Brisbane Roar coach John Aloisi reckons the shortage of Australian strikers getting A-League starting opportunities is a "massive issue" for the Socceroos as they begin life without Tim Cahill.

Aloisi may well end up providing new coach Graham Arnold with one of his best options up front after recruiting former Socceroo Adam Taggart from Perth Glory for the upcoming season.

Worried about the future: John Aloisi. Credit:AAP

Taggart, 25, is a rare case in the A-League - almost every other club has an import starting at the point of attack, which Aloisi believes has contributed to the country's failure to develop a reliable goal-scoring striker to succeed Cahill.

"It's a massive issue, and I made it known during the World Cup that we lack strikers, we lack goal scorers," Aloisi told reporters on Wednesday.