Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
Who was the last striker we signed that was a regular starter and proven goalscorer for a team in the top 2 tiers of any league?

I'm guessing Kieffer Moore and, before that, Robert Glatzel?
I would like to make the case for Karlan Grant. For Huddersfield, as a striker, he scored 19 in 4:. For WBA as a striker, he bagged 18 in 44. Two seasons before, although Crawley were League 1, he bagged 9 in 15 games. So athough one
of those three teams were outside your definition of “top two leagues” he has proven his ability as a 9 in those leagues, and proven he has “consistency” by hitting a good goal average at a third club Crawley.

So at a time when we were begging for someone with height and speed who could score goals as a 9, a few coaches thought it was a bright idea to shunt him out to the wing, where he delivered only 6 in 39 from the wing - in line with his poor performances at other clubs from the wing. So Karlan Grant has been a good striker for several clubs and could have been a good replacement for Moore with similar styles (tall, strong, quick, good in the air and a decent finisher).

It is one of the biggest mysteries of last season why we perservered with the tired, ineffective
and lazy Meite, when Karlan Grant’s prior record was staring at us in the face.