Battle to finish our top scorer

[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.

[Nonayforever]

Wonder if Foster can catch them up ?

[IanMcL]

More to follow!

[nil_desperandum]

Hopefully our top scorer this season isn't even a Claret yet!

[Bosscat]

Well we now have 16 different names on the score sheet ... Exciting times

Looks like at least 4 names in double figures

[tiger76]

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.

[Bosscat]

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

[tiger76]

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.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

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.

[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.

[tiger76]

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.

[Bosscat]

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

[Lowbankclaret]

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.

[Nori1958]

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....

[GodIsADeeJay81]

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

[tiger76]

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.

[DCWat]

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.

[Lowbankclaret]

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!

[DCWat]

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.

[bumba]

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

[taio]

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.

[CoolClaret]

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

[HiThere]

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.

[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.

[claretspice]

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.

[Swizzlestick]

Only seen a few minutes of him, but not sure he is going to cut it at this level.

Good grief

[Nori1958]

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

[DCWat]

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.

[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.

[Lowbankclaret]

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.

[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

[claretandy]

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

[Lowbankclaret]

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.

[jedi_master]

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.

[Elizabeth]

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

[Lowbankclaret]

I think you are spot on.








Your post will not age well

Happy to revisit this at the end of the season.

[Nori1958]

Happy to revisit this at the end of the season.

Don't think you will have to wait that long

[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

[Burnley1989]

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

[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.

[taio]

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.

[RVclaret]

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.

[RicardoMontalban]

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.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

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

[boatshed bill]

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.

[Socrates]

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.

[Burnley1989]

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

[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.

[Hipper]

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.

[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.