Striker Choices

Over the last 10 years we have had some good strikers and some... less good strikers. My question is who is the best we have had in the last 10 years? Would you have Beattie or Lambert? Or maybe Kevin Phillips? Loads of others that were pretty good but I think those 3 are the only ones that would get in to the current team.

 

Peter Crouch would get in this team. Or at least he would if i was picking it.

 

I suppose he might. I was umming and aahing about him. With the way we play he definitely would but ability wise he isn't much of an improvement on pelle

 

Marians Pahars just about gets into the last 10 years, so he also has to be in with a shout. Any of them would struggle to knock Rickie off his perch though.

 

I would say I think David McGoldrick and Andriy Pereplyotkin were the best strikers who never were.

 

I'm hoping Sadio Mane can become the Senegalese Marion Pahars.

Anyone know what's happening with Sam Gallagher btw?

 

Playing for the U21s again now, fit and looking good.

 

We're definitely set for strikers in the future with Gallagher and Seager.

 

That's probably why they are so reluctant to sign a striker...

 

Has to be Rickie

 

I've heard that Koeman doesn't particularly rate Gallagher... which kind of goes against the general grain at the club.

 

I'm with you on this one, it has to be SRL?

 

I have heard the same. It's why I said I couldn't see him in the first team any time soon on another thread.

 

Honorable mentions for Connolly / Ormerod not the best strikers but worked bloody hard!!!!

 

I think Beattie for me. don't get me wrong I love Super Rickie but Beattie is the guy that got me into football, and he was very good between 02 and 04/05. Very quick and good finisher. Rickie in his prime would have been quality in the prem as well though I suppose... was tiring a bit by the time he/we reached the premises. ..

 

Gallagher's not exactly been in training much since Koeman took over, bar a week or 2 at the start of pre-season.

 

For me it's Lambert anyway but, just to be pedantic, Beattie left more than 10 years ago.

 

I know... I'm just saying, I was told that Koeman doesn't rate him on what he has seen.

I would imagine he has had access to extensive video footage of every player.

 

From what I've seen of Gallagher I reluctantly have to agree with him. Not saying he's forever poor, but he's not good enough at the moment. Not for this team anyway. Like Les Reed, I'm against fledging players going out on indiscriminate loans to the wrong club. If he went to the right club, who would nurture him and give him the opportunity of regular first team football, then yes.

 

Gallagher suffered a personal loss and a bad injury at just the wrong time for his development. I hate to say it, but our youngsters may find it harder to break through if we have serious aspirations of the big time. The best will still make it, but the next tranche of players may find it very hard to get game time.