Even Now look at Salech, been out injured since Jan 2026:

Even Now look at Salech, been out injured since Jan 2026:



Imagine if he had not been or we had had a New Striker

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22 Dom Ballard


18 Kyle Wootton


16 Jayde Wareham, Jack Marriott

15 Ash Fletcher


14 David McGoldrick, Lorent Tolaj


13 Jake Beasley Jamie Reid, Bim Pepple, Joe Taylor


12 Yousef Salech, Owen Bailey , Harry Leonard

Championship and Division 3 :

Striker Salech Cardiff City 44 apps / 21 Goals

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But we didn't miss him according to some people haha crazy.
May have got away with it against very poor sides but when we played decent teams and we had no striker on the pitch we struggled

But we didn't miss him according to some people haha crazy.
May have got away with it against very poor sides but when we played decent teams and we had no striker on the pitch we struggled

Madness absolutely / And BBM also knows we miss Salech big time


Striker Salech 44 Appearances 21 Goals

Striker Isaak Davies 77 Appearances 9 Goals

Striker Cian Ashford 65 Appearances 7 Goals

Part of the reason I'm still not bothered we didn't bring in a striker.

Salech plays a particular role for us and it's difficult to find that type of player without spending money. And why do that when we were likely to be promoted and that striker knows they'd just sit on the bench when Salech is back?

The only reason to do that would be to go for the title. That makes sense from a supporter viewpoint but not from a business viewpoint. It would have been a waste of money in my view when the aim was always promotion and we were likely to achieve that anyway.

You should never panic buy because of an injury. Glad we didn't.

Would be better not to sign a striker a January and bring in one in the summer, because we will be able to attract better by being in a higher league.

Whether we will spend in the summer is another matter.

But these are the reasons I don't think a striker was essential in January and still don't think that.

I called it even before he got injured I said it exactly how it panned out what if he got injured for a long time, and was told by many and still we did not need cover we only had to loan a striker.

I called it even before he got injured I said it exactly how it panned out what if he got injured for a long time, and was told by many and still we did not need cover we only had to loan a striker.

You did Month fair play and honesty or true negativity is totally ignored by Tans followers

Part of the reason I'm still not bothered we didn't bring in a striker.

Salech plays a particular role for us and it's difficult to find that type of player without spending money. And why do that when we were likely to be promoted and that striker knows they'd just sit on the bench when Salech is back?

The only reason to do that would be to go for the title. That makes sense from a supporter viewpoint but not from a business viewpoint. It would have been a waste of money in my view when the aim was always promotion and we were likely to achieve that anyway.

You should never panic buy because of an injury. Glad we didn't.

Would be better not to sign a striker a January and bring in one in the summer, because we will be able to attract better by being in a higher league.

Whether we will spend in the summer is another matter.

But these are the reasons I don't think a striker was essential in January and still don't think that.

Exactly what i expected from you, even if we had dropped in the play offs you would say the same.

Just look how you kept sticking up for Riza.

The TRUTH is We have Missed an out and out Striker and it’s cost us the Title and many still looking at Bolton and Bradford’s Results including yourself a fact

I called it even before he got injured I said it exactly how it panned out what if he got injured for a long time, and was told by many and still we did not need cover we only had to loan a striker.

And us who said we didn't need cover were right, because we're going up.

All a new striker would have been is a panic buy to try and win the league and the money that would cost isn't worth it just for the title as we were likely to be promoted, which was always the ultimate aim.

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And guess what we never have back up
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Part of the reason I'm still not bothered we didn't bring in a striker.

Salech plays a particular role for us and it's difficult to find that type of player without spending money. And why do that when we were likely to be promoted and that striker knows they'd just sit on the bench when Salech is back?

The only reason to do that would be to go for the title. That makes sense from a supporter viewpoint but not from a business viewpoint. It would have been a waste of money in my view when the aim was always promotion and we were likely to achieve that anyway.

You should never panic buy because of an injury. Glad we didn't.

Would be better not to sign a striker a January and bring in one in the summer, because we will be able to attract better by being in a higher league.

Whether we will spend in the summer is another matter.

But these are the reasons I don't think a striker was essential in January and still don't think that.

Exactly what i expected from you, even if we had dropped in the play offs you would say the same.

Just look how you kept sticking up for Riza.

The TRUTH is We have Missed an out and out Striker and it’s cost us the Title and many still looking at Bolton and Bradford’s Results including yourself a fact

I'm looking at Bolton and Bradford results because they're the teams that are chasing us. That's a fact.

I wouldn't have said it if we were in the play-offs, because the whole point is we're getting promoted without having to waste money on a striker in January.

It is not worth spending money on a striker just to win the title when we're getting promoted anyway.

People (who go missing after any positive result) will go after BBM for anything and I can't work out why. They said he wouldn't take us up, he is. They doubted him when he was appointed.

We had the ridiculous thing of people having a go at him for not going to an academy in July. Then people saying we'll fall way off the pace in the autumn when we had a dip (we didn't). People saying "this guy got Rochdale relegated".

Not you but some people didn't want him at the start and now can't accept they were wrong, not once have they said "fair play he's proven me wrong". I have been wrong about managers and players before, the difference is I actually have enough grace to admit I was wrong - these other people don't.

I didn't expect top two at the start of the season so I'm delighted that that's where we'll be. Even more so that we have done it without wasting money on a striker in January.

My intention is to enjoy the rest of the promotion campaign. We have to enjoy seasons like this because not many teams come straight back up automatically and promotions don't come about often for any team.

Part of the reason I'm still not bothered we didn't bring in a striker.

Salech plays a particular role for us and it's difficult to find that type of player without spending money. And why do that when we were likely to be promoted and that striker knows they'd just sit on the bench when Salech is back?

The only reason to do that would be to go for the title. That makes sense from a supporter viewpoint but not from a business viewpoint. It would have been a waste of money in my view when the aim was always promotion and we were likely to achieve that anyway.

You should never panic buy because of an injury. Glad we didn't.

Would be better not to sign a striker a January and bring in one in the summer, because we will be able to attract better by being in a higher league.

Whether we will spend in the summer is another matter.

But these are the reasons I don't think a striker was essential in January and still don't think that.

Exactly what i expected from you, even if we had dropped in the play offs you would say the same.

Just look how you kept sticking up for Riza.

The TRUTH is We have Missed an out and out Striker and it’s cost us the Title and many still looking at Bolton and Bradford’s Results including yourself a fact

I'm looking at Bolton and Bradford results because they're the teams that are chasing us. That's a fact.

I wouldn't have said it if we were in the play-offs, because the whole point is we're getting promoted without having to waste money on a striker in January.

It is not worth spending money on a striker just to win the title when we're getting promoted anyway.

People (who go missing after any positive result) will go after BBM for anything and I can't work out why. They said he wouldn't take us up, he is. They doubted him when he was appointed.

We had the ridiculous thing of people having a go at him for not going to an academy in July. Then people saying we'll fall way off the pace in the autumn when we had a dip (we didn't). People saying "this guy got Rochdale relegated".

Not you but some people didn't want him at the start and now can't accept they were wrong, not once have they said "fair play he's proven me wrong". I have been wrong about managers and players before, the difference is I actually have enough grace to admit I was wrong - these other people don't.

I didn't expect top two at the start of the season so I'm delighted that that's where we'll be. Even more so that we have done it without wasting money on a striker in January.

My intention is to enjoy the rest of the promotion campaign. We have to enjoy seasons like this because not many teams come straight back up automatically and promotions don't come about often for any team.

I bet Lincoln fans are not looking at Bolton and Bradford results

We had it in the bag and January is the time everyone knows you need to strengthen BUT BBM knew their was NO SUPPORT OR MONEY FROM TAN COMING


The league is worse than dire and very very low standard and a Club like us should not even be in this league so yes we should be going straight back up.

I was enjoying it, the low crowds tell you many are not.

The actual Crowd that turned up v Wycombe was a dire 13,000 approx and v Blackpool just over 15,000 that’s what it was like getting relegated last season

Because at the moment it’s not enjoyable

Striker Salech 44 Appearances 21 Goals

Striker Isaak Davies 77 Appearances 9 Goals

Striker Cian Ashford 65 Appearances 7 Goals

Part of the reason I'm still not bothered we didn't bring in a striker.

Salech plays a particular role for us and it's difficult to find that type of player without spending money. And why do that when we were likely to be promoted and that striker knows they'd just sit on the bench when Salech is back?

The only reason to do that would be to go for the title. That makes sense from a supporter viewpoint but not from a business viewpoint. It would have been a waste of money in my view when the aim was always promotion and we were likely to achieve that anyway.

You should never panic buy because of an injury. Glad we didn't.

Would be better not to sign a striker a January and bring in one in the summer, because we will be able to attract better by being in a higher league.

Whether we will spend in the summer is another matter.

But these are the reasons I don't think a striker was essential in January and still don't think that.

Exactly what i expected from you, even if we had dropped in the play offs you would say the same.

Just look how you kept sticking up for Riza.

The TRUTH is We have Missed an out and out Striker and it’s cost us the Title and many still looking at Bolton and Bradford’s Results including yourself a fact

I'm looking at Bolton and Bradford results because they're the teams that are chasing us. That's a fact.

I wouldn't have said it if we were in the play-offs, because the whole point is we're getting promoted without having to waste money on a striker in January.

It is not worth spending money on a striker just to win the title when we're getting promoted anyway.

People (who go missing after any positive result) will go after BBM for anything and I can't work out why. They said he wouldn't take us up, he is. They doubted him when he was appointed.

We had the ridiculous thing of people having a go at him for not going to an academy in July. Then people saying we'll fall way off the pace in the autumn when we had a dip (we didn't). People saying "this guy got Rochdale relegated".

Not you but some people didn't want him at the start and now can't accept they were wrong, not once have they said "fair play he's proven me wrong". I have been wrong about managers and players before, the difference is I actually have enough grace to admit I was wrong - these other people don't.

I didn't expect top two at the start of the season so I'm delighted that that's where we'll be. Even more so that we have done it without wasting money on a striker in January.

My intention is to enjoy the rest of the promotion campaign. We have to enjoy seasons like this because not many teams come straight back up automatically and promotions don't come about often for any team.

I bet Lincoln fans are not looking at Bolton and Bradford results

We had it in the bag and January is the time everyone knows you need to strengthen BUT BBM knew their was NO SUPPORT OR MONEY FROM TAN COMING


The league is worse than dire and very very low standard and a Club like us should not even be in this league so yes we should be going straight back up.

I was enjoying it, the low crowds tell you many are not.

The actual Crowd that turned v Wycombe was a dire 13,000 approx and v Blackpool just over 15,000 that’s what it was like getting relegated last season




Because at the moment it’s not enjoyable

But how many were saying we'd even be top two before the season started? Not many, including me. So surely we're exceeding expectations and people should be over the moon about that.

I stand by it. Signing a striker just to win the league makes no sense other than to just make fans feel a bit warm inside. Not worth it.

Look at the amount of players other teams signed in January compared to us. They're not getting automatic promotion, we are.

I don't agree that we shouldn't be in this league either or that we should have expected promotion. Not many go straight back up automatically.

Many teams, bigger than us, have been stuck in this league. We won't be and that's something to enjoy.

If some so called "fans" don't want to watch us all season, that's their choice. But thankfully the majority of fans are enjoying it and enjoying watching a promotion team.

We had a similar run of form last autumn, we lost 4 out of 7 and Salech was fit at time

Your missing the point:

The Title was Totally in Our Hands and We gave it away


And thankfully Promotion will happen thanks to Bolton and Bradford being so bad and only just better than the rest of the league

I always said we should have tried to get tolaj in he's still relatively young and cost Plymouth 1.2m that would've been a bargain and I think he could do a job in the championship so it wouldn't have been just for this season

Then robbo could leave in the summer and we already have the striker on our books

Thing is we will have to buy a striker in the summer regardless and I doubt we will sign one like tolaj for that price so we could end up having to spend another 3-4m this summer

Not all January signings are panic buys

Your missing the point:

The Title was Totally in Our Hands and We gave it away


And thankfully Promotion will happen thanks to Bolton and Bradford being so bad and only just better than the rest of the league

But why waste money just to win the title when finishing 2nd gets you near enough the same prize money? It might make fans feel a little bit better but no other reason. And fans will be happy about being promoted anyway.

BBM was criticised for the summer window - not enough players apparently. He was criticised for the winter window - should have wasted money on a striker in a panic buy.

Yet he's got us promoted, which people didn't predict, and taken us to a cup quarter final. That's something to be celebrated in my view and why I'm still glad we didn't waste money in January.

I always said we should have tried to get tolaj in he's still relatively young and cost Plymouth 1.2m that would've been a bargain and I think he could do a job in the championship so it wouldn't have been just for this season

Then robbo could leave in the summer and we already have the striker on our books

Thing is we will have to buy a striker in the summer regardless and I doubt we will sign one like tolaj for that price so we could end up having to spend another 3-4m this summer

Not all January signings are panic buys

Are we going up? Yes or no?

If it's yes, then we got the window spot on.

As for Tolaj, Plymouth paid that in the summer and his value has gone up since then. Just like Salech's value has gone up since we signed him.

Doesn't matter anyway because he'd already played for Port Vale this season and a player can only play for two different teams in a season.

I always said we should have tried to get tolaj in he's still relatively young and cost Plymouth 1.2m that would've been a bargain and I think he could do a job in the championship so it wouldn't have been just for this season

Then robbo could leave in the summer and we already have the striker on our books

Thing is we will have to buy a striker in the summer regardless and I doubt we will sign one like tolaj for that price so we could end up having to spend another 3-4m this summer

Not all January signings are panic buys

Are we going up? Yes or no?

If it's yes, then we got the window spot on.

As for Tolaj, Plymouth paid that in the summer and his value has gone up since then. Just like Salech's value has gone up since we signed him.

Doesn't matter anyway because he'd already played for Port Vale this season and a player can only play for two different teams in a season.

Completely ignored what i said then

I said we will need to buy a striker in the summer regardless because I believe Robinson will be leaving

I said Tolaj would be a decent signing even for a championship club and at that price he would be a bargain but even if Plymouth fail to go up and we try to sign him then, his value would have gone up

If we went for him at say 3-4m we would be wondering why we didn't just get him in the last window for a fraction of the price

Look at the goals he's scored this season and that was at struggling clubs
If he was playing in our system he'd probably would've doubled his tally

I know the club probably weren't even looking at him in Jan when Plymouth signed him but my point is we should have

I think everyone was getting carried away thinking we would breeze the league. Similar to championship this league I think as in anyone can beat anyone on the day if bottom of league or top. I think the run.in of these last few games will be a lot closer than most expect.

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A few in this topic need to open their eyes,everyone knew we needed a striker in January and anyone who says otherwise are not being truthful

I always said we should have tried to get tolaj in he's still relatively young and cost Plymouth 1.2m that would've been a bargain and I think he could do a job in the championship so it wouldn't have been just for this season

Then robbo could leave in the summer and we already have the striker on our books

Thing is we will have to buy a striker in the summer regardless and I doubt we will sign one like tolaj for that price so we could end up having to spend another 3-4m this summer

Not all January signings are panic buys

Are we going up? Yes or no?

If it's yes, then we got the window spot on.

As for Tolaj, Plymouth paid that in the summer and his value has gone up since then. Just like Salech's value has gone up since we signed him.

Doesn't matter anyway because he'd already played for Port Vale this season and a player can only play for two different teams in a season.

Sorry Worcester just realised what you meant

I didn't realise players couldn't sign for 3 clubs in the same league ignore me I'm having a long day

It won't have cost us promotion but has almost certainly cost us the title which is a shame but not the end of the world, promotion was all that mattered but I was in the should of bought in a replacement camp

Has there been any evidence that firstly BBM wanted to bring in a striker in January and secondly
that Tan refused to fund it?

Also even if we had brought someone in, it does not mean that we would have won the league or had better results than we had now, it's all conjecture.

What if we'd brough in another Gary Madine, or the player we brought in got injured.

We're 2nd in the league on the verge of promotion with lots of local youngsters playing and still people are disgruntled!!

I don't understand it.

It was risky by the club/BBM not to strengthen in Jan. And after the shit show of last year, it was a risk I wish the club didn't take and was very surprised they did so.

Thank fook though it's paid off coz promotion is so close now.

Personally, I wanted the club to go for it. I wanted BBM to go for it. I wanted top spot. Why on earth would you not after leading for so long. It would have made for a brilliant end to the season going toe to toe with Lincoln. Instead it's all a bit flat.

It was risky by the club/BBM not to strengthen in Jan. And after the shit show of last year, it was a risk I wish the club didn't take and was very surprised they did so.

Thank fook though it's paid off coz promotion is so close now.

Personally, I wanted the club to go for it. I wanted BBM to go for it. I wanted top spot. Why on earth would you not after leading for so long. It would have made for a brilliant end to the season going toe to toe with Lincoln. Instead it's all a bit flat.

Well Said and Honesty with Positivity as everyone should want to succeed and achieve the highest

Do we need back up for Salech? I think we do but we have been absolutely fine without him. Finding a replacement for a lead the line type striker is an expensive proposition. The strategy will be proved to have worked in a month or so when we are back in the championship.

I've said from the start the prudent and responsible thing to do would be offload Robinson and get someone in using the money we will save in wages, now that wasn't going to happen in January.

As far as loans go who knows who was available the only two I've seen with even tenuous links where Mark Harris (who we all know isn't brilliant and probably isn't an upgrade on Robinson) and Gabrielle Baniciri ( who hasn't had a great time at Rotherham). Loaning just anyone in for the sake of it wasn't necessary.

Ultimately all this criticism should be reserved for the summer. If we get someone in that's of the level to compete with Salech it's all been very shrewd business, if not it's Tan not backing the manager.