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Well Cox is gone now (pretty much) so we have Paynter and Peacock up front. We know Billy P was a great player last season but I dare say he will get red carded a couple times meaning he misses a few games. I have no confidence that Peacock will score goals so who is available (NOT PARKIN) who can score at this level or are we going to go down the loan route? Quite concenred by the lack of goals now Cox is gone. A goalscoring midfielder would be good as well! Any decent strikers available out there? Colchester had a bid for Holt turned down so think that is a no-go......Our team on paper now, whilst better in midfield (if o brien comes off) and defensively (greer perm) and hopefully a fit Aljofree...... I still feel we will struggle to get over 15th without goals from other parts of the park as well as a decent forward up front.... Stuart Fleetwood an answer???

Fleetwood struggled on loan in league one last season. No thanks.

Fun fact - were lee peacock to score this season he will be the first town player to score in 5 consecutive seasons since shaun taylor

We need a black striker.

Roger Milla.

Its a tough one, every striker has a bad season or maybe more but can be rejuvinated by a move to a new club, people said they don't want Mangan from Forest Green because he has only scored a bagfull of goals in 1 season.

But Cureton and Thorpe were both reknown high scorers that did fuck all for us.

Cox was not prolific until he signed for us, Parkin the same.

You have to take chances on some players, especially if they are from lower leagues that don't command the wages that the "more prolific" experienced strikers would ask for.

Michael Owen was very prolific when at Liverpool and has pretty much failed to set the world alight since then but Man United are willing to take a gamble on him regaining his form, it doesn't always work but sometimes it does.

I am not over enamoured with Fleetwood but look who he was on loan at last year, probably had a poor service at Chelt and Brighton, with a better service he could do better.

Jury is definatly out on Fleetwood though IMO.

Fleetwood?!?! I've said it before and I'll say it again, not good enough for league 1.

Dean Bowditch would be worth a punt not as our main striker but certainly as good competition.

Who He?  :-[

Edit: Never mind, found his stats now.

Get simon church in, even if it's only on loan. Played brilliant against us last season

What about Lee Hughes?
Currently out of contract.
Admittedly has a load of baggage and is a complete nutjob, but if bangs in 20-25 goals, who would give a fuck about his past?

Hughes has gone to Blackpool, no?

He was on loan there until the end of last season, but I think he's now unattached.

I think Fleetwood would be a gamble. I agree with Dave, Simon Church would be a great signing, even if it was on loan.

hughes is back on trial with oldham i believe.

we need at least 4 more decent players.not ones we hope might come to something.ones that are ghood enough and ready to make an impact in league 1.if not our season wont be much different to the last one.

Bowditch or Church could be a good shout, given our past with Cox perhaps they would see Church would progress under us?

Yes, but they won't let us buy him on the cheap!

Freddy eastwood :)

LLoyd Opara

Anyone heard owt more on Webber?

Hes still got 3 years left on his contract at Coventry and hes been shit ever since he left Southend just 7 goals in 70 games even Fleetwood has a better strike rate in the last 2 seasons with 5 goals from 25 games ;).

All good posts chaps...Fleetwood no for me..we got a few bob now so lets get someone who has done it already...i would like Reuben Reid here..young,west country lad who is PROVEN goalscorer....IF not i would rather get a season long loan player from a higher level.

Remember when parkin left for ipswich king said he would have to bring in 2 strikers to make up for his loss of goals and we got thorpe and cuerton what a combination that was lets hope that doesn't happen again.

I understand Derby are planning a bid for Reid, in excess of £250k.

Might be worth a gamble, but again every signing is really a gamble, no one knows if any new signing....experienced or not...proven goalscorer at this level or above or lower will be good enough.

We just hope that our signings are.

*edit*

Interesting post on Rotherham forum.....

A typical quote from a fan who is pissed off hes going.

We were going to spend 200K on Robinson....personally i feel we are going to have to buy....or as arriba says its going to be the same ol story.

I can't comment personally though as I have never seen him play.

Doncaster are looking at him as well apparently, I guess if we were interested then it would be if he wishes to up sticks and move south again as if he chose Derby or Donny he would not need to.

Yeh...but his family live in Bristol.

No but Church would get a game here, improve and go back in better shape than when he left Reading... a 6 month loan deal would be good if we could get it, gives us time to buck up our ideas, see who is doing the business etc elsewhere...

Church was really impresive against England U21s...3 goals in two matches,but a season long loan or none at all IMO.

Think Reading have had a 1.8 million bid for Watfords Tommy Smith accepted today...so will be down the pecking order.

According to Sky its Sheffield United Leffer thats had the bid accepted.

But I can still see Reading going out and buying at least 1 if not 2 new strikers before the season starts.

And I agree that 3 month loan is not worth it, we need a settled side and a season long loan is the only loan worth going for with him.

Agreed but given the fact Reading have just sold Doyle not sure if they would let a potential replacement go for the whole season.....

Church may get a few games at Reading this season because they won't be able to splash much cash on replacing Doyle, last season for the parachute payment and Madejski is concentrating on spending money on ares of Reading such as the Train station and Green Park.  I think they are relying on some of their youth talent playing a little more, I wonder if it may prevent players like HRK coming here as well, although he's not as close to the first team.

I am not saying we should go for the following just who could be available and could possibly do a job. Fleetwood,McKenzie,McLeod,Fallon,Alan Lee,Dickinson,Billy Sharpe

no, no, no, maybe, no, no, yes

Unproven, Maybe, No, Yes, probably going to Norwich, going to Brighton, too expensive

if we got Billy Sharp we would go up. That is a simple fact.

You cannot play fallon and paynter together. Too similar.

Its a shame, Jermaine Easter has gone to Franchise.

fleetwood looks as if hes of to Exeter :eek:

I don't know why Charlton bought Fleetwood - still not proven in the Football League. Exeter could be perfect for him - however, so could Swindon I suppose.

part of the cox deal should have been year long loan of one of their up and coming strikers

Obvious name would be Chris Wood - he's only 17.

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I would love Dickenson here..ime amazed hes not been snapped up permanantly...he was class down here a while back.

Hasn't Dickinson signed or about to sign for Brighton?

Heard a good few reviews on oli johnson of stockport might be worth a look

Think hes on loan there but not sure.,,Wiki have him as a Brighton player.

As a foil type player what about Clive Platt, he could possibly play with Paynter, and he is a bit of a battering ram bringing others into play and creating space.

I'd like to see a speedy youngster here though who hasn't been given chance at a bigger club so wants to prove himself..ala Cox

Also 43 goals in 118 matches and still only 24...maybe too similar to Billy Paynter but ive always been impressed with him.....plus he played for Swinton Town FC.!

According to the bbc site Brighton are signing dickinson for 100,000 surley that must be wrong norwich bid 500,000 and were turned down.

Never seen the fuss about Dickinson.

I'd like to see us get John Obika on loan. Did very well for Yeovil towards the end of last season.

He stood out when he played against us last season, but then again, we were terribly poor! He would do a job here tho

Interesting you should say that. Tottenham haven't entered the Reserve League South this season so those youngsters might be a bit short of game time.

Jon Obika, Ryan Mason, Andros Townsend - all very good attacking prospects, two of which went to Yeovil last season and did alright, the other ran the show for their ressies (although it's worth noting Jamie Slabber did the same)

Dickinson has indeed signed for Brighton.Although it's stated as an "undisclosed fee" it's
thought to be around the 300K mark.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/argusgeneralsportsnews/4492061.Albion_sign_Dickinson/

Backing up what Stroooood just said, Ryan Mason has just signed on loan for Yeovil.

I am also reading that Crewe will not be offering RAZAK or Pook a deal.

How about a look at Steve Kabba?

I think Razak is on trial with Yeovil and scored last night

It's all about signing unknown foreigners with funny names when it comes to strikers. I propose we do this.

Bring back sabin

He's an international now don't you know...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinique_national_football_team

I read MArtin Allen said Pook is a good player. However he doesnt think he will be able to afford him :)

He finally learned where the ball is supposed to end up then.

I think Michael Mifsud would be an ideal foil for BP

Agreed.

Apologies if it's already been mentioned, but would a season-long loan of Lukas Jutkiewicz not be an idea?

I thought he quit Oxford to become a property developer!

I was discussing Sabin with a mate tonight. Apparently someone he knew in Northampton had him as a land lord.

The Martinique national football team is made up of your postmen, your butchers, your property developers.

I don't think it would be a bad idea. I don't want that little cunt Mifsud thuogh - odiuos little fucker. Slave Trader Johnson had him sussed.

hes not scored a league goal since hes left us, was quite suprised to see that (if wiki is upto date) i'm not sure he was going to turn into the 30 goal a season player we hoped he might

I don't think he's had many chances. A few games at Huddersfield on loan, not much else. There was something there and he's young enough that he could still do something with a decent run in a team.

I heard he was giving it the big 'i am' at uddersfield. Stormed down the tunnel at one game after being substituted.

No thanks.

He was pissed off with his own performance Sippo apparantly, he was being played left and right wing

Oh maybe I heard different then.

A big no go anyway. Not the type of player we need in my opinion.

I just got excited by the headline on Skysports "Robins set for striker deal", clicked on it, only for it to be a story about Cheltenham and a picture of that wanker Martin Allen.

Boo!

Never really saw anything in Jukebox very over rated and was amazed we got as much as we did for him, I know he was young etc but think it would be a backward step to get him back.

Anyone else notice this in the Fitton interview?


Am i taking it too literally - is this more a rhetorical statement?

If not i think he must be talking about Obafemi Martins.

When he says "much bigger club", is he referring to them being much bigger than us, or Reading?

Us i recon, but it does flag up some really rather poor reporting. That is clearly the newsline in those quotes... why is it buried right at the bottom? They could have got everyone proper pants-creaming with that.

If we don't sign someone on loan from Real or Barca now, I'm going to be very disappointed

I said something similar at the time. I thought getting rid of him was a good piece of business, albeit by the cunts that used to run us, so in real terms in wasn't good business but greed fuelled luck.

Word on the grape vine is the player Fitton was referring to is Obika at Spurs who did well on loan at Yeovil last year, wait and see if true i guess. Sounds like a very similar player to Robinson so wouldn't suprise me and with some league one experience and youth on his side, sounds like the sort of player we are after.

I'd be bang up for us signing Obika... he'd do well alongside Paynter (or Samba!)

Not sure about Billy Sharp now.

How many teams have done well with 2 Billy's up front?

Surely any deal for Obika would be a loan one? The quote suggests it would be a cash signing. That would be some coup if we did manage to get him permanently.

Spurs don't have the greatest modern history of bringing their kids through. Jamie O'Hara is the only one in recent times I can think of and he was with Arsenal originally.

I guess what I'm saying is, if we offer an adequate price - they'll sell.

Not sure its a big coup, that would be getting Sharp. I reckon the fee for Obika would be more manageable and weighted with sell ons etc, and then we get Sharp on loan for a year!

It all depends what Fitton describes as a "coup" doesn't it? Remember the big name manager he mentioned back during the dark winter of 2008 :)

Fitton seemed to be referring to a similar deal to the cox one.  Probably suggesting Obika for the dreaded undisclosed fee which later turns out to be less than we thought though there is a large sell on fee.  Maybe.  I dont know.  Dont know why I mentioned it.

Me either

Yeovil have made an offer to loan Obika for the season, Tottenham have told Yeovil that they want a Championship side as a preference for a loan, Obika is understood to be happy to go to Yeovil as he enjoyed his time there.

Thats from someone at YTFC, not just a rumour on a forum.

I have only seen him play once and that was against us when we played shit so I can't say if hes worth following or not.

His 4 goals in 10 games isn't a bad return, but actually very similar to Stuart Fleetwoods return for Cheltenham 2 goals in 6 games and his 3 goals in 8 games for Exeter.

Not that I am suggesting that we go for Fleetwood but everyone seems to think that Obika is a great player and Fleetwood is shit but this is based upon one game against us mostly even though both have very similar scoring records on loan last year.

Seen mention of Nathan Delfeunso from Aston Villa on loan for a season

That's not going to happen though. He's a bit too good for us and has been in and around Villa's first team.

Apparently Villa may be willing to listen to loan offers for him, but they would prefer a Championship club to a Div 1 club, Leeds have been in contact apparently already about a loan.

Can't see him ever coming to us though.

Funny enough thats what people said when we got linked to Douglas "he is too good for us " "he wont come here"

But Delfouneso is on the fringes of their first team squad. He's probably ahead of Marlon Harewood at Villa Park

Also although a great signing, don't forget that despite the fact that Douglas came from mighty, mighty Leeds he was still a League One player and has been for a couple of years now.

True but they are rumoured to be after Tuncay and one other Striker who I can not remember the name of .Premier teams just dont give young kids the chance anymore it is spend spend spend in the crazy world of the EPL, so I would not be surprised to see the likes of this lad loaned out maybe not to a League 1 side though.

That settles it.

We're in for Harewood..............

Darn, I didn't want to disclose such information until the Adver at least got hold of it.

Maybe we're going to sign the Honduran president?

Thought Obika looked decent against us. But we were utter shite. So who knows.

How about a stab at Caleb Folan possibly on-loan? Won't get a look in at Hull (again) this season especially now they've signed Zamora.