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

[Des Little]

We've given up haven't we? The club, not the fans

[Toronto Villa]

We've given up haven't we? The club, not the fans

Yes pretty much on this season. Very, very disappointed.

[ozzjim]

Even 300k on the lad scoring in Holland would be understandable. But nothing.

We needed 2 forwards, a midfielder and a keeper as a minimum to give us a fighting chance. We have got to a day before the deadline and I am hoping for Dwight Gayle and Jordan Rhodes to come because they will probably fire us back up next season, while realising there is no chance of us actually spending money.

Very pissed off with Villa.

[amfy]

While I admit survival is improbable, get the right three wins and it's doable. I can't comprehend not giving it a go while there's still a possibility, as much as I can't comprehend why players will really want to come to us as a Championship side when they won't come to us as a Premier League side.

Then we'll be fishing in a different pool, for players to get us out of the Championship, rather than keep us in the Premiership. It is a different type of player, and the fact that we're not signing Championship players to 'bed them in' now is possibly the only sign we haven't thrown the towel in. That the slight chance we'll stay up is a good reason not to be signing and 'bedding in' championship players now. A reason not to be taking on contracts of players we are not sure will be at the standard we'll want for that point of the re-build if we stay up.

In the Championship we go from being the least attractive prospect for a player who is hoping for Premiership football, to being a pathway worth considering for a player wanting to get on the road there.

As a player, who wants to play in the top flight, right now, that just isn't what you think you'd be getting with us. Next season, there are players who would sign for us believing that we are headed back there, or even simply because we're pretty much the biggest noise in that division, & like we've said, on telly most weeks, giving them then best chance to make a name for themselves.

[VancouverLion]

While I admit survival is improbable, get the right three wins and it's doable. I can't comprehend not giving it a go while there's still a possibility, as much as I can't comprehend why players will really want to come to us as a Championship side when they won't come to us as a Premier League side.

Then we'll be fishing in a different pool, for players to get us out of the Championship, rather than keep us in the Premiership. It is a different type of player, and the fact that we're not signing Championship players to 'bed them in' now is possibly the only sign we haven't thrown the towel in. That the slight chance we'll stay up is a good reason not to be signing and 'bedding in' championship players now. A reason not to be taking on contracts of players we are not sure will be at the standard we'll want for that point of the re-build if we stay up.

In the Championship we go from being the least attractive prospect for a player who is hoping for Premiership football, to being a pathway worth considering for a player wanting to get on the road there.

As a player, who wants to play in the top flight, right now, that just isn't what you think you'd be getting with us. Next season, there are players who would sign for us believing that we are headed back there, or even simply because we're pretty much the biggest noise in that division, & like we've said, on telly most weeks, giving them then best chance to make a name for themselves.

Agree Amfy.
My lad said yesterday "oh well dad, least next season we'll be the big club in the league"
We'll be the club the top championship players will want to play for, one would think.
Yay a positive.

[Billy Walker]

We've given up haven't we? The club, not the fans

The Club hasn't given up - we are the Club.  The clusterfcks and the custodian running the Club on our behalf have given up and it is both hugely frustrating and infuriating in equal measure. I thought it couldn't get worse than Ellis but I was wrong.

[Deano's Mullet]

Newcastle look to be signing players left right and centre. Very frustrating.

[martin o`who??]

Lerners not going to spend and no one wants to come here anyway, we go with what we've got and that, Ladies and Gentlemen is precisely sweet fuck-all.

[supertom]

Bring the kids out. Sellars, Green, and anyone else who might inject a little bit of the unexpected and a bit of pace.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd definitely start putting Rushian on the bench for starters.

[CT]

Bring the kids out. Sellars, Green, and anyone else who might inject a little bit of the unexpected and a bit of pace.

Absolutely this. There's nothing to lose. They can't be any worse and hopefully haven't picked up any poisonous traits from Zog, Richards, Gabby etc.

[Tony Erdington]

We've given up haven't we? The club, not the fans

The Club hasn't given up - we are the Club.  The clusterfcks and the custodian running the Club on our behalf have given up and it is both hugely frustrating and infuriating in equal measure. I thought it couldn't get worse than Ellis but I was wrong.

Absolutely

[Gary Penrice]

We've given up haven't we? The club, not the fans

The Club hasn't given up - we are the Club.  The clusterfcks and the custodian running the Club on our behalf have given up and it is both hugely frustrating and infuriating in equal measure. I thought it couldn't get worse than Ellis but I was wrong.

Absolutely

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[cdbearsfan]

Even 300k on the lad scoring in Holland would be understandable. But nothing.

We needed 2 forwards, a midfielder and a keeper as a minimum to give us a fighting chance. We have got to a day before the deadline and I am hoping for Dwight Gayle and Jordan Rhodes to come because they will probably fire us back up next season, while realising there is no chance of us actually spending money.

Very pissed off with Villa.

Rhodes was apparently after in excess of £100k per week so I think we can rule him out.

[curiousorange]

If I had a kid there's no way I would expose them to this. I first went to Villa as an eight year old and I feel genuinely gutted about our predicament even though I'm well into my thirties. In hindsight it would have been better if I hadn't bothered.