Changing the subject a little bit.. strikers will be top priority on the recruitment list this summer and that got me thinking. When was the last time we all really got excited about a striker/centreforward signing? Maybe I’m on my own with this but I class Roofe as more of an attacking midfielder or ‘No. 10’ so for me, the last CF signing that I was really pleased about was probably Beano. Its all relative but for where we were at the time it was great to sign a forward with a great reputation for the level we were playing at. Apart from that, for all the success that Wilder and Appleton had, the striker positions were never really a success when recruiting. There were a succession of false dawns and short term loans but nobody who signed as the marquee talismanic striker. For everyone who is going to jump in with shouts of Hylton, I accept he turned out to be a good striker but when he signed (by Waddock) I don’t remember it being exactly heralded with banners and bugles by the fans, the reaction was more ‘meh..’ My question was when were we last excited about a striker signing. Hopefully this summer, we’ll finally sign someone who we all feel will grab the No. 9 shirt and make it their own, a talisman we can all get behind while he rampages through opposition defences.
