I'm not really going out on a limb here because the striker shortage happens every transfer window, so I think we'll be panicking again this time next year, 2019, 2020, 2021...It's almost a non story at the Albion because of the same old same old regardless of who's manager or head of player...
My biggest problem isn't fact we've had a shocking close season recruitment drive. But fact as a fan we've looked light up front / known we had to buy players to compete in PL for 3-4 months prior to it also when we were odds on to go up. In other words it seems we had a head start like no other...