Goal droughts

billycopper · March 18, 2013

dholliday said:
Wow. The Yak probably has a case for being the Premiership's most underrated striker ever.

Make that 5 years!!!

2003-4 (Joint 6th) Portsmouth (16 goals)
2004-5 (Joint 4th) Portsmouth (13)
2005-6 (Joint 8th) Middlesborough (13)
2006- 7 (Joint 8th) Middlesborough (12)
2007-8 (Joint 5th) Everton (15)

He then reappeared in 2011-12 (Joint 5th) Blackburn 16

toffeejack · March 18, 2013

billycopper said:
You're correct. I mistakenly counted back to the Cheltenham goal. Still, at least he isn't Welbeck!

but welbeck scored vs real madrid a few weeks back. torres scored the other day

billycopper · March 18, 2013

toffeejack said:
but welbeck scored vs real madrid a few weeks back. torres scored the other day

I tried to stick to league games so that it was a level playing field.

toffeejack · March 18, 2013

billycopper said:
I tried to stick to league games so that it was a level playing field.

so only mackie and welbeck (two substitute strikers) had a worse record? not a very good perspective haha. overall though, before this drought jela hadn't been more than 3 games without scoring, that was very impressive

potato · March 18, 2013

i think the craziest stat of all time is hibbo hasnt scored yet.

Brownie · March 18, 2013

Yak was a quality player, one of the few we've had.

Elong · March 18, 2013

dholliday said:
Wow. The Yak probably has a case for being the Premiership's most underrated striker ever.

Not by me. One of the best strikers that's been in the league, gutted we let him go.

Jamo Martinez · March 18, 2013

Le Fondre is a top striker?

JamesEFC · March 18, 2013

Seems as soon as Torres scores he just rejoins the list and starts again

billycopper · March 18, 2013

toffeejack said:
so only mackie and welbeck (two substitute strikers) had a worse record? not a very good perspective haha. overall though, before this drought jela hadn't been more than 3 games without scoring, that was very impressive

Chelsea only have two strikers (Torres and Demba Ba) and so do Spurs (Defoe and Adebayor). Torres (11) and Defoe (9) have had a comparably difficult time in front of goal to Jelavic.

Welbeck has made 22 Premier League appearances and Jela has made 28. United would be on the front foot and Welbeck would have had a strike partner. He's also likely to be coming on fresh while defenders are tired. Whereas Nikica would have had to do a lot of work by himself without the support of other forwards or midfielders, so it's all relative.

dholliday · March 18, 2013

potato said:
i think the craziest stat of all time is hibbo hasnt scored yet.

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dholliday · March 18, 2013

Elong said:
Not by me. One of the best strikers that's been in the league, gutted we let him go.

Yeah, especially as he brutally dominated Liverpool shortly before he left.

Sylvain · March 18, 2013

Elong said:
Not by me. One of the best strikers that's been in the league, gutted we let him go.

I loved him so much in 2007/08, but after that injury, not so much.

Lets not forget we strugled to unload him for £1.5m.

Elong · March 19, 2013

Sylvain said:
I loved him so much in 2007/08, but after that injury, not so much.

Lets not forget we strugled to unload him for £1.5m.

Yep and went on to have yet another double figure season for Blackburn whilst getting relegated. We only got that for him because he wanted off which doesn't leave you with a lot of bargaining power.

Jacko93 · March 19, 2013

JamesEFC said:
Seems as soon as Torres scores he just rejoins the list and starts again

It's a bit like shooting practice at summer Training. You hit one, score, then go to the back of the queue to wait for your next go, kicking tufts of grass that have been left from the 'first cut'.