I agree with Che in terms of not signing a striker. The problem is that everyone in favor of signing a striker want a superstar player who can go up with us to the Championship and beyond. Great. That dream player costs a lot of money - not only as a transfer fee ($5mm +) but in terms of wages, that dream striker will be on wages far in excess of our highest current wage earner. Now, regardless of how good a bloke said dream signing is, if you all don’t think that having one player earning wages far in excess of anyone else in the dressing room will not cause friction then you are living in fantasy land. I have no problem if we don’t sign a striker in Jan. Especially with Marriott coming back sooner rather than later.
Given the difference in typical size and pace of League One and Championship central defenders, Mo Faal might be more quickly ready for the Championship than League One ... I reckon he actually needs to develop MORE upper body strength to be a League One target man than to be a Championship target man. That is, there's a reason he is being brought in for the Mullin/Marriott spot when he does come on, even though he has the height to come into the Palmer/Fletcher spot ... and with next season making a year in the weight room, he could well be physically ready for the Palmer/Fletcher role by that time.
I agree with Che in terms of not signing a striker. The problem is that everyone in favor of signing a striker want a superstar player who can go up with us to the Championship and beyond. Great. That dream player costs a lot of money - not only as a transfer fee ($5mm +) but in terms of wages, that dream striker will be on wages far in excess of our highest current wage earner. Now, regardless of how good a bloke said dream signing is, if you all don’t think that having one player earning wages far in excess of anyone else in the dressing room will not cause friction then you are living in fantasy land.
I have no problem if we don’t sign a striker in Jan. Especially with Marriott coming back sooner rather than later.
Mullin still getting back in form
Frankly I'm happy Port Vale was postponed, goodness knows our side could use the time to recover from the holidays.
Given the difference in typical size and pace of League One and Championship central defenders, Mo Faal might be more quickly ready for the Championship than League One ... I reckon he actually needs to develop MORE upper body strength to be a League One target man than to be a Championship target man. That is, there's a reason he is being brought in for the Mullin/Marriott spot when he does come on, even though he has the height to come into the Palmer/Fletcher spot ... and with next season making a year in the weight room, he could well be physically ready for the Palmer/Fletcher role by that time.
Marriott will be back in form for the last 2 months of the season
Splash the cash
Ffp makes it hard to transfer in chip
Spend the money