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clockender1 wrote:20th of season - more than Eto, Torres, Hazard, RVP and Shrek....
under a proper coach he could be a player on the pitch.
A very fair call!
If you're going to look at stats give it a tiny bit of depth - his PL goalscoring rate is significantly slower than Eto'o, van Judas and Rooney and is nearly exactly the same as Hazard, an attacking midfielder.
And whilst he plays an incredibly demanding role, a huge number of his goals have been tap-ins from within the six-yard box that team-mates have served up on a plate. He doesn't grab goals from seemingly harmless positions like Eto'o and he doesn't have anything like the same impact on a game as Rooney.
clockender1 wrote:20th of season - more than Eto, Torres, Hazard, RVP and Shrek....
under a proper coach he could be a player on the pitch.
A very fair call!
If you're going to look at stats give it a tiny bit of depth - his PL goalscoring rate is significantly slower than Eto'o, van Judas and Rooney and is nearly exactly the same as Hazard, an attacking midfielder.
And whilst he plays an incredibly demanding role, a huge number of his goals have been tap-ins from within the six-yard box that team-mates have served up on a plate. He doesn't grab goals from seemingly harmless positions like Eto'o and he doesn't have anything like the same impact on a game as Rooney.
Exactly as I predicted to my Shammers supporting mate earlier. That's 4 games on the bounce we have played against them and gone behind before blowing them away as soon as we start hitting our stride.
