Sharp, Le Fondre or Pogrebynak

[AthleticoSpizz]

I hope that when you have sex Ian...you are not that premature

[Ian Royal]

I hope that when you have sex Ian...you are not that premature

I'll think of you to keep me going.

[AthleticoSpizz]

any port in a storm

[EarleyRoyal16]

ALF all day for me. All he needs is the service and he'll score goals. Proven by the fact he has the best conversion rate in the league. Get a creative midfielder in behind him putting balls through to his feet and he'd score for fun.

[semtex1871]

Le fondre for sure.

All he needs is a striker next to him to hold up the ball, win flick ons and work the channels, a top class creative midfielder or two and wingers who'll lay it on a plate for him and he'll absolutely tear up this league.

^ this......just let the gimp hang around the six yard box and tap in the occasional goal.

I really hope Le Fondre leaves in the summer....

[Hoop Blah]

Of the three I'd opt for Pogrebnyak more often than the others but it's never just a simple x or y decision is it?

We need options and we need certainly types to fit into the way we want to play (long term of just for a specific game). Personally I think Pogrebnyak gives us the best option upfront if we're playing with one up tops in any variation.

Le Fondre has a role to play in a squad but I just don't think his all-round game is effective enough for this level to consistently lead the line or even playing off someone. His game is about reading the fall of the ball in box and being in the right place at the right time to get and take a chance. Since his two hatricks he's been far too quiet in games and to top it off hasn't taken a lot of chances that have come his way (I don't expect him to take them all obviously) and not even been in the right place for some excellent balls into the box at times either (his real strength).

[Hoop Blah]

Nakhi Wells

He looked a good player on Saturday, and I've said since the summer I think we really lacked a pacey forward who would stretch teams and offer us a different option upfront to Pogrebnyak and Le Fondre.

We were apparently interested in Wells in January and you can see why, but lets not get too carried away with him, he's only scored in 4 of 14 league games for them.

I can see him being a good player at this level though and one the bigger Championship clubs will be keeping a close eye on.

[Royal Biscuitman]

Le Fondre for me.
All he needs is a fellow striker with a footballing brain.
Despite not playing much he is still our top scorer and did quite well in the Premier League in a poor side.

He's like a Cureton without a Butler playing alongside.

[HoneyRoastHoax]

I've lost count the amount of easy chances Alf has spurned, yet golden bollox can do no wrong in a lot of fans eyes. He can't hold the ball up and 2 assists for the season isn't enough.

[melonhead]

ALF is an ok third choicer, POG an ok 2nd choicer for a team in our position




^thats why we are really struggling^

[Ian Royal]

I've lost count the amount of easy chances Alf has spurned, yet golden bollox can do no wrong in a lot of fans eyes. He can't hold the ball up and 2 assists for the season isn't enough.

You must hate Pog too who's had more shots and scored fewer goals and plenty of his misses have been poor. Whoscored.com has ALF on 3 assists and Pog on 4. Wow.

[Cape Town Royal]

Le fondre for sure.

All he needs is a striker next to him to hold up the ball, win flick ons and work the channels, a top class creative midfielder or two and wingers who'll lay it on a plate for him and he'll absolutely tear up this league.

100% agree we are woefully lacking an offensive central midfielder who can really open teams up in the final third, hence we play too deep and even though we have 3 million wingers I think this is part of the reason the strikers struggle because we don't bring the wingers into play often enough in the final third, therefore, the number of quality balls into the box is low and strikers are feeding off scraps..

if you go back to the 106 team how many times did Glen Little / Convey attack the wingers in the final third and create chances with balls across the face of the goal..

How often do we do that now??

Therefore my answer - Sharp / Pog or Alf for me - I think they can all score but are/were all probably massively frustrated by the number and type of chances they get...!

Probably best not to give them the 106 team DVD to watch... because if they did then by the time they got to the end of November they'd be clinically depressed when reflecting on their own supply of chances!!

Glen Little v HRK??? hmmm leagues apart in terms of quality, consistency and hunger!!

[RoyallyFcuked]

If Le Fondre had the right partner and was in a team that created lots of chances, he would score a lot of goals, end of. We don't play the right kind of football or have the right players to suit him, that's the problem. I hope after the summer that we will.

[Snowball]

Alf is out of form ATM (relatively) but he is easily the best goal-scorer
as he has been every season.

Pog is in favour, likely to be more motivated

For me we should be finding a way to play ALF, and give him more pitch-time
because every season he manages to come in with great goals-per-minute played

This Season

20 12 1892 Minutes 13 Goals 2 Assists 146 Minutes per Goal ALF
16 04 1346 Minutes 06 Goals 1 Assists 224 Minutes per Goal SHARP
28 04 2500 Minutes 11 Goals 5 Assists 227 Minutes per Goal POG




10 00 0865 Minutes 04 Goals 1 Assists 216 Sharp at Doncaster

[Victor Meldrew]

We took a chance in buying Alf from lower level football and I think he has done o.k.
We spent quite a lot of money on Blackman (about the same as Burnley paid for Ings) and he has been a failure.

I hope that we are looking to buy again in the summer and a player I like is Callum Wilson at Coventry who appears to be a cut above that level.
Alf will surely move on as it is obvious that Adkins doesn't rate him otherwise he would set the team up in a 4-4-2 every week to get the best out of the player rather than piss about with those two major wastes of space in Kanu or Blackman as a support striker.

[RoyalBlue]

Nakhi Wells

He looked a good player on Saturday, and I've said since the summer I think we really lacked a pacey forward who would stretch teams and offer us a different option upfront to Pogrebnyak and Le Fondre.

We were apparently interested in Wells in January and you can see why, but lets not get too carried away with him, he's only scored in 4 of 14 league games for them.

I can see him being a good player at this level though and one the bigger Championship clubs will be keeping a close eye on.

It looks as though Huddersfield paid between £1.2 and £1.5M for his services in January.

Hence Adkins' pointed remark to Dellor in his post match interview.

It would seem that it isn't just me who is mightily p*ssed off that Madejski didn't put his money where his pre-Xmas big mouth had been.

[McClearyFuseyChop12]

gunter up front, he used to play striker

[Hoop Blah]

He looked a good player on Saturday, and I've said since the summer I think we really lacked a pacey forward who would stretch teams and offer us a different option upfront to Pogrebnyak and Le Fondre.

We were apparently interested in Wells in January and you can see why, but lets not get too carried away with him, he's only scored in 4 of 14 league games for them.

I can see him being a good player at this level though and one the bigger Championship clubs will be keeping a close eye on.

It looks as though Huddersfield paid between £1.2 and £1.5M for his services in January.

Hence Adkins' pointed remark to Dellor in his post match interview.

It would seem that it isn't just me who is mightily p*ssed off that Madejski didn't put his money where his pre-Xmas big mouth had been.

You could hear the frustration in Adkins voice when he was saying it too. Was obviously a nod at the lack of support he's had in the transfer market.

Blackman vs Wells, same kind of fees but I know which one has impressed me more.

[Extended-Phenotype]

I hope that we are looking to buy again in the summer

[melonhead]

It would seem that it isn't just me who is mightily p*ssed off that Madejski didn't put his money where his pre-Xmas big mouth had been.

before he realised anton wasnt coming back, and had no money left?





anyone expecting JM to be putting any money into this club was a bit delusional