Delort

Well I hope the lad does go on loan, gets the experience in English football and comes back full of goals.

Did both managers expect him to just slot into place ? new country, a new style of football. Even some big money signings take time to adjust, you only have to look at 1/2 the Spurs squad.

But why the panic ?? we’ll soon have Grant Holt back to fire us into the play-off’s. Were going with all old steady eddies it’s the safer bet for MacKay while the younger players, the one’s we spent alot of money on are left out to dry.

How are these players expected to improve ? for me 2 shit managers

To compare him with Ellington (a man who managed to average almost a goal every two games for us) is ridiculous. Though I would agree he has limited opportunities on the chances he has had he has looked slow with a poor touch and to most watching has looked out of his depth. Rosler and Mackay also must have watched him day in day out and decided he isn’t the answer. Surely of he was setting the world alight he would be playing in front of Fortune!

Couldn’t agree more with that, so I’ll say nowt!! ;)[/quote]

The game has moved on a lot since Duke was with us so I agree you cannot compare the two in any way. Duke did score loads of goals just as Fortune and Holt did before they came to us. They played in a tandem front 2 and profitted from their strike partner. Had Nathan still been with us the following seasons his strike rate would have gone down as it showed when he left. His stock plummeted when he went and he was never the great player we saw again. The modern frontman is a different animal nowadays and we may not see the likes of Ellington and Roberts unless the game reverts back to a more British style of playing.

Couldn’t agree more with that, so I’ll say nowt!! ;)[/quote]

The game has moved on a lot since Duke was with us so I agree you cannot compare the two in any way. Duke did score loads of goals just as Fortune and Holt did before they came to us. They played in a tandem front 2 and profitted from their strike partner. Had Nathan still been with us the following seasons his strike rate would have gone down as it showed when he left. His stock plummeted when he went and he was never the great player we saw again. The modern frontman is a different animal nowadays and we may not see the likes of Ellington and Roberts unless the game reverts back to a more British style of playing.[/quote]

Have you checked Fortune’s goalscoring reconrd before he joined us?
Eg, 11 goals in 80 games for West Brom and at least 3 of these were against us.

On a more general point, some forwards score wherever they go until they reach their level. Other forwards fit at a certain club or system.
We can’t afford a proven Championship striker such as Rhodes or McCormack and we can’t find one that fits into our system and scores goals yet. Delort was an expensive risk in terms of our budget, but none of us know the reason why he hasn’t been given a proper chance so far.
If he is to move on then maybe Mackay is looking for a replacement he believes can fit into his way of playing.

Speculation and personally I’ll wait a few more weeks to make a judgement which way our team is heading on the pitch.

I haven’t seen enough of him to judge really. It is a bit confusing why we seem to buy players but then don’t give them enough playing time to adjust / prove themselves?

Surely now wont be going anywhere with Holt’s injury.