Screamers

The stats may prove me wrong, but there seems to be a distinct lack of long shots in League One - or perhaps just Charlton? I'm sure I see other sides score scorchers on The Football League Show, but I may be mistaken.

No-one wants to hit it from distance anymore. Maybe my memory fails me, but I don't remember any 25 yard blockbusters last season from our players.

Is it a lost art-form in the lower leagues, or am I just talking nonsense?

I long for the days of a Kinsella-type player who can really give it a wallop - even if most of them land in the steet.

Am I on my own?

 

we have loads of shots from outside the box unfortunately they end up out of the ground

 

And long may that continue when you play us this season - twice!

 

the one midfielder we had that used to have a good shot on him was montrose and we let him go.apart from ainsworth he scored some screamers last season

 

Therry Racon's goals were generally all long-range screamers, but thats only because he was too frightened to get anywhere near defenders. Nicky Bailey scored a fair few decent screamers too, but with a midfield which included McCormack and Semedo, they were sadly missing over the past season.

 

Didn't Dale Stephenson score a cracker for Oldham last season, think it was mentioned in his profile on the OS

 

George Shipperly used to love having a go from long range back in the day..ussually ended up clearing the selhurst crosbar and landing in te then derelict valley

 

Green scored a screamer vs welling. A sign of things to come?

 

I had a screamer once.

...name of Julia.

 

easy tiger

 

It was a long, long time ago, Mike...

 

Kyel Reid last year scored a 25 yarder away at Yeovil (I think)

 

Once you've got your hands on a screamer, hold on and never let go

 

Wise words, Oz.

Has the sense of anticipation reached you across the miles?

I can scarcely wait for kick off - got a real sense that something remarkable is about to happen.

 

As a general point, Ponders, I agree with you, this is something that's been missing from our midfield for a while... hoping the new boys like to have a punt. Oh for the days of Steve Brown's daisy-cutters, Elk's free-kicks, or King-Claus... though Kinsella was the most accurate on a regular basis... remember a screamer at Norwich when he was facing away from the goal and hit it on the turn.
Does anyone remember Shaun Newton's headed goal from outside the penalty box... that was bizarre.

 

I always found that screamers (Claus J) were more enjoyable than squirters (bwp).

 

That was Bristol Rovers.

If Danny Green does not score from outside the box this season I will eat my hat.

 

James and Bouazza showed you how to do it down at the den.....

 

yeah, but no one saw them so they dont count

 

They were free kicks so hardly count, free kicks are always taken from outside the box...that's what makes them free kicks not penalties