Message #339298

[DrillingCobbler]

According to Wiki, Long has scored 13 goals from 79 appearances in total. He scored 4 times for Fleetwood (23 appearances) and once for Bolton (10 appearances). And he's the best we've got at the moment! And in Longs case there isn't even mitigation given he's a central forward, not a winger/bit player like Waters or Hoskins.

Im convinced that much of our issue is that we do not have a natural striker fit and ready for this level. People talk about the lack of chances we create, but we still get corners, free kicks etc…by law of averages Long should have latched on to a loose ball by now that comes his way in the penalty area. Not once has he managed that for us. Not once. (the 3 goals he's scored were from assists or nicking the ball off of a defender (Oxford).

Rico and Revell are 'shot to bits' and offer nothing when they start a match.

So to kick on in January and give ourselves a realistic chance of staying in this league the first player we should be looking at signing is a goal scoring striker. Which as we know isn't an easy 'fix'.

Not far behind this we need another one. And a winger. Preferably two.

With those 3 or 4 additions and if our key players are available we should comfortably stay up in my opinion.

If we go for cheap loan options/end up with a Keshi Anderson 'type' we could well end up in league2 come May.

January will provide us with a clear sign as to what our financial clout is. I'm lead to believe its pretty healthy, but time will tell.