Strikers we ‘could target’

[HoylandOwl]

I’m no so sure if we are aiming at one that the latter two on this list, are ones which would stoke the fires in fan’s bellies…

While I don’t know anything about the first on the list, we have actually been linked with him.

[M42Owl]

We need a striker with pace, even if that means a slightly less clinical finisher. The player we thought Malik Wilks was going to be.

[HoylandOwl]

4 minutes ago, M42Owl said:

We need a striker with pace, even if that means a slightly less clinical finisher. The player we thought Malik Wilks was going to be.

I wasn’t expecting much, wanted him to prove me wrong. He hasn’t so far!

[M42Owl]

Just now, HoylandOwl said:

I wasn’t expecting much, wanted him to prove me wrong. He hasn’t so far!

I don’t think I’d ever heard of Malik Wilks before we were linked. Unusually for me, I fell for all the hype. 

[Reesh]

14 minutes ago, M42Owl said:

I don’t think I’d ever heard of Malik Wilks before we were linked. Unusually for me, I fell for all the hype. 

That's more on you though. Suppose living in Yorkshire we were exposed to him more with his moves locally

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

I would start with the rail workers 

then the border force 

Opps wrong strikers 

[HoylandOwl]

35 minutes ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said:

I would start with the rail workers 

then the border force 

Opps wrong strikers 

GET OUT!

[Mark]

2 hours ago, HoylandOwl said:

I wasn’t expecting much, wanted him to prove me wrong. He hasn’t so far!

Not been impressed so far. He seems to want to out muscle his defender every time he gets it. Tbf to him I think he scored most of his goals coming in off right wing. I'm not sure where he fits in with our system 

[Skamp]

There's zero point in targeting a striker when we fuck and fanny about in our build up play.  Fletcher, Rhodes, Gregory, Smith - all starved of service and any meaningful cross to meet. 

A 20 goal a season striker would get 4 for Wednesday. We'll then fuck them off and guess what will happen? 

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

The issue over the last few games is there is no flow to our attacking play. John Pearson made a good point in commentary on Saturday about "describe what is a typical Wednesday goal at present" 

There were glimpses in the 2 goals v Mansfield of what we are good at. And that style can create goals from corners or semi clearances.

 

[HoylandOwl]

We've all said it long enough that we don't add up to the sum of our parts yet we're still within touching distance of the top 2. And that for me is what's more frustrating, if we did make the sum of the parts we'd be top easily!

[owl71]

Based on the long term injuries we’ve got, and the lack of creativity in recent matches, strikers would not be top of my list of January targets tbh.

[Tylluan]

1 hour ago, owl71 said:

Based on the long term injuries we’ve got, and the lack of creativity in recent matches, strikers would not be top of my list of January targets tbh.

So if we go for another creative midfielder where does that leave Bannan? Where would FDB fit into the midfield equation?

The system is stifling the forwards and that's why it looks like a lack of creativity. We could bring in Griezmann as an attacking midfielder and he'd struggle with our going through the phases

[HoylandOwl]

1 hour ago, Tylluan said:

So if we go for another creative midfielder where does that leave Bannan? Where would FDB fit into the midfield equation?

The system is stifling the forwards and that's why it looks like a lack of creativity. We could bring in Griezmann as an attacking midfielder and he'd struggle with our going through the phases

Suppose it depends how injured Bannan is if we went for an attacking midfielder.

[Tylluan]

Don't need one. Play Windass in the hole. 

[HoylandOwl]

We could well do that. And to be honest I’d rather have him buzzing around that area.

[Reesh]

1 hour ago, Tylluan said:

Don't need one. Get a competent manager instead.

This

[owl71]

My first transfer target in January is another midfielder like Byers.  Our only really convincing runs of form in this league have come with him in central midfield, and he keeps getting injured.  The shape of the midfield is different with FDB, he plays further forward than Byers, and as a result Bannan ends up contesting the central midfield area, rather than pulling the strings further forward.  I think Fizz maybe really wants to be an outside right, or whatever the fuck we’re supposed to call the wide forward in a 4-3-3.  The pieces of the jigsaw seem to fit better with Byers in the starting eleven.

Second target is another hard bastard in defence due to injuries to Ihekwe and Heneghan.

[HoylandOwl]

Byer's is a massive miss. He does so much that goes unnoticed by many and FDB hasn't been the same player when starting games of late. The clamouring for him getting a new deal sorted seems to have quietened too... Says a lot. (I'd still keep him though).