Imagine if we had Defoe/Ba/ Prolific striker this season....

[chopperscfc]

We'd easily be top half, proves what spending money on a decent striker can do, eg. lukkaku at west brom and everton

[jeycov]

Any prolific striker joining the club, would see us in the top 10

1, (and most importantly) we need to identify such a player
2. We need to be an attractive enough football club to get them to sign for us
3. We need have the finances to buy such a player and also to afford the wages.

Tall order but it can be done

[salopstick]

spending the money isnt always the problem

getting them to sign is

[mrred]

Exactly the reason they play for top clubs.

[unknown182]

Berbatov is available on a free in the summer. He's getting on a bit now though.

[Deleted]

We have the carrot in Bego and that seems the only way we will get a decent striker at Stoke part exchange for someone who is unhappy to be sitting on a bench, ofc it would help if someone like Man C, Chelski, etc were to subsidise their wages as has been done with other teams.

Few here that would do^ bleacherreport.com/articles/1823245-20-players-that-need-a-change-of-scenery-come-january#/articles/1823245-20-players-that-need-a-change-of-scenery-come-january/page/2

[dieguito88]

Mitroglu could be a solution

[Deleted]

The reason we struggle in signing them is simple......wages!

[Deleted]

I'm sure there are 19 other teams in the league wondering how different their season could be if they'd got another key player in. Unfortunately, we didnt. Main thing is to find out why we didn't. That is where there's going to be so many interlinked and underlying issues that.

I know this could be a bit drastic, but say if we got the opportunity to get a class striker in but couldn't due to the salary restrictions, would you pay up Crouch/Jones/Palacios/N.E Other to be able to do so? That money would then be classed as severance and not be allocated to the wage bill.

[Danstoke82]

Is Demba Ba injured or simply not picked by Chelsea at the moment?

[mrcholmondleywarner]

Oct 29, 2013 13:10:16 GMT Danstoke82 said:

Is Demba Ba injured or simply not picked by Chelsea at the moment?

I think it's his knee

[iglugluk]

unfortunately we did have Ba signed then fucked it up.

[expat]

With our current wage structure, we need to either find a bargain from abroad (like Swansea did with Michu), or get an promising youngster from one of the top clubs (like West Brom and Everton did with Lukaku).

[mrpickles]

I think we're a goalscorer and a holding midfielder short of a damn good side. The only problem is, that those two types of players are the hardest to find.

If we could somehow add Demba Ba and Youssouf Mulumbu to the squad, then we'd be laughing. The fact that, those two would be extremely unlikely/impossible, I think highlights my initial point.

Maybe Muniesa and Diouf could offer the same as those two?

[Stafford-Stokie]

Oct 29, 2013 13:26:48 GMT iglugluk said:

unfortunately we did have Ba signed then fucked it up.

If we had signed Ba, which I trust the clubs as to why we didn't, do you really think he would still be here now?

[Pugsley]

Oct 29, 2013 18:07:15 GMT Stafford-Stokie said:

Oct 29, 2013 13:26:48 GMT iglugluk said:

unfortunately we did have Ba signed then fucked it up.

If we had signed Ba, which I trust the clubs as to why we didn't, do you really think he would still be here now?

Would he balls, the mercenary twat.

[iglugluk]

Oct 29, 2013 18:07:15 GMT Stafford-Stokie said:

Oct 29, 2013 13:26:48 GMT iglugluk said:

unfortunately we did have Ba signed then fucked it up.

If we had signed Ba, which I trust the clubs as to why we didn't, do you really think he would still be here now?

No!!..but he would have scored loads while he was

[bolders]

and we would of had a good return on him when we did sell him