Star striker or waste of space

[alex]

Connolly is not the reason for us not scoring goals. End of....

Agreed.

I also don't think it's any great surprise that he is scoring more now, when we're attempting to play it on the floor more under CL.

 

[drummindefender]

he did technically score a goal from open play last night though......

 

[Country Fox]

i would be very surprised if connolly was sold in the summer, hes got a lot of ability and his general plays often been good, just been the finishing thats let him down. also i think we're better trying to get the most out of a striker whose proved he has the ability to score 20+ goals a season in this division than spending a few hundred thousand of a tight budget on someone else

 

[Brauny Blue]

i would be very surprised if connolly was sold in the summer, hes got a lot of ability and his general plays often been good, just been the finishing thats let him down. also i think we're better trying to get the most out of a striker whose proved he has the ability to score 20+ goals a season in this division than spending a few hundred thousand of a tight budget on someone else

Agree. It can take a long time for a player to settle into a club.
IMO we have a far better chance next season because we won't have the level of expectation over us.
Not convinced we have the right partner for him, but i'm sure at the start of next season we will be in far better shape than at the start of this one.

 

[THATCHER]

I just wondered where everyones sees Jani Sturm fitting in next season then? Does anyone know what type of striker he is, and who do we see him playing with?

 

[Lboro fox]

I just wondered where everyones sees Jani Sturm fitting in next season then? Does anyone know what type of striker he is, and who do we see him playing with?

Apparantly similar to dickov. We need a targetman IMO. Not really replaced Ferdinand or Deane.

 

[Steven]

I just wondered where everyones sees Jani Sturm fitting in next season then? Does anyone know what type of striker he is, and who do we see him playing with?

Apparantly similar to dickov. We need a targetman IMO. Not really replaced Ferdinand or Deane.

I would get another Dutchman. He is Klaas Jan Huntelaar and he plays for Heerenveen in the top division in the Netherlands. Young, good touch in the air and on the ground, agressive not the sort of player defenders want to play against, goalscorer and brings others into the game.

Open the cheque book Craig, he surely cannot cost that much. ;-) :mrgreen:

 

[step]

Open the cheque book Craig, he surely cannot cost that much. ;-) :mrgreen:

I agree,
CL has managed to reduce the wage bill by a lot more than he has spent, and we desperatly need a quality striker. I dont think its up to CL, I imagine he has to go and bend the boards ear until they give in and part with some cash.

A couple of million would do the trick.

 

[webmaster]

I just wondered where everyones sees Jani Sturm fitting in next season then?

On the bench at best. From what CL has said he's not expecting him to be a first choice striker.

 

[Steven]

I just wondered where everyones sees Jani Sturm fitting in next season then?

On the bench at best. From what CL has said he's not expecting him to be a first choice striker.

CL used that dreaded phrase, "one for the future". :? :? :? :-( :-( :roll:

 

[Brauny Blue]

Open the cheque book Craig, he surely cannot cost that much. ;-) :mrgreen:

I agree,
CL has managed to reduce the wage bill by a lot more than he has spent, and we desperatly need a quality striker. I dont think its up to CL, I imagine he has to go and bend the boards ear until they give in and part with some cash.

A couple of million would do the trick.

I think we are still skint.Although the wage bill must have been cut to a more sensible level its hard to see how we can generate any money in this league. It also seems a while since we sold a player for significant money. IMO we will be spending the next couple of years on a shoestring unless CL can produce some magic in the transfer market.

 

[Steven]

Isn't this merger/sharing going to bring additional funds. If not why are we doing it?

 

[webmaster]

Isn't this merger/sharing going to bring additional funds. If not why are we doing it?

It is going to bring in additional funds, but it will be mainly an ongoing saving year on year, the initial cash injection isn't going to be enough to go out and spend a couple of million on a player.

 

[step]

The problem is that next season we have the advantage of a five million pound payout from the premier and after that: nothing, not a penny, if we don’t get promoted next season, the club will have to survive on what it makes from gate receipts, TV rights and shop sales, the club will struggle financially and we will join all those other clubs that struggle to survive in the Fizzy. The trees are a good example.

If we don’t make it back into the premier next season we will end up in that vicious cycle where we need quality players to get promoted, but we have had to sell the quality players to survive and once a club ends up on that slippery slope it is very difficult to do anything but slide down it.

CL need cash

 

[Joe_Fox]

How many times has Connolly hit the bar or post this year?

 

[Durham Fox]

How many times has Connolly hit the bar or post this year?

9

 

[Joe_Fox]

eee orrr, 10

 

[whit2167]

being a supporter is qualified. and i agree that conners isnt good enough in the areas we need him to be. he spends too much time on the wing and dosn'y score enough goals, and yes he has scored more recently but scoring penalties isn't hard. NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Andy Johnson has scored plenty of penalties for palace and that got him in the england team, so at the moment it's good enough for him

 

[drummindefender]

I bet you can't find another player in this league who has hit the bar or post more then connolly this season

 

[step]

How many times has he shoot the ball straight into the goal keepers hands