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WE HAVENT GOT A STRIKER !!!!

Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:08 am

It has been well documented that we are not creating enough chances and that our strikers are not firing, now heres the big BUT !
FACT City are the 5th highest scoring team in the Championship and we have scored more goals than Leeds.
What I find puzzling is that with only one exception ( Manga) we have the same defence squad as our promotion season where we were one of the tightest defences in the league.

I am baffled why we are where we are in the league ! ANSWERS ON A POSTCARD PLEASE :old:

Re: WE HAVENT GOT A STRIKER !!!!

Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:15 am

Whistler wrote:It has been well documented that we are not creating enough chances and that our strikers are not firing, now heres the big BUT !
FACT City are the 5th highest scoring team in the Championship and we have scored more goals than Leeds.
What I find puzzling is that with only one exception ( Manga) we have the same defence squad as our promotion season where we were one of the tightest defences in the league.

I am baffled why we are where we are in the league ! ANSWERS ON A POSTCARD PLEASE :old:


Manga turned out to be a massive loss, but hopefully a confident Nelson will help!

A clean sheet on Tuesday and Nelson played well, it looks like he will improve things and Harris will work on protecting the back four, so Nelson and anyone of the three going forward.

Re: WE HAVENT GOT A STRIKER !!!!

Thu Nov 28, 2019 12:35 pm

The defence ain’t so much off the problem to me,even though they are making silly mistakes that are costing us goals,we ain’t as strong in midfield,gunners Is a big loss,he broke up a lot of attacks,now most teams are pouring through the centre of our midfield

Re: WE HAVENT GOT A STRIKER !!!!

Thu Nov 28, 2019 1:18 pm

I know many go home and give the cat a damn good thrashing if we have won 1-0 and its not Madine that scored.
personally ill take 30 x 1-0 wins Etheridge 30 pens.

Re: WE HAVENT GOT A STRIKER !!!!

Thu Nov 28, 2019 3:33 pm

dogfound wrote:I know many go home and give the cat a damn good thrashing if we have won 1-0 and its not Madine that scored.
personally ill take 30 x 1-0 wins Etheridge 30 pens.


Etheridge on pens :shock: c'mon now dog,that's stretching the imagination :laughing5: :thumbup: :old: :bluebird:

Re: WE HAVENT GOT A STRIKER !!!!

Thu Nov 28, 2019 3:43 pm

bluesince62 wrote:
dogfound wrote:I know many go home and give the cat a damn good thrashing if we have won 1-0 and its not Madine that scored.
personally ill take 30 x 1-0 wins Etheridge 30 pens.


Etheridge on pens :shock: c'mon now dog,that's stretching the imagination :laughing5: :thumbup: :old: :bluebird:



if the team win. do I care who scores. I don't mate.
there are loads of examples of teams being piss poor but have a striker knocking them in..
Ronnie Moore, mentioned on here a few times lately scored loads for Tranmere the year before we bought him.. Tranmere got relegated though

Re: WE HAVENT GOT A STRIKER !!!!

Thu Nov 28, 2019 4:06 pm

Well that’s not strictly true.

We are missing Bamba Manga and Gunners. The last two sorely missed and not replaced well enough

Re: WE HAVENT GOT A STRIKER !!!!

Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:28 pm

Whistler wrote:It has been well documented that we are not creating enough chances and that our strikers are not firing, now heres the big BUT !
FACT City are the 5th highest scoring team in the Championship and we have scored more goals than Leeds.
What I find puzzling is that with only one exception ( Manga) we have the same defence squad as our promotion season where we were one of the tightest defences in the league.

I am baffled why we are where we are in the league ! ANSWERS ON A POSTCARD PLEASE :old:


Agree with you - I thought this season we would be more solid at the back .

Re: WE HAVENT GOT A STRIKER !!!!

Thu Nov 28, 2019 11:13 pm

It's quite funny that the players everybody has moaned about over the last few years are the ones people are now saying we are missing.

Gunnarsson, Manga and Whittingham were all regularly abused but we missed all three massively once they left

Re: WE HAVENT GOT A STRIKER !!!!

Fri Nov 29, 2019 1:04 am

Whistler wrote:It has been well documented that we are not creating enough chances and that our strikers are not firing, now heres the big BUT !
FACT City are the 5th highest scoring team in the Championship and we have scored more goals than Leeds.
What I find puzzling is that with only one exception ( Manga) we have the same defence squad as our promotion season where we were one of the tightest defences in the league.

I am baffled why we are where we are in the league ! ANSWERS ON A POSTCARD PLEASE :old:



bamba injured, manga and gunner have left. and it takes time for understandings to develop..
plus our manager had 30 odd games the previous season to sort out whatever he saw as wanting improving..

have to be honest here...im baffled by how many people thought this was going to be easy.. turn up = win promotion.