Ikpeazu had a good game at their place, but not very mobile and didn't press.
He was very good at disrupting/battling our defenders, and winning free kicks on the halfway line just by being big and awkward.
Have to disagree, thought he looked very mobile for his size. Remember him using his pace to burn past Hector & Jones at one point.
He gave them both a torrid time and has a decent pedigree having played in the Scottish Prem and Championship. Obviously not a goalscorer but apparently we need someone primarily for May to play off.
May alone won’t score nearly enough to get us promoted. Our midfield doesn’t have enough goals in, if we are moving to wing backs then neither do they, and our centre backs have zero goals this season.
Leaburn staying fit would be a 20+ goal player in my opinion, but we can’t rely on that and he might not be here anyway. Hopefully Ikpeazu is just a stop-gap and we bring in a proper goalscoring big man in the summer
Didn't realise Ikpeazu had been at Wycombe before , that might make it a bit of a tricky one to make happen. They've only got Vokes, Dale Taylor on loan from Forest and Brandon Hanlan as strikers so can see the fit there for them too.
Ikpeazu had a good game at their place, but not very mobile and didn't press.
He was very good at disrupting/battling our defenders, and winning free kicks on the halfway line just by being big and awkward.
Have to disagree, thought he looked very mobile for his size. Remember him using his pace to burn past Hector & Jones at one point.
He gave them both a torrid time and has a decent pedigree having played in the Scottish Prem and Championship. Obviously not a goalscorer but apparently we need someone primarily for May to play off.
May alone won’t score nearly enough to get us promoted. Our midfield doesn’t have enough goals in, if we are moving to wing backs then neither do they, and our centre backs have zero goals this season.
Leaburn staying fit would be a 20+ goal player in my opinion, but we can’t rely on that and he might not be here anyway. Hopefully Ikpeazu is just a stop-gap and we bring in a proper goalscoring big man in the summer
I think he'd definitely be a stopgap but tbf we have only scored 2 less goals than Pompey who are top of the table.
People are getting really obsessed by strike rates. Our biggest problem currently is that when it’s going to our strikers it’s not staying there. We have a goal scorer, we need someone to complement him and get us playing higher up the pitch.
I thought Ikpeazu was the stand out player from that game and as a squad option would be an excellent addition.
People are getting really obsessed by strike rates. Our biggest problem currently is that when it’s going to our strikers it’s not staying there. We have a goal scorer, we need someone to complement him and get us playing higher up the pitch.
I thought Ikpeazu was the stand out player from that game and as a squad option would be an excellent addition.
Think the lack of the ball sticking is part of why we don’t have many midfield goals. If the ball can stick at his feet it should encourage forward runs. The new midfield signings seemed more likely to make those runs on Saturday
Got to he honest, I'd be a bit underwhelmed by this. Stockton at least has a history of a decent strike rate, Goodwin has potential and JCH is an absolute bagsman that's also a physical presence.
Uche is just a bit of a handful, poor strike rate.
he's not perfect but the difference he'd make to our team would be huge
People are getting really obsessed by strike rates. Our biggest problem currently is that when it’s going to our strikers it’s not staying there. We have a goal scorer, we need someone to complement him and get us playing higher up the pitch.
I thought Ikpeazu was the stand out player from that game and as a squad option would be an excellent addition.
Think the lack of the ball sticking is part of why we don’t have many midfield goals. If the ball can stick at his feet it should encourage forward runs. The new midfield signings seemed more likely to make those runs on Saturday
Neither have scored many goals in their career. It’s probably more of an issue for the summer, but goals from elsewhere in the team needs to be addressed
Ikpeazu had a good game at their place, but not very mobile and didn't press.
He was very good at disrupting/battling our defenders, and winning free kicks on the halfway line just by being big and awkward.
Have to disagree, thought he looked very mobile for his size. Remember him using his pace to burn past Hector & Jones at one point.
He gave them both a torrid time and has a decent pedigree having played in the Scottish Prem and Championship. Obviously not a goalscorer but apparently we need someone primarily for May to play off.
May alone won’t score nearly enough to get us promoted. Our midfield doesn’t have enough goals in, if we are moving to wing backs then neither do they, and our centre backs have zero goals this season.
Leaburn staying fit would be a 20+ goal player in my opinion, but we can’t rely on that and he might not be here anyway. Hopefully Ikpeazu is just a stop-gap and we bring in a proper goalscoring big man in the summer
I think he'd definitely be a stopgap but tbf we have only scored 2 less goals than Pompey who are top of the table.
If you remove CBT then we’d be struggling a lot more to find the net
People are getting really obsessed by strike rates. Our biggest problem currently is that when it’s going to our strikers it’s not staying there. We have a goal scorer, we need someone to complement him and get us playing higher up the pitch.
I thought Ikpeazu was the stand out player from that game and as a squad option would be an excellent addition.
Think the lack of the ball sticking is part of why we don’t have many midfield goals. If the ball can stick at his feet it should encourage forward runs. The new midfield signings seemed more likely to make those runs on Saturday
Neither have scored many goals in their career. It’s probably more of an issue for the summer, but goals from elsewhere in the team needs to be addressed
was just going from Saturdays performance really, Bakinson in particular got forward more than most we’ve seen and could’ve scored Alfie’s goal. Coventry looks the kind to ping one in from distance every now and then and I’ve no idea about Fiorini.
We need to sign players locally, who won't get homesick. Local League Two teams seem like a good place to look. Who's Gillingham's striker?
Macaulay Bonne?
Bonne is Gills top scorer this season with 3. O dear, Whatever happened to the new chairman splashing the cash to fire them out of the division.? Bonne as your main striker 😂
Got to he honest, I'd be a bit underwhelmed by this. Stockton at least has a history of a decent strike rate, Goodwin has potential and JCH is an absolute bagsman that's also a physical presence.
Uche is just a bit of a handful, poor strike rate.
he's not perfect but the difference he'd make to our team would be huge
Can't argue with that, he would be a 2024 version of Parker!!
the problem is, when do you give up on other targets and go for the short term gap fill option.
Got to he honest, I'd be a bit underwhelmed by this. Stockton at least has a history of a decent strike rate, Goodwin has potential and JCH is an absolute bagsman that's also a physical presence.
Uche is just a bit of a handful, poor strike rate.
he's not perfect but the difference he'd make to our team would be huge
But he will also cost a fee?
For me this just isn't a good signing, 29 in a month (same age as the 'old' JCH), barely made an impact anywhere he has played.
This just smacks of desperation and not a signing where a plan has been put in place. I don't imagine he would be a part of our build for next season..
Got to he honest, I'd be a bit underwhelmed by this. Stockton at least has a history of a decent strike rate, Goodwin has potential and JCH is an absolute bagsman that's also a physical presence.
Uche is just a bit of a handful, poor strike rate.
he's not perfect but the difference he'd make to our team would be huge
But he will also cost a fee?
For me this just isn't a good signing, 29 in a month (same age as the 'old' JCH), barely made an impact anywhere he has played.
This just smacks of desperation and not a signing where a plan has been put in place. I don't imagine he would be a part of our build for next season..
Hopefully Wycombe will outbid us on this one.
The implication from that Sky paragraph is he’d be free. I’d imagine cheap wages too
Ikpeazu had a good game at their place, but not very mobile and didn't press.
He was very good at disrupting/battling our defenders, and winning free kicks on the halfway line just by being big and awkward.
Have to disagree, thought he looked very mobile for his size. Remember him using his pace to burn past Hector & Jones at one point.
He gave them both a torrid time and has a decent pedigree having played in the Scottish Prem and Championship. Obviously not a goalscorer but apparently we need someone primarily for May to play off.
May alone won’t score nearly enough to get us promoted. Our midfield doesn’t have enough goals in, if we are moving to wing backs then neither do they, and our centre backs have zero goals this season.
Leaburn staying fit would be a 20+ goal player in my opinion, but we can’t rely on that and he might not be here anyway. Hopefully Ikpeazu is just a stop-gap and we bring in a proper goalscoring big man in the summer
I think he'd definitely be a stopgap but tbf we have only scored 2 less goals than Pompey who are top of the table.
If you remove CBT then we’d be struggling a lot more to find the net
I can't be getting into another argument that goals are the problem. If we improve all over the pitch as we look to be doing, we'll have a better season.
Got to he honest, I'd be a bit underwhelmed by this. Stockton at least has a history of a decent strike rate, Goodwin has potential and JCH is an absolute bagsman that's also a physical presence.
Uche is just a bit of a handful, poor strike rate.
he's not perfect but the difference he'd make to our team would be huge
But he will also cost a fee?
For me this just isn't a good signing, 29 in a month (same age as the 'old' JCH), barely made an impact anywhere he has played.
This just smacks of desperation and not a signing where a plan has been put in place. I don't imagine he would be a part of our build for next season..
Hopefully Wycombe will outbid us on this one.
You really want to try and find any angle you can to fit your own view point. It was the same the moment Carlisle signed a few players (the day before us) and you straight away wanted to use that as a point of them having an ownership team who 'cares' and has a 'plan in place'.
There is clearly a plan in place, and the fact we have signed players early, and now moved down the list to what I assume would be our 5th/6th choice striker, who all have the same sort of physical attributes, actually shows that. Not the other way around.
Whether the plan will work is a whole different story.
Forest were the other club doing the rounds but I don't know if their impending FFP sanction will affect any January business.
Think Olympiacos will sign him and loan him to Forest to get around this as same owners.
As for Ikpeazu, whilst he scored against us I thought he was one of the most limited players I have seen. Just a big agricultural lump, most defences in this league will deal with him very easily. He definitely isn't an elite 8 signing and only just about would be a L1 bob average 8 signing.
Got to he honest, I'd be a bit underwhelmed by this. Stockton at least has a history of a decent strike rate, Goodwin has potential and JCH is an absolute bagsman that's also a physical presence.
Uche is just a bit of a handful, poor strike rate.
he's not perfect but the difference he'd make to our team would be huge
But he will also cost a fee?
For me this just isn't a good signing, 29 in a month (same age as the 'old' JCH), barely made an impact anywhere he has played.
This just smacks of desperation and not a signing where a plan has been put in place. I don't imagine he would be a part of our build for next season..
Hopefully Wycombe will outbid us on this one.
I don’t get the way of thinking (the last bit) - if we don’t get him what makes you think we’d get better? The longer we wait the more risk we end up with someone further down the list or worse, no new striker at all.
This could also be one of those situations where we have a few possibilities, but we have to keep some moving along to ensure we get the type of player we need, even if we have to go with a short term option.
Got to he honest, I'd be a bit underwhelmed by this. Stockton at least has a history of a decent strike rate, Goodwin has potential and JCH is an absolute bagsman that's also a physical presence.
Uche is just a bit of a handful, poor strike rate.
he's not perfect but the difference he'd make to our team would be huge
But he will also cost a fee?
For me this just isn't a good signing, 29 in a month (same age as the 'old' JCH), barely made an impact anywhere he has played.
This just smacks of desperation and not a signing where a plan has been put in place. I don't imagine he would be a part of our build for next season..
Hopefully Wycombe will outbid us on this one.
This.
At least with JCH you get goals to add to his presence & physicality.
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Not quite the transfer fix I need but the next best thing, like methadone
O dear, Whatever happened to the new chairman splashing the cash to fire them out of the division.? Bonne as your main striker 😂
And didn't start with them Saturday
Still, more money in than out.....
the problem is, when do you give up
on other targets and go for the short term gap fill option.
🎵 if Uche scorers, we're on the pitch 🎵
For me this just isn't a good signing, 29 in a month (same age as the 'old' JCH), barely made an impact anywhere he has played.
This just smacks of desperation and not a signing where a plan has been put in place. I don't imagine he would be a part of our build for next season..
Hopefully Wycombe will outbid us on this one.
We need a bloke to fill the gap until the summer if JCH and Goodwin aren’t happening.
Give him a cheap ish 18 month deal and if he’s out of favour by this time next year I’m sure Port Vale, Wycombe etc would take him on loan.
There is clearly a plan in place, and the fact we have signed players early, and now moved down the list to what I assume would be our 5th/6th choice striker, who all have the same sort of physical attributes, actually shows that. Not the other way around.
Whether the plan will work is a whole different story.
Think Olympiacos will sign him and loan him to Forest to get around this as same owners.
As for Ikpeazu, whilst he scored against us I thought he was one of the most limited players I have seen. Just a big agricultural lump, most defences in this league will deal with him very easily. He definitely isn't an elite 8 signing and only just about would be a L1 bob average 8 signing.
This could also be one of those situations where we have a few possibilities, but we have to keep some moving along to ensure we get the type of player we need, even if we have to go with a short term option.
At least with JCH you get goals to add to his presence & physicality.