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This sort of relates to my "next season" post but deserves its own thread in my view. All been said before probablly but I look at this as an overview of the situation rather than one individual player. Yes I am bored.

At the moment we have 5
The Peaconator
Cureton
Roberts
Lucas J...
Caton

Firstly I'd want 3 1st team strikers with Lucas and Caton competing for the 4th space. keep em hungry and all that.

The Peaconator is a certain starter assuming his knee gets sorted. Will anyone disagree with that?? Lucas is a decent replacement for The Peaconator in my opinion and Caton offers more in the way of pace assuming his not a total crip now after his year from hell.

Now as I've commented for reasons stated in the other thread I'd get rid of Cureton.

I reckon we could raise £50k-£100k ish by selling him and can realistically see a bid of around that figure coming in from a league 1 club. He's already said he wants to go if an offer from higher up the leagues come in so for me its a matter of when not if he gos regardless of what I'd do.

As for Roberts... its a difficult one.  Part of me says me his days are be numbered, however another pary of me says that if he keeps of the booze and gets Iffys uber-pre-season under his belt then we could be looking at the fittest Christian Roberts football has seen for 3/4 years.  In that case at league 2 level we could be looking at a real asset. Particually when you consider how many goals him and the Peaconator scored whilst at shitty in L1. So I'd keep him and give him one last chance to prove himself.

So when Cureton goes who do we get in to replace him? Chris McPhee?? hmmmmm. I'm not sure. I rate him higher than most people seem to. He worked his arse off and had decent movement from what I saw. Can he score goals though? He got a few for Brighton in league 1 so with reasonable service I dont see why he wouldnt in league 2. Short term contract offer perhaps? 6 months?

After that? who knows? I'd have thought someone with pace would make sense as Lucas will provide target mean cover for the cock.

Why didnt anyone like Robocop Benjamin???

And dont forget .. Iffy RATES MCPHEE ... god knows why tho .. so itll be Peacock and McPhee

you forgot holgate :D

but i think your spot on with the roberts point..i think we might see the best out of him next season...i await the abuse

oh yeah. easily done. he's not very good. :D

:shock:he showed as much promise as the others

people judge the youth players we have to quickly in my opinion

Maybe thats harsh. I've seen him look alright in some games, crap and lost in others. Loan him out to Salisbury, that'll make him good :wink:

Lucas has the greatest potential of the 3 youngsters in my opinion

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cureton is easily the best forward we have,we should be trying to keep hold of him and playing to his strenghs.ie into feet or working the channels.alot of the time last season long balls were punted aimlessly towards him and that is never gonna work.i like peacock too and hope they are the pair up front for us next season.those two + mcphee and the youth lads will have us a decent crop of forwards.roberts can fuck off as can benj.

if we keep what we have upfront those positions are the least of my worries about the squad

I can't see roberts playing much of a part to be honest

pics not working dex :?  

did i get it wrong? hes a blud? :D

cureton is a cunt FACT i dont like him never have and never will BUT  you are right arriba we could save ourselves alot of hassle by keeping him

i like curo's honesty.most footballers talk shit to make them look good.fact is he can play a bit and him and peacock would do great in league 2

Assuming Curo leaves:

 the biggest concern has to be scoring goals! OK it's blatent, but what McPhee, Benjamin, Lucas, Peaconator and Caton have not yet shown is they can score regularily.

I'm not saying they can't, or won't, but it is a risk. Personally I'd like to see a.n.other brought in to play alongside Peacock with Lucas/Caton and Roberts battling for a place (wing or up front)).

I think the midfield needs strengthening, because we weren't exactly creating a shed load really. But with the slide in divisions are we going to attract quality/be allowed to play footy? Al the more reason to find someone to stick aweay the chances when they come.

Mark D says Benjamin is not a target on thisis.

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I'd love to see Roberts back & playing well but sadly I don't think it'll happen. Him & Peacock up front would be ace.

McPhee would be an ok signing but only as a back-up player. I'd like to think we could find someone better to replace Cureton (if he leaves)

i'd gladly see cureton leave but if he remains at the club and shows himself to be committed to the cause then i've not got a problem with that. sadly, i can foresee him half-arsedly strolling around the pitch hoping for the odd tap-in.

in which case, i'd get rid and bring someone else in. preferably someone with pace and the ability to play off a target-man style player such as peacock. perhaps roberts?

he is a difficult one. part of me says there's no room for sentiment and we're better off getting rid but if he stays sober and if he gets fit then he might show the sort of form he displayed when he first came to the club. i'd be tempted to keep him.

Cureton is ineffective, he could do is in league one, so he wont be able to in league two.

I agree with the Roberts point, if we can get him back to his best he is what we want in a striker, decent finish....can run at defenders and has pace...something we've lacked this season upfront...

If not Caton is a similiar type of player...but obviously not as built and younger.

If Roberts gets a good pre-season under his belt and gets back in shape he will be an asset....sadly I said exactly the same thing last year and he came back fatter.....

Lukas will do well for us next year, he will be good....hope to see alot of him

Exactly the same on both accounts.  

Cureton has the potential to be outstanding but if the attitude and commitment is not there for a full season in League Two then even if it means granting him a move for a minimal fee or even a free then allow him to go sooner rather than later.  

The worst case would be for him to start the season with an eye on a move and the disruption of him moving mid-season is not going to help anyone concerned.

Roberts, again has the potential to be priceless in League Two if he can get fit, lose a few pounds and get his head in the right place.  His pace could be devastating; I don’t think he’ll ever be prolific but on form he could be good for a decent return.  It looks like he’s on the upturn and a hearty pre-season can only help.

One player not mentioned is perhaps Shakes who did very well playing for Bury up front in league two last season.  Again he has the pace and if his crossing is as bad as it sounds perhaps he could prove to be more of a menace up front?

tis just a shame that he cant shoot or header, otherwise he would of been a good choice.

Yep.  Definately one who could come up with 15-20 goals a season.  Fingers crossed.

Talking of strikers I ran into ex-Town target Justin Jackson at the weekend he's looking for a new club.  

Highest transfer fee for a conference player don't you know.

My ideal partnership would be Peacock and Curo with Roberts out on the wing, leaving McPhee?, Caton and Holgate fighting to get in at any chance that comes.

Like others have said, if Roberts gets fit he will be a menace and we are looking like being strong up front. It just depends how the summer goes for him. I'm expecting a lot of Caton too as he was supposed to be good enough this season before his injury. Maybe the step down will give him a good platform to enter the side before making a name for himself?

On the subject of strikers I was always suprised Daryl Clare didn't do better after scoring about a million goals for chester the season they won the conference. Always suprised that he ended up at crawley and think he's fucked off to someone shit like Burton now.

Think Clare wanted to stay out of the league due to running a business or summit.

Get Dave Gilroy he's ace  8)

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