The preoccupation of some with wanting a striker to score goals feels a little naïve to me. What we don’t have is the ability or maybe it’s creativity to create chances at this level. To do that we ha e to have the ball and probably move it quickly. We don’t do that, so we’re probably going to have to rely on pressing higher up the field and turning play over and likely have to play off mistakes by the opposition but the reality is we’re not going to see much of the ball.

I’m ok with that - we won’t concede a hatful either against most teams but let’s not delude ourselves that a striker is the solution and getting a reserve from another team or someone with Premier League experience isn’t going to improve the situation. 2 or 3 pacey, skillful midfielders who can tackle as well might do the trick for us but a single striker in the mould of Vokes won’t solve anything. What about Jon Parkin?😂