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[Albion] When will we sign THE striker?

When will we sign THE striker?

  • Before West Brom away - key game and we need to find a way to win

    Votes: 6 1.7%
  • Before Chelsea at home - a game to bed in before the big ones

    Votes: 13 3.8%
  • Before Boro away in the Cup - low-key game to start getting involved

    Votes: 45 13.0%
  • Before Southampton away - what's the rush?

    Votes: 21 6.1%
  • Before West Ham at home - typical Albion last minute deal

    Votes: 72 20.9%
  • We won't sign one

    Votes: 188 54.5%

  • Total voters
    345






hitony

Administrator
Jul 13, 2005
16,284
South Wales (im not welsh !!)
Where is the option for "We don't need any"? 1 or 2 new / extra strikers are just not required!! they won't be used!!....they will sit on the bench till the 77th minute of each game!! we have a squad who are working as a great team and they don't need the distraction of a couple of waste of time, money wasting so called goal scorers!! leave it be till next season, we won't be going down, 5th or 6th from bottom is complete safety and respectable for our first season.......Tony Bloom keep the cheque book in your jacket pocket till next season we all have the faith!! just watch the match day threads on here and you can see and feel the positivism oooozzzing out when we let in a goal :lol:
 




Blue Valkyrie

Not seen such Bravery!
Sep 1, 2012
32,165
Valhalla
Where is the option for "We don't need any"? 1 or 2 new / extra strikers are just not required!! they won't be used!!....they will sit on the bench till the 77th minute of each game!! we have a squad who are working as a great team and they don't need the distraction of a couple of waste of time, money wasting so called goal scorers!! leave it be till next season, we won't be going down, 5th or 6th from bottom is complete safety and respectable for our first season.......Tony Bloom keep the cheque book in your jacket pocket till next season we all have the faith!! just watch the match day threads on here and you can see and feel the positivism oooozzzing out when we let in a goal [emoji38]
Good point.

16 nil-nil draws will see us to 39 points.
 






B.W.

New member
Jul 5, 2003
13,666
Just ****ing do it... NOW...
 




Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park
NSC Patron
Apr 5, 2014
23,538
I think we'll get one. £15m signing. And we'll soon realise he's no saviour just a slightly tighter string to a flimsy bow- even if only in our minds.
 












Giraffe

VERY part time moderator
Helpful Moderator
NSC Patron
Aug 8, 2005
26,546
I don't think we will sign one for the following reasons:

1) Bloom/Barber hate doing business in January as prices are inflated
2) Everyone knows we are desperate for a striker making point 1) even ore of a problem. Clubs think they can screw us over, Bloom won't have that.
3) We are unlikely to want to break our salary budget
4) Any striker of proven Premier League quality won't be allowed to leave their club mid season
5) All of the bottom half of the Premier League are looking for a striker or two strikers
6) We are currently 12th in the table and maybe Hughton/Barber/Bloom think that we can hold that with the current squad
7) Signing a striker is likely to be better made in the summer when there is more time, less pressure and 1), 2) 4) and possibly 5) may not be so relevant.
8) If we stay in the Premier League it may be easier to attract a striker in the summer and we may have a bigger wage budget.

Therefore I voted no sadly :(

However none of the above rules out a loan that may give us a plan B to Murray/Hemed. Won't be the permanent answer though.
 




Mike Small

Well-known member
Dec 26, 2008
2,685
The idea of gambling the fortunes of the PL next year because of inflated fee is stupid imo. Hemed is struggling, Murray will get a few more but offers no pace and to think Baldock ca play on his own, let alone be prolific is far fetched. We need a striker.
 








Sorrel

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
2,743
Back in East Sussex
The idea of gambling the fortunes of the PL next year because of inflated fee is stupid imo. Hemed is struggling, Murray will get a few more but offers no pace and to think Baldock ca play on his own, let alone be prolific is far fetched. We need a striker.
And this will put the price up even more.

I be they are trying desperately to find a striker who other clubs don't consider a striker. Or at least, not a good one.
 


Brian Munich

teH lulZ
Jul 7, 2008
163
I don't think we will sign one for the following reasons:

1) Bloom/Barber hate doing business in January as prices are inflated
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Why do people keep trotting this myth out? Apart from last season, when we didn't need to change much with 51 points from 23 when the window opened, we have made significant signings in every Jan window since 2013: Ulloa, Stephens, Kayal, Knockaert, Sidwell were all Jan signings,
 








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