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So another game with no striker… 16:37 - Apr 4 with 5137 views

Just reaffirms how poor our recruitment was in the summer in this area of the pitch. Celar still out, whilst Frey and Kolli constantly injured.

Team for tomorrow I assume:

1. Nardi
2. Dunne
3. Paal
4. Edwards
5. Morrison
6. Field
7. Varane
8. Colback
9. Smyth
10. Dembele
11. No idea who can play up top. Yang?

It’s absolutely ridiculous how we went into the season with such poor planning. I make it that we have the following out:

1. Saito
2. JCS
3. Frey
4. Celar
5. Kolli
6. Chair

Just cannot see where the goals will come from.

So another game with no striker… on 19:10 - Apr 4 with 1966 views

Andybrat

So another game with no striker… on 18:46 - Apr 4 by numptydumpty

We do have a few that can be strikers but all of them have massive injury issues consistently Ted

Frey., Kolli, Lloyd and Celar all out or hampered in recovery and only striker is Kelman who is out on loan obviously.

I.understand we get strikers cheaper sometimes because they can be decent but often injured but crikey we did well to sell both non strikers in Dykes and Armstrong but replaced with like for like....

We could put Dunne up top. Decent target man but then it's likely we have Ashby on the right in defence.

Put Edwards up front. He scored with a header and seems to have played well in a few positions already........

That's an attempt at sarcasm BTW just in case anyone reads that differently...

[Post edited 4 Apr 18:51]

Surely Lloyd is fit ? If not someone up front from the DS surely has to make a debut.

Sam Field won’t last 90 but we do have cover for him.

Wish we could recall Charlie Kelman, mind you he would probably have done his hammy after one training session.

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So another game with no striker… on 19:13 - Apr 4 with 1941 views

lassel

So another game with no striker… on 18:44 - Apr 4 by simmo
In the same vain, but nowhere near as suicidal, we play Dunne up top and get players around him. He'd be a great target man if nothing else.

The form Dunne is in, he’d be more dangerous defending set pieces at our end.

So another game with no striker… on 19:17 - Apr 4 with 1917 views

lassel

So another game with no striker… on 18:33 - Apr 4 by derbyhoop
WLS reporting that Kolli has had a setback. He was expected back in training mid-late March. We're now into April, so someone's been telling porkies. He was shown in the training gallery and there was no news from Marti's interview.

Kolli was back training this week. I would guess his ‘setback’ was tightness in the hamstring which happens all the time. Can’t rush back from a hamstring injury unfortunately and no two are the same.

So another game with no striker… on 19:22 - Apr 4 with 1894 views

bosh67

No forwards again apart from Lloyd. No Kolli apparently.

1. Nardi
2. Dunne
3. Paal
4. Edwards
5. Morrison
6. Field
7. Varane
8. Colback
9. Smyth
10. Dembele
11. Lloyd

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So another game with no striker… on 19:48 - Apr 4 with 1786 views

colinallcars

So many injuries - this squad is making Taylor Richards look like Bomber Harris.

So another game with no striker… on 18:52 - Apr 5 with 1533 views

aston_hoop

Now that Alfie Lloyd is confirmed injured again, I think this can be revived. Thought he made a difference keeping their centre backs occupied today and leaves us with a big choice to make on Wednesday, who would everyone pick up front?

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So another game with no striker… on 18:58 - Apr 5 with 1503 views

dannyblue

Got to be Jimmy Dunne for me.

And if neither Varane nor Field can do 90 I'd also suggest Edwards in midfield.

Desperate times.

So another game with no striker… on 06:44 - Apr 6 with 1305 views

The_Beast1976

So another game with no striker… on 17:35 - Apr 4 by numptydumpty

Kolli has been affected by a setback
What a load of crock

Our physio and fitness teams are APPARENTLY the topz, then Wtf are so many predicted to return and then suffer setbacks

And so many pick up injuries between game

This all seems like BS spin

Our crack team of data recovery people should have recoveries off to a tee.

I don't believe the amount of setbacks - it's a weird smoke screen

If they have so many setbacks in recovery. I sometimes think this is blatant BS

The club thinks it can spin such BS !!!

We are football fans but we are not all dumb. We can read stuff and think that doesn't add up. If this is potentially happening and it's spin that very poor

If it's not spin, then it's also.very poor as the sports injuries and data team are not actually achieving in their job functions at all.

[Post edited 4 Apr 18:07]

I agree with this. Something doesn't smell right. I suspect that there is more to this than we are being told (and it doesn't involve players being injured).

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So another game with no striker… on 07:11 - Apr 6 with 1244 views

johnhoop

So another game with no striker… on 18:58 - Apr 5 by dannyblue
Got to be Jimmy Dunne for me. And if neither Varane nor Field can do 90 I'd also suggest Edwards in midfield. Desperate times.

100% in agreement and already suggested it in a post on the Match thread. I expect that it probably goes against all of Marti’s footballing principles to use a big defender as a number nine but if none of the four recognised strikers are available for Wednesday he needs to be practical and choose the player most suitable to give us an out ball from all the defending we’re obviously going to be doing against Oxford on Wednesday.Jimmy would probably win the vast majority of balls played up to him in the air and Smyth, Dembele etc could hope to profit from the knockdowns.
Given the lack of other options it surely has to be worth a try, for one half of the game at the very least. We know what a great header of the ball he is if crosses can be got in to him, the goal against Birmingham showed he knows where the net is and the penalty area pirouette at the end of the Leeds game revealed a surprising degree of skill.
With no one else to play there I really don’t see what we’ve got to lose by at least trying it.

So another game with no striker… on 07:24 - Apr 6 with 1206 views

QPROslo

So another game with no striker… on 07:11 - Apr 6 by johnhoop

Ashby would probably have to play RB.

So another game with no striker… on 08:04 - Apr 6 with 1150 views

johnhoop

So another game with no striker… on 07:24 - Apr 6 by QPROslo
Ashby would probably have to play RB.

To me that’s the only downside but we’ve used Edwards there before and I’d probably use someone like Morgan before resorting to Ashby.

So another game with no striker… on 08:19 - Apr 6 with 1121 views

stevec

Yes, we’re in a desperate situation up front, but if he plays another midget on his own again, I’ll crush a grape.

Big Jim up front, high balls, long balls, any balls, just don’t touch the floor with any of them.

Four at the back, big shouts of ‘hoof!’ And the ginga ninja screaming ‘to infinity and beyond’ as he leads five midfielders in a charge fit for the Alamo, after that second ball.

Passing is so last year, up at em and secure that precious 49th point.

So another game with no striker… on 08:24 - Apr 6 with 1093 views

Wegerles_Stairs

So another game with no striker… on 18:52 - Apr 5 by aston_hoop
Now that Alfie Lloyd is confirmed injured again, I think this can be revived. Thought he made a difference keeping their centre backs occupied today and leaves us with a big choice to make on Wednesday, who would everyone pick up front? https://www.westlondonsport.com/qpr/qpr-suffer-yet-another-injury-blow?utm_campa

Sutton. He's a striker, yes? So, after selling two strikers in the summer and signing only one, then not signing one in January, and having your Director of Performance phone it in from a beach in Dubai, you have no choice but to play the DS prospect.

So another game with no striker… on 08:27 - Apr 6 with 1098 views

QPROslo

So another game with no striker… on 08:04 - Apr 6 by johnhoop
To me that’s the only downside but we’ve used Edwards there before and I’d probably use someone like Morgan before resorting to Ashby.

I wouldn't want to use Morgan in the team at all based on his recent performances and definitely not at RB. It seems all too easy for opposition players to run past him in midfield and he's not good in the air. I thought that the one time Edwards looked out of position was when he played RB. I don't know if there is anybody in the Development squad who could do a job as striker at Championship/League 1 level, but I doubt Marti would want to reduce our defensive capability for the away game at Oxford, where with our large number of absentees a point is likely to be the realistic target. The Cardiff game would have been the better game to try Dunne as striker when Lloyd went off, if it's an option at all for Marti.

So another game with no striker… on 08:39 - Apr 6 with 1059 views

lassel

So another game with no striker… on 08:24 - Apr 6 by Wegerles_Stairs
Sutton. He's a striker, yes? So, after selling two strikers in the summer and signing only one, then not signing one in January, and having your Director of Performance phone it in from a beach in Dubai, you have no choice but to play the DS prospect.

Sutton is a left winger.

So another game with no striker… on 08:39 - Apr 6 with 1056 views

Hastings_Hoops

So another game with no striker… on 16:41 - Apr 4 by daveB
We struggle for goals with those 6 avaliable let alone without them We must have someone at the club who can play centre forward, Lloyd will have to start the game

Dunne?

So another game with no striker… on 08:53 - Apr 6 with 999 views

Wegerles_Stairs

So another game with no striker… on 08:39 - Apr 6 by lassel
Sutton is a left winger.

Ah sorry, thought he was a centre forward. Oops, we're f*cked on Wednesday then.

So another game with no striker… on 09:08 - Apr 6 with 956 views

themodfather

goals have been a n issue for a long time but as for now, i thought after Celar got injured for the season, we had to get a loanee in during january window and did not do that .

So another game with no striker… on 09:50 - Apr 6 with 867 views

francisbowles

I'd leave the defence and midfield as it was in yesterday's starting line up. I'd go with Marti's replacement, Bennie. He seems to be the best option for a bit of physicality up front, without disrupting the rest of the team.

So another game with no striker… on 11:27 - Apr 6 with 727 views

stevec

So another game with no striker… on 09:08 - Apr 6 by themodfather
goals have been a n issue for a long time but as for now, i thought after Celar got injured for the season, we had to get a loanee in during january window and did not do that .

Indeed. The big worry was the Board assuming the good run meant safety and thought might as well just get through till the end of the season.

We are paying for that now.

So another game with no striker… on 14:07 - Apr 6 with 596 views

derbyhoop

So another game with no striker… on 18:39 - Apr 4 by numptydumpty

They said Lloyd wasn't fit to start last week but he played at full pelt for 50 minutes

I think he could well have picked up groin strain in training though as he was clearly loaded badly last game.....

Load of.old tosh is my view

Speak in English and yes clear out the data and injury specialists and if you have to have them try not to be bamboozled by big words and focus on what they will actually achieve. This definitely needs monitoring. The injuries are destroying our seasons again !!!

[Post edited 4 Apr 18:40]

So, all those bemoaning the fact that Lloyd didn't start at Stoke should have seen the reason yesterday. He had to go off after 54 minutes and, judging by the way he was hobbling, I think he may not play again this season.

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So another game with no striker… on 18:32 - Apr 6 with 448 views

VancouverHoop

I suspect a problem with using a defender as striker is that he's liable to caught offside a lot. Particularly as he's likely to be a 'back-to-the goal' type.

So another game with no striker… on 18:49 - Apr 6 with 399 views

numptydumpty

So another game with no striker… on 14:07 - Apr 6 by derbyhoop
So, all those bemoaning the fact that Lloyd didn't start at Stoke should have seen the reason yesterday. He had to go off after 54 minutes and, judging by the way he was hobbling, I think he may not play again this season.

From memory it was a bad challenge on Lloyd yesterday that crocked him.

If they were abiding by their strict policies on loading, he would have been on the bench again or taken off at half time.

Whatever it is, players are injured way too often.

Whether that's recruitment, poor injury management or poor re introduction to training and game time.

Possibly a combination of all of those.

Heads need to roll in the back room teams for me, starting with smarty pants on the beach in Dubai.

Got to say about Ben Williams - fair play to the man, he has at least three very well paid jobs that he is processing whilst sitting around a pool in all year round sunshine.

The man has his head screwed on right, and you have to admire this despite his performances buggering us up allegedly!@!

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