Said the self same thing to my Son and Son in Law last night, we need another option if the games not going to plan.There must be a big strong striker out there, who could do a good job for us.
Im sure the gaffer's also thought about this also.
Nah.
I hate the idea of us wasting time on a training pitch hoofing balls at a player in hope
Work on better and smarter passing, elements we can control.
1993 again is it?
You have to remember mate we need to deal with bent refs too..... get it in theree nice and early let the big man attack it and the opposition make mistakes.
Nah, I don't really think like that about it to be honest - that just sounds a bit mental
Just helping with your thinking mate as its not the best.
We have a better option still with us,that nobody wants.Who would offer more than Carroll.Andy Carroll is on a free
I’m joking
Good thread for weeding out the dinosaurs.
He is on a free though so your not joking.Andy Carroll is on a free
I’m joking
Still being pishWhat's Louis Moult up to these days ?
Most spfl defensive’s are filled with big bloggers who are decent in the air
However, most of them struggle with pace and intelligence
Not a bad option but not necessary either
We have a better option still with us,that nobody wants.Who would offer more than Carroll.
Not the one I was thinking of,but yes probably.Herrera?
1993 again is it?
This is my thoughts on it. I really can’t see Gerrard abandoning the controlled ground game to throw balls into the box, hoping for the best.We don't really play that style of football, so I doubt Gerrard will be looking for someone like that.
Our strength is our link up play around the box, not humping hopeful balls into the box mate.
Yeah, but your old school!Call me old school but I would always like a big unit of a striker on the bench for games when you are a goal down or level in the last few mins
BIG TALL STRIKER, similar to small tall striker?Still think we could do with a big tall striker a hateley / prso type to give us a different option if we are searching for a goal ,someone who could get on to the end of a cross in a packed defence and can rough defenders up
Is a big tall striker bigger than a tall striker.Andy Carroll is on a free
I’m joking
The Marvin Andrews manoeuvre!Stick Katic up there lol
Well we've seen what happens when one of our strikers 'roughs defenders up' !!!!Still think we could do with a big tall striker a hateley / prso type to give us a different option if we are searching for a goal ,someone who could get on to the end of a cross in a packed defence and can rough defenders up
The big Finnish boy that loves us is a mebbe, can't mind his name, but a real prospect.
Those aren't really recent examples. You're talking early 90s or earler.big physical strikers with DECENT ability have always tended to do well in Scottish football, in recent times we have proved this to be the case, Hately, Drinkell, etc.
Its always an option I've liked to have but I don't think that's the way Gerrard is ever going to play football. You have Lafferty and Herrera as option but truth be told they are both mince and actually get smaller when they jump.
Gerrard commented on lafferty’s exit that he added to our “armoury”. A big tall physical presence up front.
Gerrard commented on lafferty’s exit that he added to our “armoury”. A big tall physical presence up front.
Those aren't really recent examples. You're talking early 90s or earler.
If you look at who the top goalscorers are in Scottish football recently very few are target man strikers. Only really Moult or Cosgrove and I wouldn't even say Moult was one of those while Cosgrove scores a lot of penalties.
Having read Gerrard's interview quotes it confirms that he's going to stick to the one rigid system and set of tactics. That "Plan B is do Plan A better" really didn't work for Warburton, so is a cause for concern.
I agree but when we need a goal and nothings happening for us this type of striker could come in handy if we go route 1 for the last 10 15 mins of a game. It would give us a different option when we play against teams who play 10 men in the boxWe don't really play that style of football, so I doubt Gerrard will be looking for someone like that.
Our strength is our link up play around the box, not humping hopeful balls into the box mate.
He did though, that was gerrards exact words.Lafferty was absolutely minging in the air. I'm clueless as to why his height is used as reference point for us needing something to aim at for hoofball.
If Gerrard thought Lafferty had any merit and added to our armoury, he wouldn't be paying him off
Having read Gerrard's interview quotes it confirms that he's going to stick to the one rigid system and set of tactics. That "Plan B is do Plan A better" really didn't work for Warburton, so is a cause for concern.
The only change I would like to see us making is moving from a 4 to a 3 at the back, changing teh shape and personnel but keeping the same style and ethos - and only very occasionally when things are just not working.It's the same at the vast majority of football teams though.
Warburton wasn't totally wrong in saying that he just executed his own words in a shite way.
Liverpool pretty much do Plan B better as their Plan A as an example, Barca, Madric etc - very few teams utterly change what they are doing during a game.
He did though, that was gerrards exact words.