Thing is though with that its the SPL. Celtic and Rangers are big fish in a very small pond. They are low standard prem sides playing league 1 standard players. They are bound to score goals against that lot. I would back Heskey to be a bloody 15 goal a season striker in the SPL. On that note rumours are that Leicester are going to re sign him this summer how do you think the big lump will do in the championship?
Austin played four games for Burnley, before getting an injury that put him out for the rest of the season.
Austin played four games for Burnley, before getting an injury that put him out for the rest of the season.
It's true that the SPL is not a great guide of a players ability, but if you score 18 goals in 30 appearances, including one in the Champions League, then you're probably a half decent striker. As for Heskey, I think he'll probably do very well in the Championship, he can be a handful.
It's true that the SPL is not a great guide of a players ability, but if you score 18 goals in 30 appearances, including one in the Champions League, then you're probably a half decent striker. As for Heskey, I think he'll probably do very well in the Championship, he can be a handful.
Yes but we're talking about players from lower league that have done well at championship level. So hooper almost single handedly kept Scunny up and got the promoted from L1 and is continuing at Celtic, whether you gauge the SPL as lower prem or upper championship, he is still progressing and still scoring goals at a higher level!
If Scunny had kept Hooper, they probably would have stayed up, he has a league goal scoring record of 43 goals in 80 games.
I would like to think that our scouting/management team would be capable of making that kind of judgement. It should be possible to assess from the way that someone plays - as opposed to the raw numbers - whether they are likely to be able to perform at a certain level.
In that case i agree with you he has progressed, but i think that goals whilst playing for one of the old firm are going to be much easier to come across than playing for us in the Championship for example. The gulf between those two and the rest is massive meaning a striker will get a lot more chances to score a goal. An example of that is Tore André Flo if you look at his goal scoring ratio per game in the SPL it is a lot higher than anyother club he played for in England. An other prime example is Robbie Keane as soon as he went to the SPL his goals scoring ratio flew up. The league is poor hence giving old firm strikers more oppourtunity to score.
Hasn't he already demonstrated his ability at Scunthorpe? At Celtic the ammunition is being provided by other Championship players Ledley and Commons...
I thought you'd disappeared now you'd accidentally given away that you're just a knobhead City fan with too much time on his hands.
You have written 48 posts, pretty sure that every single one of them has been here in the Hull forum. Just a notice....
He won't answer now, they turn the computers off at six in the secure units, to stop them licking the plugs.
