The Daily Echo has run a poll and it seems that Saints supporters think that Ronald Koeman needs to sign a striker in January.
But do Saints need to sign another striker ? at the moment there are five attacking players in the first team squad, Pelle, Sadio Mane, Shane Long, Jay Rodriguez & Juanmi, also chomping at the bit is Ryan Seager who is highly rated at the club.
This being the case it semis that Saints have a lot of cover in this area and plenty of options, the issue though is if and when Pelle is unavailable through injury and suspension, there is no completely like for like option, the nearest would be Jay Rodriguez and he is out till mid January and there is no guarantee he will either be fit then or back to his old form.
That would leave Saints unable to play their normal game should Pelle be out for an extended time, luckily that hasn't happened so far but could be the case in future.
The problem Saints would have in signing a back up striker is that the calibre of striker needed would not be likely to want to come to St Mary's and be merely back up, Pelle is so crucial to the way that Saints ply that any potential transfer target would question the opportunities that would be available to him.
Saints would be unlikely to pay top dollar, so that would leave them looking at either a loan option or a promising youngster from the lower leagues.
A loan option would be difficult due to the opportunities to play, any candidate would want game time and he is not going to get that.
Likewise a promising youngster, that would be effectively writing off Sam Gallagher as a future first team player, Gallagher could also be an option, but he could not get a game at MK Dons, so would he be up to the job here ?
My thoughts are that Saints have plenty of options, we need to use those options more rather than adding to them, but what are your views.