Hobsons Choice Posted Sunday at 13:32 VT Supporter Share Posted Sunday at 13:32 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mark Albrighton said: It’s why my eyes kinda glaze over looking at that goal scoring table, no reference to the number of appearances. The dates included give an indication but don’t acknowledge any injuries missed during that time. A quick search suggests it’s - Agbonlahor - 322 appearances, 74 goals Watkins - 150 apps, 61 goals Yorke - 179 apps, 60 goals Dublin - 155 apps, 48 goals Angel - 175 apps, 44 goals Benteke - 89 apps, 42 goals It would be great if Ollie could reach 100 PL goals for us. Gabby’s tally smashed this season, then the next season try and reach a century. Easy to weed out that bias in the stats- appearances per goal. On that basis the list is now as follows: Benteke 2.11 Watkins 2.45 Yorke 2.98 Dublin 3.23 Angel 3.90 Agbonlahor 4.30 This is far closer to the order I would have put those strikers in without the benefit of statistics. Fwiw if asked for my top 3 I would go Yorke, Tekkers, Olly in that order. Edit, another note, Savo would sit between Dublin and Angel on 3.46 Edited Sunday at 13:36 by Hobsons Choice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted Sunday at 13:45 VT Supporter Share Posted Sunday at 13:45 7 minutes ago, Hobsons Choice said: Easy to weed out that bias in the stats- appearances per goal. On that basis the list is now as follows: Benteke 2.11 Watkins 2.45 Yorke 2.98 Dublin 3.23 Angel 3.90 Agbonlahor 4.30 This is far closer to the order I would have put those strikers in without the benefit of statistics. Fwiw if asked for my top 3 I would go Yorke, Tekkers, Olly in that order. Edit, another note, Savo would sit between Dublin and Angel on 3.46 Yeah pretty much my top three, but they’re each a bit too different for me to put in order and be completely content with my decision. Childhood memories playing a part here, but with (apparently) 38 goals in 112 league appearances, at a rate of 2.95, statistically I don’t think it’s unreasonable to put Saunders in at number 4. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted Sunday at 13:46 VT Supporter Share Posted Sunday at 13:46 Just now, Mark Albrighton said: Yeah pretty much my top three, but they’re each a bit too different for me to put in order and be completely content with my decision. Childhood memories playing a part here, but with (apparently) 38 goals in 112 league appearances, at a rate of 2.95, statistically I don’t think it’s unreasonable to put Saunders in at number 4. Ooh yeah I forgot to do Deano, and he was my hero growing up. What a dolt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted Sunday at 13:49 VT Supporter Share Posted Sunday at 13:49 3 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Yeah pretty much my top three, but they’re each a bit too different for me to put in order and be completely content with my decision. Childhood memories playing a part here, but with (apparently) 38 goals in 112 league appearances, at a rate of 2.95, statistically I don’t think it’s unreasonable to put Saunders in at number 4. Also Dalian Atkinson 105/31 3.39, making him 6th. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted Sunday at 14:05 Share Posted Sunday at 14:05 (edited) And don't forget the other (original) "Big John" Carew. Rushes off to find John Carew's stats *edit* 37 goals in 113 appearances so 3.05 games per goal. Surprising. My Claret tinted glasses would have expected it to be a better ratio than that. Anyway, come on Ollie, knock that fat wasterman Gabby off the top spot. Edited Sunday at 14:08 by TheStagMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted Sunday at 14:09 Share Posted Sunday at 14:09 So happy for Ollie to bag two. He will 100% be our record PL scorer, quite possibly this season but if not then next. I can’t imagine we’d sell him yet and he’d be mad to want out while he’s so close to the record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobsons Choice Posted Sunday at 14:56 VT Supporter Share Posted Sunday at 14:56 50 minutes ago, TheStagMan said: And don't forget the other (original) "Big John" Carew. Rushes off to find John Carew's stats *edit* 37 goals in 113 appearances so 3.05 games per goal. Surprising. My Claret tinted glasses would have expected it to be a better ratio than that. Anyway, come on Ollie, knock that fat wasterman Gabby off the top spot. 3.05 ain't bad, though, to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted Tuesday at 18:46 Share Posted Tuesday at 18:46 So was he genuinely hurt or was that a precautionary icing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoFantastico Posted Tuesday at 18:58 Share Posted Tuesday at 18:58 I think he's carrying an injury, which is worrying. But credit to him for keep playing. Wonder if Duran will get a start to rest Ollie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post supermon Posted Tuesday at 19:02 Popular Post Share Posted Tuesday at 19:02 If he's carrying a knock then let him recover properly. We don't need him sitting out for long periods. Time to give Duran a start. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted Tuesday at 19:20 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:20 Didn’t look fully fit or confident but very unlucky to see his goal ruled out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightdm00 Posted Tuesday at 19:26 Share Posted Tuesday at 19:26 Wonder if that ice was because of the goalkeeper kicking the crap out of him before the second goal. Either way great assist Ollie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted Tuesday at 19:38 VT Supporter Share Posted Tuesday at 19:38 36 minutes ago, supermon said: If he's carrying a knock then let him recover properly. We don't need him sitting out for long periods. Time to give Duran a start. Legit reason imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted Tuesday at 20:14 Share Posted Tuesday at 20:14 Rest him for Wolves and Wycome, let Durán run riot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted Tuesday at 20:19 Share Posted Tuesday at 20:19 Scored a legitimate goal in that was very harshly ruled out, but also had some great moments of hold up play today. Even when not scoring he adds so much. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted Tuesday at 22:23 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:23 Nowhere near his best so far this season yet has 4 goal involvements in 5 games still. Good lad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted Tuesday at 22:28 Share Posted Tuesday at 22:28 One of the greatest Champions League assists of all time 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juteface Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago 14 hours ago, It's Your Round said: Scored a legitimate goal in that was very harshly ruled out, but also had some great moments of hold up play today. Even when not scoring he adds so much. His defensive and off the ball play is exceptional for a striker in fairness. There's so much he does other than score goals and you can see the difference when he's off the pitch, the support for the midfield isn't there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago (edited) 37 minutes ago, juteface said: His defensive and off the ball play is exceptional for a striker in fairness. There's so much he does other than score goals and you can see the difference when he's off the pitch, the support for the midfield isn't there. I’ve not noticed so much this season but I remember when we defending corners last season, Watkins would so often be the one winning the header in our box that started a counter, sometimes concluding with him having a shot on goal himself. His work rate is phenomenal. Edited 13 hours ago by It's Your Round 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted 12 hours ago VT Supporter Share Posted 12 hours ago I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and blame the surface. But what he did when he got put through 1 on 1 was probably the worst thing I've ever seen him do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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