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Post by wirralhatter93 on May 4, 2022 13:53:40 GMT
Other 6ft 2+ strikers in League 1/2 are Harry Smith, Andy Cook, Conor Wilkinson, Mikael Mandron
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Post by alkringtonhatter on May 4, 2022 14:33:21 GMT
If we can somehow rediscover the Quigley of November and December who ran Bolton ragged, we don’t need a marquee striker signing, but something tells me he’s at our level because of his inconsistency. Definitely need more competition upfront, with Reid and Jennings having failed to make any impact.
Having said that, the optimum would be Tshimanga if he’s recovered properly. Both on the pitch and for piss-boiling.
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Post by scfc29 on May 4, 2022 15:11:21 GMT
Interesting. I'm surprised he hasn't played more of a role since joining us, especially with CJ getting some starts. He really doesn't have enough time prove that he's what we need, but he's very welcome to try!!! Plus, in his signing interview, DC mentioned that he was a fan and there was a chance of something more permanent - I think? I agree his performance vs Chesterfield was promising, especially as he will be lacking match sharpness. A decent age, 26, and came through the ranks at Everton but his track record isn't the best (according to Wiki). He's only played 135 games in his career and over 30 games for one season - not sure if he's had injury issues? His goal record is not quite 1 in 4 (I know that's not everything if he can link-up the play) and isn't even that impressive at NL level. He's not scored more than a handful of goals in the leagues above too. I'd love Duffus to set the world alight in the next few games but, with Quigley under contract and a solid option, I'd rather we went lights out for goalscoring no.9 with an excellent record in L2 or above (i.e. like Ollie Palmer), or a real up and coming star. Agreed with the point of the post, but Palmer has never been up to much goal scoring wise before joining Wrexham. He’s admittedly been some signing for them though, 13 in 19 games. Didn’t realise he’d been that impressive. |
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Post by wnm on May 4, 2022 15:20:36 GMT
Interesting. I'm surprised he hasn't played more of a role since joining us, especially with CJ getting some starts. He really doesn't have enough time prove that he's what we need, but he's very welcome to try!!! Plus, in his signing interview, DC mentioned that he was a fan and there was a chance of something more permanent - I think? I agree his performance vs Chesterfield was promising, especially as he will be lacking match sharpness. A decent age, 26, and came through the ranks at Everton but his track record isn't the best (according to Wiki). He's only played 135 games in his career and over 30 games for one season - not sure if he's had injury issues? His goal record is not quite 1 in 4 (I know that's not everything if he can link-up the play) and isn't even that impressive at NL level. He's not scored more than a handful of goals in the leagues above too. I'd love Duffus to set the world alight in the next few games but, with Quigley under contract and a solid option, I'd rather we went lights out for goalscoring no.9 with an excellent record in L2 or above (i.e. like Ollie Palmer), or a real up and coming star. Agreed with the point of the post, but Palmer has never been up to much goal scoring wise before joining Wrexham. He’s admittedly been some signing for them though, 13 in 19 games. Didn’t realise he’d been that impressive. He was playing two levels higher that’s why. |
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Post by Ngard on May 4, 2022 15:21:33 GMT
Interesting. I'm surprised he hasn't played more of a role since joining us, especially with CJ getting some starts. He really doesn't have enough time prove that he's what we need, but he's very welcome to try!!! Plus, in his signing interview, DC mentioned that he was a fan and there was a chance of something more permanent - I think? I agree his performance vs Chesterfield was promising, especially as he will be lacking match sharpness. A decent age, 26, and came through the ranks at Everton but his track record isn't the best (according to Wiki). He's only played 135 games in his career and over 30 games for one season - not sure if he's had injury issues? His goal record is not quite 1 in 4 (I know that's not everything if he can link-up the play) and isn't even that impressive at NL level. He's not scored more than a handful of goals in the leagues above too. I'd love Duffus to set the world alight in the next few games but, with Quigley under contract and a solid option, I'd rather we went lights out for goalscoring no.9 with an excellent record in L2 or above (i.e. like Ollie Palmer), or a real up and coming star. Agreed with the point of the post, but Palmer has never been up to much goal scoring wise before joining Wrexham. He’s admittedly been some signing for them though, 13 in 19 games. Didn’t realise he’d been that impressive. He's been far more consistent than Quigley's record to be honest. Quigley had two great seasons, really; if its true we had the choice of Tshiminga or Quigley then Steve and/or Wilson were pretty stupid. Though major caveat to that is that Wrexham have allegedly paid between 300k - 500k for Ollie Palmer, whereas I doubt Quigley was more than 150k. |
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Post by Barmy Blue Army on May 4, 2022 15:31:52 GMT
Agreed with the point of the post, but Palmer has never been up to much goal scoring wise before joining Wrexham. He’s admittedly been some signing for them though, 13 in 19 games. Didn’t realise he’d been that impressive. He was playing two levels higher that’s why. 1 in 3.5 which is about what you're looking for if he's a proper no.9 who will contribute a lot more than just goals and you've got other goalscorers throughout the team. Maybe my post wasn't the clearest as I don't think we need someone prolific (that wouldn't hurt though!) but the difference is he's consistently played 30+ games a season getting 10+ goals (or close) at L1/2, which is miles better than Duffus' record. I suppose we could change our style and be less direct and play an out-and-out goalscorer alongside Madden or attacking wingers but that feels unlikely. |
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Post by Josh on May 4, 2022 17:53:50 GMT
Agreed with the point of the post, but Palmer has never been up to much goal scoring wise before joining Wrexham. He’s admittedly been some signing for them though, 13 in 19 games. Didn’t realise he’d been that impressive. He's been far more consistent than Quigley's record to be honest. Quigley had two great seasons, really; if its true we had the choice of Tshiminga or Quigley then Steve and/or Wilson were pretty stupid. Though major caveat to that is that Wrexham have allegedly paid between 300k - 500k for Ollie Palmer, whereas I doubt Quigley was more than 150k. Quigley was less than £100,000 for sure. |
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Post by Stranded Hatter on May 4, 2022 17:59:10 GMT
Agreed with the point of the post, but Palmer has never been up to much goal scoring wise before joining Wrexham. He’s admittedly been some signing for them though, 13 in 19 games. Didn’t realise he’d been that impressive. He's been far more consistent than Quigley's record to be honest. Quigley had two great seasons, really; if its true we had the choice of Tshiminga or Quigley then Steve and/or Wilson were pretty stupid. Though major caveat to that is that Wrexham have allegedly paid between 300k - 500k for Ollie Palmer, whereas I doubt Quigley was more than 150k. The rumour I heard wasn’t that it was a choice between Quigley and Tshimanga but that we could have had both but Steve said no to Tshimanga. Which seems unbelievable |
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Post by philtheglass on May 4, 2022 20:03:10 GMT
He's been far more consistent than Quigley's record to be honest. Quigley had two great seasons, really; if its true we had the choice of Tshiminga or Quigley then Steve and/or Wilson were pretty stupid. Though major caveat to that is that Wrexham have allegedly paid between 300k - 500k for Ollie Palmer, whereas I doubt Quigley was more than 150k. The rumour I heard wasn’t that it was a choice between Quigley and Tshimanga but that we could have had both but Steve said no to Tshimanga. Which seems unbelievable But like you say, its a 'rumour', with no real substance, so lets stop looking for excuses to bad mouth the bloke for things he hasn't done |
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Post by incrediblechunk on May 4, 2022 20:05:36 GMT
The rumour I heard wasn’t that it was a choice between Quigley and Tshimanga but that we could have had both but Steve said no to Tshimanga. Which seems unbelievable But like you say, its a 'rumour', with no real substance, so lets stop looking for excuses to bad mouth the bloke for things he hasn't done Agreed, there's plenty of things he has done you can bad mouth him about |
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Post by Durango95 on May 4, 2022 20:21:44 GMT
I heard he was here and met the club but wanted a big signing on fee or something similar so we said no.
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Post by darkhorse on May 4, 2022 20:58:38 GMT
There's a lot of hindsight involved when it comes to analysing transfer decisions. In the summer we had Madden and Quigley both recently signed and remember that Reid and Rooney had scored 40-odd between them the last season. So it would have been perfectly rational to splash out on another area of the squad instead, unfortunately it was on a dozen central defenders...
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Post by Stranded Hatter on May 4, 2022 21:10:56 GMT
The rumour I heard wasn’t that it was a choice between Quigley and Tshimanga but that we could have had both but Steve said no to Tshimanga. Which seems unbelievable But like you say, its a 'rumour', with no real substance, so lets stop looking for excuses to bad mouth the bloke for things he hasn't done Calm down we’re just having a conversation. Christ I wasn’t even “bad mouthing the bloke” I was just clarifying the rumour that was posted on here months ago. He deserves bad mouthing though, as does the brainless decision to bring him in. Thank f*ck we rectified that mistake eventually. |
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Post by Barmy Blue Army on May 4, 2022 21:33:14 GMT
There's a lot of hindsight involved when it comes to analysing transfer decisions. In the summer we had Madden and Quigley both recently signed and remember that Reid and Rooney had scored 40-odd between them the last season. So it would have been perfectly rational to splash out on another area of the squad instead, unfortunately it was on a dozen central defenders... Or... we could have Tshimanga but he's scored enough goals to keep Rusk in the job. We flirt with a title run but fall short and lose in the POs, again. |
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Post by Nik on May 4, 2022 21:39:55 GMT
There's a lot of hindsight involved when it comes to analysing transfer decisions. In the summer we had Madden and Quigley both recently signed and remember that Reid and Rooney had scored 40-odd between them the last season. So it would have been perfectly rational to splash out on another area of the squad instead, unfortunately it was on a dozen central defenders... Or... we could have Tshimanga but he's scored enough goals to keep Rusk in the job. We flirt with a title run but fall short and lose in the POs, again. You think Rusk would have allowed him to shoot when he could pass it back to the centre backs? I think not! |
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