What striker would you sign?

[PhilRegan]

Oh and should have brought Richarlison back to play as a striker if our recruitment dept were so inept that Barry was the best they could muster

Ye the more I look back at the summer window , I didn't fancy him at all. Now he would be perfect.

 

[Vaughan]

i also think Delap will be available next summer, probably for more than what he want to chelsea

he would be great with the shinity

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

Oh dear, Barry written off completely I take it?

 

[AusToffee]

Was thinking the same thing.
Turns out the highest scorer in a Moyes managed team is
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Aside from Defoe, no out and out strikers.

Is this league goals only because I'm pretty sure Saha scored more than 15.

 

[SuperKev91]

Oh dear, Barry written off completely I take it?

Listen he’s had at least 84 minutes on the pitch. What does he need?!

 

[Rita_Poon]

Was thinking the same thing.
Turns out the highest scorer in a Moyes managed team is
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Aside from Defoe, no out and out strikers.

One weirdly laid out table.

 

[Rita_Poon]

He would have been a better shout than Barry on his current showing.

Trouble is, as much as we are crying out for a better striker we also need the midfield to be chipping in with more goals too. Fans cannot live on assists alone.

only an assist when someone scored, I'll take a 60 OG season right now.

 

[Moomin]

 

[irishtony1878]

With the squad we have currently, we need a different type of striker.
We don't want the lumbering big man up top, we need someone fast and good at getting between the defenders, creating their own space, or moving the defenders about to create space for incoming midfield players.
I was up in the gods last night and had a perfect view, both Beto and Barry were running towards the 2 centre halfs when we were attacking, neither one trying to move them about.
Grealish will get stick this week for passing the ball backwards, but he's no option, his centre forwards are not available.

 

[Joey66]

Not wanting much then! Can't afford even the 500k a week for the City giant, never mind the transfer fee!

Out of those 3 attributes I listed both strikers can't hold the ball up, link up the midfield - win the ball in air - or score much one goal this season between 2 of them ....? for nearly 50 million plus for both of them ?

 

[Joey66]

We have got strikers. They just need to practise more.

You either have it, or not - they are both in the NOT category

 

[Mr Happy]

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Rather have Che Guevara or Bryan Adams

 

[Bedfordblue]

Oh dear, Barry written off completely I take it?

Personally, i think it’s more about what we need immediately than what may or may not blossom into a quality striker.
I have great sympathy with Barry as there’s a huge and unjustified level of expectation on him. If we actually had a strike force that would allow a 21/22 year old to adjust to a new home and league, no one would really be that bothered about him imho, but we didn’t.

 

[Tigger]

I wish we had signed Vardy for a season.

Old but knows where the net is and still has some pace about him.

Would 100% rather have Vardy coming in for half an hour than Barry

 

[preposterousvelios]

There's tactical changes that need to be made before people can start blaming players.

If the striker is consistently not holding up the ball then Pickford and the centre backs need to stop pumping it long. If KDH's natural game is to roam and float into the half spaces inside the wings, then a deeper centre mid needs to push up and stay properly central. We need full backs. Beto's all around game isn't good enough and Barry hasn't shown a lot yet, but we are slow and predictable in possession. Momentum always slows down when the ball gets to Myko or O'Brien. It stops us getting the ball into the box with any space free.

These are all issues that Moyes needs to address, because atm feels like the plan is to hit Grealish, let him hold it while we get players up the pitch and then basically just hope something will happen.

Like yeah it is frustrating watching Beto completely fail to use his physicality to battle centre backs in the way that he could and should, but you can't blame strikers for a team not winning matches when they aren't missing chances.