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Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:45 am
by tiger76
4 now tied on 9 .
Benson, Rodriguez, Tella, Zaroury.
Benson has the edge with one more assist than Zaroury, however Zaroury has played a lot less minutes.
A little in house competition never hurts, just so long as the team ethic remains which I'm sure it will.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:54 am
by Nonayforever
Wonder if Foster can catch them up ?
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:01 pm
by IanMcL
More to follow!
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:10 pm
by nil_desperandum
Hopefully our top scorer this season isn't even a Claret yet!
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:12 pm
by Bosscat
Well we now have 16 different names on the score sheet ... Exciting times
Looks like at least 4 names in double figures
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:33 pm
by tiger76
Bosscat wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:12 pm
Well we now have 16 different names on the score sheet ... Exciting times
Looks like at least 4 names in double figures
Zaroury the 1st to hit double figures, but he's unlikely to be the last.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:41 pm
by Bosscat
Bosscat wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:12 pm
Well we now have 16 different names on the score sheet ... Exciting times
Looks like at least 4 names in double figures
17 different with Ekdal scoring today
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:43 pm
by tiger76
Bosscat wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:41 pm
17 different with Ekdal scoring today
Yes for all the pre-season talk of us needing a 20 goal striker we're coasting to promotion by spreading goals throughout the squad.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:15 pm
by GodIsADeeJay81
tiger76 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 3:43 pm
Yes for all the pre-season talk of us needing a 20 goal striker we're coasting to promotion by spreading goals throughout the squad.
Was going to make a similar point, the demands for a 20goal a season striker were amusing at the time.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:20 pm
by IWOODLOVETT
Zaroury is the most clinical finisher. Two footed and rarely squanders a chance. He could play up front as an out-and-out striker.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:21 pm
by tiger76
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:15 pm
Was going to make a similar point, the demands for a 20goal a season striker were amusing at the time.
Understandable though as that's normally what carries teams to promotion.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:22 pm
by Bosscat
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:15 pm
Was going to make a similar point, the demands for a 20goal a season striker were amusing at the time.
Probably having 4 goal scorers in double figures ... this negates the requirement for a 20+ goal scorer ...
Yet the way we are going we could have 2 or 3 20+ goal scorers
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:26 pm
by Lowbankclaret
Nonayforever wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:54 am
Wonder if Foster can catch them up ?
Only seen a few minutes of him, but not sure he is going to cut it at this level.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:30 pm
by Nori1958
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:26 pm
Only seen a few minutes of him, but not sure he is going to cut it at this level.
Wow, you must be way above any scout, manager or recruitment team to make that judgement on less than an hour....
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:31 pm
by GodIsADeeJay81
tiger76 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:21 pm
Understandable though as that's normally what carries teams to promotion.
Kompany had made a point about spreading the goals around though, which people ignored
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:34 pm
by tiger76
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:31 pm
Kompany had made a point about spreading the goals around though, which people ignored
I don't think people ignored it, they were just sceptical about his claims.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:35 pm
by DCWat
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:15 pm
Was going to make a similar point, the demands for a 20goal a season striker were amusing at the time.
The calls for a reasonably prolific striker were merited, at the time they were being made.
The only way it would have been amusing is if you’d either known the quality that we were bringing in (I’d argue most, if not all, had no idea) or had a crystal ball.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:35 pm
by Lowbankclaret
Nori1958 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:30 pm
Wow, you must be way above any scout, manager or recruitment team to make that judgement on less than an hour....
Time will be the judge!
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:36 pm
by DCWat
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:31 pm
Kompany had made a point about spreading the goals around though, which people ignored
So you weren't sceptical?
I’ve been proven wrong - I certainly wanted someone that I thought could bang in the goals.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:37 pm
by bumba
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:26 pm
Only seen a few minutes of him, but not sure he is going to cut it at this level.
He doesn't look up to speed yet but definitely looks to have something about him, I don't think we'll see the best of him for a few months but I think he'll be a big player for us
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:37 pm
by taio
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:15 pm
Was going to make a similar point, the demands for a 20goal a season striker were amusing at the time.
Nothing wrong whatsoever with some supporters wanting a striker who could score 20+ goals.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:39 pm
by CoolClaret
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:15 pm
Was going to make a similar point, the demands for a 20goal a season striker were amusing at the time.
Think in our last promotion season, Fulham had Ross McCormack finish the season with 21 league goals and Dembele bagged 15…
… they finished 20th
Now if we were playing a more direct system like we did under Dyche then fair enough but it’s chalk and cheese; for example in Dyche’s system our midfielders/wide men rarely bagged
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:42 pm
by HiThere
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:26 pm
Only seen a few minutes of him, but not sure he is going to cut it at this level.
He looks quicker in his videos but I didn't see any of his goals one-on-one. More of a player who notches from inside the box when someone like Benson or Zaroury has cut in.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:45 pm
by houseboy
This is one of the keys to our success. We are a mirror image (on a smaller scale) of City. They spread the goals around and when you can do that the opposition quite simply don’t know who to mark. The added bonus is you’re not relying on one man to score your goals thus being a disaster if said striker gets injured/ suspended/loses form. A regular scoring striker would now simply be a luxury.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:46 pm
by claretspice
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:26 pm
Only seen a few minutes of him, but not sure he is going to cut it at this level.
Way too early for that. Only once did he get the ball other than with his back to goal today, and unsurprisingly given his background and the league he's come from, that's an area where he can improve. Let's see how he gets on when we can get him facing the other goal on the front foot.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:50 pm
by Swizzlestick
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:26 pm
Only seen a few minutes of him, but not sure he is going to cut it at this level.
Good grief
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:50 pm
by Nori1958
claretspice wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:46 pm
Way too early for that. Only once did he get the ball other than with his back to goal today, and unsurprisingly given his background and the league he's come from, that's an area where he can improve. Let's see how he gets on when we can get him facing the other goal on the front foot.
Why do that when we can slag him off after an hour?
Sometimes I just give up with some of our so called supporters
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:52 pm
by DCWat
claretspice wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:46 pm
Way too early for that. Only once did he get the ball other than with his back to goal today, and unsurprisingly given his background and the league he's come from, that's an area where he can improve. Let's see how he gets on when we can get him facing the other goal on the front foot.
Quite.
There were a few occasions when he was well placed to receive a ball to run on to, but not picked out.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:54 pm
by Lowbankclaret
A few years ago I posted that Penny our new keeper should go back to Peru at about 60 minutes into our game at Sheff Weds.
Think he played less than 90 minutes after the post.
Not convinced about Lyle, happy to be wrong .
Time will tell but looks a little to slow and not sharp enough.
This post may not age well, but it’s an opinion.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:56 pm
by Lowbankclaret
Nori1958 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:50 pm
Why do that when we can slag him off after an hour?
Sometimes I just give up with some of our so called supporters
Football is about opinions, and message boards are just for that.
It’s an opinion, in the exact opposite of my opinion of Ekdal who was brilliant.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:59 pm
by IWOODLOVETT
We’re averaging 2 goals/game, so with 17 more games to go it’s reasonable to expect another 34 goals.
With Ekdal’s effort we now have 17 different scorers and every one of today’s starting (outfield) lineup has registered. So I’m at a loss to think of a top scorer, but I don’t really care - I’m just enjoying the ride.
Exciting times - UTC
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:01 pm
by claretandy
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:54 pm
A few years ago I posted that Penny our new keeper should go back to Peru at about 60 minutes into our game at Sheff Weds.
Think he played less than 90 minutes after the post.
Not convinced about Lyle, happy to be wrong .
Time will tell but looks a little to slow and not sharp enough.
This post may not age well, but it’s an opinion.
TBF I thought Benson, Tella, zaroury were all poor at first
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:04 pm
by Lowbankclaret
claretandy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:01 pm
TBF I thought Benson, Tella, zaroury were all poor at first
I saw things in all three of those players which I thought were good, not surprised they went on to be as good as they are.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:12 pm
by jedi_master
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:54 pm
A few years ago I posted that Penny our new keeper should go back to Peru at about 60 minutes into our game at Sheff Weds.
Think he played less than 90 minutes after the post.
Not convinced about Lyle, happy to be wrong .
Time will tell but looks a little to slow and not sharp enough.
This post may not age well, but it’s an opinion.
Looked bright with a good touch against Ipswich, barely got a ball into him today to judge so I’m amazed anyone could reach a conclusion one way or the other.
Kompany knows his onions - he’ll be a good’un.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:20 pm
by Elizabeth
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:54 pm
A few years ago I posted that Penny our new keeper should go back to Peru at about 60 minutes into our game at Sheff Weds.
Think he played less than 90 minutes after the post.
Not convinced about Lyle, happy to be wrong .
Time will tell but looks a little to slow and not sharp enough.
This post may not age well, but it’s an opinion.
I think you are spot on.
Your post will not age well
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:22 pm
by Lowbankclaret
Elizabeth wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:20 pm
I think you are spot on.
Your post will not age well
Happy to revisit this at the end of the season.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:26 pm
by Nori1958
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:22 pm
Happy to revisit this at the end of the season.
Don't think you will have to wait that long
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:26 pm
by Rowls
If you’d told me back in august/July that we’d still have nobody in our squad who’s netted double figures by February I’d have been very worried
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:27 pm
by Burnley1989
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:54 pm
A few years ago I posted that Penny our new keeper should go back to Peru at about 60 minutes into our game at Sheff Weds.
Think he played less than 90 minutes after the post.
Not convinced about Lyle, happy to be wrong .
Time will tell but looks a little to slow and not sharp enough.
This post may not age well, but it’s an opinion.
Wow
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:34 pm
by Swizzlestick
I find the seeming want to write a new signing off almost immediately utterly inexplicable. No doubt you ‘called’ Penny early - you probably said the same about Muric, Benson etc. throw enough ****, some sticks. Try supporting the players, especially brand new signings, rather than waiting for a **** up.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:38 pm
by taio
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:22 pm
Happy to revisit this at the end of the season.
If you are proven to be right it wont make your claim at this time any less silly.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:38 pm
by RVclaret
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:54 pm
A few years ago I posted that Penny our new keeper should go back to Peru at about 60 minutes into our game at Sheff Weds.
Think he played less than 90 minutes after the post.
Not convinced about Lyle, happy to be wrong .
Time will tell but looks a little to slow and not sharp enough.
This post may not age well, but it’s an opinion.
Crikey.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:38 pm
by RicardoMontalban
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:54 pm
A few years ago I posted that Penny our new keeper should go back to Peru at about 60 minutes into our game at Sheff Weds.
Think he played less than 90 minutes after the post.
Not convinced about Lyle, happy to be wrong .
Time will tell but looks a little to slow and not sharp enough.
This post may not age well, but it’s an opinion.
Good grief.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:14 pm
by GodIsADeeJay81
Swizzlestick wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:34 pm
I find the seeming want to write a new signing off almost immediately utterly inexplicable. No doubt you ‘called’ Penny early - you probably said the same about Muric, Benson etc. throw enough ****, some sticks. Try supporting the players, especially brand new signings, rather than waiting for a **** up.
They've definitely had it in for Muric, going so far as to say we're basically starting with 10 men when he's in-between the sticks
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:16 pm
by boatshed bill
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:54 pm
A few years ago I posted that Penny our new keeper should go back to Peru at about 60 minutes into our game at Sheff Weds.
As did most fans watching.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:20 pm
by Socrates
Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:54 pm
A few years ago I posted that Penny our new keeper should go back to Peru at about 60 minutes into our game at Sheff Weds.
Christ ….. it took you 60 minutes?
My mate called it when Penny didn’t save a shot in the warm up.
The two aren’t even remotely comparable.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:27 pm
by Burnley1989
GodIsADeeJay81 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:14 pm
They've definitely had it in for Muric, going so far as to say we're basically starting with 10 men when he's in-between the sticks
Mate we could win the league and folk like him and IanMcl would still protest the fact they were right based on the 2-4 mistakes he made in 46 games
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:29 pm
by Commy
They have obviously seen something in Foster or they wouldn't have spent what they did on him. I think Bellamy might have some idea to what makes a good centre forward.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:32 pm
by Hipper
houseboy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:45 pm
This is one of the keys to our success. We are a mirror image (on a smaller scale) of City. They spread the goals around and when you can do that the opposition quite simply don’t know who to mark. The added bonus is you’re not relying on one man to score your goals thus being a disaster if said striker gets injured/ suspended/loses form. A regular scoring striker would now simply be a luxury.
City did spread it around for a couple of seasons but that seemed mostly out of necessity. Before he got injury problems they had Aguero - and Sterling to some extent. This season they've got Haaland.
Re: Battle to finish our top scorer
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2023 8:16 pm
by Boss Hogg
No way on earth can you assess Foster in that appearance. Glad the management team have a bit more faith in the players.
