Will we sign a Striker...

[Withdean11]

Probably right - Who in this league has ever paid £6m+ for a striker?

Fulham for McCormack
Burnley for Gray
Blackburn for Rhodes
All on parachute payments?

Palace for Gayle? (although they'll pretend he was £328)

Bristol City attempted it in August.

 

[BensGrandad]

£9m doesnt gaurantee the goals etc for promotion as 2 examples in the Championship show, McCormack at Fulham and Rhodes at Blackburn. Wilson cost Bournemouth £3m so that can work. We could do worse than offer £2m or so for Ricky Lambert or slightly less for Kermognant who would both fill the bill, this season.

 

[Albumen]

£9m doesnt gaurantee the goals etc for promotion as 2 examples in the Championship show, McCormack at Fulham and Rhodes at Blackburn. Wilson cost Bournemouth £3m so that can work. We could do worse than offer £2m or so for Ricky Lambert or slightly less for Kermognant who would both fill the bill, this season.

We already have two big no.9s in Hemed and Zamora. We need a fox in the box, a speed mechant, and I'm not sure Lambert quite fits that.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

We already have two big no.9s in Hemed and Zamora. We need a fox in the box, a speed mechant, and I'm not sure Lambert quite fits that.

Agreed.

there would also be the issue of his wages being three times higher than our top earner.

 

[Withdean11]

£9m doesnt gaurantee the goals etc for promotion as 2 examples in the Championship show, McCormack at Fulham and Rhodes at Blackburn. Wilson cost Bournemouth £3m so that can work. We could do worse than offer £2m or so for Ricky Lambert or slightly less for Kermognant who would both fill the bill, this season.

Rhodes has got 8 goals this season to Baldocks 2. If he had scored those 8 goals for us this season we would still be at least 4 points clear at the top. Not to mention we are a better team that Blackburn and create more chances so that 8 goals could easily be 10.

A goalscorer will not gaurantee you promotion, you need a good team too. But we have that, don't we?

 

[Marshy]

We already have two big no.9s in Hemed and Zamora. We need a fox in the box, a speed mechant, and I'm not sure Lambert quite fits that.

I still think a quality prem loan is the way to go this time around.

We dont need to be throwing a huge chunk of money around in January.

 

[BensGrandad]

We need another Peter Ward, a goal poacher who does nothing but score goals like Vydra. My suggestions were based on trying to get Baldock scoring off of a big man as he doesnt seem to be able to do it with Hemed and Zamora or do we cut our losses and discard him.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

I still think a quality prem loan is the way to go this time around.

We dont need to be throwing a huge chunk of money around in January.

Yes but a loan from a Premier League club still means a hefty fee and paying huge wages way above anything we are paying our own players.

 

[BensGrandad]

Silly suggestion perhaps ! What fee would it take to tempt Chelsea on Bamford?

 

[symyjym]

I don't think even a great striker would have scored last night because we didn't have the players on the wings who could provide service consistently to them. Losing Bong and Kaz has upset the balance and it is more about defending well and damage limitation at this moment in time.

 

[BensGrandad]

I don't think even a great striker would have scored last night because we didn't have the players on the wings who could provide service consistently to them. Losing Bong and Kaz has upset the balance and it is more about defending well and damage limitation at this moment in time.

So more effort perhaps in getting a loan replacement for Bong.

 

[Blues Rock DJ]

We will be okay until January. Loans can distrupt the team so should only be signed if absolutely necessary.

Be in the top 6 in January and then get a goal scorer and we could get promoted. But we must spend big. Signing a striker for 1 or 2 million just will not cut it.

what do you base your opening comment on ? We've let a decent points lead slip through our lack of goals.

 

[symyjym]

So more effort perhaps in getting a loan replacement for Bong.

Right now yes. Bruno and Liam have formed a good partnership on the right but we have lost that with having to move Liam to LB, and Bong and Kaz had a good understanding too which we have lost. Wouldn't want to fault Calde because he always gives 100% and I wouldn't want to fault March because he is still young. That said March could do with some one on one mentoring with Warren Aspinall.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Silly suggestion perhaps ! What fee would it take to tempt Chelsea on Bamford?

We'd have to wait until January before he could be legally recalled, so why not shop overseas for better value and sell on potential ?

 

[BensGrandad]

We'd have to wait until January before he could be legally recalled, so why not shop overseas for better value and sell on potential ?

There was talk on the Palace web site last week from the Palace Ast Mnager that Chelsea were going to recall him through not getting enough games.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

There was talk on the Palace web site last week from the Palace Ast Mnager that Chelsea were going to recall him through not getting enough games.

Yes, but look at the rules for recalling full season loans, and note that it is only possible to do so in the January transfer window.

The Palace Ast Manager was clearly therefore talking about a recall in the January window.

 

[BensGrandad]

As I have said I am not au fait with the loan regulations

 

[Triggaaar]

Yes but a loan from a Premier League club still means a hefty fee and paying huge wages way above anything we are paying our own players.

We wouldn't be able to get a striker that's currently performing in the PL, and we wouldn't be able to get a first choice backup either, so I guess potential targets would be those from the top clubs that aren't in the team, and hope that the club doesn't need a hefty fee or the wages fully covered, as they want their player getting game time.

 

[OzMike]

We need one with an eye for goals.
It would be the icing on the cake.

 

[GT49er]

Agreed.

there would also be the issue of his (Lambert's) wages being three times higher than our top earner.

But wouldn't we have the same problem with any £6M+ striker? If they're worth that amount of money to buy, their agents aren't going to say, go on then, ten grand a week will do for now.