If I remember rightly, a few months ago the general concensus seemed to be that we still needed a pacy striker and central defender and a target man. If we are to add players in the window, what positions do we now think we should be looking at. I'd say the target man problem is sorted and if the centre back situation needed any sorting then i guess Cort is it so that seems to just leave a pacey striker. Have i answered my own question or are there other positions that need sorting? Is Stephens going to do it consistently enough? is BWP going to last the season? Do we lack a bit when we come up against the bully boys?
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Have we not signed him permanently?
If BWP is injured we want someone to come straight in and score goals, yet somehow they've got to stay match fit.
Both BWP and Jackson are expected to play most games, that's why there is no obvious replacement for either of them.
Who is affordable, but a proven goalscorer, yet happy to wait for their chance?
Perhaps we'd bring in a young striker, but then isn't that what we have Smith, Popo etc for?
Could do with Alonso getting match fit but at the moment I wouldn't bring anyone in. Of course a few injuries and suspensions can change that. We've seen the problems of a squad that is too big under Pardew. He signed a 2 year deal
Not everyone will agree with me here, but I wouldn't mind if we signed Nathan Eccleston permanently. He's only 20, fast and can finish. He wasn't great last season out on the wing but, if BWP were to get injured, I wouldn't worry too much with Kermorgant and Eccleston up front. As a central striker, he is good and has a lot of potential. He's pretty rubbish out on the wing, but totally different as a central striker. If he does it at Rochdale (scored in his only game) then maybe Powell will consider it. I love the three main strikers we've got now, but none of them are exactly kids and I'd really like to see someone young with potential to be the fourth. Not to mention since he's so young, he has sell-on value.
For the second half of the season, having BWP, Kermorgant, Hayes and Eccleston as our strikers would excite me.
This will be as vital as the summer this season in my opinion . If we are in a good position in January we would be extremely attractive to ambitious players .
I agree our squad is much deeper than last season and that players like Benson , Doherty and Francis will be looking to move on because all of them are unlikely to get contracts that go beyond the summer.
Benno and Doc would need squad replacements . In terms of a left sider I would now like to see whether Evina , Harriott or Bover could be the wide player we crave , if we were to sign someone they would need to be different to Jacko in the same way as Green is diferent to Waggy .
We would need someone to have the same impact and lifting of morale as Danny Mills , Eddie Youds or Jim Melrose who all added a bit of impetus in years gone by .
I liked what I saw of Eccleston last season, chris powell didn't judging by the games he played.
We've obviously upped the standard this season & if BWP got injured we're looking at somebody good enough to get 25 odd goals a season to come in & fire us to promotion, I'm not sure that Ecclestone would be good enough to do that. If the unthinkable happened I'd like to see a (as mentioned) Jim melrose type player come in on loan.
Somebody who's done it at the top level, possibly on his way down but still good enough to grab a few goals at this level. Obviously we'd all prefer a young hungry type player but we would need somebody for now not one for the future.
I think Alonseo could fill that gap. He could be the second choice flair centre midfielder. Yeha, he was pretty rubbish against Brentford, but there was glimpses of real quality there. He looked a million miles off full fitness in that game. When Alonso is 100% I'm sure we have a bit of a gem. His ball control and some of his passing was quality. I think he might just take time to settle in, I'm definitely not ruling him out just yet.