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Because Martin see's Cullen as a number #9 regardless of wether or not we agree. He said it outright, "Cullen is a number 9". So that is two strikers going for 1 spot. Currently we have 4 senior CB's. One is out for the season, two look to be leaving and one is terrible. So, one (poor) CB going for 2 slots makes it an issue and most definitely no.1 priority position.

We won't be signing a striker until we've sorted the defence and midfield with regards to players going or coming in.

Nothing will happen with striker till the last day of the window and at best it'll be a loan. RM has stated we have 2 #9's and Reid who can play there. wether we like/agree with it or not, it is not a priority and will be the last thing we look at if we even do.

.....that would be a "no".

This is exactly what I thought. This is far worse.

I just saw that. Never heard of the guy but hopefully a fresh start for certain players that Clarke has just been ignoring.

100%. Especially if they try and get Mavididi. We will be suckered into some sort of quid pro quo negotiating that we will lose.

Imagine Harry Souttar but not as fast, not as good in the air and not as good on the ball, and smaller. Let me put it this way, he's probably Scotlands 4th choice CB.... and he would cost a few million.

We are all going to have hair like him and/or Oliver Skipp if we keep trying to play from the back with him in goal.

Pish!

I'm not football manager but should a possession based team not be able to pass the ball to one another?

As long as they bus goes through Sheffield.

F*****g Souttar!! Get him gone.

Does McCarthy know that we play in blue?

Terrible first half although Braybrooke, Alves and Joseph have been bright spots.

I think it'll be Cullen up top with Boaby behind him an Alves on the left.

I'm not convinced BDCR starts up top. Yesterday he said Bobby CAN play there because he played there last time he was i. League 1 but he said Cullen WAS a #9.

I agree. I think we are going to have massive amounts of possession in most games but I think we will struggle to make create chances due to teams sitting so deep so it will come down to having a striker who can make our opportunities count.

Wether you think Cullen is a striker or not or if he is good enough or not is irrelevant. Martin DOES think he is a #9 he said exactly that today and has played him as a 9 previously so clearly thinks he's good enough. We need to face the fact that he was brought in as a striker and him and Bristric will be our two main options.

If he doesn't, I will!

Maybe but the sentence "he is a no.9" seems pretty definitive to me, especially considering that Martin played his as a no.9 almost exclusively last time Cullen played for him.

No but he says outright there that he thinks Cullen is a #9 so I don't imagine he will be looking at having 3 senior strikers for 1 position.

I SUSPECTED that this would be the case but HOPED it wasn't. Who was the fella on here who was saying we were actively chasing another striker and where close?

A lot of "page replacement" comments but I honestly think Page will be seen as one of the 2 man CM's. That's if he does stay. The fact that we've left the #6 free too suulggests we will be signing one though..

Vietes.