No I made it up, as nothing else makes any sense.
Did you read my post on it or was it too long and boring?
And I mean this in the nicest possible way, did that not demonstrate just how poor heās been?
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No I donāt read all of your posts ā¦ sorry
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Fair enough but then youāre being very selective in whatās forming your opinion of DJ.
Literally scored in his last game for us 
Just like Rollinā¦
Yeah? doesnāt change the objection to your point.
Iām not, I understand he has his limitations.
But I canāt see that our other strikers offer much more, and whilst weāre struggling up top why wouldnāt he get a better chance.
Heās not getting a fair crack.
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I read all of your posts x
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Mate I genuinely believe what we have is Hobsons choice.
I mean neither of them start. So itās not like heās starting over DJ (DJ has 10 league starts DJT has 4) and they have both appeared off the benchā¦DJT 19 times and DJ 10, but 8 of DJTs were while DJ was injuredā¦ā¦so arguably DJ may have come on before him had he been availableā¦ā¦
So itās not entirely accurate to say DJT is played instead of DJ although that may have happened on occasions.
Butā¦ā¦one of them doesnāt really look like finishing a chance but has a physical presence, pace to threaten teams in order to make them defend deeper or hit on the counter and wins more than his share of headers (like for Faals goal yesterday)
ā¦ā¦and the other MAY be in the right place for a tap in IF he manages to get up with play bearing in mind many of our attacks start from our own half and countering (we donāt do well with possession remember 
) but really struggles to defend, press, win duels or threaten behind (which allows teams to press high and play in our half more)
What Iām saying is if you feel neither are much of a direct goal threat (for differing reasons) then you may as well go with the one that at least may contribute elsewhereā¦.
I know itās not ideal and in an ideal world you have both or you are a team that can accommodateā¦.
But we donātā¦and we arenātā¦.
And I know you will counter this with a) why sign him or who signed him - I have no idea!!! Or b) he hasnt had a chance - which Iāve proved he has.
I donāt have the answers Iām saying what I seeā¦.im not saying Iām right Iām just offering an alternativeā¦.
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I get that and what youāre saying But if you read my other post youāll see that he has had a more than a fair chanceā¦.
Not really, especially when you look at the form of both Matt and Gordon.
Matt canāt last anymore than 45 mins.
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Are we likely to rekindle our interest in Luke Young over the summer? Seems like a good pro and at 31/32 has bags of experience. Has only managed around 20 games for Wrexham in their promotion season so likely to be released in the summer.
Hopefully, the players that Sadler can attract this summer will be of a higher calibre after the season weāve just enjoyed. People talk (rightly) about the wages that Walsall will pay, but players want to be in the promotion shake up (why wouldnāt they?) and we should be able to convince prospective free agents far more convincingly now that we have a bit more of a settled squad.
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But look at what Iāve said to Thannyā¦.
Iām not saying any of our strikers are proving to be prolific but if none of them are looking likely goalscorers you may as well take the ones that offer other things and hope / trust that goals will come from elsewhereā¦ā¦which they have as weāve out scored each of the previous X amount of seasons already.
Ok. Cool.
Question thenā¦
Would you give new contracts to Matt, Gordon and DJT?
Oohā¦.ouchā¦.tough one thanks mateā¦ā¦
I may have to sit on the fence here a bitā¦
Jamilleā¦.
Itās clear what he offersā¦.when fitā¦.but I can agree with peopleās frustrations that to have a forward who you kind of know canāt manage much football is no good.
It would depend on whether this current issue is a degenerative one due to his age and condition or something that can be sorted and put behind him.
I think there will always be something with Jamille now so itāll depend very much on :-
How much he wants to keep playingā¦ā¦
What he wants and whether heād accept a performance based contractā¦ā¦
How much of an influence he is around the place even when not playing (I think this is positive)
Would I? Yes probably one year.
Josh Gordonā¦ā¦
You know what, I think I would. I think his attributes outweigh his faults and if he can find some goalscoring form (10 league goals) I think the rest of his game balances off to a positive and he can lead a line.
DJTā¦.
I really donāt know. He hasnāt played enough football to show the improvement I think he has potential to showā¦ā¦
I actually think he has something to offer. I agree with someone else (canāt remember who but may have been PT?) who said heād probably get more games if we played a back 4 and wide attackers?
If I said yes it would be under the understanding that heād get more starts or would go on loan til Xmas.
I know people wonāt like it but in terms of forwards heās still very young and he has shown improvement and attributesā¦ā¦maybe just not often enough?
Iāll counter all of the above by saying itās possible those three wouldnāt be first choice - possibly only JG - and weād need to sign a star manā¦.a decent no 9 who can play 40 games and hit 20 goals (all comps)
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Matt Iād give another year, DJT Iād move on and Gordon Iād try and bring in someone better over him.
Two new strikers, Faal, Matt and Johnson as our strikers would be fine for me.
Thatās a very long answer for an ouch question 
But thank you!
I wouldnāt keep any of them.
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I prefer a striker to be able to score a goal not just being able to run around. If weād have had one yesterday who could put the ball in the net instead of the stands then we may have had a different result.
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