18-01-2024, 01:12 PM
(18-01-2024, 09:36 AM)Lawrence Wrote:(18-01-2024, 03:54 AM)raymond.hallbear1@gmail.com Wrote: Nearly all clubs need strikers at this time of the year, so who will be available to us for small money isn't going to change much. Better to look for a creative midfielder, but these don't come cheap either. Our present strike force, for a club presently at the top, seems very very weak to me. When was the last time that the opposition keeper was seriously troubled from any shot from the edge of the box? I cannot remember any?
Doesn't matter how good the striker is if the opponent has worked out how to stop the crosses (our only real form of attack). It's no coincidence that as teams have started to defend the crosses better and stop the deliveries, the chances that come Bishop's way have diminished. He's back to feeding off scraps. Kamara is so close to being what we need but he just cannot handle the pressure of delivering the final ball and we do well to get 45 mins out of him until he starts to disappear.
Shots on goal are also so rare that when Morrell took one a few weeks ago it actually stunned me! So if you're not renowned for shooting on goal then that's another outlet that has been snuffed out. Daft as we've seen what Pack can do from afar.
The worry I have is that waiting until the end transfer window (and I have heard the reasons) will have seen us complete six fixtures - almost a third of the remaining fixtures - with a team that have run out of steam and been found out big style. I just can't imagine this club paying a six figure fee - let alone successfully outbidding anybody. It still feels like we're feeding on scraps. Maybe there's another girlfriend that's moved down south so we sign him??
Anyway, got to beat Fleetwood or we really are fecked.
Definitely need to take more shots at goal we never work the keeper enough.