One Striker

Ruling out Brooker becauce god knows whats wrong now, we have one Striker why send Fairhurst out on loan , we really need cover, an injury to Billy and we are in the shit...

Oh and Fairhurst scores today...

I can not understand the loan striker idea but needs to change tactic i am afraid

What the hell is wrong with Brooker, he plays one game and goes missing , not even on the bench today..

I get the lone striker role, to be honest I agree with whichever RS numpty said Billy's played that role most of the season because he has. But normally he's given far more support from midfield or Hayter playing just behind him. Today there was a gulf between midfield and Sharp which meant that he was even easier than normal to keep out of the action as there was no one else for the defenders to batter

I think its the midfield where most of our problems lie atm

Fairhurst should NOT have been sent out on laon and it backfired big time today. As soon as we went 2-0 down it was obvious we needed more upfront and the best we could do was put a 7 foot tall beanpole defender upfront near the end and hoof it in some vain attempt that it might sneak us a goal.

SkellowRover wrote:Fairhurst should NOT have been sent out on laon and it backfired big time today. As soon as we went 2-0 down it was obvious we needed more upfront and the best we could do was put a 7 foot tall beanpole defender upfront near the end and hoof it in some vain attempt that it might sneak us a goal.

Whilst I agree to let Fairhurst out on loan, when Hayter was injured and the only other "fit" striker is Brooker was crazy in the extreme I don't think Fairhurst would be our saviour, either in the game today or for the rest of our season

VixDRFC wrote:

Whilst I agree to let Fairhurst out on loan, when Hayter was injured and the only other "fit" striker is Brooker was crazy in the extreme I don't think Fairhurst would be our saviour, either in the game today or for the rest of our season

What i don't get is why keep these players if he is not going to play them, we have a small enough squad as it is, its no good to us or the player...where was the new lad who we signed the other week, not had a glimpse of him yet...

VixDRFC wrote:

Whilst I agree to let Fairhurst out on loan, when Hayter was injured and the only other "fit" striker is Brooker was crazy in the extreme I don't think Fairhurst would be our saviour, either in the game today or for the rest of our season

I agree about him not being our saviour but it would have given the pompey back line more to think about and he would be more of a threat upfront then webster by a country mile. Webster didn't have a clue where to position himself or where to make runs to when he came on and was static looking for hoofballs upto him to try and flick on. What baffled me even more was that we brought webster on as an ariel threat and took Copps off who was not only the biggest threat we had on the pitch but he's also the best crosser of the ball we have.

The only logical thing i can think of is that we are making space for another player

SkellowRover wrote:

I agree about him not being our saviour but it would have given the pompey back line more to think about and he would be more of a threat upfront then webster by a country mile. Webster didn't have a clue where to position himself or where to make runs to when he came on and was static looking for hoofballs upto him to try and flick on. What baffled me even more was that we brought webster on as an ariel threat and took Copps off who was not only the biggest threat we had on the pitch but he's also the best crosser of the ball we have.

What it shows to me is that in the summer we need a good clearout, no good tinkering....but i suppose that will depend on where the clubs aspirations really lie..

SkellowRover wrote:Fairhurst should NOT have been sent out on laon and it backfired big time today. As soon as we went 2-0 down it was obvious we needed more upfront and the best we could do was put a 7 foot tall beanpole defender upfront near the end and hoof it in some vain attempt that it might sneak us a goal.

That about sums it up for me , only to add that there wasn't any real battling from the lads today in the right areas. If SO'D is hoping to limp home to safety with these kind of perfgormances then he and the team need to think again.

I'm not angry about today .........just completely puzzled that we have started to play regularly like the Blunts. I can see now why they won't put up with it and neither will our 'floating' supporters who we hope to attract.

Finally it's time to call time on Webster, Chambo and 1/2 others as soon as possible............I'm numb, puzzled and fed up with these performances and see no reason why we have abandoned completely our flowing style of footy. Injured players , injured players........that's all I hear!! Forget that excuse that's why we have a squad to pick from.
HOWEVER I'M FURIOUS WITH THOSE OFFICIALS TODAY.......WIN, LOSE OR DRAW YOUR BIAS WAS A DISGRACE.

Fairhurst scored twice today and this was his rating on the bulls forums:

Fairhurst: 9 - What a signing he looks. Natural finisher and very, very sharp. Brilliant reaction to scoring his second too!

[quote="SkellowRover"]Fairhurst scored twice today and this was his rating on the bulls forums:
Fairhurst: 9 - What a signing he looks. Natural finisher and very, very sharp. Brilliant reaction to scoring his second too!

Fairhurst: 9 - What a signing he looks. Natural finisher and very, very sharp. Brilliant reaction to scoring his second too!


Fairhurst: 9 - What a signing he looks. Natural finisher and very, very sharp. Brilliant reaction to scoring his second too!

Hope someone from the club might just see what arses they've made of themselves here..........

[quote="hoolahoop"]

I think we need to get real - does this mean any league 2 striker who scores more than once would be the answer? If so then we should go for ALF and certainly have gone for Austin! The only mistake here is letting a striker go when we only have 2 fit people to play that position. I like Fairhurst and like Skellow said he would have given the Pompey defence something to think about but would he have won us the game? I think not. He's had a good debut for Hereford on a day where we were lacking - one swallow doesn't make a summer. Shrewsbury weren't beating down the door to sign him

Watch how well he took his goals on here, especially the 2nd. The match is at 1h 11m 25s :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00yrw8f/The_Football_League_Show_12_02_2011/

[quote="VixDRFC"]

We are real and as for Waide being a L2 striker, he is far from that and the 2nd. goal as the other 2 goals in 2 appearances show he is definitely NOT a L2 striker.
Your defence of everything our club does is admirable but imo misguided on this issue, if we have struggled for the last few weeks to even fill the bench properly then this decision was nothing less than bizarre.
As for him being able to change the course of yesterday's game..........we will never know but with the lack of bite out there ; I do believe he might well have done.
Sometimes we will have opposite opinions but on this one I am sticking to my original assertion that he should NEVER have left this club on loan at such a crucial time.
Incidentally we didn't need to go for ALF or Austin as we already had a lad desperate for a game sitting on the doorstep.

Sorry for some reason the 'quote' is not working.

[quote="hoolahoop"]



Sod see's more of these players then any of us, he isn't playing fairhurst for a reason, he was the same with heffernan, everyone thought he was the answer but has hardly made an impact at wednesday, i do not see fairhurst as been the answer to our problems but like has been said it was strange to let him go when we have so little upfront, it seems Brooker got injured on saturday morning so i assume he probably planned on Brooker playing a part, like has been said one swallow does not a summer bring, i saw fairhurst play when he went to Shrewsbury on loan and on that ocassion he was shite, yesterday went well for him and am pleased for him as it will do his confidence good, hopefully he will continue to bang them in and then we can give him a go and see how he does...

[quote="hoolahoop"]

Firstly you need to stop being so condescending as its clear that you didn't read what I'd put properly. I agreed that Fairhurst shouldn't have been allowed out on loan at this moment in time. I'll quote what I said



And I didn't say he was a league 2 striker, I said I didn't think he would have been our saviour regardless of the fact he scored 2 goals in league 2 yesterday. My point was on that basis anyone scoring regularly in league 2 would be the answer to our problems and we all know thats not true.

I like Fairhurst and I thought he showed promise last season, the little I have seen of him this season doesn't support that unfortunately but I have seen very little - If he carries on this form for Hereford then I'll stand corrected but he's a loan player out to impress and to me at this minute 2 goals on his debut doesn't earn him the "love-in" he's getting on certain boards, mind you Heffs got a similar response and look what happened there. And if he's our answer to ALF and Austin then why isn't he being touted around with a £200,000 -£500,000 price tag? I got the impression Shrewsbury wouldnt have had him given if "his arse was hung in diamonds" as my gran used to say

To summarise (in case people don't read all my post) No he shouldn't have gone out on loan but its way too early to say whether he's good enough for us

Finally to be controversial would Lee Hughes be a short term solution? Would hold the ball up well, support Billy, chip in with a few goals and most importantly stop defenders bullying our forward line!

Quote definitely not working this was my original post

"Whilst I agree to let Fairhurst out on loan, when Hayter was injured and the only other "fit" striker is Brooker was crazy in the extreme"

[quote="VixDRFC"]



Would love to see Lee Hughes here, he would give as good as he got....sign him up Sod you know it makes sense...

[quote="yorkie64red"]



Lee Hughes could be an option good player no matter whathe has done however we will have another striker in soon to support Billy

[quote="pkt_drfc"]



Could it be Jamie Ward, he wasn't even on the Bench yesterday, a good mate of Billys might be just what we need..

So does anyone see a loan striker coming in today to help us out....

Nope not Today by Thursday or Friday i do