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We need one badly if we are to challenge for the top 3.

Peaock was bloody awful today- missed several chances and is nver in the box at the right times- just not a cntre forward. He talks a good game but that is about it

Roberts is no better either.

If we had a finisher we would be well clear at the top of this league already

and what are we going to use to bring one in?

fairy dust.

Whilst I agree with your point, we dont have the funds to bring one in...plus the likes of Brownlie, Jutkiewicz and Caton havent been given a fair chance....and in all honesty, its about time they were

what game were you at bart, roberts was one of are better players today

A goal scorer is essential, that is obvious.

You are being unnecessarily pessimistic there (for a change) VD. I am sure the Board will allow the new manager to bring in a few loan signings.

In fact, I predict now that if Sturrock is appointed we will sign Marino Keith on loan from Colchester. He played under Strurrock at Plymouth and scored goals for fun at this level.  He has been out injured for a long time but is now fully fit again.

Mark my words :wink:

can we expect Mickey Evans in as well.... :roll:

I doubt the new manager will have money to spend, even on loans.

I mean this new keeper, where did the money for him come from....the RAF but the club didnt shout that one out did they  :roll:

I knew you talked bollocks, but now I know you know fuck all about football.

Peacock played his heart out today, and I'm not just talking about effort, I 'm talking skill as well. His link play, especially in the first half was first rate.

 Do you never stop and think why he isn't in the box? It's because he has to go wide, or the middle, to get THE FUCKING BALL!! If we had wingers who could win the ball themselves, then put in a decent cross, maybe Peacock could spend his time in the area. But we haven't. Brown is a lazy bastard, who plays in fits and starts and Shakes is quite simply the most useless crosser of a ball I've ever seen.

I've said before that we need a poacher who could get us 20 goals a season, but to slag off Peacock is taking the piss. He is the best leader of the line we've got.

Roberts? Lazy bastard, who's head goes down as soon as we're on the back foot.

Brownlie? If the ball is placed at his feet and he has time, he'll get shots on target. Apart from that? No skill, no pace, no clue.

Onion Bhaji? Get real. Clumsy, useless, waste of space who confuses himself as much as the opposition.

Yes, but ultimately we do need some one who can get the ball in the onion bag don't we?

If we did, we would be 10 points clear at the top by now - FACT!

Agreed mate. As I stated above. Peacocker is not a 20 goal a season striker. His strength is holding the ball and laying it off. What he
needs is a small, nippy, greedy little bastard who doesn't do anything but score. Any ideas?

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I wouldn't call him small, but i agree

http://www.thisisstfc.co.uk/images/gallery/2004/August/7/wrex09.JPG

Agreed and yet he was the one taken off and not the useless peacock.  :?

neither of the strikers were to blame today as they were completely starved of service, unless somebody actually puts decent balls into the box or looks to play  through balls into the strikers feet, we'll never get anywhere.

unfortunately our wingers prefer to play more central than our strikers and we allow opposition defences to sit so high up that we can't create any space.

peacock works hard to win the ball and his hold-up and link-up play is excellent, better than parkin's in fact - sadly he lacks the little extra that sammy had which allowed him to score goals from thin air.

roberts can't finish, his main asset seems to have disappeared along with the  contents of his local off-licence and is sadly ineffective now.

fola is just shit.

brownlie must be given a chance.

The commentators today were Vic Morgan and Phil King and admittedly they do tend to get a bit over excited. Taking that into account, they made it sound like Peacock had about three guilt edged opportunities. One chance in particular sounded like it was harder to miss and would have put us 2-1 up. Did that not happen then?

Also, you say neither of the strikers were to blame but then you say that Roberts cannot finish. Are you not contradicting yourself there?

he had a free header which he should have scored but the offside flag was up. that was the only chance he had to my recollection.

as i've said, he was too deep trying to receive the ball to actually get in a position to miss the chances.

however, brown missed an absolute sitter, similar to fola's last week.

wasnt as bad as fola's. fola was one yard out, no-one around him and an open goal. Brown was 1 yard out, stretching for it, and a defender beat him to it. Good defending rather than bad striking.

fola's was pretty much exactly the same, except the defender was tight to fola last week and brown was just in front of the defender today - he should have got something on it, it's fucking criminal he didn't.

Although at least with Brown the defender cleared the ball, rather than Fola who completely missed it

sonic you're simply wrong

browns was cleared bey the defender. this is a fact. fola missed that ball. this is different, and also fact.

browns' job is to create chances. fola's is to finish them. this is also fact. now you're slating brown to a far worse extent than fola last week. i know you consider yourself the oracle but you are clearly wrong here.

Caton was speaking to Mex and Sonic before the game and said he hoped to be available for selection next week.

And dont even get me started on Brown !

Turned up for the game yesterday looking like a postman (nice man bag tho)

i was sat pretty much on the goal line with a clear view of it.

brown's chance was cleared by the defender, i didn't say otherwise, but brown should have got something on it. unlike fola, he's not a striker so i can forgive him for lacking that killer instinct - as you say.

and i don't consider myself to be a shopping centre in reading.

Peacock may not have had a game where he had bundles of opportunities to score but all of the chances went through Peacock and Roberts (often linking up quite nicely). I thought the midfield was not involved enough. Brown looked good when he wanted to be, but we're still crossing the ball from too deep.

I want to see Brownlie soon, I said that before the game. Even if it's in AMC position. Him and Peacock could alternate throughout the match.

Peacock missed a couple of chances but otherwise played very well.

I still say its about the service rather than the strikers. Shakes did fuck all, and Brown is hopeless.

The right wing especially is rapidly becoming our problem position

Sturrock and Peacs fell out at Sheff Wed .. so his number will be up again if Luggy takes over

Paul Sturrock + Striker = BLAIR STURROCK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/sport/images2/football_teams_galleries/plymouth_2004_2005/blair_sturrock.jpg



http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=16985

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becoming our problem position, its been our problem position since the start of last season!!

Get Kevin Summerfield's son in too....plays centre mid at Plymouth

Sturrock's first signing will be Marino Keith.

Thats a good shout OST. You might be wrong though, it could be that fuckin god aweful brass band with the bald fat bloke who play's the trumpet topless :nono:  

Back to Marino.

155 lge games for all clubs with 69 goals. Warming the bench at colchester at the mo. Knocking on a bit at 33, but a loan might not be a bad idea.

http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9392

Millom

Funny how you should say that,a Plymouth fan at work last night said that Sturrock will go for Coughlan and Marino Keith.

Coughlan would be a fantastic signing but a little on the optimistic side I fear. He would have to really like Luggy to up sticks and move south and drop two divisions as well.

(And I think he is club captain as well!)

Living close to Home Park I've overheard plenty of fans talking about the Sturrock appointment - it's all been positive.

My boss is a Plymouth fan and he was disappointed he didn't stay in Devon for longer.

It's standard for managers to bring their trusted players with them. However, what with the bitter conclusion between Sturrock and Allen I can't see business being done in the near future for an important player like Graham Coughlan. People like Marino Keith are likely targets but he's not really what we're looking for.

If he get's the ball in the net then he's what we're looking for.

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will be his first signing, attacking midfielder, out of retirement

I concur VD

do you have the scars to prove it?

Still in the itchy stage

He's probably moved back to France.

doesnt mean he cant/wont move back

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

He has moved back to France. Might move back but he's 33 now though mind.

friio + evans in our midfield, lush.

Bit of a shame he's retired though!

retired means nothing

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Did he retire through injury?  Or just retire through choice, as retirement through injury does mean something.  Insurance pays out, on the basis you do not play again  - professionally.

he retired as he was sick of sitting on the bench at forest and wanted to concentrate on his business.

Oh right, so no insurance issues, could be a goer then I suppose.

So you lot want some bloke who was once (3 years ago?) half decent in the lower leagues and used to play for our new manager to come out of retirement and play in our 1st team. He seems to have retired 5 months ago.

Good one. Cant we sign a non-retired player instead?? :shrug:

Can't we get Sabin out of retirement? Anyone notice on the new FM he's a GK Coach. We need one of them to. I wonder if he's that in real life. I wish I'd noticed him when I needed an assistant manager.

Sturrock will love Fola as we will turn into a long ball side just like Plymouth and Sheff Wed. I wouldn't mind as it works at this level. Fola just needs to learn how to head a ball.

what do u mean we will turn into a long ball side, can someone tell me what we have been up untill now?

A supposed passing side, that shits itself whenever in possession so lumps it.

I think the aim is to pick out the right long ball...

with you on that!

Paul Evans is of similiar age, yet spent longer out the game injured....

yet we gave him a go and he's done alright