Really? If I was going to sign a player who was out of contract, I wouldn't sit next to him in public before the contract was signed.
However, the striker we are going to get is going to be someone like Fallon/Parkin/Magennis. Any main striker coming here knows he isn't going to play every week.
Our captain and legend has that position nailed down, and we aren't going to play with 2 out and out strikers. Therefore we aren't going to get anyone top notch, as a top notch player won't be happy sitting on the bench every week, whereas someone like Fallon would.