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Who you want to see sign. (Realistically)


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17 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

I’d take Ched Evans, Wheater,  Gaz O’Neil. Clough. 

I think Clough returning is nailed on if Parky leaves.

I'd sign Brockbank and Darcy up. I've barely seen either of them play but they're supposedly quite highly rated and I'd rather not lose anymore Academy graduates for a pittance.

I'd have Connolly back as well, and I'd try to steal Mayor from Bury before anyone else does. Failing that, I can't claim to know anything about players at this level so fuck knows.

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Connolly's nowt special but he's got bottle, so be pleased enough with him

Did Williams do enough to suggest he's worth a second tier club...if not, him as well

Wheater...can see arguments both ways bit that strike leaves a bitter taste

 

Anyway, without a goalscorer, we are going down

So that's job number one

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11 hours ago, Casino said:

Anyway, without a goalscorer, we are going down

So that's job number one

We've not seemed to have a goalscorer in years. I was on our season history at some point a while ago and looked at Leeds to compare. 

Our top scorer since going down has 

12, 9, 8, 7, 10, 10, 7. One of those being a league 1 season. 

Leeds in that time

19, 29, 10, 13, 30, 14, 15.

I'm sure there are others more similar, but there must be something in our recruitment/ style or something that we have never had a big scorer. 

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^ what were the total league goals tally for each side in those seasons?

Nowt wrong with goals being shared around the team than through one main striker but I suspect our total goals have been lower every year too.  Every season under Parky we've made scoring and even creating chances look bloody difficult! 

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9 minutes ago, Razaldo9 said:

We've not seemed to have a goalscorer in years. I was on our season history at some point a while ago and looked at Leeds to compare. 

Our top scorer since going down has 

12, 9, 8, 7, 10, 10, 7. One of those being a league 1 season. 

Leeds in that time

19, 29, 10, 13, 30, 14, 15.

I'm sure there are others more similar, but there must be something in our recruitment/ style or something that we have never had a big 

I think it's just that top quality goalscorers are expensive and we've not had enough money to buy one (except maybe the first season after we got relegated).

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25 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

^ what were the total league goals tally for each side in those seasons?

Nowt wrong with goals being shared around the team than through one main striker but I suspect our total goals have been lower every year too.  Every season under Parky we've made scoring and even creating chances look bloody difficult! 

69, 59, 54, 41, 68, 39, 29

57, 59, 50, 50, 61, 59, 73

Actually interesting/ surprising. Aside from the years we went down/ almost, we outscored them overall. 

21 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

I think it's just that top quality goalscorers are expensive and we've not had enough money to buy one (except maybe the first season after we got relegated).

I think you're probably right, all of our attempts to find the next hidden gem on a budget haven't been successful either. Think sometimes a team just seem to fit a striker, hopefully we can get that with someone next season.

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27 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

I just want lads to come in with their eyes wide open to our situation and be prepared to graft every single game. The rest will fall in to place after that. 

This.

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I'd do a massive trial of players because we need numbers, say every released championship player that hasn't found a club by now and then try and pick the best ones. Maybe do a wider search to include the Spanish, German, Italian and French 2nd divisions. 

Get the academy lads back Darcy, Duke, Navarro and Brockbank. 

L1 isn't a high level especially below the top 5/6.

The worst thing we could do is spend transfer money on players, because chances are they wouldn't be good enough to make the step up, when we get promoted. 

Guess it all depends on the ambition of the new ownership. I think we can aim for the playoffs, maybe higher, if they do the above. 

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38 minutes ago, leadfrog1 said:

The worst thing we could do is spend transfer money on players, because chances are they wouldn't be good enough to make the step up, when we get promoted. 

Guess it all depends on the ambition of the new ownership. I think we can aim for the playoffs, maybe higher, if they do the above. 

We can't spend any money on transfers.

Play offs or higher? I love your optimism but I fear it's wildly misplaced.  We're going to be fishing for free transfers and uncontracted players who haven't already been picked up. Those who can afford to be choosy aren't going to see us as an attractive proposition.

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