Forwards in the Championship

jose said:

Who needs strikers?
I reckon if we can draw 44 games 0-0, and win two games 1-0 we will have a good chance of staying up.

se9addick said:

Braziliance said:

Croydon said:

Braziliance said:

cafcsinger said:

Braziliance said:

It's not looking great.

I would say Godden is good for about 10-13 goals, that's typically been his output in the champ for Coventry, but that was his prime.

TC I think could get anywhere between 10-20. He finds himself in the right positions, and if he works on his finishing over the summer, I wouldn't be surprised to see him hit 10-15 minimum.

Gas, Kanu, Mbick and Dixon nowhere near the level required without being horrible. All should be out on loan to league2 at best, or playing u21s. We can't have any of those on our bench if we are being serious. 

Leaburn if we can get him fit, is our most tailor made championship striker. Problem is, he's becoming a bit like Chuks where those 10/10 performances are only happening 1 in every 10 games.

I think TC should be ok to start, but I also think he might be more effective from the bench as an impact sub. 

I'd prefer Godden in the Hylton role in the champ, but of course a much better player, bags of experience, called upon to see games out, and to chip in with some goals. There's no way we can expect him to play all 46 games 90 minutes, no chance.

If we have the funds, two new strikers should be coming in to compete with Godden, TC and Miles, the rest shouldn't be around the Charlton matchday squad.

I love TC, but on what evidence is he going to double (or even triple) his goal return in a higher league?

Croydon said:

Braziliance said:

It's not looking great.

I would say Godden is good for about 10-13 goals, that's typically been his output in the champ for Coventry, but that was his prime.

TC I think could get anywhere between 10-20. He finds himself in the right positions, and if he works on his finishing over the summer, I wouldn't be surprised to see him hit 10-15 minimum.

Gas, Kanu, Mbick and Dixon nowhere near the level required without being horrible. All should be out on loan to league2 at best, or playing u21s. We can't have any of those on our bench if we are being serious. 

Leaburn if we can get him fit, is our most tailor made championship striker. Problem is, he's becoming a bit like Chuks where those 10/10 performances are only happening 1 in every 10 games.

I think TC should be ok to start, but I also think he might be more effective from the bench as an impact sub. 

I'd prefer Godden in the Hylton role in the champ, but of course a much better player, bags of experience, called upon to see games out, and to chip in with some goals. There's no way we can expect him to play all 46 games 90 minutes, no chance.

If we have the funds, two new strikers should be coming in to compete with Godden, TC and Miles, the rest shouldn't be around the Charlton matchday squad.

TC this season looked great against lower quality opposition, but any decent full back he came up against he struggled to impact the game. Championship is a massive step up. 

I'd like to see TC continue to develop and be used as an impact sub against tired defenders. There's no chance he scores 15-20 goals in the championship, when he only scored 7 against league one defences

Just trying to back him a bit. I say between 10-20 cause of how many times he would get into scoring positions and not get it done.

If I was a betting man, I would say he will get between 7-10. I've got him down for 20 as I think that's his potential. If he works on his finishing and he's at it, it wouldn't surprise me.

I don't even think he has what it takes (yet) to start for us next season. 20 goals is mental. No striker in the league got that last season 

He will start I'd imagine. We won't be able to afford a player better than him, and Jones is on record saying how much he rates him. I think the club will also know in their mind that he is one season away from a juicy fee.

Just want to make it clear again, I really am not expecting him to get 20 goals. I would say that's anywhere between 750/1000-1. 

I just think with his pace, ability and striking technique, if he works on himself and gets in the right positions, he could be a 20 goal a season striker. 

I mean there’s similar odds on Ahadme getting 20 goals. Even if TC starts every game, he’d be doing well to score us 10 goals. 

However you look at it, we need investment in out attacking options or we will be relegated.