Full Name: Anthony Stokes
Age: 27
Nationality: Irish
Position: Target man Striker
Total Career Goals: 131
Total Career Appearances: 323
Age: 27
Nationality: Irish
Position: Target man Striker
Total Career Goals: 131
Total Career Appearances: 323
Welcome to the club a proven, experienced striker! something that are club has been screaming for, for about 4 years. Not many people had given own a chance when he was announced (me being one) but this signing has won over many people and shows clear intent for the future. Coyle has said that he wants to play attacking football and Stokes really will add to this philosophy. It is rumoured that Blackburn are in to buy 4 more players this week probably also to add to Coyle's attacking wishes. Anyway I believe that Stokes is a very good signing. There have been many occasions where Blackburn have bought strikers (Best, Brown, Goodwillie ect...) and they have not really done their job. Mainly score goals. But I think (I hope) that Stokes will not have to be added to this list. Stokes' goal record suggests that he scores 1 every 3 games meaning that he may get quite a large tally by the end of 2017. We can only hope as Blackburn fans that by the end of this week one of the signings is Danny Graham a player that I and many others really hope join the club. Just imagine Stokes and Graham as a strike force in the championship. We might actually get somewhere! But to be pessimistic we might just end up with another ex-Scottish prem striker who fails to make it in the English leagues. But at the moment we can only hope. Welcome Anthony Stokes.