When asked today if he was looking to sign a striker in January, AP said: "I haven’t seen these players yet and I don’t know what they can offer. When you play a different way, which I do, some offensive players might get more joy so Rodriguez, Robson-Kanu, Phillips, Rondon, there’s enough talent there so let’s see if it comes through. If it comes through before January then I might not need anyone".
Any of our strikers could suddenly click with what's going to be a new style of play. For example, some are saying that Rodriguez is rubbish, but he scored 17 goals in 39 appearances for Southampton in the Premier League in 2013-14. Rondon himself scored 110 goals in 291 appearances before he joined us and has scored for Zenit St Petersburg (who are no mugs) in Europe, not to mention 19 goals in 66 appearances for Venezuela. No matter what some may so, he knows where the net is.
Pulis's "coaching" has inevitably not done any of our strikers any favours over the past 3 years, but AP's approach could well reignite a spark in one or more of them. Fingers crossed that he can.....