New signing - Pyke on loan

[welshian]

Originally Posted by Birdy

Makes you question where the £600k from season ticket sales has gone?

And all the profit from the concerts.

[Redordead]

Bring back the deadly strike force of the 13/14 season

Ogleby, Ormerod, Anyinsah, Bishop, Reid

[NedStarksGhost]

Originally Posted by red under the bed

We could not afford Cook...Hewas probably lined up for football league club already.
As already pointed out previously this is a loan and will be covered by parent club...
Aside from this is Pyke a creator ,sets them up ,stretches defences player ? Yet
Does anyone know ? He may do some of that as a striker

I didn't say Cook was a viable target, but my point was you seemed to have this idea that signing a youth player from a top flight club would be better than a pub player from this league. But if anything signing a proven goal scorer at this level makes more sense?

And he's been signed as a striker according to Twitter, so I think it is fair to assume he has been signed to score goals. And even if he has been signed to do those things, we still haven't signed someone who we know will take those chances he may create.

[NedStarksGhost]

Originally Posted by NottsRed

If he's costing us nothing then that raises some serious questions about what our budget is this season. We were promised quality signings and we have what three permanent signings, one of which is his first contract.

How many full times did we release last season?

Considering we have been promised a small squad of quality I would hope Pyke is squad filler. But I'm getting more concerned that this isn't the case.

[Birdy]

Originally Posted by wrexhamforever16

I reckon the person who tweeted 'Cheeky signing' has clearly heard the rumour of Cheek and has teased us with it. Could well still be on..

Or they are taking the piss.

[Birdy]

Originally Posted by short_gog

When is the last time we got in "proven" strikers ? Ormerod ? Rush ? Did they work out ?

Lol Rush is an example from 20 years ago.

[Omni]

Originally Posted by NottsRed

If he's costing us nothing then that raises some serious questions about what our budget is this season. We were promised quality signings and we have what three permanent signings, one of which is his first contract.

Apologies, I didn't realise that he was our final signing this summer. In that case it is worrying that we've spent all our budget on 3 players.

Alternatively I suppose you could argue that Ricketts had the chance to bring a young, pacy striker in for nothing while he continues to look for players to bolster the squad.

I guess we'll never know. Unless we wait and see of course, but why do that when you can a meltdown instead.

[NottsRed]

Originally Posted by Omni

Apologies, I didn't realise that he was our final signing this summer. In that case it is worrying that we've spent all our budget on 3 players.

Alternatively I suppose you could argue that Ricketts had the chance to bring a young, pacy striker in for nothing while he continues to look for players to bolster the squad.

I guess we'll never know. Unless we wait and see of course, but why do that when you can a meltdown instead.

I didn't say that he was our final signing merely raised the point that we released several full time high earning players last season which would have freed up a good chunk of money. Add to this high season ticket sales and BTB. TBH if we were bringing in a youth striker I would have rather had the one we had on loan last season for 10 games. Can't remember his name but he looked lively and caused trouble but didn't score. I can't even remember Pyke playing for us.

As for having a meltdown well all I can say is we where promised quality signings. On paper I think the midfield is stronger but upfront we are still seriously lacking a goal threat. If Ricketts does have funds and brings and manages to get someone like Cheek in then fair enough. As it stands though if that's our front line for the season then we will struggle again

[Phils-an-alki]

Originally Posted by Omni

He may be uninspiring but I'd hardly call getting a young striker on a development loan a huge risk. It's more than likely he costing us nothing, so it's not like we're wasting money on him.

Doubt he’s costing nothing for a whole season loan. It’s a huge risk because he’s scored zero goals so far in his career