[Football] Can we put the "20 goal striker" idea to bed now?

[Perkino]

We are very good defensively and that has helped us finish higher than our goal tally would suggest. Usually 40+ to avoid relegation, 50+ for those mid table, 60+ for European place & 80+ to challenge for a title. We've also seen 5 seasons without really turning anyone over, such results breed confidence and strikers thrive on confidence.

We had an 11 game run without a win and 6 defeats in a row. Such a string of results dents the morale and makes getting out of the rut seem almost impossible. Next season I'd like a few more goals, more wins than draws and less than 10 defeats

 

[Bry Nylon]

This is actually what I thought this thread would be about. After all we’ve scored 7 goals in our last 2 games and none of them have been from a striker. It would be nice to have a clinical striker but the last two weeks have shown that the likes of Trossard, Mac Allister & Caicedo chipping in is just as important

Yup. If you unearth / develop a 15+ goals a season striker like Leeds did with Bamford and he gets injured, then you’re ****ed.

And if you buy one for £100m like Chelsea did with Lukaku and he turns out to be shit, then equally you are ****ed.

Or if he doesn’t get injured and isn’t shit, you have him for one season before a bigger club buys him

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I thought 20 goal a season strikers were mainly for a 46 game championship season, not a 38 game PL season ?

 

[Hugo Rune]

I thought 20 goal a season strikers were mainly for a 46 game championship season, not a 38 game PL season ?

They are also for the Juliper League, if fact, we’ve signed the best one from there!