The worst collection of strikers in the league

[thfcsteff]

pav had a good game today and he scored. actually the goal was a fluke but he was far more relaxed when he took the shot than at any other time during the game, his link up play today was very very good.

With the greatest of respect, Pav contrived to miss two absolute fucking sitters. That header -the one 6 yards out with the entire goal in front of him and no-one close by- was atrocious, absolutely shite. His link up play was OK, yes, but his control was (at times) absolutely woeful, WOEFUL I tell you, and as for his finishing, good Lord...

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

They are useless, the lot of them.


Get rid of our whole so called strikeforce in the summer and replace them with 3 actual strikers.

It is bad enough that they are incapable of doing something from nothing and rely heavily on service but for the love of God they can't even finish when we create chance after chance.

Lennon must be sitting at home this morning wondering how he didn't get 5 assists last night.

It's beyond a joke now, they have to go.

 

[TEESSIDE1]

It's time to promote one of the youth team strikers .... you never know we might find our own wickham or rooney ..... at worst, they'll run around and get stuck in .... damsite more productive than our current shower of shite

 

[Spurger King]

They are useless, the lot of them.


Get rid of our whole so called strikeforce in the summer and replace them with 3 actual strikers.

Don't be daft..that's not how we do things. What we'll do is sell one striker, loan out the other two with no option to recall them, get linked with 1,274 different strikers....then sign a midfield utility player.

 

[Legend10]

This is rapidly becoming the worst forum in the league!

Moan moan moan fucking moan!!

 

[dontcallme]

I think Mark Bright put it right last week when he said that form comes and goes and confidence can go up and down but the only thing you can have all the time is a high work rate.

For all his faults the only striker that always puts in a shift is Crouch.

We all love Defoe and Pav when they're on a scoring run but they aren't good enough to do this at the highest level. To be a pure goalscorer for a top team you need to be at Linekar's or Greaves's level.

For now I'd play Crouch up front with Krancjar or VDV behind.

 

[jonnyrotten]

Pav scored. Crouch scored last game. Defoe had efforts cleared off the line, one was a matter of centimetres from being in. These are the strikers weve got, lets get behind them.

 

[nailsy]

Would anyone here include VDV as one of our strikers?

 

[Sttofold Spurs]

I am (or was) a big fan of JD, but lets face facts, 25 shots and only 1 goals scored?
Out of these 25 8 were in the 90% bracket ie 9/10 times these are scored.

Our forwards HAVE let the team and fans down. Harry and Daniel have also failed us by not securing a Top clas forward.

very very frustrated

 

[RJ1882]

I'd take West Hams strike force over ours for sure - but please leave the pikey where he is. Cole, Obinna, Piquionne and Ba? much better than our muppets and would score a fair few off Bale and Lennons crosses.

 

[RJ1882]

VDV has played as a striker, but he isnt included in this rant.

No summer tournament for Defoe to push towards, so he has nothing to play for. Spurs and champions league obviously isnt enough motivation.

I think I hate the fcuker.

 

[guate]

I don't criticise 'Arry or Levy for not bringing in the striker we need as a) there are very few around that fit the bill and b) prices were just ridiculous in the last transfer window.
I'm also very plsed that we've done better than I originally thought in both the league and Champions. However it saddens me to see all the good work being affected because our strikers are misfiring and without VDV and Bale to help, the rest of our midfield are struggling to score goals too.
I would definitely like 'Arry to give some of the youngsters a chance in this position, instead of having them out on loan, as they simply cannot be any worse than our current threesome.

 

[EAspur1976]

Harry Kane is our best prospect from the youth, technically he looks better than what we have atm. I have seen him 8 - 9 times in the last year or so and have been impressed every time, he knows exactly where the goal is, has a powerful shot and can bring others into play very well. In saying this, is he ready for the big step up? No not in my opinion, i don't think he has a long way to go, but i would throw caution to the wind and use him in cup games, mainly as a sub. Being at the O's for the rest of this season will toughen him up a bit, and a few games in the cups next season will imo enable him to push for a squad number next January. I'm well pleased we have him and if he keeps his head screwed on, i think he'll become a top player in the next few years.

 

[Sp3akerboxxx]

time to give kane or obika a run out, or just pay 4-6-0. it has gotten to the point where our strikers are literally a waste of squad place.

 

[DEFchenkOE]

Genuine question - if people truly believe we have the worst collection of strikers in the league, would they therefore be happy if we swapped them all for all of West Ham's strikers? Or Blackpool? Or Newcastle?

I fucking wouldn't.

We have a set of good strikers, what we don't have is a great striker and that is what is probably going to be the thing that prevents us from challenging seriously for the title.

I would definitely take Piquionne, Ba, Obinna over Defoe and Pav. I'll be honest i'm not a fan of Crouch, only 2 league goals this year and has never been prolific. But at least he has scored some important goals and also assisted.

I feel for Defoe and Pav because it's it's just not happening for them enough when it matters. I've said for a long time that we need a whole new strikeforce and got laughed at especially when we were 4th last year.

I stand by that with VdV/Krancjar as the no 10s we don't need 4 strikers, 2 is enough with a 3rd younger player to come in if required. The 2 need to be able to play up top on their own. Unfortunately we can't resolve this till the summer, hopefully between now and then our strikers pick up some form. But then if they do, maybe HR will be convinced they've turned the corner and not strengthen.

I would only play 1 up top with either Krancar or VdV behind for the rest of the season, playing 4-4-2 with our strikers is a waste of one player imo.

 

[Sttofold Spurs]

time to give kane or obika a run out, or just pay 4-6-0. it has gotten to the point where our strikers are literally a waste of squad place.

Great suggestion and teh shame if anythign may just make them think about how much their paid to do their jobs!!:clap:

 

[Zimmy]

They are shocking, which begs the question why did Harry start with two of them instead of one plus Modric/Krancjar?

 

[Bobbins]

Because Blackpool usually can't defend for shit, so if there was any game where you'd want Defoe and Pav to get a couple of goals and some confidence, this was the one for it.

What happened however, was that not only did we miss some absolute sitters (Pav, FFS), but the shots we did beat the keeper with were cleared off the line, thus probably denting our strikers' confidence even more than it already had been (e.g. they're now thinking that not only are they off form, but luck is against them as well).

Last night's game has really kicked this striker debate off again, because they were pretty poor, but neither Defoe nor Pav were anything like as bad as they have actually been for most of the rest of this season - last night was the best performance from both of them this season for me.

They were still bloody awful though, and that's the underlying point.

Crouch is our best striker and the guy can't buy a goal these days. He did get yet another assist last night but does that really count for much? I'm not so sure. He's brilliant in Europe, and works his bollocks off, but other than him I don't see Pav or Defoe contributing anything to the team at the moment - as has already been said, they're pretty much just wasting squad/team places.

But what's the solution? The idea of playing midfielder's up front is just frankly taking the piss, and we can't buy anyone until the summer. So what can we do? Nothing but try and get behind them, I suppose. Even I will sing for Pav if I see it making a difference and/or he puts a bit of effort in.

 

[sussex.spur]

Just a thought - how many goals would our forwards have scored this season if we had played 442 in every game with Mods and Huddlestone in centre MF ? At this stage they are all out of form, but is any of that down to the system we have been playing?

 

[EAspur1976]

Judging by yesterdays performance not many. 4-4-2 just didn't work for us at all.

All 3 have had adequate time, even in a 4-5-1 system to nick a few goals, and they haven't. Crouch is a pansy, Defoe isn't consistent and never has been, and Pavlyuchenko doesn't work hard enough. To be fair this isn't a new problem either, we've known for a good year now that the team has progressed further than our strikers capabilities.