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pottert · Jan 10, 2014

In a season that has left us with a real striker shortage.why on earth have we sold the only striker that has remained fit.
Ashley Barnes is no Lionel messi but he has run his socks off this season & never given less than 100%

Yes cms is close to a return but nobody knows how such a serious injury is going to affect him aswell as Hoskins.

Yes we have signed Jon obika on loan but we also signed leroy lita & what impact did he make.

So the only striker we have at the moment is leonardo (no pressure then)

Munchkin · Jan 10, 2014

Good question....

I'm sure the answer is on the other 23 threads discussing exactly the same thing.

Beach Hut · Jan 10, 2014

Basically as he was clearly not going to renew his contract therefore only option to cash in on value.

Barrel of Fun · Jan 10, 2014

I would imagine we should see another striker sign for us. I do not believe that we will go in to the remainder of the campaign with one established striker and a rookie.

As an aside, [MENTION=3647]Munchkin[/MENTION], wasn't Daniel brilliant?

stss30 · Jan 10, 2014

Hasn't this already got discussed extensively? He didn't sign a contract with us so we had to sell him now or get no money for him in the summer. We may well get in another striker before the window closes too.

Munchkin · Jan 10, 2014

Barrel of Fun said:
As an aside, [MENTION=3647]Munchkin[/MENTION], wasn't Daniel brilliant?

Legendary.

Albion Dan · Jan 10, 2014

What has happened to this board? Total bedwetting about the loss of an average player almost out of contract and thread duplication en masse. Mods cant all this rubbish get merged into one Ashley Barnes binfest?

pottert · Jan 10, 2014

Albion Dan said:
What has happened to this board? Total bedwetting about the loss of an average player almost out of contract and thread duplication en masse. Mods cant all this rubbish get merged into one Ashley Barnes binfest?

Don't get me wrong Barnes was not close to the top of the list of players we didnt want to lose but given our striker shortage surely a replacement should have been found before we sold him.

Soulman · Jan 10, 2014

Another striker will be signed. We have another 20 days before the end of the transfer window. TB etc will have a few targets, they were well aware that AB was going and the priority will be to get a replacement for him, not Liam.

portslade seagull · Jan 10, 2014

pottert said:
Don't get me wrong Barnes was not close to the top of the list of players we didnt want to lose but given our striker shortage surely a replacement should have been found before we sold him.

Well there is another 3-weeks of the window to go yet, so I'm sure there will be more ins and outs

empire · Jan 10, 2014

Albion Dan said:
What has happened to this board? Total bedwetting about the loss of an average player almost out of contract and thread duplication en masse. Mods cant all this rubbish get merged into one Ashley Barnes binfest?

this

DavidinSouthampton · Jan 10, 2014

pottert said:
Don't get me wrong Barnes was not close to the top of the list of players we didnt want to lose but given our striker shortage surely a replacement should have been found before we sold him.

We signed Jon Obika before we sold Ashley. We also have a Cardiff Player in our sights - Joe Mason(?) - and another 3 weeks of the transfer window to go. I am sure there will be other strikers on our radar.

And much though I appreciated mr Barnes, his strike rate of less than a goal every three games was not mind-blowing. He was a valuable player in many other ways, but not prolific. in a goal scoring sense.

pottert · Jan 10, 2014

Soulman said:
Another striker will be signed. We have another 20 days before the end of the transfer window. TB etc will have a few targets, they were well aware that AB was going and the priority will be to get a replacement for him, not Liam.

What use is that tomorrow.

If Leo gets injured or sent off tomorrow where does that leave us

seagullsovergrimsby · Jan 10, 2014

pottert said:
What use is that tomorrow.

If Leo gets injured or sent off tomorrow where does that leave us

Obika will be up front on his own until CMS is ready to return. Andrews has also played as a striker at other clubs he has been at. No need to hit the panic button yet.

Soulman · Jan 10, 2014

pottert said:
What use is that tomorrow.

If Leo gets injured or sent off tomorrow where does that leave us

The same as before. When Leo was injured, we had Barnes. If Barnes got injured, we had Lita. Now if Leo gets injured we again have the loan striker, which is Jon Obika. In other words we had one fit striker (Barnes) with Lita back up.....now we have one fit striker (Leo) with Obika as back up.
I know out of the two options which i prefer.

BadFish · Jan 10, 2014

pottert said:
In a season that has left us with a real striker shortage.why on earth have we sold the only striker that has remained fit.
Ashley Barnes is no Lionel messi but he has run his socks off this season & never given less than 100%

Yes cms is close to a return but nobody knows how such a serious injury is going to affect him aswell as Hoskins.

Yes we have signed Jon obika on loan but we also signed leroy lita & what impact did he make.

So the only striker we have at the moment is leonardo (no pressure then)

The only logical explanation that we are going to sign a new striker in the window.

Mellor 3 Ward 4 · Jan 10, 2014

Beach Hut said:
Basically as he was clearly not going to renew his contract therefore only option to cash in on value.

This.

Let's wait and see who comes in.

Barnes was a 'good' player, not a great player.

seagullsovergrimsby · Jan 10, 2014

BadFish said:
The only logical explanation that we are going to sign a new striker in the window.

It better not be Dobbie :lol:

Blue Valkyrie · Jan 10, 2014

seagullsovergrimsby said:
Obika will be up front on his own until CMS is ready to return. Andrews has also played as a striker at other clubs he has been at. No need to hit the panic button yet.

I think you mean Ward, rather than Andrews, but that is a very good point.

BadFish · Jan 10, 2014

seagullsovergrimsby said:
It better not be Dobbie

Might be paynter!

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