[Link] Billy Sharp

Or perhaps refusing to sign a footballer outside of Britain because many don't know about them shows a lack of football knowledge. :smiley-laughing002:

His record in the Championship is nothing special, a league which isn't at all that great and where there is a lot of goal gluts. He's really not the answer.

 

The thing is though he wouldnt be coming in as number 1 striker. He'd be coming in to compete with Stokes and Balde as 2nd choice and he's better than them.

The Championship is about the 12th strongest League in Europe

2009-now
Sharp 59 goals in 127 Championship games
McDonald 37 goals in 120 Championship games

If Sharp's name was Giannis Papadopulous and he was a Greece international(as if he was Greek he'd most likely have plenty of caps for them, same if he was Austrian, Bulgarian, Finnish, Icelandic etc) coming from the Belgian League for £2million with the same scoring record people would be wanking at the thought. But because he's English from the Championship people act like snobs "he doesnt have a fancy enough name" - "hes not coming from a foreign League". PS. Not just Greek coming from the Belgian League but basically any foreign country and League would be the same if he was Bulgarian, Polish, Finnish, Austrian and coming from any of those kind of Leagues.

 

Agreed. I think he'd be a good enough player, wouldn't cost much either.

 

Yeah, but a few seem to be implying he could be 1st choice, which he isn't good enough for. He would be good backup but we don't need more backup, we need players good enough to walk into the starting XI.

 

I can see your point but I don't think that's really true. A few have doubted Finnbogason/Pukki because they don't know a lot about them and they think people are wanking over their records.

I don't speak for everyone, but I'll take any player from any league as long as they are good enough. I just don't think Sharp is all that great and not what who we should be getting.

 

People can imply what they want though as he wouldnt be first choice striker.... unless he was scoring 1 goal a game over a season and forced his way in to 1st choice or if Pukki was *.

He'd be a step up in 2nd choice compared to Miku, Lassad, Bangura, Murphy, Brozek and all that who have all attempted to get ahead of Stokes but failed.

 

Depending on who we sign he may well end up first choice striker.
I cant see Celtic getting nir biton and two strikers in the door this week....we are careful and slow in our dealings and i think time is against us.

 

Last year we signed Lassad, Miku and Ambrose - I think all on the last day?

 

Yeah, but we already have Stokes, Balde and Watt, we should be sharing out game time between them and a new striker rather than bringing in Sharp alongside them which will just cause mass competition for game time in the striker position. Balde and Watt are two young "projects" who need to be given regular game time to continue their progress.

 

Lenny has said all along he wants two strikers

 

Two of those were loan deals,if we get more last day panic loan deals it will suck.

 

But do we really need them? 4 strikers is fine. We also have Sammy who Lenny seems to like playing up front. Investment would be better placed on a playmaker, a centre back and perhaps a defensive midfielder.

 

We do.

Lenny doesn't like playing Sammy upfront, he's the one that made sure to move him to midfield and keep him away from the front 2.

Balde and Watt aren't proven goalscorers, they are young and raw and are works in progress. Pukki is the quality that we want, a youngish proven player, Stokes is a proven SPL player and Sharp is a player in his prime with a fantastic record. 3 proven goalscorers, 2 something different could be very good players.

 

Goals goals and again goals.
Even this borat goalkeeper said before the last game celtic have no goals in the team.
And he was right,watt and balde are not good enough just now.
To many of our goals have come from other players and not the strikers.
Our defence is a mess but we have signed defenders and they just have to be given some time i hope.

 

As you say, they are raw talents at the minute, but the only way to try and make them the finished article, is to give them game time. I think if we were to sign Pukki, then that would be enough in the striking department in my opinion. Balde looks like he has something, and he really needs games to be fair. I would rather we signed one striker, because we need one, and give game time to Watt and Balde and try and progress them instead. And we would still have a proven SPL striker in Stokes as well.

 

I know Lenny moved him to left mid where he flourished, but he does get the occasional nod to play up front, like last week.

Balde and Watt will score goals in the SPL, a lot of players can, we don't need to worry about who can score in the SPL, we should worry about who can score in Europe.

 

He played upfront last week because we had no other realistic options, except Balde, who Lenny doesn't trust yet.

2 strikers are a must for me, 2 reliable goalscorers.

 

Samaras can still play well as a striker, with a partner up front though. He's not the sort of player who'll score 20-25 goals as a season. Balde and Watt are still raw, Stokes is a good goalscorer at SPL level so we do need another striker in, preferably two

 

By 4 strikers, I meant Stokes, Balde, Watt and a poacher who we will sign. If Sharp isn't going to make an impact in Europe and lead the line, then we should be spending money on depth in other areas.

We need a poacher, yes, but we also lack creativity from a playmaker which we will need in Europe. We should be looking for that type of player rather than another striker to add depth.

 

We don't have the luxury of time to play these guys right now,we need 2 more strikers in who'll do the business in Europe for us.