Who scores 15+ for us this season?

Milltown1882 · Post by **Milltown1882** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:27 pm

VK keeps speaking about spreading goals around the team. Interesting to see who will be top scorer at the end.

I’d say on current evidence Brownhill and Tella will definitely be challenging that. Twine potentially if he hits the ground running?

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:28 pm

Milltown1882 wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:27 pm
VK keeps speaking about spreading goals around the team. Interesting to see who will be top scorer at the end.

I’d say on current evidence Brownhill and Tella will definitely be challenging that. Twine potentially if he hits the ground running?

Jay if he remains fit will be close to that figure.

4midable · Post by **4midable** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:29 pm

Tella. And more than 20 potentially

claretburns · Post by **claretburns** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:29 pm

Brownhill, Rodriguez, Tella all surely the main contenders.

Agree with Twine when he is fit with his set pieces.

Whilst goals will also come like we have seen from Bastien and others like Cork, Cullen, Churlinov, Maatsen etc I don't see them hitting 15+.

To add to the 4 main players I mentioned above I think we need another signing or two up top.

fanzone · Post by **fanzone** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:40 pm

Jay, Brownhill and Tella will if we keep playing like we are doing, although I do believe we need another centre forward at the club

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:41 pm

Quite happy for 5 or 6 to score at least 10 each

SalisburyClaret · Post by **SalisburyClaret** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:49 pm

Just Jay

taio · Post by **taio** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 7:10 pm

claretburns wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:29 pm
Brownhill, Rodriguez, Tella all surely the main contenders.

Agree with Twine when he is fit with his set pieces.

Whilst goals will also come like we have seen from Bastien and others like Cork, Cullen, Churlinov, Maatsen etc I don't see them hitting 15+.

To add to the 4 main players I mentioned above I think we need another signing or two up top.

Agree with all of this, and if two of the four can score 15+ that will be very positive.

jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 7:18 pm

Brownhill, Tella and Jay will all get 15+ each if they play every game - without a doubt.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:18 pm

We can see the City influence here. No one there scores huge numbers but they have lots of players who can score 8/10. Are we gonna be the Championship City?

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:30 pm

Jay will easily score at a rate of 1 in 2 in this league.

He should play at least 30 games.

Big Vinny K · Post by **Big Vinny K** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:30 pm

Think we probably need to assume that Jay will need to be managed in terms of his injuries in last few years and probably will not go the season injury free. But even if he plays 30 games I think he has a good chance of scoring 10 to 12 goals (at least)

Brownhill based on the goals he has scored and probably more striking the chances he has had in nearly every game (how near did he come several times at Watford for example) has a great chance of getting into double figures.

Tella a good chance too but maybe too early to be confident about that.

Twine hopefully - but injury is a worry and need to see whether he can make the step up. From what he did in division one last year I do not see why not. Again 15 goals is very optimistic but double figures would be an excellent return.

If we can get another striker who we think will get a dozen or so goals then that makes us pretty potent as I expect a few goals to also come from our 2 left backs and Churlinov too. And i’m also tipping Jack Cork to bag at least 3 !!!

forzagranata · Post by **forzagranata** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:30 pm

Jay is going to surprise a lot of people this season

Iloveyoubrady · Post by **Iloveyoubrady** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:43 pm

Jay, tella and brownhill are the obvious ones at the moment. However I think the other wide player will also offer similar. I don’t yet know who that will be - JBG is class at this level but injury prone, Benson looks dangerous to me, Churlinov is highly rated and we look like signing a couple more…

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:42 pm

Reckon we'll need a couple getting 15 or there abouts, and 3 o 4 more pushing towards double figures.
With our new way of playing, there's always going to be a chance we'll ship a few ourselves.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 9:47 pm

jedi_master wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 28, 2022 7:18 pm
Brownhill, Tella and Jay will all get 15+ each if they play every game - without a doubt.

agree, Tella and Jay comfortably. If we click the way I think (and hope) we will then I'll add Twine to that also

Goobs · Post by **Goobs** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 10:35 pm

Assuming no injuries I honestly believe all of Brownhill, Tella and Rodriguez will score 15+ this season.

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 11:14 pm

Milltown1882 wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:27 pm
VK keeps speaking about spreading goals around the team. Interesting to see who will be top scorer at the end.

I’d say on current evidence Brownhill and Tella will definitely be challenging that. Twine potentially if he hits the ground running?

No sh*t, Sherlock!

PS
Based on the “evidence” of last week, weren’t you predicting relegation?

Milltown1882 · Post by **Milltown1882** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:11 pm

CaptainKirk wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 28, 2022 11:14 pm
No sh*t, Sherlock!

PS
Based on the “evidence” of last week, weren’t you predicting relegation?

Constructive response. Bell end.

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:43 pm

Milltown1882 wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:11 pm
Constructive response. Bell end.

No sense of humour!

Milltown1882 · Post by **Milltown1882** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:31 pm

CaptainKirk wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 29, 2022 2:43 pm
No sense of humour!

Stressful day, my mistake

Top Claret · Post by **Top Claret** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:55 pm

Going back to last season who would have thought it that Brownhill would be fancied to score 15 goals plus in a season

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 4:03 pm

Top Claret wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:55 pm
Going back to last season who would have thought it that Brownhill would be fancied to score 15 goals plus in a season

You just can't tell who will do well in the Championship as there is such a big step down in quality from the PL.

Jambo · Post by **Jambo** » Wed Aug 31, 2022 2:36 pm

tbf, Brownhill had been an outstanding Championship midfielder before, which is why we bought him. He should be a better player now than then, too, so not really a surprise he looks a standout player at this level.

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Wed Aug 31, 2022 4:52 pm

Josh Brownhill. Jayrod.Nathan Tella

pureclaret · Post by **pureclaret** » Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:29 pm

dont forget Barnes may start to scor and costelloe just needs confidence

Zlatan · Post by **Zlatan** » Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:32 pm

All of them

GodIsADeeJay81 · Post by **GodIsADeeJay81** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:40 pm

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I'm starting to think we may not need a 20 goal a season striker that some were demanding we sign in the summer if the goals are going to be spread around like this.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:54 pm

Dervisoglu on course to score 2 goals per game based on his MPG.

Needs to start with stats like that, it’s a two goal head start.

jen1066 · Post by **jen1066** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 2:30 pm

At the start of the season I said Jay would score 20+ if he didn't have any lengthy injuries.

Still a chance.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 2:38 pm

About 3 of them way we are going.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Thu Nov 03, 2022 7:57 pm

12 different scorers now, and that's without Darko or Twine playing, both who you'd expect to pep up our attacking options when fit.

Jay well on course to break the 20 mark, and Tella might also surpass that figure.

dibraidio · Post by **dibraidio** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:16 am

If we continue to score the same number of goals per game then we'll score 85 for the season. If the spread of the goals is the same then only Jay Rod
will get more than 15 and that's assuming he stays our main striker and stays fit for the rest of the season.

If we improve and score 100 goals by the end of the season with the same spread then Tella will probably go beyond 15 too.

Brownhill probably won't continue to score as many particularly if he has to play deeper like he has of late. Benson and Zaroury could well get into double figures but that all depends on playing time and whether the last 6 games have been a purple patch or a sign of things to come.

VK said at the start that he wants the goals to be spread around and I'm sure that he's going to be trying to fully exploit 5 subs when Churlinov and Twine are fit which could mean a lot more players with 5 goals or more.

Who knows, there still appeared to be money available in the summer, perhaps we'll see more attacking options join in January but that would mean us having to lose players from our 25 man squad to make space.

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:41 am

houseboy wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 28, 2022 8:18 pm
We can see the City influence here. No one there scores huge numbers but they have lots of players who can score 8/10. Are we gonna be the Championship City?

Hmm have you heard of Erling Haaland?

BigJay · Post by **BigJay** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:22 am

Just 1 player (probably Jay-Rod) reaching 15 probably won't be enough to get promoted. Looking at the teams promoted over the last 10 seasons from the championship, they have all had at least 1 striker who has bagged more than 20 goals and in teams that have averaged more than 2 goals per game. Very few teams with a striker scoring less than 20 have been promoted. If Jay-Rod stays fit, based on goals so far, he should reach 20+, Tella possibly 15. That would probably mean Brownhill, Zaroury and Benson would need to bag 10+ each, with others weighing in too. I can see Twine getting 10+ if he's fit after the World Cup, but the concern would be if Jay-Rod gets injured and is out for a long period of time. Think we still need to sign another striker in January and as it stands, Jay-rod staying fit is key to us getting promoted.

Stats are on here if anyone wants to have a look https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/champio ... on_id/2021

No Ney Never · Post by **No Ney Never** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:43 am

I was very confident in JRods ability in this league given that he's proven and of Premier League class, I have absolutely no idea how Twine will perform, even though his achievements in a league below last season is encouraging.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 12:39 pm

Stayingup wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 04, 2022 9:41 am
Hmm have you heard of Erling Haaland?

I did mean prior to the iron giant but forgot to say due to problems with the site.

I had one of those mysterious ‘blacklisted’ notifications that come up occasionally. Don’t know why it happens but after switching off my device and re-booting it was fine. I wonder if it is some kind of scam/spam situation because don’t usually post anything offensive and I don’t think it come from the site.

dibraidio · Post by **dibraidio** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 12:43 pm

BigJay wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:22 am
Just 1 player (probably Jay-Rod) reaching 15 probably won't be enough to get promoted. Looking at the teams promoted over the last 10 seasons from the championship, they have all had at least 1 striker who has bagged more than 20 goals and in teams that have averaged more than 2 goals per game. Very few teams with a striker scoring less than 20 have been promoted. If Jay-Rod stays fit, based on goals so far, he should reach 20+, Tella possibly 15. That would probably mean Brownhill, Zaroury and Benson would need to bag 10+ each, with others weighing in too. I can see Twine getting 10+ if he's fit after the World Cup, but the concern would be if Jay-Rod gets injured and is out for a long period of time. Think we still need to sign another striker in January and as it stands, Jay-rod staying fit is key to us getting promoted.

Stats are on here if anyone wants to have a look https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/champio ... on_id/2021

Have to disagree. We've scored 6 goals more than any other team in the league so far. If we continue to score at the same rate we'll end up on 85 goals. I reckon we'll get better as the season goes on and the goal spread could look something like this:
Jay 22, Tella 14, Benson 12, Brownhill 9, Zaroury 9, Bastien 5, Vitinho 5, JBG 3, THB 3, Dervisoglu 3, Maatsen 2, Roberts 2, Barnes 1

That's 90 goals with only one player scoring 15 or more. With Twine and Churlinov to add to the mix we don't need that could be 15 goals but at the expense of goals for other players. This is what VK said at the start of the season, it's a squad game, we've got 5 subs, spreading the goals out makes a lot more sense than relying on a solitary star striker.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:08 pm

Twine.... in his half a season as he recovers from injury and notches twenty goals catapulting us back to the Premier league...which will be the only negative of a truly wonderful season....I really don't want to play in that league next season ...Var & Referee's favouring anyone but us,anyone else of the same mind as me and doesn't want to be in that league?

No Ney Never · Post by **No Ney Never** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:35 pm

I don't agree, we have VK in charge, not SD. The media will love us and we'll be on the favourable side of any decisions.
It will be a Arteta, Guardiola and VK love in I'm sure.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:46 pm

No Ney Never wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 04, 2022 4:35 pm
I don't agree, we have VK in charge, not SD. The media will love us and we'll be on the favourable side of any decisions.
It will be a Arteta, Guardiola and VK love in I'm sure.

The Media hate City ....to much City in those three for any kind of love in.

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 5:26 pm

tiger76 wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 28, 2022 6:28 pm
Jay if he remains fit will be close to that figure.

Jay on 9 at roughly a third of the season. Surely he must be aiming for 20+?

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 5:41 pm

BigJay wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:22 am
Just 1 player (probably Jay-Rod) reaching 15 probably won't be enough to get promoted. Looking at the teams promoted over the last 10 seasons from the championship, they have all had at least 1 striker who has bagged more than 20 goals and in teams that have averaged more than 2 goals per game. Very few teams with a striker scoring less than 20 have been promoted. If Jay-Rod stays fit, based on goals so far, he should reach 20+, Tella possibly 15. That would probably mean Brownhill, Zaroury and Benson would need to bag 10+ each, with others weighing in too. I can see Twine getting 10+ if he's fit after the World Cup, but the concern would be if Jay-Rod gets injured and is out for a long period of time. Think we still need to sign another striker in January and as it stands, Jay-rod staying fit is key to us getting promoted.

Stats are on here if anyone wants to have a look https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/champio ... on_id/2021

I don’t think we need any other stats than the current league position which says the other teams have more to worry about than us. Five clear at the top with goals coming from all over the place. It’s only a couple of years ago that City won the PL with, I’m pretty sure, only one player scoring more than ten, Jesus I believe. But the spread of goals in the team was amazing. All we have to do is tighten up defensively and we will walk this league.

BigJay · Post by **BigJay** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 9:11 am

Tella now on 16 Inc cup. Zaroury on 11, Jay Rod and Benson both coming back from injury on 9. We've 19 different goalscorers now too, so as many were saying earlier this season, goals being shared around. With 10 league games to go, think only Anass will hit the 15 mark. But then again, what a season and great to see goals being spread around the squad. Jay Rod was on 9 back in November and not sure we'll see that much of him between now and end of season.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 9:40 am

I don’t think Jay will get too many more…. Once he’s back he’ll be protected and kept injury free until the end of the season. Get that massive wage off the books.

The way we play, the pressure to find that “holy grail” 20 goal a season striker is off.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 9:59 am

bobinho wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 12, 2023 9:40 am
I don’t think Jay will get too many more…. Once he’s back he’ll be protected and kept injury free until the end of the season. Get that massive wage off the books.

The way we play, the pressure to find that “holy grail” 20 goal a season striker is off.

You may well be correct that Jay won't feature much more this season, however I'm curious why you think he'll be gone at the end of the season given he'll still have 12 months on his existing contract.

Yes they way we share the goals out is impressive, and certainly better than purely relying on one or 2 strikers to bag the majority, in that scenario there is always the chance of injury as we've seen with Jay.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:25 am

Wages tiger. Well, that and the fact he’s getting on a bit.

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 12:02 pm

bobinho wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:25 am
Wages tiger. Well, that and the fact he’s getting on a bit.

True! and his lengthy injury absence can't be helping his cause, I wouldn't be unduly fussed if Jay did move on as I'm not convinced he'll be able cut it in the Prem.

Looking at our present strikers we have.

Foster- a new signing who is naturally taking time to adjust to the pace of the English game, however his goal yesterday should help him, and he's shown enough to suggest he will come good.

Barnes- he's done really well since the Rovers game, however let's be honest he isn't going to bag many in the Prem, and like Jay he's not getting any younger.

Jay- see above.

Yes we have

Obafemi- but he's only on loan at present, will we make it a permanent signing probably.

Tella- our leading scorer by a distance, but again he's on loan, and if we want to make it permanent he'll be at least £10m.

Assuming Barnes and Jay move on, and we don't sign Tella for a variety of reasons, then we'll only have Foster and Obafemi (I think we'll be able to snap him up for a modest fee)

So I can see us chasing at least one new striker in the summer, as it's unlikely we'll enjoy sharing the goals around as easily on the Prem.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 2:24 pm

I get what you are saying re Barnes, and as much as I have loved him being here, I honestly thought he was done at this level. How wrong can a person be?

Worked his socks off to change his game and his style to adapt to what we are doing now. I’d honestly extend him for another year. Be great in the dressing room and as an option from the bench.
Even with a fit Jay, Barnes starts before him.

With Ash in the form he is in, we go to deadwood 2-0 up before a balls kicked - they will be terrified seeing his name on the team sheet.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sun Mar 12, 2023 2:40 pm

Tella will get 20 this season no sweat, given his current
scoring rate, probably more, as long as he steers clear of injuries and suspensions.