by Denver Royal »
01 Aug 2018 15:39
Crotts We have signed two similar style small strikers in Baldock and McNulty whereas we need a tall strong central striker who can win the ball in the air, hold it up for other players to join in, and who can also score with his head when challenged by a tall centre back.
Yes Bodvarsson is tall but anyone who understands the strengths and weaknesses of players they watch would realise that Bodvarsson is not a centre forward. His best position is as a right wing support striker. As for Meite. After the first few games Meite will not even be anywhere near the bench let alone start a match, so including him in discussions about whether we have aerieal strength up front is about as much use as discussing whether we should sign Richard Osman from Pointless.
The two strikers we have signed are Le Fondre style goal poachers, but we currently create very few of the kind of opportunities to score goals that these kind of strikers need. We have had two similar style poachers on loan in recent years in Vydra and Grabban who only managed 17 goals in 91 appearances for us. However when playing for other clubs (that create poacher type six yard box chances) last year they are the top scoring strikers in the championship !!
We need a striker not in the mould of Le Fondre, Lovell or Cureton but more like a Jimmy Quinn, Trevor Senior, Kerry Dixon, Jason Roberts.
Good post. Anyone wondering why we score few goals, some of the answers lay therein.
Have been saying similar for a while, actually. Given the strikers we have/haven't signed, think we'll miss Yann's heading ability - in both boxes (when he was fit). Regardless of style, in this div would think this has to be at least another look/plan B option in your squad.
Somewhat related, our CB's aren't much aerial threat in opposing boxes either, at free kicks or corners. At times I've actually thought we really have no business putting a ball high in the air in the box.
Conversely, many weeks we play vs. big strikers and big CB's who give us probs defensively. With our lineups, we haven't been playing the percentages, imo, and think it should be a priority to redress some of these imbalances.
