Strikers - or lack of them!

[Riverview Red]

Differences of opinion - Superb !

 

At 5:45 tomorrow some will right and some will be wrong - I'm stating the obvious I know, but its what makes football so exciting and enthralling isn't it?

 

My quick summary, for the record, purely based on form of new guys in friendlies and what we know about our "old hands" is :

 

Goalkeepers - very dodgy indeed, undersized for the Conference and will struggle on set pieces when the "heavyweights" from the other teams block them off and man-handle them.

 

Defence - Full backs - Good at left and right back with good cover too

Centre Backs - McCarthy looks even slower than last season but it may work with him alongside the quick looking Ross Smith, the other Smith looks slow and too small for the Conference.

 

Midfield - Slatter looks like a good signing, full of energy and running. Saunders looks like a top Conference player still, powerful and likely to get 10 + goals again (for me our best player). Drury - great skillful player, a matchwinner but seems to have blotted his copybook with Daish. Jacko is still a superb left sided midfield player and looked very fit in the friendlies. The others are ok guys but but no more (apart from Macca who once fit will still be a good leader, if a little slow).

 

Forwards - Manny is still a matchwinner, when fit and terrorises other teams (if you are a defender, he's the last guy you'd want to mark!). MacDonald - the verdict still open for me. Grant - we need to sign him with no other target man in the squad (looked very good second half against Charlton). But, our options up front look very limited and weak, could be our undoing.

 

PS Can't wait til 3.00pm tomorrow !

[PJ!]

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Riverview Red said:
Differences of opinion - Superb !

At 5:45 tomorrow some will right and some will be wrong - I'm stating the obvious I know, but its what makes football so exciting and enthralling isn't it?

Why, whats happening at 5:45 tommorrow?

I personnally can't wait until 4:45 when we know the full time result againts Exeter.

Anyway you may be right you may be wrong why not come and here and be a doom and gloom merchant?

[Drummer Scott]

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Fleet_Fella said:
If it's a striker from Charlton, I would guess at Alex Varney rather than Lloyd Sam (no.11), as Sam is likely to be in/close to the 1st Team squad.

Have to agree. Varney would be a good signing.

[Drummer Scott]

Has anymore been heard of the Premiership striker Daish was hoping to sign?

[Drummer Scott]

Found this rumour on Premiership message boards

 

http://www.allsports.com/cgi-bin/forum/s...lapsed&sb=5

 

Good news if it's true.

[Fleetbabe]

Didn't he play in the Charlton team against us in pre - season?

[Drummer Scott]

Yeah that's the one. Looked pretty good too.

[Bill Kent]

I do recall hearing about a week ago that LD was after a Charlton striker. Perhaps this will now come to fruition.

[Alan W (GNFC)]

Well,we'll know soon enough - the transfer window closes in 8 days unless its a season long loan of course.

[Harry J Allstars]

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White Van Nistelrooy said:
For most of the pre-season period, Daish has acknowledged the need to sign one or more new strikers. In fact only recently it was reported that he was looking to include no less than 5 strikers in the squad for this season.

Just 2 days before the start of the new season, so where are the new strikers?

Lets assume that the report about 5 strikers was/is correct, Macdonald and Omoyinmi would obviously be included in the 5. One other would no doubt be Grant, or if not why was he given so much time on the pitch during the recent friendlies. However he has yet to pen to paper as far as I am aware.

So what of the other 2?

Both Macdonald and Omoyinmi have recent histories of being somewhat injury prone. If both were to get injured at any time during the season, what already looks a very lightweight strike force will be non-existent.(I am not sure that the inclusion of Grant improves that situation very much if he signs either, but 3 is certainly better than 2).

The club will not be able to bring-in a loan signing (s) as a result of the closure of the transfer window and as such could well be left with no credible strike force at all.

Macdonald!
Omoyinmi!
Grant!
Sodje!
Guy!

Happy now?

[FleetFanatic]

You forgot to point out that we were permitted to make loan signings after the closure of the transfer window.

[Harry J Allstars]

I did but then that was a classic case of posting before checking your facts in which case I thought I was going to get one of those silly pictures where you point out that the Pot calls the Kettle black!