WillingtonMag Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Criminal not getting another striker In might well cost us our place in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Dwighty G will see us safe I'm sure..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Ah, back to whining on again. The six day respite was lovely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Man Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 There will be no striker then, I'll tell the children Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelphish Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, Dandy Man said: There will be no striker then, I'll tell the children Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Thought Bruno was single handedly keeping us up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Ah, back to whining on again. The six day respite was lovely. I'm not sure if I am misunderstanding. Why is there renewed moaning about the transfer window? Didn't we know that Wilson was out for a long time anyway? This isn't new information is it ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Just now, Robster said: I'm not sure if I am misunderstanding. Why is there renewed moaning about the transfer window? Didn't we know that Wilson was out for a long time anyway? This isn't new information is it ? I think he was expected back in March, but its looking more like April now. I assume with this news Chris Wood's value has plummeted by another five million quid due to developing a second left foot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Surely we go with miggy if wood gets injured. He would stretch other teams back fours with his runs. He might not score a ton but should bring our willocks et Al in to play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Not good news, but with Wilson even if he come back in March, he’s likely to break down again. This ought to have been addressed in January really, Wood alone even with Wilson returning wasn’t going to be enough or should ever have been considered enough. I know the club tried to bring in another striker/forward, but they had a whole month to get another one in and didn’t, that is a failure on their behalf and I just hope it doesn’t backfire and we go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 yao-off-a-cliff.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I like Wilson but I think I would replace him in the summer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ben said: I like Wilson but I think I would replace him in the summer First-team aye, but I’d keep him as a squad player still! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Broon Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 13 minutes ago, andycap said: Surely we go with miggy if wood gets injured. He would stretch other teams back fours with his runs. He might not score a ton but should bring our willocks et Al in to play. I can't see him working as a striker, I think in order of preference it would be: Gayle Joelinton ASM Willock None of which would be good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Anyway, who needs a striker these days, Man City are pissing the league without one… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 18 minutes ago, Ben said: I like Wilson but I think I would replace him in the summer Don’t think we will , was talking to a lad today and he’s just paying over a £million for a house in the area . He’s here to stay . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 I certainly wouldn't ship him out in the summer, he's still quality. I assume we'll buy someone of superior or equal quality so that we can manage his minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 wow, that really is bad planning. its inexcusable we didnt get another pacy front man in. wood was a panic buy to get a striker in for the watford game, hence the gamble. but if the plan was that he would be our main striker for the rest of the season then we have royally fucked up. it is "hoped" we have wilson back for the end of the season - even that is in doubt. fucks sake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Wood Murphy ASM Miggy imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Genuinely feel we're fucked. What were they playing at not getting anything else up top? Ownership have huge questions to answer if we go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 The situation hasn't really drastically changed, like. Wilson was always realistically only going to be returning mid March, and probably only fully fit by April anyway, wasn't he? I get the frustration with the striker situation, but it's not like we just downed tools and didn't try to bring a striker in, it's just not particularly easy to convince clubs to sell their best strikers in Jan and it's even more difficult when most players also don't want to join a relegation scrap. People will point to the likes of Weghurst moving to Burnley, but I'm far from convinced that he's any better than Wood at this level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Man Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) There were massive deficiencies across all areas of the team that needed addressing and those largely got addressed, if a striker had been the only problem area then fair enough they fucked up but they did sign one striker for 25 million (bad value or otherwise) and clearly tried to get at least one more of similar value. It's obviously a non ideal situation to be in right now, but it's hardly a shambles or a massive dereliction of duty when we've reinforced with genuine quality across several positions in the hardest period of year to buy any players, it's certainly nowhere near the levels of shambles of the last 14 years anyway. But people love complaining. Edited February 7, 2022 by Dandy Man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 33 minutes ago, huss9 said: wow, that really is bad planning. its inexcusable we didnt get another pacy front man in. wood was a panic buy to get a striker in for the watford game, hence the gamble. but if the plan was that he would be our main striker for the rest of the season then we have royally fucked up. it is "hoped" we have wilson back for the end of the season - even that is in doubt. fucks sake. Bad planning? The owners tried non stop to get another striker in but as we know there just weren't any available. People on here have short memories and the more I read the more I think they deserved Bruce and Ashley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 It's too early to judge Wood, but it looks like there's a bigger role for Gayle and Eddie's going to have to get a tune out of him. If the signings click, we'll be keeping the ball much more, playing further up the field, and playing to feet, so that should create better chances. Gayle scored two as a sub in the last preseason friendly against Norwich, and came close against Burnley in the league cup. He seems to be moving okay in that game, the highlights are on the club's Youtube, so I don't see a completely lost cause there. If nothing else, he's bound to be fitter now than he was with four days off a week under Bruce. Its far from ideal, but the clubs we have to finish above aren't ram packed with striking talent either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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