No Striker this window

Posted earlier, but fits here. These are the top tens of players in the champo for attacking stats from Bein sports website. We only have one player in there. McNair is 10th on crossing (from corners I assume). Until we have a few more players appearing in the stats as an attacking force, I think we'll miss out on the play-off spots.

#PLAYERGPTEAMGOALS
1Ivan Toney22Brentford16
2Adam Armstrong23Blackburn Rovers16
3Lucas João17Reading13
4Teemu Pukki21Norwich City11
5Dominic Solanke24Bournemouth10
6Jamal Lowe24Swansea City9
7Kieffer Moore19Cardiff City8
8Cauley Woodrow20Barnsley8
9André Ayew23Swansea City8
10Junior Stanislas18Bournemouth7

#PLAYERGPTEAMTOTAL SHOTS (EXC. BLOCKED SHOTS)
1Adam Armstrong23Blackburn Rovers76
2Dominic Solanke24Bournemouth53
3Ivan Toney22Brentford50
4Kieffer Moore19Cardiff City45
5André Ayew23Swansea City45
6Emiliano Buendía20Norwich City44
7Teemu Pukki21Norwich City43
8Cauley Woodrow20Barnsley42
9Lucas João17Reading37
10Josh Koroma16Huddersfield Town35


#PLAYERGPTEAMASSISTS
1Michael Olise22Reading8
2Harvey Elliott19Blackburn Rovers7
3Emiliano Buendía20Norwich City6
4Bryan Mbeumo22Brentford6
5Tyrese Campbell16Stoke City5
6David Brooks18Bournemouth5
7Mathias Jensen21Brentford5
8Isaac Mbenza22Huddersfield Town5
9Sheyi Ojo23Cardiff City5
10Chris Martin23Bristol City5


#PLAYERGPTEAMTOTAL CROSSES
1Ilias Chair23Queens Park Rangers175
2Jed Wallace23Millwall169
3Joe Jacobson22Wycombe Wanderers160
4Connor Roberts24Swansea City149
5Anthony Knockaert16Nottingham Forest119
6Ken Sema20Watford116
7Diego Rico20Bournemouth113
8Nathan Byrne21Derby County107
9Barry Bannan23Sheffield Wednesday104
10Patrick McNair23Middlesbrough103

#PLAYERGPTEAMCHANCES CREATED
1Emiliano Buendía20Norwich City65
2Connor Roberts24Swansea City54
3Jed Wallace23Millwall46
4Ilias Chair23Queens Park Rangers45
5Joe Jacobson22Wycombe Wanderers40
6Harry Wilson17Cardiff City38
7Gustavo Hamer19Coventry City38
8Harvey Elliott19Blackburn Rovers38
9Michael Olise22Reading37
10Barry Bannan23Sheffield Wednesday37
 
So, if it is correct we are.......

Goals scored 10th
Goal conversion 5th
Total shots 9th (but two shots off 6th)

So we're having plenty of shots, we convert a decent amount of our chances (I'm surprised by this) but we are average scorers around the middle of the pack.

So do you try and create a lot more chances for our misfiring forwards, or sign someone who can put away more of the chances we do create?
 
It’s a real sign of how far we have fallen that we now see little aspiration or hope from fans in a transfer widow. The window used to be full of excitement and wild speculation that was great fun and had us daring to dream. Now we just completely accept we are living on fresh air and even loan signings are beyond our capabilities. We have rapidly become a very tolerant and submissive fan base accepting of our situation. I can imagine quite a few of our rival championship club supporters reacting very differently. It is sad to see clubs we thought of as never being as big a draw as us and with little or no Premier League pedigree now signing players and spending money we can only dream about. As I say we accept frugality and commercial survival rather than success as our main aspiration.
 
Duffman said:
It’s a real sign of how far we have fallen that we now see little aspiration or hope from fans in a transfer widow. The window used to be full of excitement and wild speculation that was great fun and had us daring to dream. Now we just completely accept we are living on fresh air and even loan signings are beyond our capabilities. We have rapidly become a very tolerant and submissive fan base accepting of our situation. I can imagine quite a few of our rival championship club supporters reacting very differently. It is sad to see clubs we thought of as never being as big a draw as us and with little or no Premier League pedigree now signing players and spending money we can only dream about. As I say we accept frugality and commercial survival rather than success as our main aspiration.
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Ahh come in I don’t think it’s all that bad - covid has not only hampered us but other teams. There hasn’t been huge amounts of activity anywhere from what I can see.
 
I have to say Duffman nails it. Our 2 main strikers are rubbish - under normal circumstances they would be in no doubt what the fan base thought of them. Now? Some posters try to defend them. To not bring in any striker is a mistake in my opinion. It is the obvious piece missing from the jigsaw.
 
Such a shame we missed out on Keiffer Moore (£2m) and got Akpom (£2.8m).
We've had no luck on the transfer front for a while now.
Must be time for lady luck to shine on us soon!
 
Pearson / Johnson / Powell out of contract June
Wallace / Hamer , create
Hourihane creates - Loan
Lolley not getting a game , Swap for Britt ?
Klimala - Loan
Sam Gallagher - swap for Fletcher / Akpom
Woodrow - Swap for Fletcher / Akpom
Itten - swap for Akpom / Fletcher / Britt
Zohore - Loan
Neil knows what we need , but can he do a bit of wheeling and dealing
 
Badonde said:
Such a shame we missed out on Keiffer Moore (£2m) and got Akpom (£2.8m).
We've had no luck on the transfer front for a while now.
Must be time for lady luck to shine on us soon!
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I don't think we ever came close for Moore. He apparently always wanted to go to Cardiff and Warnock hinted we were 'used' to probably bump up price / wages.

He's the exact 'type' we need. He's a unit but pretty mobile. I saw a few highlights of Cardiff on sat and he came off the bench (after injury) and won everything in the air..... Almost changed the game single handedly.

I just can't believe we bought Akpom to play the role he plays? He's never been or going to be a loan CF who can lead the line. The amount of balls we hammer forward only for him to get beat in the air or Britt to jump into a defender and give away a foul.

It's a Warnock style tactic being used without the players to do it. I'm pretty gutted we ain't after another forward. I know Fletcher coming back but he's tall but still pretty gash in the air and hardly physical.
 
Duffman said:
It’s a real sign of how far we have fallen that we now see little aspiration or hope from fans in a transfer widow. The window used to be full of excitement and wild speculation that was great fun and had us daring to dream. Now we just completely accept we are living on fresh air and even loan signings are beyond our capabilities. We have rapidly become a very tolerant and submissive fan base accepting of our situation. I can imagine quite a few of our rival championship club supporters reacting very differently. It is sad to see clubs we thought of as never being as big a draw as us and with little or no Premier League pedigree now signing players and spending money we can only dream about. As I say we accept frugality and commercial survival rather than success as our main aspiration.
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There's probably an element of expectations being lowered over the years thanks to Monk, Pulis and Woody. But I'd also like to think most recognise the financial constraints were under due to covid and no income. Hard to blame the club for that.

I know many weren't alive, but surely all fans are well aware how close we went to going out of existence and are just pleased were relatively secure right now.

I don't think there's anything wrong with fans not whining about signing players etc during a pandemic when people are losing or at real risk of losing their jobs. In fact I'm pleased that's the case actually. We all would like to see improvements in the playing staff, but I think most also have a healthy sense of perspective right now.
 
Harry Redknap would have a field day with our squad wheeling and dealing
I’m surprised and shocked Neil isn’t doing the same .
He even said he may have to do some swaps .
Still time . In Warnock we trust
Kyle Joseph Wigan CF
Luke Jephcott PAFC CF No10
Kwadwo Baah Rochdale LW
Carlos Mendes Gomes Morecambe RW
young decent players who could back up what we have for a low outlay of £3m for all 4 .
one sale and those 4 would be our future .
 
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The problem is we can't 'wheel and deal' due to the wages we pay. You can't move someone on who's on 2-3 times the average champo wage.

I imagine even Wing is on decent money compared to a player at PNE / Millwall etc.

We have had the same miss firing forwards since Monk. We can't move them on because they have no resale value and on absolute fortunes in wages.
 
Boro_Legend said:
Free agent like Wilfred Bony we could sign.
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No we couldn’t , and we don’t want old has beens on big wages .
Trainguy - A team will take Britt and Wing this window .
S7 - Britt is on big wage of £35k pw
Wing - affordable to most clubs
Agreed , we have over paid for too many .
Things HAVE to change .
 
Simply red said:
No we couldn’t , and we don’t want old has beens on big wages .
Trainguy - A team will take Britt and Wing this window .
S7 - Britt is on big wage of £35k pw
Wing - affordable to most clubs
Agreed , we have over paid for too many .
Things HAVE to change .
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I hope you are right
 
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