£1 million fee for Beckford Agreed - Hall to sign - NIXON

Keegan wrote:Nixon has re-affirmed that our Douglas is looking at "a big money striker" who is not Beckford. The suggestion from people in the know is that the search is on for a "20-goal a season" striker and that 2 potential targets have already been identified.

Target #1 was the front-runner for the slot until Target #2 became "available" and the preferred option. If you read between the lines, Marc Iles has interviews coming with 3 "30 goal strikers" in Walker, Whatmore and McGinlay while McGinlay has already weighed in on the need for a real goalscorer - the likes of which is not currently on the roster.

There is another ex-player whose name escapes me as I write this who has also made mention of the need for an "out and out" goal-getter and the fact that Nixon not only knows the name but has seen him play suggests that there very well may be a major announcement soon regarding both a pending arrival and pending departures. In keeping with our current theme, watch this space!

PS - Sorry for all the """"'s.

MartinBWFC wrote:Austin is not a 20 plus goalscorer.

Tigermin wrote:
The signing of Beckford gives more options up front,why ship anyone out ? We have been short of attacking options that excite for ages. If wee Douggie has been after him for so long then he obviously sees potential link ups within his existing front line. I would like it to be with our main man with ability to create space Ngog. Douggie wont let him go and is the one quality player who creates space and time for others and with potentially Eagles behind those front two then who knows ??

Tigermin wrote:

MartinBWFC wrote:Austin is not a 20 plus goalscorer.

The signing of Beckford gives more options up front,why ship anyone out ? We have been short of attacking options that excite for ages. If wee Douggie has been after him for so long then he obviously sees potential link ups within his existing front line. I would like it to be with our main man with ability to create space Ngog. Douggie wont let him go and is the one quality player who creates space and time for others and with potentially Eagles behind those front two then who knows ??

Keegan wrote:Douglas knows that we need to be able to rotate the team to do well in this league - accounting for injuries and lack of form etc. Our current strikers haven't shown a lot of goals among them and we have one less striker than we ended the season with so two new strikers isn't at all strange. Plus, one of them is quite likely to be headed for the exits (cough)Ngog(cough).

TheHateCamel wrote:There's a whisper starting up that Darren Bent may be the 20 a season man in question. On a free in a months time. Big wages but with no fee then it's a possibility in my opinion.