Ex Lion Tamer

Transferring players is not the only or even the main benefit of the multi club model

Or they go to the middle East etc for a last payday

This is the kind of thing that fans don't always see but I expect we inquired about a bunch of players including strikers but got turned down, leaving us with Larin as the best available

Given that Armstrong should never have been playing up front in the first place, this isn't a bad way to look at it

Never go back

If we manage to get into the Premier League through the playoffs then we'll have gone on such a good run that a lot of players will have shown themselves to be a lot better than they currently look to us now. So I'm not sure we can rely evaluate it at this point

You can't have it both ways of saying you can't be expected to know what players are on the market, and then say there definitely must be better players on the market.

And yet you assume that such a player exists, that they would want to come, we could afford them, etc. Maybe running a football club is harder than you think?

I think this is a long term decision with next season in mind. Get money for Armstrong given his contract is running low then be in a better financial position to strengthen in the summer. Worst case scenario Larin sees us through to comfortable mid table. Best case he gives better balance to the team and even if he doesn't score many himself, he helps others to. It's not an exciting outcome for the fans but there's a cold logic to it.

"Big" chances created: Two in the top ten ain't bad, imagine if we had a clinical striker!

The biggest frustration is that this league is wide open really. Get a good run going and we could definitely make the playoffs

He played on the wing two years ago and now he's playing up front. He was rubbish up front two years ago too. There's no way you can compare the two

We knew two years ago that he isn't a striker and should be playing off the wing where movement matters less and where he will still score plenty of goals

We've known for ages that Armstrong isn't a centre forward but is very useful coming off the wing in this league. Let's get back to using him in that role.

Branfoot was at the club for two and a half years. That was frustration. At least this leadership is prepared to change managers when it's not working