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'We just need a striker' and 'maybe Snoop can entice Vardy'
We asked for your thoughts after Swansea City beat Sheffield United 1-0 at the Stadium to give Alan Sheehan's side their first points in the Championship this are some of your comments:Alan: "A good win but we need more signings. Certain players in that team need replacing. A striker is a must. Cullen is simply not good enough. Why didn't they play Bobby Wales from the beginning ?Neil: "Excellent against Sheff Utd. New players looked settled which is pleasing. A striker is still needed to bolster up front."Michael: "If we take anything from the Watford game, it's a solid start. A lot of players have come in that need time to gel and will improve. I think we've recruited well but still a bit thin in some areas. The Middlesbrough and Sheffield Utd game really do highlight the need for a quality striker as I don't think Cullen or Vipotnik are the answer. Bobby Wales has a promising future ahead but he isn't the finished article yet."Ron: "We need to get the centre forwards scoring. If not then replace them with incoming talent."Erfan: "A good start to the season but I think we still need to solidify our attacking options. Missed out on McBurnie but maybe Snoop and the boys can entice Vardy down."Gary: "We just need a striker, an actual bona fide, out-and-out striker. Not Cullen - he was all at sea against Sheff Utd - and Bobby Wales should have been given at least 20 mins. I cannot believe the manager can't see it, it's been obvious for the last two seasons."Robert: "Same old format. We have a high percentage of procession and find it difficult to score. A good manager should be able to select a team and have the ability to change things if they are not producing the results. Winning by a single goal has been our downfall in so many games. If we are serious about being back in the Premiership we need to improve in recent performances."Joel: " Sheehan is building solid foundations and a team with grit. I think it's better to do that than to expect to score loads of goals straight away, but concede loads at the same time. Let them get their rhythm first. But another striker and back-up left back are needed."Brian: "We are solid at the back and good going forward but we are desperate for an out and out striker. We should have got something out of the Middlesbrough game, and the amount of chances we had against Sheffield Utd it should have been 4-0 - we can't waste chances like this in the Championship."Richard: "Far too early to assess the Swans. I'm just praying that they bring in a decent striker,as it's clear that they are going to struggle to score if they don't. I will keep everything crossed."
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9 hours ago
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Forward Lankshear confident Oxford can compete
Will Lankshear scored his first EFL goal in Oxford United's 3-2 loss at Hull City on Sunday, but it was a bittersweet moment for the on-loan Tottenham Hotspur forward scored the U's first equaliser at the MKM Stadium before they were eventually beaten by a 93rd-minute Oli McBurnie strike."I need to keep building and just want to help the team win now," the 20-year-old told BBC Radio Oxford."I won't be settling on just this one, and want to score as many as I can for this club. I'm really enjoying my time so far and even in the short amount of time I've played I feel I've come on massively."Lankshear spent the final three months of last season on loan at West Bromwich Albion where he failed to score in four starts, and he has been on the losing side in both of Oxford's Championship games this season, with Sunday's defeat preceded by a 1-0 home reverse to Portsmouth."It was gutting to lose, but the positive is we stuck in there and fought - we've just got to use that and keep going forward," he said."We're confident we can get points in this league, and [we] have a strong squad, so I have no doubt we'll come from back from this.''Oxford return to Championship action on Saturday, 23 August at home to Birmingham City (15:00 BST).
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Kjerrumgaard delighted by 'signature goal'
Watford's Luca Kjerrumgaard is not setting himself any scoring targets this season after opening his account for the club with a double against Hornets bounced back from an opening-day defeat by Charlton Athletic with Saturday's 2-1 win after Kjerrumgaard scored twice in the space of four first-half first, from Nestory Irankunda's pass, was a case of being there at the right moment, the Dane said, and the second was a header from Imran Louza's cross."That's the kind of thing I'm good at, to battle with the defender. It was one of my signature goals. It was a great assist by him (Irankunda), he's a really good guy and I'm happy we have this connection," Kjerrumgaard told BBC Three Counties Radio. Kjerrumgaard said a slight change of formation, with Irankunda more central, was the key to their good start against QPR."In the first game, we were a bit too far from each other. We had a lot of long balls and I didn't really have anyone to lay it off to," the striker added."It was hard because you felt like you were playing one against three all the time. It was better this way, but we will see what we do next."Kjerrumgaard helped Odense win promotion to the Danish top-flight last season with 22 goals in 28 games, but asked about a possible target this term, he said: "I don't like to say that. The most important thing for me is we win if I do my best and work hard for the team - all these things are going to come in the end."Listen to the full interview here.
