General Football Thread
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Yep. Dave would say Vardy and Austin scored a lot of goals "in every lower level" so therefore, not Premiership players.
You can only score in the League you play in, and against the opposition you play against. If you are a goalscorer, you're a goalscorer.
You can only score in the League you play in, and against the opposition you play against. If you are a goalscorer, you're a goalscorer.
As did Vardy and Austin before they got a run in the Premiership.
Danny Ings
Troy Deeney
Etc
Etc.
Vardy holds the record for scoring in consecutive games in the PL, so it would be ridiculous to say he's not of PL standard!
Just seen BJ has scored twice for Derby - playing against Hull and Snoddy!!!!
....................that's the point I'm making!?
You said Laftery had only scored at lesser levels?
I said, coz he was only played at those levels. As was Vardy. Before Leicester bought him. By you reckoning, you never would have bought Vardy, coz he had only scored at lower levels.
Ridiculous. By your reckoning, we never would have bought Dean Ashton. Austin would still be playing Non-League football.....
But yet when he starts, he scores. Strange.
Lets not forget, 2 of those manager were totally useless, and this one wanted to stamp his own brand on the club.
Lambert did that, he left out and sold players we thought were good Norwich players, Coz he wanted to brand the club, and get the rest to follow him. Probably a similar mindset.
Hornet in peace, just mooching about.
Our Danny Graham could score across the leagues, generally prolifically, but has never cut it as a Premier League goalscorer. I've always thought he was one of those players, ability-wise, caught in the chasm between having the goods for the Prem and the Football League.
If you look at general stats he appears to have done OK with the Swans to start, but look at who he scored against - predominantly bottom of table clubs.
It seems to me though that Lafferty just hasn't had the opportunity. I know he played in a few cup games but how many starts did he get this season in the PL?
I readily admit that of course I don't know Lafferty or Jerome as well as you lot - I havent watched either of them every week. But, from a position of acknowledged ignorance, Jerome scored 21 in 45 games in the Championship. Current and previous seasons in the Prem read:
3 in 31, 2 in 30, 4 in 30 and 8 in 37.
Vardy is the exception, not the rule by which to judge others, surely?
And the team is set up to play to his strengths. He also has a very able foil in Mahrez. I may be wrong, but I'm not convinced he'd score as many at say ManUre or Citeh!!!