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Shortage of strikers could cost us, warns Phil Jagielka

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I guess for the Jan transfer window, RM had to balance long term v short term. Does he sign up a striker/def mid who he doesn't want long term but does provide cover OR does he hold his nerve til the end of the season. It seems like he is taking a longer term view and doesn't want to sign up "stop gaps" permanently. To bridge the gaps, he has tried to go for loans and generally that has worked out. Unfortunately the injury to Lukaku and Traore are badly timed. We'll just have to try to get through this period. Def Mid is a bigger worry in my opinion. If we lose McCarthy or Barry then things could be really tough. RM did try to bring in Rodwell (on loan) but unfortunately that did not work out.

People keep talking about a stop gap signing.

We dont need a stop gap signing, at the end of the season we have 1 Striker on our books, its not like it would be a waste of a Striker.
 
I want a Zlatan.

Yeah, well you're gettin' one of these...

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No disrespect to him, always liked him...
 
Your suggesting that cos Kone is Pony I wouldnt like any other Striker we signed.

I loved AJ, Yakubu, Jela, before he went tosh, none of them were Zlatan.

I'm suggesting you need to chill your evil ways before ninjas have to get Roudhouse on you, Swayze style. You can't stop me, I'm like Distin quoting f'in Don Shula here. I will take you out at the knees with optimism.
 

Lukaku got injured right at the end, leaving three days of that window to find a replacement who we could loan or buy and get great value for. Three days isn't much, especially after you've already filled your last loan slot with another striker you'd thought would provide the depth you needed days earlier.

Again though - I'm giving you clear logic but you're been sucked into Football Manager 14 thinking you can just press a button and bid on players with exotic names.

Think you'll find a lot of people were saying we needed a striker before Lukaku got injured, and were annoyed when we signed a player who was already injured before he got here, as if Lukaku got injured we'd be in trouble. And guess what happened....

The whole 'football manager' retort is overused and boring. I could just as easily accuse you of living in fantasy land when all you say is 'the scouts know what they're doing' in response to any criticism of the actions taken in January, no matter how valid.
 

Lads I've gave you irrefutable logic in responses to your points but I won't be fragged down further. You're angry and want to blame. Its fine, I just held you to higher intellect than that.

I can see you're qualified football experts. When do you finish your badges as you understand fully all the mechanisms of the rest of the game so so well.
 
Lads I've gave you irrefutable logic in responses to your points but I won't be fragged down further. You're angry and want to blame. Its fine, I just held you to higher intellect than that.

I can see you're qualified football experts. When do you finish your badges as you understand fully all the mechanisms of the rest of the game so so well.

Why do I need a badge mate?

You mean a sheriff or something? I dont wanna be a sheriff mate, I want my football team to have the "luxury" of being able to select a fit striker, its not a lot to ask, is it mate? Surely?
 

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