January 1, 20233 yr We're going to find it tough bringing in a striker that the fans are going to be right behind from the off. Looking in L2 there's no real stand out strikers who are at a good age ready for a step up, the top scorer is a 29 year old attacking midfielder for Northampton. Looking in our league there's nothing really there, you have good players already at promotion chasing clubs then you get your Sam Nombe/Jevani Brown types at Exeter who are having great seasons in terms of goals & assists but could be a case of having a one season wonder in a tactic that's making them flourish whilst also being newcomers to this league so defenders don't know much about them. Then there's a striker at Burton Albion who's third top scorer in the league but done absolutely nothing at all prior to this season. So we come to the championship where buying a prolific striker is not possible which means we have to take a chance on strikers who need a change of club & try to get them firing some way or other. Evatt will have seen that Dion was at his best when playing up top with a proper old fashioned physical 9 in Colby Bishop, so wants to bring in somebody of that ilk to try get the best out of Dion.
January 1, 20233 yr Fwiw I doubt we are likely to get anyone better than Charles in this window, I just hope the lad regains his touch in front of goal as for me he's still easily our best striker.
January 1, 20233 yr 1 minute ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: Fwiw I doubt we are likely to get anyone better than Charles in this window, I just hope the lad regains his touch in front of goal as for me he's still easily our best striker. Agreed. More than happy to stick with him. Perhaps Dapo's unplanned absence will provide a bit more impetus too.
January 1, 20233 yr 16 minutes ago, Cheese said: Agreed. More than happy to stick with him. Perhaps Dapo's unplanned absence will provide a bit more impetus too. Aye. Dapo not doing a great deal. Bod in instead or even Sadlier in what you'd assume is a more natural position for him.
January 1, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, Dr. Feelgood said: 22 games 4 goals. Top stat. Still pisses on eaves. May has looked decent the last couple times at our place, and pretty sure he had decent stats last season. Am sure you could confirm
January 1, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, tomski said: Mad thing is he’s on for our best return from a striker since Ricketts in goals to games I believe. Just shows what stats can hide! Charles has 7 goals in 20 league games including 3 pens. Daryl Murphy scored 8 in 24 and I'm fairly sure none were pens. And that was in a relegated team.
January 1, 20233 yr 10 minutes ago, W.cramp said: Still pisses on eaves. May has looked decent the last couple times at our place, and pretty sure he had decent stats last season. Am sure you could confirm It was Nlundulu I was referring to.
January 1, 20233 yr Heard about Macauley Lamgstaff at Notts county. 22 goals in 23 games. Decent age. Sort of player that could be worth a look?
January 1, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, Deanu said: We're going to find it tough bringing in a striker that the fans are going to be right behind from the off. Looking in L2 there's no real stand out strikers who are at a good age ready for a step up, the top scorer is a 29 year old attacking midfielder for Northampton. Looking in our league there's nothing really there, you have good players already at promotion chasing clubs then you get your Sam Nombe/Jevani Brown types at Exeter who are having great seasons in terms of goals & assists but could be a case of having a one season wonder in a tactic that's making them flourish whilst also being newcomers to this league so defenders don't know much about them. Then there's a striker at Burton Albion who's third top scorer in the league but done absolutely nothing at all prior to this season. So we come to the championship where buying a prolific striker is not possible which means we have to take a chance on strikers who need a change of club & try to get them firing some way or other. Evatt will have seen that Dion was at his best when playing up top with a proper old fashioned physical 9 in Colby Bishop, so wants to bring in somebody of that ilk to try get the best out of Dion. I'm with that, Charles is a 20 goal striker if the team is set up to get the most out of him. That means being in a two with a strong lad he can feed off and the team getting the ball to him much quicker than we do now. We take miles too long to put the ball into areas he thrives on and don't do it on enough occasions in games. I could understand the criticism of him if we were creating 15-20 scoring chances a game, 5-6 of those were dropping to him and he was scoring 1.
January 1, 20233 yr Ball seldom sticks to our current strikers , currently one of whom isn’t a striker really .Why Bod hasn’t started the last two games must be down to the aftermath of his nose op.Really hoping we can get someone who can hold the ball up & play in Charles it’s not rocket science .Bako gets the odd goal but is a sub at best. Katchunga brings little to the table apart from his energetic closing down & constant falling over.We need a stronger type to mullah the defenders who constantly maul Charles & Dapo. Unfortunately I have no suitable suggestions, but an Eaves ‘type’ is what we lack at the very least as an option & a counter to the Morecambe & Burton style teams.
January 1, 20233 yr 18 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: Heard about Macauley Lamgstaff at Notts county. 22 goals in 23 games. Decent age. Sort of player that could be worth a look? Would be a hell of a signing, but I think he’ll be off to the Championship for at least £500k, possibly even close to £1m.
January 1, 20233 yr 8 minutes ago, Take Hunt Off said: Ball seldom sticks to our current strikers , currently one of whom isn’t a striker really .Why Bod hasn’t started the last two games must be down to the aftermath of his nose op.Really hoping we can get someone who can hold the ball up & play in Charles it’s not rocket science .Bako gets the odd goal but is a sub at best. Katchunga brings little to the table apart from his energetic closing down & constant falling over.We need a stronger type to mullah the defenders who constantly maul Charles & Dapo. Unfortunately I have no suitable suggestions, but an Eaves ‘type’ is what we lack at the very least as an option & a counter to the Morecambe & Burton style teams. "Unfortunately I have no suitable suggestions"? Are you a scout for BWFC?
January 1, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, globaldiver said: Steve Taylor was v good, around 9/10 years earlier. Scott Taylor was OK around Walker/ McGinlay era Possibly who I am thinking about memory not very good these days 👍
January 1, 20233 yr 45 minutes ago, Casino said: Steve taylor 45 years ago! I was gutted when he left for Oldham for 38k. 🤣
January 1, 20233 yr The season us and chelsea had the top 4 in the scoring charts Whatmore Taylor Finnistone And another whose name escapes me
January 1, 20233 yr 52 minutes ago, Casino said: Steve taylor 45 years ago! That’s him like I said bad memory .
January 1, 20233 yr 46 minutes ago, Casino said: The season us and chelsea had the top 4 in the scoring charts Whatmore Taylor Finnistone And another whose name escapes me That first season, Steve Taylor was dynamite, then got injured.
January 1, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, globaldiver said: That first season, Steve Taylor was dynamite, then got injured. A very charitable description. Mostly he was pissed. One stand out moment was on a Boxing Day match v Blackpool, away. Around 2.30pm a tannoy announcement "would Bolton player, Mike Walsh, please report to the dressing rooms". He became the sub. As Taylor hadn't arrived for the pick up, nor by his own steam. He had, apparently yet again, found under a hedge out of his face. Great player Road Runner & went on to conquer his demons elsewhere.
January 2, 20233 yr 7 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: Heard about Macauley Lamgstaff at Notts county. 22 goals in 23 games. Decent age. Sort of player that could be worth a look? He's a smaller version of Dion.
January 2, 20233 yr I’d have no problem with Eaves, big and physical and maybe indicates a slight change in Evatt’s thinking? We have plenty good crossers of the ball but nobody to take advantage and like Madine would be useful defending corners and set pieces where we constantly struggle. As others have said he’d also be a good partner for Dion.
January 2, 20233 yr 14 hours ago, globaldiver said: That first season, Steve Taylor was dynamite, then got injured. Yes he was and with Whatmore gave the Everton defence the runaround at Goodson in the first leg of the League Cup and had he not then suffered his cruciate injury I’m convinced we’d have got to the final.
January 2, 20233 yr 1 hour ago, Whitesince63 said: I’d have no problem with Eaves, big and physical and maybe indicates a slight change in Evatt’s thinking? We have plenty good crossers of the ball but nobody to take advantage and like Madine would be useful defending corners and set pieces where we constantly struggle. As others have said he’d also be a good partner for Dion. When was the last time we actually won the ball in the air at a corner.???
January 2, 20233 yr 4 minutes ago, waffer cup 07 said: When was the last time we actually won the ball in the air at a corner.??? Errm last game when we scored!
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