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We don't need a 20 goal a season striker in. There's no striker out there who would score 20 a season in this team.
We need a player or two players who can create or contribute to several meaningful and incisive attacks per match. The sort of players who will pull defenders out of position, have a bit of ball retention and put passes in areas that attackers like to get on the end of rather than feeding off of scraps.
Until we get that, we'll not score goals regardless of who is up top.

My stream went blurry with about 15/20 mins left in the game and I couldn't get it fixed with even logging out and back in. I eventually gave up as I'd lost interest in the game anyways. I'm not sure if part of it is due to not being able to attend games, though I just feel fed up this season already with what I've been watching. 

If it wasn't for the sentimental connection with Goody, I think more fans would be making noise over the performances. It can't take the first quarter of the season to work out a formula surely. I give credit for the effort against Celtic, though its been followed up with unacceptable performances.

It's all good and well trying to make yourself difficult to beat (it's not worked so far dropping points), though we need to do something in the final third. Too many passengers getting a show in every week. 

My stream went blurry with about 15/20 mins left in the game and I couldn't get it fixed with even logging out and back in. I eventually gave up as I'd lost interest in the game anyways. I'm not sure if part of it is due to not being able to attend games, though I just feel fed up this season already with what I've been watching. 

If it wasn't for the sentimental connection with Goody, I think more fans would be making noise over the performances. It can't take the first quarter of the season to work out a formula surely. I give credit for the effort against Celtic, though its been followed up with unacceptable performances.

It's all good and well trying to make yourself difficult to beat (it's not worked so far dropping points), though we need to do something in the final third. Too many passengers getting a show in every week. 

Bazil, you are fighting a losing battle. Haters will be haters. Some 'fans' are never happy regardless. 
I am happy with progress. Plenty of room for improvement, though I am happy with recruitment and how we are shaping up.

Agreed bud, well said. 

Bazil, you are fighting a losing battle. Haters will be haters. Some 'fans' are never happy regardless. 
I am happy with progress. Plenty of room for improvement, though I am happy with recruitment and how we are shaping up.

The goalkeeper for the first goal should be playing down the racecourse 😂

Goalscoring record last season was actually very impressive.
Seems to enjoy being an impact player.
14 goals in under 1600 minutes on the park means a goal every one and a quarter matches.

The club is in no way struggling financially, but I do agree we wasted a considerable amount between the part of the fee we paid and paying him off.

The current quarantine rules in place for travelling to and from countries including Holland, would mean a player brought in from overseas is likely going have to self isolate for 14 days, then they would be behind on team training. 
I think at the moment, our best chances of getting a striker in sooner, is a loanee or free agent from England.

Be interesting to see how long this one plays out for. Hopefully PSV would be willing to act quickly on a loan deal considering our season has already begun and he is not in their first team plans at the moment.

Be interesting to see how long this one plays out for. Hopefully PSV would be willing to act quickly on a loan deal considering our season has already begun and he is not in their first team plans at the moment.

They've got more than one camera.  

Seems a little similar to Popescu, where the agent has tried to bag a few extra quid. As soon as that happens, relationships break down and its no longer about wanting to play for the badge. 
Jim would have had a list of players and like I would imagine, you fail with one target, you move on to the next without looking back. I'm glad the club stood their ground.
As you mentioned,  a player that would have been our highest earner, as a striker would have to be a guaranteed goal machine to justify his worth.

No. But they are willing to pay him more than we are. It's not about available funds, it's about what you are getting for your outlay and Jakubiak, rightly, shouldn't be in a position where he is commanding a large portion of our budget. The number I heard he went in and requested initially, would have meant he was being paid about 40-50% more than our next highest earner. Decent enough as he was, that's all he was. Decent. Could anyone honestly say he should comfortably have been our highest earner? Absolutely no chance. 
We made the call not to pursue based on what we thought he was worth and his demands being way too far apart to meet in the middle. 
So no, he didn't pick Dundee over us... at the point Dundee had moved in, we had long since removed ourselves from the running.
Goodwin only mentioned the negotatonos with Jakubiak last week and as a result of that, I think a lot of fans feel this is just a recent happening but the negotiations where he outpriced himself were actually about six weeks ago at the point where it was reported us and Livingston (who clearly felt the same having received his wage expectations) were in for him.
By the time the demands have come down, we've either turned our sights elsewhere or decided that Jakubiak is still not worth what Dundee are throwing at him. 

It's f**king mental how Jakubiak and Danny Mullen have suddenly became became Ibrahimovic and Lewandowski since leaving for the league below in some fans eyes. 
Both were hard workers and decent enough players who brought something to the team in fleeting glimpses but let's not pretend they won't go the same way as Cammy Smith (another whose ability we inflated above his level upon leaving) in finding their level in the championship. 
I certainly wouldn't be paying Alex Jakubiak the level of money I heard Dundee are paying him. In my opinion we'll get far a better quality of player for the level of wage he is on. 

Interesting. I don’t think we saw enough of him on the pitch to form any kind of opinion.

Perhaps he wasn’t played because of the good partnership Jakubiak had with Obika.

If we are interested it certainly suggests JG rates him and that’s good enough for me.

Is Shaughnessy the next defensive target following any potential deal for Gogic gone?

It has, but not as good as your post.
 

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere. 25 year old Mitch Rose, a box-to-box midfielder most recently with Notts County is a target accordingly to one of the tabloids.
He is the brother of Spurs player Danny Rose.
On the subject of strikers, could we possibly run with Obika, Morias and one more (hopefully Jakubiak) if budget was stretched? There may be one or two midfield options who can play high up off the one striker as an alternative option? I'm not sure if there is potentially a striker within our reserves who could make up a 4th striker position. 
Morias gives us flexibility in games to either move out wide or partner Obika. A player with similar attributes would be good.

Cheers. Gonna get that played at my funeral when I depart this world lol

Some of the best memories at Love Street are of your PP days. Outstanding performance. 10/10 every week.
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Some of the best memories at Love Street are of your PP days. Outstanding performance. 10/10 every week.
Leap like a salmon!

Some of the best memories at Love Street are of your PP days. Outstanding performance. 10/10 every week.
Leap like a salmon!