The Yak

alan ball · April 25, 2011

I see he's on the bench today for Leicester City, he must be back to normal then

Ring master · April 25, 2011

Yeah came on At Half Time,and has now scored

alan ball · April 25, 2011

I spoke too soon then?

Ring master said:
Yeah came on At Half Time,and has now scored

Ring master · April 25, 2011

yep got his 2nd of the game now

Summerskin · April 25, 2011

He's still gash.

Deleted member 28206 · April 25, 2011

Summerskin said:
He's still gash.

HAHAHAH!

Brilliant thread

Brennan · April 25, 2011

Victor Anichebe - 87 apps, 7 goals.
Yakubu Ayayagebeniaia - 82 apps, 25 goals. Leicester 18 apps, 9 goals.

*sigh*

EFCNIK · April 25, 2011

Everyone always talks about the Yak as having a brilliant record in England. Its not that great. He's made like 80 appearances for Portsmouth Boro and us and only scored 20 odd goals for each. Its nothing special. 82 apps 25 goals isnt something to go nuts over. 9 in 18 is quite good though!

Brennan · April 25, 2011

EFCNIK said:
Its nothing special. 82 apps 25 goals isnt something to go nuts over. 9 in 18 is quite good though!

It's not special sure, but when you look at Anichebe with his deal until 2014 and his terrible record then it beggars belief that we would send Yak out on loan really.

RFUS · April 25, 2011

Brennan91 said:
It's not special sure, but when you look at Anichebe with his deal until 2014 and his terrible record then it beggars belief that we would send Yak out on loan really.

Not to mention that the Yak's hold up play is great, and he keeps his head up to bring others into play... whilst Anichebe would rather just fall over.

Gwladys Nights · April 25, 2011

Where did those 20~ in 80~ stats come from? I remember doing some google/wiki research on the Yak's scoring record and he was somewhere around a goal every two and a half games.

Neiler · April 25, 2011

Didnt he have the best goal ratio behind Henry and Van Nistleroy at one point.

billycopper · April 25, 2011

Gwladys Nights said:
Where did those 20~ in 80~ stats come from? I remember doing some google/wiki research on the Yak's scoring record and he was somewhere around a goal every two and a half games.

25 goals in 56 league starts for us, he's come on a further 26 times. He's also scored 4 goals in 6 league cup starts and 4 goals in 12 starts in other competitions. His career record is 93 league goals in 216 starts.

chriswho · April 26, 2011

Neiler said:
Didnt he have the best goal ratio behind Henry and Van Nistleroy at one point.

Yes, he definitely had some record, I'm not sure I remember it perfectly though.

It was some impressive yet minorly convoluted stat, but if I remember correctly, I think it was, "when Henry left the EPL, Yakubu became the CURRENT EPL player with the best goal ratio for the previous 5 years."

It's a shame that run of form didn't continue with us.

Baines' left foot · April 26, 2011

chriswho said:
Yes, he definitely had some record, I'm not sure I remember it perfectly though.

It was some impressive yet minorly convoluted stat, but if I remember correctly, I think it was, "when Henry left the EPL, Yakubu became the CURRENT EPL player with the best goal ratio for the previous 5 years."

It's a shame that run of form didn't continue with us.

Yakubu's goals to games ratio in his first season for us was fantastic, and his following season was cut short due to THAT injury. He's never been the same since that, he lost that yard of pace. I honestly believe that had he not had that injury then we would still be looking at a 15+ goal a season striker, such a shame.