Transfer rumours

[Darkranger]

I am sad to see him go - just when we finally get a couple of players who look capable of providing decent service we let a striker who has been starved of any for 3 seasons!

I think he was the best of the 3 we have. And if £1.5M is the reported fee then we have let him go cheaply.

Could understand the Armstrong one but not sure about this one...

Yes totally agree, I always liked him, he seemed to divide opinion though. Reported transfer fee seems rather low to me.
All the best Lyndon.

[SheepRanger]

I'm glad Dykes has gone, very limited ability. If he was any good, for the money we got, another championship club would have come in for him. The fact they didn't says all you need to know.

Fans thinking he's should have stayed tells a story in itself of what we've had to put up with since Austin's first stint.

Seems a good lad and I wish him well.

[SheepRanger]

I would imagine Marti and the team have it all in hand.

Any news on Eze?

The Liverpool Echo said a few day ago Manchester City and Liverpool interests are arising.

Eze played last night in the cup. I couldn't imagine that happening if a £60m was being discussed. Can't see it happening myself.

[cross it Dave]

With us playing on Friday night, does that put us a disadvantage regarding any late transfer dealings

[3London]

I am sad to see him go - just when we finally get a couple of players who look capable of providing decent service we let a striker who has been starved of any for 3 seasons!

I think he was the best of the 3 we have. And if £1.5M is the reported fee then we have let him go cheaply.

Could understand the Armstrong one but not sure about this one...

[shaggy24]

Dykes to Brum now official. I know some will disagree but I liked him and thought he did ok overall for us. Would have liked to see him with some better service.

I hope we have a replacement lined up. Need another capable Championship striker pretty desperately.

We are linked with some young RB from Newcastle along with Blackburn and Stoke. Blackburn got Beck on loan who we were linked to.

Tbh I tend to agree with you we all accept dykes was limited but we were hardly the most creative either. I don’t think lone striker roll suits him looked better with Austin and when a side creates so little your under more pressure to bang in the 1 maybe 2 chances a game

wish him all the best never shirked his duties would run his backside off and helped keep us up each season he was here

[cross it Dave]

Yes, good luck Lyndon, you give it your all.

Coming back from pneumonia so quick was amazing.

[FurtiveFox]

Dykes to Brum now official. I know some will disagree but I liked him and thought he did ok overall for us. Would have liked to see him with some better service.

I hope we have a replacement lined up. Need another capable Championship striker pretty desperately.

We are linked with some young RB from Newcastle along with Blackburn and Stoke. Blackburn got Beck on loan who we were linked to.

[Stanfan]

Frej looking much better than last year now fully fit and settled. Celar has only just arrived in the country and already looking sharper. Kolli a good option as a striker too. Feel if we have another one brought in would be hard to keep them all happy. On Dykes I assume he got a big re-signing fee from us last year so profit would be reduced by some of that. He always gave 100% in a team so grateful for his time with us during a horrid time - most of which I put down to Warburton era gambling and failing

[lincoln ranger]

I would imagine Marti and the team have it all in hand.

Any news on Eze?

The Liverpool Echo said a few day ago Manchester City and Liverpool interests are arising.

I certainly hope you’re right mate. Jay Stansfield on loan would be the perfect scenario, but maybe Dion Charles could be another option? Prolific and has scored on the international stage too. A 3rd striker option however is a definite must!

[cross it Dave]

I would imagine Marti and the team have it all in hand.

Any news on Eze?

The Liverpool Echo said a few day ago Manchester City and Liverpool interests are arising.

[shaggy24]

Completely agree! We cannot think that we might be able to get away with playing an entire season with just 2 strikers (1 slow and lumbering, and the other taking his time to adjust to a new team and new league environment etc).

We desperately need someone to put the ball in the net regularly. Someone who has hopefully played and scored at this level previously and someone who can not only hit the ground running from the start but who knows the intricacies of the English league, especially the Championship!

Might sound a tough ask, but I have faith in Marti and Nourry to pull it off. It’s been a brilliant transfer window for us so far, so congratulations to the club for this. But the cherry on the cake and make all fans believe just that little bit more, would be to get us a nippy, quick, fox in the box type striker to stick 1 or 2 chances away here and there. I mean to create 30 goal scoring opportunities vs Plymouth and only score 1 goal is criminal! We have lacked a proper striker since Charlie Austin in his prime! That is far too long! We must address this issue to at least give us half a chance this season. You Rrs!!!

Spot on to have no striker since Austin is a major contribution to our struggles down the bottom

We’ve wasted money on Washington and Bonne and then paid them to leave us poor recruitment thankfully we seem to have turned a corner in that respect

[lincoln ranger]

Well 2 strikers is not enough

Completely agree! We cannot think that we might be able to get away with playing an entire season with just 2 strikers (1 slow and lumbering, and the other taking his time to adjust to a new team and new league environment etc).

We desperately need someone to put the ball in the net regularly. Someone who has hopefully played and scored at this level previously and someone who can not only hit the ground running from the start but who knows the intricacies of the English league, especially the Championship!

Might sound a tough ask, but I have faith in Marti and Nourry to pull it off. It’s been a brilliant transfer window for us so far, so congratulations to the club for this. But the cherry on the cake and make all fans believe just that little bit more, would be to get us a nippy, quick, fox in the box type striker to stick 1 or 2 chances away here and there. I mean to create 30 goal scoring opportunities vs Plymouth and only score 1 goal is criminal! We have lacked a proper striker since Charlie Austin in his prime! That is far too long! We must address this issue to at least give us half a chance this season. You Rrs!!!

[Fraggy]

Fraggy’s post about Dykes had a question mark on the end, so was it a guess?

I saw it mentioned on a post from a source that has been fairly reliable recently, so thought I would drop it in here to discuss.

The ? Was because I am usually clueless about these things

[Harrow QPR]

I hope we're not bringing in the st Johnstone striker.
I don't think the Scottish league strikers are up to championship standard

Shankland from Hearts is worth a punt . He is a natural finisher , i reckon he would do well for us and he's in last year of contract.
Knowing us we'll sign some numpty from belgian second division.