The why aren't we signing a new striker thread....

[tomd2103]

Jordan Rhodes would cost too much I think.

I think there is a reason why no one has come in for him at this point and why he can't get in the Scotland squad ahead of the likes of Leigh Griffiths.  That reason is because he makes Darren Bent look like a hard working, all round striker.  Having seen him play a few times over the years, he literally offers nothing outside the box.  He would have gone by now if there weren't serious flaws in his game.

[cdbearsfan]

I think it would be entirely the wrong approach, apart from maybe Hughes, though he seems to have faded a bit.

Rhodes hasn't generally been first choice in a poor Blackburn team, Christ he was second fiddle to the useless lump we currently employ most of the time.
McCormack is a decent player but he'd cost top whack and he's 29.

Every season the Championship turns up a new name that bags 25 goals and becomes a hot property. Go and find that player for a change, itstead of one that's already had their day.

That's been our problem for far too long.

He played 45 out of 46 games last season and scored more than Gestede so hardly second fiddle. He'd been injured this season but scored eight in twelve starts. He's averaged more than a goal every two games for a team generally mid to lower Championship.

If we were even vaguely competent next season, and if he stayed fit, you'd except him to score at least twenty goals for us.

[ozzjim]

I would sooner have a punt on that Santos fella than pay 12m for Rhodes. It would be signing a less good version of Bent, with less pace, and less ability outside the box.

[cdbearsfan]

He wouldn't be my number one choice on the planet,  right now he'd seem a pretty exciting signing though. Anything to alleviate the gloom, at least for a brief while.

[Irish villain]

Garde has made us hard to beat. We are picking up points and can totally survive relegation.

Stick a goalscorer in that team and we may have got three points against both Leicester and the Baggies putting us right back in the race. Fox throwing in the towel in feckin' January = yet another calamity cock-up under Randy Lerner's custodianship.

The decision-making would really break your heart.

[Salsa Party Animal]

Let hope without a midweek game this week, we will have time to buy a striker this week.

[Irish villain]

Let hope without a midweek game this week, we will have time to buy a striker this week.

We had a run of games that could have been wins, striker should have been in 1 January. We only had 22 points going into March last year. Three wins between now and March and we will actually have more points than we had the night we beat the Baggies at home in early March. They are crazy not to be fighting this, it could be done if we had a goalscorer.

[edgysatsuma89]

I'd suck someone off just to get someone who can cross a ball. I just don't get it... how can you be a pro footballer and not be able to cross a ball? Boils my piss.

[VancouverLion]

Boils my piss too!!! Was embarrassing yesterday the amount of times either from set pieces or open play we couldn't even beat the first man. Bacuna being the worst culprit, shocking for professional footballers it really is.
Actually the only time we did get decent balls in (Veretout) was ironically when both Kozak and Gestede had gone off!

I'd like us to go for Gayle, definitely has an eye for goal and has some pace too. Always looks a good player when I see him.

[Mister E]

Two from Gayle, Crouch and Leigh Griffiths - either on loan or perm - might work for us. But the most important factor is the ability of incomes to fit in straightaway, which would probably favour Crouch.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Let hope without a midweek game this week, we will have time to buy a striker this week.

We had a run of games that could have been wins, striker should have been in 1 January. We only had 22 points going into March last year. Three wins between now and March and we will actually have more points than we had the night we beat the Baggies at home in early March. They are crazy not to be fighting this, it could be done if we had a goalscorer.

Yup. Yup and yup.

[brian green]

Sixteen letters.     Christian Benteke.

[cdbearsfan]

There's more chance of us signing Christian Bale.

[brian green]

Before the head tapping starts, the amount of abuse CB is getting at Liverpool has to be heard to be believed.  Makes our comments about Gestede sound like mild tut tutting.  His agent concocted the Liverpool deal that has blown up in his and his client's face.   He has to showcase CB very quickly if his career is to be saved.  Four months with us would give him his heroic status back instantly and a platform to move back to Europe with some reputation left.

Add to that Klopp is sufficiently volatile to bomb squad the best centre forward I have ever seen in a Villa shirt.

[mr underhill]

Brian I would love it in a Keeganesque-type way if the Beast came back but I suspect this will run in a similar vein to the James Milner posts