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WE NEED ANOTHER STRIKER

Mon Aug 17, 2026 10:10 pm

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Salech is not the player most fans think he is. He went missing for most of the game this evening, he very rarely challenges in the air and he's very rarely in the right position.

We put plenty of good crosses into the box especially from corners and he's never there. Two of the corners went straight through. Then in the 94th minute Davies made a great run down to the byline and looped the ball over the keeper across the line and Salech was nowhere to be seen leaving a Wrexham defender to almost score an OG totally unchallenged.

We need a new striker

Re: WE NEED ANOTHER STRIKER

Mon Aug 17, 2026 10:31 pm

MikeO76 wrote:I've said it before and I'll say it again, Salech is not the player most fans think he is. He went missing for most of the game this evening, he very rarely challenges in the air and he's very rarely in the right position.

We put plenty of good crosses into the box especially from corners and he's never there. Two of the corners went straight through. Then in the 94th minute Davies made a great run down to the byline and looped the ball over the keeper across the line and Salech was nowhere to be seen leaving a Wrexham defender to almost score an OG totally unchallenged.

We need a new striker

Think we need a chopra type striker

Re: WE NEED ANOTHER STRIKER

Mon Aug 17, 2026 10:32 pm

He scored twice last week and provided an assist. Give the guy a break! Hes quality, tonight was not his night against a high quality Wrexham back four. I'd like us to sign another striker to back up Salech but seriously criticising him tonight is silly.
He had no clear chances of any note. Be patient he will.score lots.

Re: WE NEED ANOTHER STRIKER

Mon Aug 17, 2026 10:57 pm

We're not going to sign a new first choice striker, but he does need genuine competition to push him.

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 5:50 am

He had a very poor game last night although I do rate him.

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 5:57 am

MikeO76 wrote:I've said it before and I'll say it again, Salech is not the player most fans think he is. He went missing for most of the game this evening, he very rarely challenges in the air and he's very rarely in the right position.

We put plenty of good crosses into the box especially from corners and he's never there. Two of the corners went straight through. Then in the 94th minute Davies made a great run down to the byline and looped the ball over the keeper across the line and Salech was nowhere to be seen leaving a Wrexham defender to almost score an OG totally unchallenged.

We need a new striker

I hate to say this but Moore looked head and shoulders better than Salech tonight.

Re: WE NEED ANOTHER STRIKER

Tue Aug 18, 2026 6:26 am

We have Salech nothing tonight to be fair to the lad Our crosses in mot the box were poor No speed or whip on them. He will score with the proper service i have no doubt about that However we do need another decent striker added to the team

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 6:39 am

Abergavenny wrote:We have Salech nothing tonight to be fair to the lad Our crosses in mot the box were poor No speed or whip on them. He will score with the proper service i have no doubt about that However we do need another decent striker added to the team


I thought Salech was poor, Moore completely outshone him unfortunately. Having said that, our crossing tonight was dreadful, constantly behind players in the box or hitting the first defender. Willock and Tanner were poor in that respect, but the rest of the team were just as culpable. We are crying out for some pace and a winger who can threaten knocking it past a defender and getting to the byline.

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 7:34 am

Kenny Blue wrote:
Abergavenny wrote:We have Salech nothing tonight to be fair to the lad Our crosses in mot the box were poor No speed or whip on them. He will score with the proper service i have no doubt about that However we do need another decent striker added to the team


I thought Salech was poor, Moore completely outshone him unfortunately. Having said that, our crossing tonight was dreadful, constantly behind players in the box or hitting the first defender. Willock and Tanner were poor in that respect, but the rest of the team were just as culpable. We are crying out for some pace and a winger who can threaten knocking it past a defender and getting to the byline.

Moore is a class act at this level At the same age as Salech is now Moore was still playing non league football and actually not doing that well Salech is way above his standard at the same age Still learning but agree he was poor last night but again really poor service He does need someone with him to take some of the attention off him from defenders

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 7:35 am

EastleighBlue wrote:He scored twice last week and provided an assist. Give the guy a break! Hes quality, tonight was not his night against a high quality Wrexham back four. I'd like us to sign another striker to back up Salech but seriously criticising him tonight is silly.
He had no clear chances of any note. Be patient he will.score lots.

He struggles big time against physical defenders, so much so that he goes missing for long periods of the game and he won't challenge for a cross in the air.

We put some great corners in and he was no where near them and he just stood and watched the defender clear his line via the crossbar just before the equaliser. He should have challenged for the ball and put the defender under pressure but he won't and he was exactly the same last season.

It's easy to say he had no clear chances but that's mainly his fault, his movement in the box is terrible and he doesn't challenge for the ball in the penalty box. Moore showed him last night what a striker should be doing.

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 7:41 am

I thought their CBs had him totally under control all game.

We do need an alternative.

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 7:43 am

MikeO76 wrote:
EastleighBlue wrote:He scored twice last week and provided an assist. Give the guy a break! Hes quality, tonight was not his night against a high quality Wrexham back four. I'd like us to sign another striker to back up Salech but seriously criticising him tonight is silly.
He had no clear chances of any note. Be patient he will.score lots.

He struggles big time against physical defenders, so much so that he goes missing for long periods of the game and he won't challenge for a cross in the air.

We put some great corners in and he was no where near them and he just stood and watched the defender clear his line via the crossbar just before the equaliser. He should have challenged for the ball and put the defender under pressure but he won't and he was exactly the same last season.

It's easy to say he had no clear chances but that's mainly his fault, his movement in the box is terrible and he doesn't challenge for the ball in the penalty box. Moore showed him last night what a striker should be doing.


Moore must prolific period was with Cardiff 25 goals in 64 games Salech has 24 in 62 games People forget how many poor games he had for us He just seems to have good games against us Salech ahead with headed goals in that as well Maybe just a poor game

Re: WE NEED ANOTHER STRIKER

Tue Aug 18, 2026 8:08 am

Abergavenny wrote:
MikeO76 wrote:
EastleighBlue wrote:He scored twice last week and provided an assist. Give the guy a break! Hes quality, tonight was not his night against a high quality Wrexham back four. I'd like us to sign another striker to back up Salech but seriously criticising him tonight is silly.
He had no clear chances of any note. Be patient he will.score lots.

He struggles big time against physical defenders, so much so that he goes missing for long periods of the game and he won't challenge for a cross in the air.

We put some great corners in and he was no where near them and he just stood and watched the defender clear his line via the crossbar just before the equaliser. He should have challenged for the ball and put the defender under pressure but he won't and he was exactly the same last season.

It's easy to say he had no clear chances but that's mainly his fault, his movement in the box is terrible and he doesn't challenge for the ball in the penalty box. Moore showed him last night what a striker should be doing.


Moore must prolific period was with Cardiff 25 goals in 64 games Salech has 24 in 62 games People forget how many poor games he had for us He just seems to have good games against us Salech ahead with headed goals in that as well Maybe just a poor game

Some good points in there and I rate Salech. His hard work to help the team seems to be missed a lot by some

I do agree with Mike where he says that Salech isn’t one for physicality, and I would always fancy the other player in a 50/50 but that can be coached into him as he develops further

I’m not a supporter of Keiffer, but he is proof that some players mature with age

Re: WE NEED ANOTHER STRIKER

Tue Aug 18, 2026 8:25 am

Sven wrote:
Abergavenny wrote:
MikeO76 wrote:
EastleighBlue wrote:He scored twice last week and provided an assist. Give the guy a break! Hes quality, tonight was not his night against a high quality Wrexham back four. I'd like us to sign another striker to back up Salech but seriously criticising him tonight is silly.
He had no clear chances of any note. Be patient he will.score lots.

He struggles big time against physical defenders, so much so that he goes missing for long periods of the game and he won't challenge for a cross in the air.

We put some great corners in and he was no where near them and he just stood and watched the defender clear his line via the crossbar just before the equaliser. He should have challenged for the ball and put the defender under pressure but he won't and he was exactly the same last season.

It's easy to say he had no clear chances but that's mainly his fault, his movement in the box is terrible and he doesn't challenge for the ball in the penalty box. Moore showed him last night what a striker should be doing.


Moore must prolific period was with Cardiff 25 goals in 64 games Salech has 24 in 62 games People forget how many poor games he had for us He just seems to have good games against us Salech ahead with headed goals in that as well Maybe just a poor game

Some good points in there and I rate Salech. His hard work to help the team seems to be missed a lot by some

I do agree with Mike where he says that Salech isn’t one for physicality, and I would always fancy the other player in a 50/50 but that can be coached into him as he develops further

I’m not a supporter of Keiffer, but he is proof that some players mature with age



No doubt we would be a stronger team with Moore Would like to see Salech and Moore together thou
More has scored 102 goals in 308 football league games Cardiff Fans have seen over a third of those goals as he has scored them for us or against us He seems to like playing at our stadium as well

Re: WE NEED ANOTHER STRIKER

Tue Aug 18, 2026 8:28 am

2 up front would be a better fit for Salech

He won a few headers but nobody was up there with him to collect the ball from it

We didnt give him much service either tbf

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 8:45 am

BLUEUSA wrote:
MikeO76 wrote:I've said it before and I'll say it again, Salech is not the player most fans think he is. He went missing for most of the game this evening, he very rarely challenges in the air and he's very rarely in the right position.

We put plenty of good crosses into the box especially from corners and he's never there. Two of the corners went straight through. Then in the 94th minute Davies made a great run down to the byline and looped the ball over the keeper across the line and Salech was nowhere to be seen leaving a Wrexham defender to almost score an OG totally unchallenged.

We need a new striker

I hate to say this but Moore looked head and shoulders better than Salech tonight.



Kieffer is still very good; if we had Kieffer and they had Salech, we'd have battered them.

A Kieffer or a Chopra type would be a better option; he's too easy to mark out of the game at this level.

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 9:05 am

If Salech continues to get out muscled by centre backs at this level, we're going to struggle to score enough goals.

When we got relegated 2 seasons ago, we didn't score enough and conceded sh1tloads. We urgently require quality additions now, up front and at centreback.

We got out of jail last night.

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 2:28 pm

Maybe it's just since his injury but I have noticed him ducking out of almost anything header wise that isn't 70/30 in his favour and even then it's unusual to see him jumping for the ball. He needs to cut out getting pulled up for a foul as much as he does, Moore has the same issue a lot when he plays for Wales.

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 6:36 pm

Abergavenny wrote:We have Salech nothing tonight to be fair to the lad Our crosses in mot the box were poor No speed or whip on them. He will score with the proper service i have no doubt about that However we do need another decent striker added to the team



Your correct can anyone give an example of a decent centre or pass to him that gave him a chance yo score? Think people will struggle and yhat is the problem he needs proper service at one point he pointed to tanner where to pass to him and tanner failed again to make the pass thats the story of city at times no forward momentum or ideas

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 6:49 pm

pembroke allan wrote:
Abergavenny wrote:We have Salech nothing tonight to be fair to the lad Our crosses in mot the box were poor No speed or whip on them. He will score with the proper service i have no doubt about that However we do need another decent striker added to the team



Your correct can anyone give an example of a decent centre or pass to him that gave him a chance yo score? Think people will struggle and yhat is the problem he needs proper service at one point he pointed to tanner where to pass to him and tanner failed again to make the pass thats the story of city at times no forward momentum or ideas

Yes I can. We put in 3 or 4 great corners right in the 6 yard box and he was no where near any of them. He also stood and watched their defender clear the ball off the line via the post in injury time when he should have bust his arse to get on the end of it.

It's easy to blame the service he gets and I'm not saying it's great but his movement in the box is awful and he won't challenge for the ball in the air.

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Tue Aug 18, 2026 6:56 pm

Another year another Salech vendetta