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Because the trees don't need to know?

Never given a proper chance for some reason

Jelert, alert?

Always looked decent when I saw him play

The reason we horde strikers is that we have bought a plethora of low-quality ones

You can't be serious mate I would love to see Stewart knocking them in after the terrible run of injuries he has had, but surely nobody can expect that after the unfortunate time he has had. Stewart's stats since he joined us. So that is, 25 games in 3 seasons, 3 goals and 1 assist.

I would love to see Stewart knocking them in after the terrible run of injuries he has had, but surely nobody can expect that after the unfortunate time he has had. Stewart's stats since he joined us. So that is, 25 games in 3 seasons, 3 goals and 1 assist.

My point is that with Stewart's injury record, we should have brought somebody in earlier to be first choice with Stewart as 2nd choice.

Probably generated by him bullying our defence for Wrexham. Admittedly that is a low bar. I agree, Carlton Morris would have been a good option.

We won't be able to tell until the new players settle in and we get to see how Still wants to play.

No. But hopefully a better option as target man than we currently have. I would love Stewart and Downs to be successful but I think it is too much of a risk to depend upon that.

There are other options you know.

They say that people use statistics like a drunk uses a lamppost, for support rather than illumination. If you ignore junior football he scored 13 in 42. Less than 1 in 3.

It doesn't have to be Moore. But it is obvious that Still likes to play with wingers and our two central striker options are a perennially injured striker whose fitness cannot be counted upon and a young striker who has never played in this country. That is a risk that we cannot afford.

No, we are at the point of saying that 2 season after Che Adams left we have not replaced him and as a target man are dependent upon someone with a handful of matches in 3 seasons and someone starting their career with no experience in this country.

And you know he has goals in him, how?

Let's get promoted first and then worry about a striker after that. Incidentally, you have no idea whether Sargent will be a success or not in the PL now as a mature striker rather than an unproven young man. I bet you he is more likely to make the grade there in a seasons time than Downs We all get the concept of a budget. SRs problem in the past is that they have gone for quantity (often unproven) over quality. Spaffing 40 million on Sulkemana and Onuachu possibly the epitome of that.

Sargent isn't the only option, but we could have afforded him if we were more serious about promotion at the first attempt. We could have bought Keiffer Moore for a fraction of the cost; but we have gambled on somoene who won't be ready for a while, if ever. Plain daft.

I totally agree, I have been saying this for weeks. The immediate response is how difficult it is to get a strong leader of the line, who also scores goals. But, if you look at the goalscoring table, Sargent (always mentioned as a possible target) has 5 in 4, Carlton Morris *(4 in 4) and Keiffer Moore (3 in 4). None of these would have taken a genius to identify, but we have still gone for a relative unknown in this league (Downs) to shadow someone with a diabolical fitness record, who still isn't being picked as a starter, which makes you wonder how he will build his fitness up.

I agree but to be fair, I don’t think we have seen a style for Saints yet this season.

He was dreadful against Norwich

Spors bought Downs as potential for the future not to be relied upon now.

No, it's not easy but that's the purpose of a transfer committee. Who knew much about Graziano Pelle before he arrived or Ricky Lambert. Armstrong and Archer are not target men. They do better playing alongside one.

I think youve missed the point.The issue is much wider than 2 missed chances by the backup striker who has been bought for his potential. The issue is that our principal target man (Stewart) has hardly played for over 2 seasons. We should have bought a reliable number 9 and this may come back to bite us.

That's our biggest vulnerability in my opinion (apart from goalkeeper). Stewart looks to have the ability but cannot be relied upon at all. Downs just doesn't look ready.