Ballard? Recognise that name from somewhere but can't recall where.
Has he been mentioned on here before.
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Ballard? Recognise that name from somewhere but can't recall where.
Has he been mentioned on here before.
Does 5 minutes as a sub really qualify as a 'game' though? How many starts is a more suitable stat to go on.
Or minutes. However, this smacks of a SR appointment.
Lol I cannot believe the 180 I have done on them. We need them out of the club. It may get worse before it gets better, but we need it.
I mentioned the Plymouth guy a few weeks ago. Tolaj. Maybe he has played too many games to be called an undiscovered gem.
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I watched the video and wished I hadn't. True, a couple of the goals were ones Armstrong would have fluffed, but otherwise we seem to be hoping that Championship goalkeepers decide to don clown outfits, and that defenders decide he's crap and just leave him alone.
I'll accept that you can only beat the opposition you're playing and this guy might step up when playing in the Championship. But like others I'd have preferred some bugger who rattles in goals in League One.
Heigh ho. I guess we're pretty safe from relegation now, and a decent run could see us edge the play offs but please. Let's not go back to the Premiership without a proven striker at least.
I'll accept that you can only beat the opposition you're playing and this guy might step up when playing in the Championship. But like others I'd have preferred some bugger who rattles in goals in League One.
Heigh ho. I guess we're pretty safe from relegation now, and a decent run could see us edge the play offs but please. Let's not go back to the Premiership without a proven striker at least.
Pelle was a big lump that came from Feyenoord. He was no spring chicken when he signed for us, and I`d never heard of him either. I hope the similarities don`t end there!
Very small sample size to go on this season, and apparently Feyenoord played him mostly as a winger.
Last season in La Liga, he scored 7 goals in roughly 1,800 minutes (about 20 full games). That's not too shoddy.
I will reserve judgement until he has played. Everyone remembers the crap players and SR rightly get slammed for it but rarely get credit for the gems like Lavia, scienza etc.
Yeah, I'm very much of the opinion we should see if he's any use whilst playing for us. He's got a better goals to games ratio than Adarma, and nearly equivalent to Lambert. So it's a case of lies and statistics.
But he had lovely hair!
He's like Che Adams without the hold up play. Having said that Mallorca don't really play like that, Muriqi, the other, good striker , is big too. So maybe he could do it if we have another forward to run on to stuff. He's very slow too.
I, obviously, hope he's changed, or maybe the championship will suit him. I was very surprised by the 7 goals last season stat, even though that's pretty **** for a striker anyway. Then i remembered he scored 4 in a bunch, over as many games, a couple in one game i think. We thought he'd finally turned as corner, but the rest of the season was the same as the season before. Proper Adamsesque missing open goals, falling over himself,etc . He's a 3/4 goals a season striker. Perfect SR signing.
Which reminds me, I bumped into Stuart Armstrong and his missus coming out of David Lloyds in Aberdeen last week.
Th problem is that SR have broken me. I just cannot see anyone they sign as a forward being any good.
If SR pulled it out of the bag and signed Mbappe, he would end up being crap for us.
The problem is you have too many heads so you are over thinking it.
I hope i'm wrong but there must be a reason why he's not been starting regularly over recent seasons as he's not been injured i'd guess by the number of games he's been involved in.
However i'll give him a chance until i've seen him play a number of games for us, maybe he'll be a good option off of the bench if Ross is struggling.
However i'll give him a chance until i've seen him play a number of games for us, maybe he'll be a good option off of the bench if Ross is struggling.
This has got Damian Downs vibes all over it for me. Like others, I really hope I'm wrong though.
Surely Tall Paul would be a better comparison here?