How come Fred Pickering only played 90 odd games for us?
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Bluebonic
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I loved Latchford, and I have never seen anybody who could score as well with his head, But Sharpy is the best I have seen supplying others with his head,
. So many forwards basically let the ball bounce off their heads in a general direction toward the opposition half. Sharpy’s flick on’s always seemed to find a team mate, his consistency with his flick ons was remarkable,
and meant whenthe likes of Inchy, Gray or Lineker made their run, the knew Sharpy would find them.
Old Blue 2
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Picked up a bad injury in the Derby at Goodison. Missed the FA Cup Final. Never the same player after that...
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At his peak for us he was a brilliant player. Had the lot.
Sadly, he saw the money and essentially retired from the sport
...agree, he was unbelievably accurate pecking out team mates with headers. I think that was lots to do with technique and upper body strength. I spoke to a defender who marked him and said you couldn’t see the ball when it was played into him, such was the way he got his body in-between ball and his marker.
i remember Lineker saying he had no idea how outstanding Sharp was until he played alongside him. I can believe that and his goalscoring ratio reflects what an outstanding striker he was.
I saw Lukaku stuck rigidly to the centre circle in a couple of games where we were under the cosh. He didn’t lead the line, he wasn’t an out ball for our under fire defenders, he didn’t relieve pressure by getting us free-kicks. Lukaku has the superior goal stats, but i’d always have Sharp in my team ahead of him.
chrismpw
Player Valuation: £70m
Technically he only played 60 minutes or 2/3 of a match so that's a 0.667 ratio or 151%
That Rideout had a better record than Ferguson is surprising. Duncan never really made the most of his talent, and while his personality was often fantastic, on the pitch he was more akin to Andy Carrell than Zlatan.
....I often think fans, especially the younger ones have a hero at formative times when they grow up. It’s similar with Duncan McKenzie and Tony Cottee, neither of whom would get near my favourites.
Something I think we have to remember when comparing eras like this is how many goals were common back then. I took a random season of Roy Vernon's (61-62), when he scored 26 goals out of the 88 we scored in the league that season. By contrast, when Lukaku scored 26 for us in 16-17, the team scored just 62 goals. When Kevin Campbell came in and scored 9 goals in 8 games, the team as a whole scored just 42 goals and we won every game he scored in.
Eggsyblueskin
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Loved Roy Vernon. Along with Alex Young they were my first Everton Heroes.
They have been matched but never surpassed in my esteem.
Proper footballers.
They have been matched but never surpassed in my esteem.
Proper footballers.
...he was a fantastic goalscorer for us. Just what we needed at that time and a great piece of business.
Saying that, a successful team needs more from his CF than Lukaku offered. Create a chance and he’ll usually finish it, but watching him live when we were under the cosh you realise we needed lots more. I suggest that’s what frustrated many fans, it certainly told me he wasn’t the complete deal.
There was a recent home game against United when the contrast between Lukaku and Ibrahimovic was stark. The Swede was in the twilight of his career but he gave so much for his team that afternoon. The United CBs never broke sweat. I sat in the Park End and compared the two, my admiration for Ibrahimovic confirmed as my was understanding of Lukaku.
Goals are a vital ingredient for any striker but they aren’t everything. Graham Sharp can show Lukaku his winners medals.
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shagpuss
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Really interesting stats there @Eggs. Thanks for putting that together. Be interesting to see how the averages changed with cup games and Europe. Cottee ended on 99 goals for us but quite a few came in the Simod/ZDS Cup.
There stats also show the paucity of goalscorers for us in the PL era.
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