a formation that doesn't leave 6 at the back and a loan striker up front

Retdon1

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #3 on October 12, 2019, 04:36:59 pm by Retdon1 »
We’re frustrating to watch. We play great football and create lots of chances but have no one in and around the box to finish them off

johnny rovers

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #4 on October 12, 2019, 04:41:03 pm by johnny rovers »
Not bringing a striker in of our own has bordered on gross misconduct.

redarmy82

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #5 on October 12, 2019, 04:43:19 pm by redarmy82 »
Not bringing a striker in of our own has bordered on gross misconduct.

A lot on here reckon we don't need one.

Copps is Magic

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #6 on October 12, 2019, 04:48:17 pm by Copps is Magic »
There's nothing we can do until January. Panicking is going to get you the likes of Thomas, a big lump of nothingness released by Solihull Moors. Ennis is promising but not close to the standard of Wilks or Marquis last season.

redarmy82

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #7 on October 12, 2019, 04:50:16 pm by redarmy82 »
There's nothing we can do until January. Panicking is going to get you the likes of Thomas, a big lump of nothingness released by Solihull Moors. Ennis is promising but not close to the standard of Wilks or Marquis last season.

There was no excuse not bringing in one in before the window closed. If you believe the board, we have the funds. Other teams have signed players, so why didn't we?

vaya

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #8 on October 12, 2019, 04:53:39 pm by vaya »
There's nothing we can do until January. Panicking is going to get you the likes of Thomas, a big lump of nothingness released by Solihull Moors. Ennis is promising but not close to the standard of Wilks or Marquis last season.

There was no excuse not bringing in one in before the window closed. If you believe the board, we have the funds. Other teams have signed players, so why didn't we?
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Can't you ask your source?

vaya

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #9 on October 12, 2019, 04:57:04 pm by vaya »
There's nothing we can do until January. Panicking is going to get you the likes of Thomas, a big lump of nothingness released by Solihull Moors. Ennis is promising but not close to the standard of Wilks or Marquis last season.

There was no excuse not bringing in one in before the window closed. If you believe the board, we have the funds. Other teams have signed players, so why didn't we?
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Can't you ask your source?

Can you f**k off?

Genuine question. Well done for biting my head off though.

redarmy82

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #10 on October 12, 2019, 04:58:34 pm by redarmy82 »
There's nothing we can do until January. Panicking is going to get you the likes of Thomas, a big lump of nothingness released by Solihull Moors. Ennis is promising but not close to the standard of Wilks or Marquis last season.

There was no excuse not bringing in one in before the window closed. If you believe the board, we have the funds. Other teams have signed players, so why didn't we?
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Can't you ask your source?

Can you f**k off?

Genuine question. Well done for biting my head off though.

It was though was it? It was a dig.

My post before the meet the owners event explained the strategy the club had decided to adopt. And it's showing now that it isn't going to work.

colincramb

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #11 on October 12, 2019, 04:58:50 pm by colincramb »
The new lad Thomas looks ‘average at best’ because that’s exactly what he is; a non league striker leading the line.

Very poor today by the sounds of it and another tough one next week. Just don’t know where the goals are going to come from

Padge_DRFC

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #12 on October 12, 2019, 04:59:12 pm by Padge_DRFC »
We'll do enough to stay up. The board will have to accept that with this squad/wage structure. Anything extra Darren Moore will have done a top job.

colincramb

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #13 on October 12, 2019, 05:01:04 pm by colincramb »
We'll do enough to stay up. The board will have to accept that with this squad/wage structure. Anything extra Darren Moore will have done a top job.

We shouldn’t have to accept it though. With the crowds we are getting we should be finishing in the top half

dickos1

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #14 on October 12, 2019, 05:01:07 pm by dickos1 »
Not just the striker we needed
The lack of incoming signings full stop this year has been diabolical

So many good players have left and not been replaced.
If we don’t recruit well in January serious questions need to be asked
« Last Edit: October 12, 2019, 05:08:00 pm by dickos1 »

5 on Tour

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #15 on October 12, 2019, 05:01:48 pm by 5 on Tour »
We are going to drop off massively over the course of an entire season relying on midfield to score most/all of our goals. Of course a striker is going to score a few if he plays most of the games in a season but not one of the ones at the club currently are going to lead the line and push us forward.

On a bad day you create a few chances and you need them to be put away. If we create 26 chances(like last week) we are still not scoring enough. Football is a relatively simple game - put the ball in the net more than the opposition. We can’t do that at the moment. We are at risk of turning a good start and, usually, good football into a mid table season because we lack a striker.

As for the situation for next season god help us. Based on current contract situations we don’t even have enough to field a team. I don’t mind that as a one off but it’s every season now. Something isn’t sitting right about it all.

redarmy82

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #16 on October 12, 2019, 05:01:57 pm by redarmy82 »
We'll do enough to stay up. The board will have to accept that with this squad/wage structure. Anything extra Darren Moore will have done a top job.

We shouldn’t have to accept it though. With the crowds we are getting we should be finishing in the top half

The crowds are manufactured though, in reality they are a lot less.

glosterred

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #17 on October 12, 2019, 05:03:03 pm by glosterred »
Oxford have kept 5 clean sheets in 6, I suspect the other 4 teams that didn’t score might need strikers also


COYR

vaya

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #18 on October 12, 2019, 05:03:42 pm by vaya »
There's nothing we can do until January. Panicking is going to get you the likes of Thomas, a big lump of nothingness released by Solihull Moors. Ennis is promising but not close to the standard of Wilks or Marquis last season.

There was no excuse not bringing in one in before the window closed. If you believe the board, we have the funds. Other teams have signed players, so why didn't we?
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Can't you ask your source?

Can you f**k off?

Genuine question. Well done for biting my head off though.

It was though was it? It was a dig.

My post before the meet the owners event explained the strategy the club had decided to adopt. And it's showing now that it isn't going to work.

Apologies. You obviously know more than me what I'm thinking.

Any idea where I've left my keys?

redarmy82

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #19 on October 12, 2019, 05:03:55 pm by redarmy82 »
Oxford have kept 5 clean sheets in 6, I suspect the other 4 teams that didn’t score might need strikers also


COYR

So we don't need a striker?

dickos1

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #20 on October 12, 2019, 05:09:39 pm by dickos1 »
Oxford have kept 5 clean sheets in 6, I suspect the other 4 teams that didn’t score might need strikers also


COYR

Those other sides probably haven’t got strikers that haven’t mustered more than a couple of goals all season though

Lesonthewest

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #21 on October 12, 2019, 05:13:25 pm by Lesonthewest »
Last 6 league games, 4 goals, one from a defender, one from a defensive midfielder, one from Coppinger & one from a makeshift striker, don't worry though we don't need a striker, not to mention the players we lost during the summer. There will be questions why the attendances are dropping soon. Look at the lad Henderson at a poor side like Rochdale, even he is knocking them in. Really frustrating.

Copps is Magic

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #22 on October 12, 2019, 05:15:20 pm by Copps is Magic »
We've now got the joint 5th worst goal scoring record in the league. We've scored the same amount of goals as Southend.

The issue isn't just goal-scoring however, its the whole balance of the team. Win, lose, or draw its been painfully clear all season there is no balance to the team. Ennis is a hard worker and an opportunist but a frontman? Not so far. Our sheer lack of depth in that position means he has the  responsibility of the whole team on his shoulders, when he's just a young lad who should be learning his trade.

IDM

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #23 on October 12, 2019, 05:20:39 pm by IDM »
Last weekend we had plenty of chances to win the game without a striker.. the players we have got, good players who can hit the target, didn’t..

As for today I didn’t go but it looks like we were well beat.

Of course we need to play with a striker or two.

Will it be different when Ennis starts.?

Will Sterling do a job when fit.?

Did anyone not read the DFP website this week when DM says we are a work in progress.??

The childish remarks on this thread are not exactly productive or supportive either..

redarmy82

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #24 on October 12, 2019, 05:22:18 pm by redarmy82 »
Last weekend we had plenty of chances to win the game without a striker.. the players we have got, good players who can hit the target, didn’t..

As for today I didn’t go but it looks like we were well beat.

Of course we need to play with a striker or two.

Will it be different when Ennis starts.?

Will Sterling do a job when fit.?

Did anyone not read the DFP website this week when DM says we are a work in progress.??

The childish remarks on this thread are not exactly productive or supportive either..

A work in progress. 80 percent of these players won't be here next season, so what's the point?

dickos1

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #25 on October 12, 2019, 05:22:39 pm by dickos1 »
The point we had plenty of chances and didn’t score emphasises the point we need a striker not opposes the point

mjg

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #26 on October 12, 2019, 05:24:01 pm by mjg »
If you pay peanuts you get monkeys

sheffield exile1

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #27 on October 12, 2019, 05:24:15 pm by sheffield exile1 »
Now there was a post on here questioning whether we needed a striker as VA was training with us and we needed a decision. Can't remember if that ended well ?

IDM

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #28 on October 12, 2019, 05:24:59 pm by IDM »
Last weekend we had plenty of chances to win the game without a striker.. the players we have got, good players who can hit the target, didn’t..

As for today I didn’t go but it looks like we were well beat.

Of course we need to play with a striker or two.

Will it be different when Ennis starts.?

Will Sterling do a job when fit.?

Did anyone not read the DFP website this week when DM says we are a work in progress.??

The childish remarks on this thread are not exactly productive or supportive either..

A work in progress. 80 percent of these players won't be here next season, so what's the point?

You know our squad for next season.?

If you don’t think there’s a point, then leave..

redarmy82

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Re: We need a striker
« Reply #29 on October 12, 2019, 05:26:20 pm by redarmy82 »
Last weekend we had plenty of chances to win the game without a striker.. the players we have got, good players who can hit the target, didn’t..

As for today I didn’t go but it looks like we were well beat.

Of course we need to play with a striker or two.

Will it be different when Ennis starts.?

Will Sterling do a job when fit.?

Did anyone not read the DFP website this week when DM says we are a work in progress.??

The childish remarks on this thread are not exactly productive or supportive either..

A work in progress. 80 percent of these players won't be here next season, so what's the point?

You know our squad for next season.?

If you don’t think there’s a point, then leave..

3 players from today's team have contracts beyond this season. The evidence is there in terms of how we go about our transfer and contract business.

Keep burying your head in the sand.

 

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