Ireland are crying out for such a lad but what our best shot that we'll see one soon.

Idah looks a very good player but he hasn't put the ball in the net for club or country in any meaningful way that you would say he's a threat to the opposition.

Same can be said for connolly and parrott. 

Ferguson might have something about him but he's miles off senior football at 16.

We still select Shane Long in squads but even at his peak... 

Maguire isn't going to do it it seems.

We joke with having Duffy up front but this is no longer seen as appropriate banter as hes the only one that looks to be a treat on goal. 

We've played one up front, we've played 2 and even a front 3.

Is scully a possible answer.

We may have strikers emerging who are on the fringes of EPL teams, but he was different class. 

Idah there is every chance he will in time but needs to get a run of games Iat club level I feel. Parrott and Ferguson are very young still easy to forget Parrott is only 19. Scully looks a natural goalscorer will need to continue doing it when progressing through the ranks mind. Kavanagh and Mcgloughin again only kids but look really talented.

Obafemi has potentially got regular football now I'm excited to see what he can do he's well able to poach goals. There's plenty of potential time will tell can one of them become a Pukki Mitrovic Glen Murray David Healy type even. 

That would do another Robbie Keane is very hard to find! 

Idah's hold up play is excellent for one so young and Connolly, despite the recent ott (imo) criticism always causes defences problems any time I see him play. Both need regular football, but they both have something about them. The future is bright imo.

t_rAndy wrote: We should call this thread "Striker watch". We are desperate and all leads should be posted in here. Ferguson seems the most promising striker of potential top class but still way off

Idah, Connolly and Parrott looked unreal at that level too but its a massive step up to first team football, particularly at Premier League and Championship level. 

 

Yeah very true. He was so effective dropping deep, Wes-like at times or in former times even people like Andy Reid showed promise in that position and would be great if we had someone with that kind of control and vision. We don't really have anyone like that. Robbie Brady if he could get himself fit has a potential to 'do a job' but he looks like he can't achieve getting fully over his injuries 

Someone who could get 20 goals in a career would be a success in reality. At the moment we've 3 hopes, Idah, Parrott and Connolly. A year ago I'd have thrown Obafemi in there too. Really if we can get 10 years with 3 goals a year out of one them it'd be a success by international standards.

Parrott will hopefully hit 10 plus in League 1 admittedly! Scully is surely on for a big number too! The other 3 probably not will be interesting to see what Obafemi can do with a full season of games could get 10 plus! 4 in 28 in his first full PL season as a teen tells me he could dropping down a level hit 10 goals. Patience is definitely needed with them anyways. 

Really Robinson should be starting for us when fit. Hopefully he stays fit now!

Idah and Connolly suffer from been in the Premier League and will get very little game time, Parrott is still a bit too young.  

That's five good potential strikers, you would expect 2 will go onto have decent Ireland careers and maybe one of those a very good one. 

This country has been nothing short of a desert in terms of producing strikers.  In say the last 60 years who have we poduced from this island?

Don Givens

Frank Stepleton

Niall Quinn

Robbie Keane

Sidenote for Kevin Doyle

Embarrassing lack of decent strikers

Shane long deserves a shout here too

That's the spirit. 

Think the jump up from Leinster league could prove too much for big Dave

Hopefully with our new wave of attacking talent we can get goals from several players even if if there isn't one sole goalscorer. At the moment only our centre backs look like scoring some goals from our wing backs and midfield and yes our forwards would be nice.

Unfortunately most of them seem goal shy right now.

He easily could be I just left him out as until otherwise proven he doesn't seem that interested in playing for us.

Confident Parrott will get to the 20 mark, such a good player and has 15 years ahead of him

He scored over 180 goals for Ireland??

Keane was obviously our best ever goalscorer but he also played twice as much as most other players, his longevity is the biggest factor to there being such a gap between him and everybody else.

But you mentioned Obafemi, hes in the same position as Mipo having also turned down u21 call ups by Crawford.

He has but Obafemi has been capped for the senior side etc! He's a lot less likely to defect. Odubeko has shown no interest at frankly any stage!

That was a 10 minute cameo 3 years ago now. Hes scrubbed every reference of Ireland since from his social media accounts and removed all Ireland pics. Doesn't follow the FAI anymore ..and as I said hes recently rejected u21 call ups.

I dont think theres much of a chance of defecting though because he'd be way down the pecking order for both Nigeria and England but he might not be all that arsed playing Internationally for anyone.

Lol not my finest moment.