chucky1973
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If we have serious intentions of getting promotion then 3 points Saturday is a must. Anything less and we will be also rans.
Nothing more exciting than seeing a genuine talent emerge.
Top statage.Yep. But my point is that they have been contributing. If you're including Barnes as a non-striker, that's 23 goals of 37 scored by non-strikers. I'd say 62% of our goals is a good return. Sure, it could be better, but it can also be worse. Murray alone has scored 44% of Palace's goals, leaving 56% at most (not sure what other strikers have scored for them), at 20 goals, Austin has scored 50% of Burnley's goals on his own.
Top statage.
Maybe I'm just being too narrow minded expecting a Gerrard/Lampard/Cesc player behind our answer to Torres(L)/Drogba/R V-P.
My reason for pointing it out comes from the many references of us 'doing a Reading'.
The third column being their goals scored, after starts and sub app.
That's from 13 different players, without a CMS.
If we could get anywhere close to that... well I don't have to finish that sentence.
Alex Pearce.......... 45 0 4
17 Kaspars Gorkss...... 41 0 3
8 Mikele Leigertwood. 40 0 5
11 Jobi McAnuff......... 39 0 5
4 Jem Karacan......... 35 1 3
10 Noel Hunt............. 33 8 8
23 Ian Harte............. 30 2 4
14 Jimmy Kebe.......... 29 3 3
19 Hal Robson-Kanu... 19 16 4
18 Simon Church....... 19 11 7
33 Jason Roberts....... 17 0 6
9 Adam Le Fondre..... 16 15 12
- Mathieu Manset..... 3 11 3
Ulloa debut double, CMS to score with two deflections from Barnes shots and then the man himself, Ashley Barnes, will smash in the fifth deep in stoppage time before running into the north stand and being accepted with open arms and a few pats on the bum.
And then we'll be on our charge for the title.
Yeah we're both saying the same thing it just boils down to petty semantics, it wouldn't be NSC otherwiseThat's the sort of thing I highlight when people go on about us having to score a proven 25+ goal scorer.
It all boils down to the same thing: we need to be scoring more goals if we want to win more than not win.
I just thought it was unfair to say the rest of the team have to start weighing in, when they already have been.
It does seem just like last season though, we'll win 5 in a row now/win and draw up til the Palace game, then fall apart again.
Watford yes, Middlesbrough no. We had several chances and didn't take them, Middlesbrough had nothing and scored via a lucky deflection.The play-offs will be well in sight if we can cut out the habit of throwing points away. I don't mind losing so much to teams coming here and playing very well (Watford and Middlesbrough were quality on the day
If we have serious intentions of getting promotion then 3 points Saturday is a must. Anything less and we will be also rans.
they did, but we are running out of games now, we should be aiming to win all out home games now. we have toDidn't the Millwall and Watford home games offer exactly that opportunity as well?
One thing's for sure. It will be a much harder game than the Newcastle stiffs on Saturday. They were dreadful, maybe only Barnsley were worse.
Ipswich and Newcastle were both very poor, Derby looked nothing special at Pride Park. As usual it will be a case of whether or not we take our chances.
Ipswich and Newcastle were both very poor, Derby looked nothing special at Pride Park. As usual it will be a case of whether or not we take our chances.
and score first imo
i thought newcastle were crap and casper only really had to make 1 saveIf there is one thing that will have most pleased Poyet in the last two games, it's got to be the finishing. At times this season I have feared he was close to a breakdown on the touchline as chance after chance went begging.
But against Newcastle, from far fewer clear-cut chances created, we tucked away two very clinically.
Ipswich and Newcastle were both very poor, Derby looked nothing special at Pride Park. As usual it will be a case of whether or not we take our chances.