We're currently on course to score around 28 goals and while our defence is decent it's goals that keep you in the league. Last time a team stayed up with that amount was 6 seasons ago and its only happened once in the last 10 seasons. It was Huddersfield who then went down the following season for what it's worth. Goals keep you in this league more important than defence.
Both are important. If you concede a shed load you go also .
While there is certainly a point where bad defense gets you relegated too, inability to score is a strong predictor of relegation. The 5 lowest scoring teams are currently in the bottom 5 spots. The 5 teams allowing the most goals are dispursed in the bottom half of the table.
Of course but I'd argue goals are more important. Seen a good number of teams concede loads but because they can score too they stay up, whereas the opposite doesn't happen as much - as I pointed out its only happened once in 10 seasons where a team has scored less than 30 goals and stayed up (we're on course for 28GF as it stands). Leeds and Burnley last season are a good example of it actually. Burnley conceded 26 less goals than Leeds but still went down. We need goals ASAP. Even a player who can come in and give us 5-8 extra goals will make a big difference.
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