[seteefeet]

Blimey, i'd forgot we had Oli Burke on the books still! 

Zohore is one to forget as well unfortunately

[gazberg]

Zohore is one to forget as well unfortunately

Agreed, nearly £20m between the 2. If we got 5 back i'd be amazed.

[jim68]

Poor today and did nothing to warrant a place on bench back to 23s with A new striker urgently required

alarminly one with pace who can run

[Wbamitch]

I actually thought he was better than Austin, moved a couple of times then went down and that was about it.

[cads_ap_albion]

He had minimal service tbf to Zohore today.

[TheBrom]

Quite simply the worst centre forward we have had since the days of evans and Quinn. Would be a waste of wages on a free transfer but the fact we have paid for him is extraordinary. Cardiff must have laughed their heads off when we put a bid in for him.

Bit harsh that. No one turned up against Barnsley.

HRK and Austin didn't exactly cover themselves in glory either, give the guy a chance he's hardly played this season.

[skyclad99]

For all the price LD gets for our summer what was he thinking paying the reported fee for Zohore?

Do you know for a fact that LD was totally responsible?

He didn't do much yesterday, but neither did HRK and Austin. On another thread many are saying that collectively we were not at the races, so to condemn an Albion player for a 25 minute cameo with no meaningful service up front [for all three strikers] is a bit harsh.

We need to give the lad a chance.

[BigFrank20]

He was no worse, and yes no better, than Austin but as said elsewhere the service to him was pretty dire and Charlie really should have scored his one on one with their goalie first half

[baggie38]

Do you know for a fact that LD was totally responsible?

He didn't do much yesterday, but neither did HRK and Austin. On another thread many are saying that collectively we were not at the races, so to condemn an Albion player for a 25 minute cameo with no meaningful service up front [for all three strikers] is a bit harsh.

We need to give the lad a chance.

Yes and I know Billic didn't want him I know that for a fact

[skyclad99]

Yes and I know Billic didn't want him I know that for a fact

Fair enough - I do know that you have been privy to decent info in the past.

If that is the case then it will be interesting to see how we go forward on this. I still maintain that he needs to be given the opportunity though......

[zippyandbungle]

Fair enough - I do know that you have been privy to decent info in the past.

If that is the case then it will be interesting to see how we go forward on this. I still maintain that he needs to be given the opportunity though......

I have said similar....but yesterday he showed almost zero effort.
You would assume that a player in is position would at the very least show willing ?

[skyclad99]

I have said similar....but yesterday he showed almost zero effort.
You would assume that a player in is position would at the very least show willing ?

First game back for a few weeks so again, needs to get up to speed. We afforded the same time to Charlie and he has started to come good.

I would agree with you that he needs to show willing, but our service to the number 9 position for the past couple of games has been very poor

[Albionic]

Do you know for a fact that LD was totally responsible?

He didn't do much yesterday, but neither did HRK and Austin. On another thread many are saying that collectively we were not at the races, so to condemn an Albion player for a 25 minute cameo with no meaningful service up front [for all three strikers] is a bit harsh.

We need to give the lad a chance.

Saved me having to type that, thank you

[frazzle]

From the tv he looked ok to me. Austin did nothing and Kanu did the usual where he worked hard but often turns into trouble. I’d like to see more of Zohore as I’ve not seen him on the pitch enough to figure out if there is any potential in him.

[caravanc58]

Don't get how he was in the squad considering he's hardly played for the reserves yet Willock has done good but nowhere to be seen. I'd have thought rotating the squad would've given Willock a chance.

[wbako]

Look, I think Zohore has been an awful signing but don't get the criticism of him yesterday. From where I was stood, he gave his all and made some decent runs (something I have been critical of previously).

[SmethDan]

Seemed ok to me and I thought he should've been introduced earlier. Then again I was watching the game through Guinness goggles. To qualify that, the Guinness goggles didn't prevent me from seeing how largely ineffectual we were as a team yesterday.

[zippyandbungle]

Look, I think Zohore has been an awful signing but don't get the criticism of him yesterday. From where I was stood, he gave his all and made some decent runs (something I have been critical of previously).

I think this shows how different people view stuff
Up until yesterday I was all for giving him a chance, imo yesterday’s performance was one of the most pathetic of any Albion player I have seen in the flesh

[baggie82]

I think this shows how different people view stuff
Up until yesterday I was all for giving him a chance, imo yesterday’s performance was one of the most pathetic of any Albion player I have seen in the flesh

He only had 28 minutes in a team on the back foot and hasn’t played for months. Can we really read too much into yesterday? I was worried when we spent big on him given his patchy goal scoring record and he hasn’t done much, but he also hasn’t been involved for a while.

[Baggies]

Impossible to judge him on that performance as the team just were not with it, but his lack of game time or impact highlights why we shouldn't get carried away with Dowling's work in the summer. He got some things right, Bilic got others right and they both got some things very wrong.

Zohore at 7 mil looked bad at the time and looks worse now.

[darbolina]

Zohore as a signing simply hasn't worked out. Perhaps the best bet is for us to shift him or loan him and bring in some energy up front. Personally, I would as I think this season is too good a chance for us to miss out on through trying to rely on Austin and HRK up front for another half a season. I think another striker who can add a physical presence up front and even a another one who can finish (Gayle) would push us towards promotion.

[zippyandbungle]

Impossible to judge him on that performance as the team just were not with it, but his lack of game time or impact highlights why we shouldn't get carried away with Dowling's work in the summer. He got some things right, Bilic got others right and they both got some things very wrong.

Zohore at 7 mil looked bad at the time and looks worse now.

Well thank god we didn’t pay that

[Baggies]

Well thank god we didn’t pay that

At the time it was reported that the initial up front payment was £6 million with add ons to 7. I’ve seen nothing official to suggest it was much lower.

[overseas baggie]

At the time it was reported that the initial up front payment was £6 million with add ons to 7. I’ve seen nothing official to suggest it was much lower.

Same here.  I’ve seen £7m and €8.9m. Although the fee is “unofficial” publicly.

[Adder]

Sorry but the escalation in anti-Zohore feeling based on his opportunities on boxing day is out of proportion.

I'm pretty sure there's a player there which is why we signed him... but he definitely needs to put himself about a bit more and make more of what could be very limited opportunities in the team. In that formation though without any crosses going in and little pace in the team I'd definitely start him ahead of Austin.