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The Striker

The Striker

Sedge_Fan

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I think everybody (and his dog) knows that we are crying out for that elusive part of the jigsaw - the striker!

I think our business has been good so far and the potential additions of Olosunde and Jimmy Dunne would mean our defensive shopping is complete. The sihgning of Izzy Brown is something I mentioned on here 3/4 times over the last 2 years so I am delighted with that one.

So...the striker! I think this question deserves its own thread.

With a potential budget of between 1-2 million (I imagine), who is out there within our reach?
 
Signing a lower league player would be fine with me as long as we get it right. I know hindsight is such a wonderful thing but for me, the main attribute of bringing in a young lower league striker is pace ... this is absolutely key. You can work on attributes in training but pace is an absolute must. The strikers Brentford and Peterboro have picked up from lower leagues and sold on for major money have one thing in common - pace.
 
I'd like to go for a decent young Prem striker on a season loan. Not bothered if that means developing a player for another team as long as it's a success. Iversen & VDB showed last year what the benefit is of having good players in the team. Who that player is though is down to Mr Beet to find.
 
a quick search of L1 leading scorers brings up usual suspect - Wyke; Piggott; Marquis.; Eaves - Blackpool already have Yates.
Who would we want that has played against us, and isnt valued over £2m ? Joao; Wells; Grabben; Waghorn et al..... all too old for us to consider

so we either look for someone coming through who hasn't hit the heights yet OR someone in an Under 23 Prem squad who could turn out to be brilliant.....but often aren't....

In other words I cant think of anyone I would propose we should sign beyond those we know are out of our transfer range.....

Over to you Mr Beet.... good luck.
 
Over the past few seasons we have lost out on so many strikers I'm in a state of disappointment before we even try, Then you look at the fact that so many fans where mentioning the likes of Toney and Jonson Clarke Harris BEFORE peterborough signed them and you see why I'm not holding out much hope!!
 
U23 strikers could pay off maybe. Is Anthony Elanga a striker or just a singer? Then there's the likes of Nathan Broadhead or Taiwo Ayoniyi who have experience but might not be within Preston's budget?
 
tcinders said:
That's not a bad shout, probably doable.
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If you are talking about Hugill, there is no chance. I would absolutely LOVE to get Hugill but Norwich paid c.£5m for him i'm sure and his wages of around the reported 30k per week would be being subsidised by West Ham still I imagine - I think he is miles out of our price range but could you imagine a strike force of Ched and Hugill? Defenders would hate that.
 
Sedge_Fan said:
If you are talking about Hugill, there is no chance. I would absolutely LOVE to get Hugill but Norwich paid c.£5m for him i'm sure and his wages of around the reported 30k per week would be being subsidised by West Ham still I imagine - I think he is miles out of our price range but could you imagine a strike force of Ched and Hugill? Defenders would hate that.
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they would.... keepers might not mind though 😉
 
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