We let go a few proven goal scoring threats from last season in Burns, Boyd and Cunningham. We haven't found anyone to replace them and it has clearly bit us in the ass this season. Boyd was the one I could see replicating the sort of form Burns showed and he was our future hope but we let him go. Then we cashed in on Burns while Kenny went back home. I'm sure we'll learn from this but it's a tough watching us struggle to score in attack where that was once our strength.
I think Ernie thought Sarpong would be this season's Burns and that just hasn't happened.
Do you want me to quote Sarpongs prior goal scoring record, before joining us?
I thought we needed a proper no 9 more than a Burns replacement anyway. I think our attacking style with Burns and Krishna trying to run onto balls or at players at pace had been ineffective the second half of last season because teams worked out how to defend it. But everything Ernie said about recruitment in the off season indicated he wanted a winger/forward to turn into a player like Burns, rather than an out and out striker to replace someone like Griffiths.