[wba1978]

It may sound perverse after the goals we have scored this season already but I honestly feel we need to buy strikers in the January window, one if not two. It's pretty clear that we are not great at defending but that was, as I recall, the same under Tony Mowbray. However, we had three strikers in Phillips, Bednar and Miller who scored for fun and which took immense pressure off the defence. Add to that a midfield of Koren, Morrison, Greening etc that also contributed their share of goals and it was no surprise we won the Championship. The current team is not a patch on Mowbray's side. Whilst I accept that we will probably never get another natural goalscorer like Phillips, Gayle is as close as we have, I believe. However, Rodriguez and Robson-Kanu are desperately inconsistent and whilst last night is obviously fresh in the memory, it's not the first time this season we've bemoaned their ability to put away clear cut chances. We just cannot afford to have strikers who keep passing up chances such as those last night; like many others on this board, I fear for us on Friday night if that happens again.
So, whilst the conversations have understandably focused upon bringing in better defenders as well as a dynamic midfielder, I don't think we should overlook the need to improve our forwards as I honestly don't feel either Rodriguez or HRK are good enough. Last night, against a team of extremely limited ambition, we should have won by a shedload. I fear this won't be the last time we'll say that this season.
Perhaps I'm being overly pessimistic and reacting too readily to the disappointment last night but I just feel those two aren't the answer.

I feel Yakou Meite from Reading could be a great acquisition.
Six goals this season for a poor team, and I think he's only 22 years old.
Though I doubt they would want to sell him...