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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 22 Oct 18 11.20am
Originally posted by Ian-VI We all perfectly know that we have to find the way to score with the actual squad, as we all perfectly know that we cannot buy a strong striker unless we sell one of our high earners and high payed players, which won't happen as they are underperforming and no one would buy them at their actual wages. Hence, until Benteke's contract expires on June 2020 and Sakho contract expires on June 2021, we are stuck with this team. So, solutions have to be found in house. Ayew scored 11 goals for Swansea last season which is a good record considering Swansea were a struggling side that got relegated.He scored in both games against us and even scored against Arsenal !
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South coast - west of Brighton. 22 Oct 18 11.20am

Originally posted by Ian-VI

We all perfectly know that we have to find the way to score with the actual squad, as we all perfectly know that we cannot buy a strong striker unless we sell one of our high earners and high payed players, which won't happen as they are underperforming and no one would buy them at their actual wages.
Hence, until Benteke's contract expires on June 2020 and Sakho contract expires on June 2021, we are stuck with this team.
So, solutions have to be found in house.

Ayew scored 11 goals for Swansea last season which is a good record considering Swansea were a struggling side that got relegated.He scored in both games against us and even scored against Arsenal !

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Frickin Saweet South Cronx 22 Oct 18 11.28am
so often when putting a ball across the box, or looking to put one in, there is no one making a run into the box so there are no options. That is down to coaching. When we are set-up like we were yesterday, there needs to be some responsibility on the midfield to make those runs. It's no wonder we can't score a goal when we have so few people willing to get into goal scoring positions to receive a cross
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so often when putting a ball across the box, or looking to put one in, there is no one making a run into the box so there are no options. That is down to coaching. When we are set-up like we were yesterday, there needs to be some responsibility on the midfield to make those runs. It's no wonder we can't score a goal when we have so few people willing to get into goal scoring positions to receive a cross

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Lyons550 Shirley 22 Oct 18 12.07pm
Danny Welbeck is the answer...perhaps along with Defoe; but Welbeck will offer the team more and score a greater variety of goals than Defoe would. As a pairing they'd be good. The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World
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Shirley 22 Oct 18 12.07pm

Danny Welbeck is the answer...perhaps along with Defoe; but Welbeck will offer the team more and score a greater variety of goals than Defoe would. As a pairing they'd be good.

The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World

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Bangell Oxford 22 Oct 18 12.18pm
Who here actually has confidence in the ability of our club to identify and sign a half-decent striker?
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Oxford 22 Oct 18 12.18pm

Who here actually has confidence in the ability of our club to identify and sign a half-decent striker?

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Maine Eagle USA 22 Oct 18 12.29pm
Originally posted by Bangell Who here actually has confidence in the ability of our club to identify and sign a half-decent striker? Haha, if you listen to Parish on FYP he thinks we have a great squad and rates Sorloth highly by saying after a pause “he had a good game vs west brom”. Can’t help but think about Glenn Murray. Meyer and Kouyate are good signings but contrast that to Rakip, Jach and Sorloth, and you probably have your answer. News flash, benteke has been awful for over 14 months, but we don’t address it. Signing Ayew and Sorloth is not good enough. Now Roy is back to not playing a striker but without RLC it doesn’t have the same dynamism. Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.
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Maine Eagle

USA 22 Oct 18 12.29pm

Originally posted by Bangell

Who here actually has confidence in the ability of our club to identify and sign a half-decent striker?

Haha, if you listen to Parish on FYP he thinks we have a great squad and rates Sorloth highly by saying after a pause “he had a good game vs west brom”.

Can’t help but think about Glenn Murray.

Meyer and Kouyate are good signings but contrast that to Rakip, Jach and Sorloth, and you probably have your answer.

News flash, benteke has been awful for over 14 months, but we don’t address it. Signing Ayew and Sorloth is not good enough.

Now Roy is back to not playing a striker but without RLC it doesn’t have the same dynamism.

Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

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Aray South London 22 Oct 18 12.30pm
Originally posted by Lyons550 Danny Welbeck is the answer...perhaps along with Defoe; but Welbeck will offer the team more and score a greater variety of goals than Defoe would. As a pairing they'd be good. Agree with this.
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Aray

South London 22 Oct 18 12.30pm

Originally posted by Lyons550

Danny Welbeck is the answer...perhaps along with Defoe; but Welbeck will offer the team more and score a greater variety of goals than Defoe would. As a pairing they'd be good.

Agree with this.

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Casual Orpington 22 Oct 18 2.13pm
We seem to get players in that aren’t match fit or take ages to get to know the way we play. If we decided on someone, whoever it is, Defoe , Lorentte. If they aren’t currently appearing at all for their club, could we get them in before the window, to train with us , so as soon as the window /loan window opens theyd be bang up to speed? I know we might have to suffer a few weeks wages before they would be ready, but could be worth it.
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Orpington 22 Oct 18 2.13pm

We seem to get players in that aren’t match fit or take ages to get to know the way we play. If we decided on someone, whoever it is, Defoe , Lorentte. If they aren’t currently appearing at all for their club, could we get them in before the window, to train with us , so as soon as the window /loan window opens theyd be bang up to speed? I know we might have to suffer a few weeks wages before they would be ready, but could be worth it.

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Elpis In a pub 22 Oct 18 2.27pm
Originally posted by Bangell Who here actually has confidence in the ability of our club to identify and sign a half-decent striker? Well recent signings of strikers would indicate that we are very poor choosing the right man . That some are putting all hope (me included )in someone who hasnt played for two years more or less says we have no confidence at all .
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In a pub 22 Oct 18 2.27pm

Originally posted by Bangell

Who here actually has confidence in the ability of our club to identify and sign a half-decent striker?

Well recent signings of strikers would indicate that we are very poor choosing the right man . That some are putting all hope (me included )in someone who hasnt played for two years more or less says we have no confidence at all .

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jjsperling 22 Oct 18 4.36pm
I got a list of players who are under the 20M price tag. I do think that Benteke fit and confident is a huge threat but as of right now he's neither. I think that a 4-4-2 works really well for palace and I think we need two strikers for the days Benteke can't get the job done. -Bas Dost -Danny Welbeck -Nikola Kalinic -Daniel Sturidge I think one of these guys along with Christian, Wilf and Andros would be one of the scariest attacks in the prem
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22 Oct 18 4.36pm

I got a list of players who are under the 20M price tag.
I do think that Benteke fit and confident is a huge threat but as of right now he's neither. I think that a 4-4-2 works really well for palace and I think we need two strikers for the days Benteke can't get the job done.

-Bas Dost
-Danny Welbeck
-Nikola Kalinic
-Daniel Sturidge

I think one of these guys along with Christian, Wilf and Andros would be one of the scariest attacks in the prem

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spartakev2 Anerley 22 Oct 18 5.12pm
It's not just the striker. We need the midfield to chip in more. Townsend should score more, macarthur had had chances and Luka was top scorer last season. As someone said earlier, when you watch other teams attack, they get 3 or 4 players in the box. We get one if we're lucky. And rarely does anyone shoot from outside the area. I don't know if this is Roy's defensive tactics, or wether the players can't be a****d to bust a gut to get in the box. It seems so easy for opposition defences.
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spartakev2

Anerley 22 Oct 18 5.12pm

It's not just the striker. We need the midfield to chip in more. Townsend should score more, macarthur had had chances and Luka was top scorer last season.
As someone said earlier, when you watch other teams attack, they get 3 or 4 players in the box. We get one if we're lucky. And rarely does anyone shoot from outside the area.
I don't know if this is Roy's defensive tactics, or wether the players can't be a****d to bust a gut to get in the box. It seems so easy for opposition defences.

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spartakev2 Anerley 22 Oct 18 5.14pm
Originally posted by Willo Ayew scored 11 goals for Swansea last season which is a good record considering Swansea were a struggling side that got relegated.He scored in both games against us and even scored against Arsenal ! But tended to play on the left, not as a target man that he's being asked to play for us. Personally I'd drop townsend, put wilf right and Ayew left. Might also give townsend a kick up the a***e too.
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Anerley 22 Oct 18 5.14pm

Originally posted by Willo

Ayew scored 11 goals for Swansea last season which is a good record considering Swansea were a struggling side that got relegated.He scored in both games against us and even scored against Arsenal !

But tended to play on the left, not as a target man that he's being asked to play for us. Personally I'd drop townsend, put wilf right and Ayew left. Might also give townsend a kick up the a***e too.

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Booted Eagle Bristol 22 Oct 18 5.38pm
Originally posted by Willo Absolutely,my view entirely. Benteke who has only scored a solitary goal since January, and that being a penalty, and Wickham who had been out since the season before last and who could break down at any moment and be out for a prolonged period once again. Problem is that goalscorers of any pedigree cost a great deal of money and we aren't going to be shopping at the high-end stores. Good point. That is why you have to be wary at taking a punt with strikers at lower fees and ending up with a number of mediocre ones. High stakes but the probabilities of success are usually but not always greater. Unfortunately you don't win games without scoring unless you are playing against John Terry, Tony Popovic or Lee Dixon who may oblige for you. “ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ” —United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld
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Bristol 22 Oct 18 5.38pm

Originally posted by Willo

Absolutely,my view entirely.

Benteke who has only scored a solitary goal since January, and that being a penalty, and Wickham who had been out since the season before last and who could break down at any moment and be out for a prolonged period once again.

Problem is that goalscorers of any pedigree cost a great deal of money and we aren't going to be shopping at the high-end stores.

Good point. That is why you have to be wary at taking a punt with strikers at lower fees and ending up with a number of mediocre ones. High stakes but the probabilities of success are usually but not always greater. Unfortunately you don't win games without scoring unless you are playing against John Terry, Tony Popovic or Lee Dixon who may oblige for you.

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

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