The Friday are we going to sign any strikers thread?

[Spy]

If they haven't announced a press conference by lunchtime there will be no signing today.

[Simon Pieman]

Don't think anyone's bringing in the whole "saved the club" statement though are they? Or have I missed a comment?

We'd all love a couple of signings, but for whatever reason it hasn't happened yet.

This is a debate/argument that'll just go on and on until a signing is made (and even then it'll probably produce comments along the lines of "who?", "he's shit" and "we waited all this time for him"). I'm hoping a signing will happen today, but that really does look quite unlikely!

I read it back and it does seem a bit harsh. But I'm pretty sure if Diamandis was still in charge people would be saying all sorts of bad shit.

It just reads that some people are giving those up top more time because of past exploits. The same was true over the time it took for Malpas to be sacked/Wilson to be appointed. I was one of the patient people to begin with, but we fans trusted Fitton far too much with that saga.

The club needs to accept we need strikers and fast. If we can't get the calibre of striker in we want for the money we have then we either need to aim a bit lower or spend a bit more. This drawn out affair can't come down to anything but money.

[Rich Pullen]

Good post Si.

[juddie]

you're right si, but now that it looks as though we're looking at Trundle, now that our other targets are falling through, people arre still complaining. Wilson can't win.

[Nemo]

I wonder if we're going to sign any of Clark, Klukowski and McDonald? I'm suprised to see we haven't already just chucked a 1 year deal at one or two of them just to make up the numbers, they can't be that pricey.

[china red]

Mentioned on the Adver site that none of them had done enough to get a contract

[strooood]

As someone just said to me, Paynter and Trundle up front will be slower than a week in jail

Yes but we'll have McNamee/O'Brien/Macklin supporting them - all quick as fuck.

[THE FLASH]

So all this bollocks about only signing players that will be here for seasons to come is a load of rubbish then.

It's like Malpas all over again.

I read the report on 'this is'......Samdy is right....not only like Malpas all over again but much like the complete farce of getting a new manager after the twat left!

There is NO excuse for not signing at least one decent signing before season kick off.

We had time...

We had money (Cox had been sold so 'some' of that could of been made available)...

DW is an experienced manager.

I have tickets for me and the old man for tomorrow so i am looking forward to the match.

BUT...

I am really pissed off with this Striker 'farce' unless we get someone today...

Paynter on his own is a joke not his strength.......and Macklin will be swotted like a fly!

[THE FLASH]

As someone just said to me, Paynter and Trundle up front will be slower than a week in jail

Like that!!

Wading through Treacle pace!

[juddie]

You can't have it both ways. We start signing players to make up the numbers and people will complain at that as well.

Don't get me wrong, I'm as frustrated as the next man, but I like our current policy and I like the calibre of striker we're looking at.

If we sign Trundle on loan and continue trying to get a waghorn-type, then that's good enough for me.

I just hope Macklin can find the net and help paynter out.

[THE FLASH]

You can't have it both ways. We start signing players to make up the numbers and people will complain at that as well.

Don't get me wrong, I'm as frustrated as the next man, but I like our current policy and I like the calibre of striker we're looking at.

Asking for a striker to be signed during the close season is not asking too much Judds!!

I hope Macklin scores five tomorrow....but after seeing him at Luton....i cannot see it!

If we sign Trundle on loan and continue trying to get a waghorn-type, then that's good enough for me.

I just hope Macklin can find the net and help paynter out.

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[pumbaa]

You can't have it both ways. We start signing players to make up the numbers and people will complain at that as well.

Don't get me wrong, I'm as frustrated as the next man, but I like our current policy and I like the calibre of striker we're looking at.

If we sign Trundle on loan and continue trying to get a waghorn-type, then that's good enough for me.

I just hope Macklin can find the net and help paynter out.

I've been relatively quiet on the subject to date, but I have to put on record that I'm now concerned. Yes, concerned. Nothing more, nothing less.

I agree wholeheartedly with juddie. What bothers me if the amount of pressure we are putting on Paynter, solid player that he is, but its already well established he's not the most prolific in front of goal. I'm also a tad concerned about burn-out. Its also fair to say Paynter isn't universally popular with our fan base, so if a few morons get on his back if he doesn't score straight awy might just ebb away at his confidence.

The start of the season is pretty intense and we have 6 games coming up before the transfer window closes at the end of the month. Relying solely on Paynter and Macklin, a talented albeit inexperienced player, is risky. I think we can cope for the first two games, but we go into next weekends game at home to MK with no new strikers, my level of concern might get elevated further.

Still, its something to moan about, and it wouldn't be right if all was well at SN1......

[@MacPhlea]

I've not heard anymore about Yan the Man or Dean McDonald either...

[RobertT]

I think we should all complain about the striker situation even if we are top at the end of August, that'll show em.

I can't help but giggle at all the comments like "how long can we give them...".  What are you going to do if we don't sign the person we think we should be signing? stop supporting the club.

I can't give a flying fuck who plays for the club, provided we have a team doing the best it can.  As Juddie says, we've spent the summer chasing good quality targets, they tend to be going to bigger clubs than us (get over it, we are small fry).  People have moaned that we should drop our sights a little, so names get rumoured who aren't top quality and then people moan about why we are even considering them.  There is hardly a flood of decent strikers moving to League 1 clubs, so it's not like we are being pipped by clubs of our own level (only Huddersfield and Norwich in our league have signed anyone near decent, and  remember plenty of people thinking Holt wasn't good enough anyway).