What forwards should we target?

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Richo

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Clearly we will need to score more goals to retain our Championship status.

Who within our budget should we target?
 
Firstly, we shouldn't forget about Beesley as he was a lower league striker who was scoring a few goals. But any striker we bring in will be somewhat of a gamble be that a lower league striker or a youngster from a PL club. But it's a gamble we have to take imo. Failure to do nothing will make the season even tougher than it already is. All that said most strikers need other players to create chances for them and that too is something that's not really working at the moment.
 
Clarke Harris at Posh and Brown at Exeter weird first name I can't be bothered to look for. We should be able to afford either.
 
I think we should get someone who works at the royal mail, prolific strikers, that regularly deliver.
 
fcblackpool said:
That lad from Accy, but he has a history of can'tstopscoringitis so may fail the medical.
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I wonder if Colby Bishop should be brought up at the next Fan's meeting and ask whether it was our medical that lead to him not coming or if the lad genuinely wanted to move to Portsmouth. At the moment it seems to have been a shocking decision especially when we are signing players like Bridcutt whose injury record is as bad, if not worse, than Bishop.
 
Should Cole Stockton be a consideration? You would think he’s within our budget.

Or is it time to give opportunities to some of the development squad?
 
Alf said:
Just use Jerry correctly and he's a 1 in 2 striker, we're not gonna find better on our budget.
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He isn't championship level or ever shown glimpses of it.

A good L1 striker is his level.

Modern day keigan Parker
 
20togo said:
Firstly, we shouldn't forget about Beesley as he was a lower league striker who was scoring a few goals. But any striker we bring in will be somewhat of a gamble be that a lower league striker or a youngster from a PL club. But it's a gamble we have to take imo. Failure to do nothing will make the season even tougher than it already is. All that said most strikers need other players to create chances for them and that too is something that's not really working at the moment.
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I thought you was backing Madine & Yates Togo?
 
KingZobo said:
I thought you was backing Madine & Yates Togo?
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I do back them but we still need in some form another striker. And I've previously said neither are top end Championship strikers. In fact the term "striker" is probably not the right term for Madine. He's pretty much a target man, a good one, but that's it. Madine does a job but he's never gonna get plenty of goals. He can lead the line well but there's never gonna be a good enough end product from him. There never has been throughout his career and he's only gonna get slower than he already is. What he is though is a target man who as such can play up front down the middle on his own. For me Yates and Lavery can't do that. Certainly for me and it's probably stating the obvious after this season, he should be released.

I like Yates too. I think he could be a better striker than he's proving to be at the moment, but our system and the way we play isn't helpful in him proving that. Our general focus and style of play is about getting the ball to our wide players. Last season it was Bowler and either Keshi/Dale/Kirk. This season it was the irreplaceable Bowler and now it's Corbeanu and Poveda and sometimes the absolute stupid decision of playing Lavery there. The weakness here is that it seems none are very capable of providing enough decent quality with the balls into the box. So a single striker like Yates has very little to feed on as well as the problem of trying to lose his marker in the box too. The job for the opposition defence is made all the more easier too because we seldom if at all have our midfield players breaking forward and getting into the box to give the defenders a player to mark. I said yesterday, that it could be that once he a fit squad it may well be that Patino, sitting deep, Fiorini and Wright may be the managers preferred choice [don't know enough about Bridcutt] and I'm hoping they not only get forward to support a player like Yates in the box but also that they have enough ability and vision to realise that we don't always have to play the ball out wide but that we can play through teams down the middle of the park. That should greatly help Yates. At the moment Yates is giving his all but he's having little or no service to the extent I can't recall a chance where I thought he should have scored but didn't.
 
Question: is the problem the forwards, the system or the players behind them, and what is the benefit in spending £500,000+ to bring in another player who likely isn't any better than what we've already got, just to starve them of service as well?
 
Lost Seasider said:
Question: is the problem the forwards, the system or the players behind them, and what is the benefit in spending £500,000+ to bring in another player who likely isn't any better than what we've already got, just to starve them of service as well?
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A mix of all three. It's a trait of a Blackpool team whenever I watch them that has been the same for a while now where they just look totally uncomfortable in possession. Everything is rigid point to point and there's little movement through the lines, quick thinking or runs beyond the player on the ball. Second touch is a tackle and the third movement is waving the physio on because it's caused an injury. It just doesn't flow naturally to me.

On the kind of budget we have from the way they behave in transfer windows that's not going to be solved by getting a forward in who can go and do it all by himself so I think the best we could hope for is a loan for another youngster like Morgan Rogers. Who can maybe add to the mix and contribute something occasionally.
 
The club scouts need to earn their corn and identify a striker who has not attracted the attention of other clubs - not easy I know, but that's their job.
The answer may rest in Scotland or Ireland and certainly overseas, from where we've made previous great signings.
Stikers in the EFL, who are already scoring goals, will sadly be outside out budget.
 
Any who score more than 8 goals in a season and crucially want to come here. Unfortunately, that rules everyone out.
 
20togo said:
Firstly, we shouldn't forget about Beesley as he was a lower league striker who was scoring a few goals. But any striker we bring in will be somewhat of a gamble be that a lower league striker or a youngster from a PL club. But it's a gamble we have to take imo. Failure to do nothing will make the season even tougher than it already is. All that said most strikers need other players to create chances for them and that too is something that's not really working at the moment.
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We are creating chances 20's we're just not converting them.
An article by Sean on Lancs Live highlighted this.
Compared to last season we've created more chances than last season but have scored 2 fewer goals, showing we were more clinical in front of goal last season with the same players!
 
585 = never give up said:
The club scouts need to earn their corn and identify a striker who has not attracted the attention of other clubs - not easy I know, but that's their job.
The answer may rest in Scotland or Ireland and certainly overseas, from where we've made previous great signings.
Stikers in the EFL, who are already scoring goals, will sadly be outside out budget.
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The problem is, that's the job of the scouts at every other EFL club and beyond as well.
 
Wizzerboy said:
We are creating chances 20's we're just not converting them.
An article by Sean on Lancs Live highlighted this.
Compared to last season we've created more chances than last season but have scored 2 fewer goals, showing we were more clinical in front of goal last season with the same players!
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not read that but for me, can't recall too many chances from open play that we've missed. I think that at times we've got into good positions where we should create a chance/goalscoring opportunity but actual chances missed I don't recall too many. Example of what I mean. Last saturday, Yates didn't find Madine with the pass. In other words an opportunity to create a chance, but not an actual chance missed..
 
poolfc said:
A mix of all three. It's a trait of a Blackpool team whenever I watch them that has been the same for a while now where they just look totally uncomfortable in possession. Everything is rigid point to point and there's little movement through the lines, quick thinking or runs beyond the player on the ball. Second touch is a tackle and the third movement is waving the physio on because it's caused an injury. It just doesn't flow naturally to me.

On the kind of budget we have from the way they behave in transfer windows that's not going to be solved by getting a forward in who can go and do it all by himself so I think the best we could hope for is a loan for another youngster like Morgan Rogers. Who can maybe add to the mix and contribute something occasionally.
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Totally agree that some of our players look absolutely terrified to have the ball at their feet!!

Basic pass and move seems beyond them and the inability to shoot on site is worrying.

Morty always said you can have 100 shots and most will end up In the crowd but the one that ends up in the top corner of the net will be the shot everyone talks about .

Lads just bloody shoot🙏
 
Vydra is a good shout but I think he's still injured, sustained a very serious knee injury at the end of last season.

He also rejected a new contract at Burnley, which suggests we may struggle to agree terms.

It's a difficult one because the issue could be chance creation vs striker ineptitude, I don't believe any of our strikers have scored since Bowler left?, which says a lot. So we're looking for a striker who can ideally create their own chances, which would force us to take a punt on potential.

Cameron Archer is pushing for a loan according to google news at least, issue there is the amount of loans we already have. Could be worth an inquiry in Jan, although he's likely to have interest from "massively huge" teams that dwarf us, rendering us virtually insignificant in comparison.

No easy solution, sadly. Clark Harris was a bit of a flop in the championship and Peterborough would be looking for 2m+ i'm sure.
 
As 585 said we need to look abroad possibly there must be some young striker waiting for a chance to come to english football.
Alfie May at Cheltenham scores on a regular basis and Matty Taylor at Oxford knows where the back of the net is also.
I'm sure the top prem clubs must have young strikers who need to go out on loan ask Charlie Patino Callum Wright or lewis Fiorini who could do a job for us.
 
Richo said:
Clearly we will need to score more goals to retain our Championship status.

Who within our budget should we target?
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No one. We have Lavery. Yano that player who spends 90 minutes chasing his first touch? He will keep us safe and probably raise us to a team who are challenging for the title this season.

Well.. that’s if you believe everything you read on here without watching the games.
 
We have strikers that can score. What we don't have is anyone with an ounce of creativity that can cross a ball or pick out a pass / run for those strikers. This is where the problem lies.
 
BruceBFC said:
Good player Stockton, I'm surprised he didn't end up in the championship this season
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There is no way he is a Championship striker. He has been a lower league journeyman all his career. Did well last season, but look at his age and stats for the preceeding seasons!
 
Patino Corbeanu Calum and Darth will get better game by game together and along with Fiorini when he is back will start creating
 
A few decent younger strikers either permanent or on loan

Luke Jephcott
Daniel Jebbison
Scott Wright (Rangers)
Mason Burstow (Chelsea)
 
I will be delighted to be proved wrong and he has improved it to 14 in 53 now ...however, you do the Maths...thats almost 1 in 4 and dont let facts get in the way of your argument
 
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