I dont think its being pessimistic to say that we do need another striker, especially if BT goes. I think we have a good bunch of young potential strikers, and we're not doomed if BT goes and no-one comes in, but unless we get a bit lucky we're certainly not gonna be equiped enough in that department with europe and whats looking to be a very competitive league campaign coming up.
McFadden simply isnt good enough as first choice, neither to be fair is Anichebe on a full time basis (yet, hopefully he will improve) and Lucas is way too young.
We definitely have good fill in players to partner Johnson, but none have proved their good enough to stay there so far, other than probably Vaughan.
We're hardly doomed, but we're certainly a bit weak upfront.