Striker

Quoted from headingly_mariner

I think we need a Number 10 more than a striker. I really like rose leading the line. He needs a creative player inside or alongside him to really hurt teams in the space he creates.

Definitely this. We don't have runners from midfield and the wide players aren't filling the box when the ball is on the opposite flank so Rose is isolated. But give him someone to utilise the chaos that he creates and it's a different ball game.

Ill judge once ive seen pyke and wilson play more, my guess is that hursts masterplan involved one of those two somehow, cant imagine his plan for the season was rose upfront on his own every game and both of those players on the bench

Quoted from headingly_mariner

I think we need a Number 10 more than a striker. I really like rose leading the line. He needs a creative player inside or alongside him to really hurt teams in the space he creates.

I think Rose can do either role.  Be it leading the line or the one who works off someone, he's got the attributes to do both.  But he can't do both, which is what we're asking of him at the minute.  

From the limited bits I've seen of them Pyke looks like someone who wants to lead the line so I guess a pairing of those two would see Rose drop a little, whereas Wilson looks to work off someone which would see Rose go back to a No 9 type role.

Just on numbers alone, we need another striker in.  I just hope it's of high quality rather than a Tom Dickson-Peters type squad filler.

we play one up front that will be rose got pyke wilson when fit that can also play up there unless it's an improvement i dont see the point of another young bench warmer

Quoted from headingly_mariner

I think we need a Number 10 more than a striker. I really like rose leading the line. He needs a creative player inside or alongside him to really hurt teams in the space he creates.

Couldn't we utilise Vernam or Eisa to do that? Why the hell we are playing with one up front when we could make adjustments in the existing squad is baffling.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

Couldn't we utilise Vernam or Eisa to do that? Why the hell we are playing with one up front when we could make adjustments in the existing squad is baffling.

Eisa's played there, he looked lost, he's scoring goals out on the left why on earth would you then move him?

Vernam needs to get some confidence back in himself before he's anywhere near the 11 imo

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

Couldn't we utilise Vernam or Eisa to do that? Why the hell we are playing with one up front when we could make adjustments in the existing squad is baffling.

Vernams can do the Macatee thing when he’s up to speed . He looks a bit low on confidence and fitness too me . Eisa needs a free role to use that sledgehammer as much as possible

Quoted from Hagrid

Eisa's played there, he looked lost, he's scoring goals out on the left why on earth would you then move him?

Vernam needs to get some confidence back in himself before he's anywhere near the 11 imo

Eisa looked lost full stop at first, but once the first goal went in he got some confidence. Surely he would be even more of a threat and involved behind Rose?

Vernam is not working at the minute so perhaps a change of position would work wonders?

In any event we cannot go on with one striker with our quality of players supporting him so my solution would be to try something different with our current personnel rather than keep playing in a way that is bringing just about zero chances and efforts on goal.

Wherever he would play, without Eisa's spectacular goals we would be really worried.

I  seew Rotherham have just splashed £1 million on a striker from Exeter, perhaps with the goodwill for a former
club legend thery could loan us someone whos going down the striker pecking order, what has hgappened to
Tom Eaves? he was at Rotherham last time i heard and used to be prolific for Gillingham at league 1 and 2 (38 goals in 84 games, scored 14 for Hull at Championship level as well, hasnt done anything for Rotherham, but perhaps  he could get his goal scoring Mojo back at league 2 level? 6ft 3 too, so a physical prescence.

Quoted from GrimPol

Of course, we are assuming that it's the players not capable or not wanting to run onto headed balls. It could be that's how they are trained/programmed to play.
Take out Abo Eisa stunning goals (I can't remember the last Town player capable of that) and Towns showing has been, to be kind, average.

McAtee?