snoopdawg Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 For squad building I'd take Dwight Gayle as a second or third striker. Goals ratio is fairly decent considering the time he spends on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Some ambitious names being mentioned in here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I'd be happy with anyone that's been consistently scoring goals for the last few seasons. Fed up of taking chances on strikers that are out of form, out of favour or cheap for any other reason and just hoping they belie their price tag so that we can immediately sell them to someone else for their benefit. Goalscorers cost money. Spend some fucking money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I'd be happy with anyone that's been consistently scoring goals for the last few seasons. Fed up of taking chances on strikers that are out of form, out of favour or cheap for any other reason and just hoping they belie their price tag so that we can immediately sell them to someone else for their benefit. Goalscorers cost money. Spend some fucking money. I think the closest we will get to this is Austin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 The problem is scoring goals is the result of the team, someone who might score 20 for a normally functioning team would struggle to score 10 for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Charlie Austin just scored around 20 goals in a team worse than we were. If you're a good striker you'll score goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Charlie Austin just scored around 20 goals in a team worse than we were. If you're a good striker you'll score goals. QPR didn't go down because they didn't create chances, they were a lot better than us in that department. Most strikers would struggle to score for a team which doesn't put decent delivery into the box, doesn't pass through midfield or have decent off the ball movement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Charlie Austin just scored around 20 goals in a team worse than we were. If you're a good striker you'll score goals. QPR didn't go down because they didn't create chances, they were a lot better than us in that department. Most strikers would struggle to score for a team which doesn't put decent delivery into the box, doesn't pass through midfield or have decent off the ball movement. Only scored 2 more goals than us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Carroll Rather not bother and keep Cisse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Carroll Rather not bother and keep Cisse Well that's a no-brainer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Carroll Rather not bother and keep Cisse Well that's a no-brainer. Not to a lot of fans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 If Carroll was ever fit there might be a debate to be had. As it is, it would be crazy to sign him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Is it just me or is there a lack of quality strikers out there these days? Realistic ones i mean.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nattfare Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I wish Carroll would retire so that they can stop linking him to us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Maybe, i just got the feeling that there isn't as many out there as before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Is it just me or is there a lack of quality strikers out there these days? Realistic ones i mean.. There's plenty, we just won't pay the money for them. Not wishing to put you on the spot - but can you give some examples? I've been trying to think about who I would want us to buy because none of the proposed names really fill me with much confidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 There's always good options if you want to spend some money. When you have so many restrictions, including age - it becomes very difficult. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I didn't mean that there's no good options at all! I just struggle to come up with as many as i have been able to do before... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Mandoon you're drunk! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Yeah but quite a few of them would just laugh at us even if we were prepared to pay the money Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Mitrovic would probably be the best fit for a CL club. For us with our limited ability to play effective football, someone like Austin would probably be better, especially as he is suited to playing English football for a poor side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Yeah but quite a few of them would just laugh at us even if we were prepared to pay the money Not if we were ran remotely decently. If you look at it that way the only players we can get are at worse clubs than us and there isn't many of them knocking about There's literally no reason we can't get Benteke, Villa finished below us. We could get Berhaino if we wanted to, Lacazette/Fekir would want to play in the PL. Bacca prob an unrealistic shout but f*** it. The amount of money kicking about, in particular at NUFC means we should be able to attract good players. Except the fact a number of Champions League clubs would take him and he'd get at least double the wages we'd be willing to pay. Other than that, literally no reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Tbf we could have signed Bacca when he was at Club Brugge after playing against them in the Europa league, had he been scouted and we bothered to spend money. He would have only cost about £4-5mil and he's had a good record throughout his career so would have been well worth a punt. Unrelated but I can remember going back 10 years ago us being in the UEFA Cup when we were linked with every single one of the main strikers we came up against. Kezman at PSV, Drogba at Marseille and Huntelaar at Heerenveen spring to mind. Standard journalism but now they know we don't want to sign anybody - ever - so they keep their mouths shut and talk about 'monitoring' as it's more believable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Lacazette, PEA as well! No chance even if we paid up silly money! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Yeah but quite a few of them would just laugh at us even if we were prepared to pay the money Not if we were ran remotely decently. If you look at it that way the only players we can get are at worse clubs than us and there isn't many of them knocking about There's literally no reason we can't get Benteke, Villa finished below us. We could get Berhaino if we wanted to, Lacazette/Fekir would want to play in the PL. Bacca prob an unrealistic shout but f*** it. The amount of money kicking about, in particular at NUFC means we should be able to attract good players. Except the fact a number of Champions League clubs would take him and he'd get at least double the wages we'd be willing to pay. Other than that, literally no reason. Would they? Who? Spurs but they aren't CL? I can't think of any in the PL, Pay him the right money and he will come. What you mean is pay him over the odds in order to overcome his reluctance to join. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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