You'd like to think that Isaac Marriott returning to the team will go some way towards improving in this department.
Sign a proper centre forward - and get our other centre halves back - and I actually think we look strong on paper.
Would still like to see Harry Perritt back in some capacity too.
For me, as you mention Perritt (and therefore in my mind Niall Ferguson also), my expectations or rather priorities for signings have changed somewhat. I’ve gone from wanting to spend any available money on someone new to instead using it to offset losses.
What I mean is, if you gave me the option of signing those two in an area we are well stocked (numbers wise that is) but it lead to us paying the wages of say Barrows, Baines and Cooper/Jones while they are not playing very much then I think that’s a price worth paying.
I’d far rather have a Back four for the second half of the season of
Perritt Mullarkey Ferguson EJones
And the others twiddling their thumbs than carry on as we have. We have to have a solid base to stay in this league.
Is Baines a national League defender? Maybe, but we’ll have to find that out next season rather than guess at it this season imo.
I’d also venture that with our gap on the right wing I’m happy to see Barrows maybe tried as an athletic option there. I’m not totally sold on him as a defensive right back. Although I loved his crunching tackle on Tuesday night.