I agree. If he scores a decent number of goals (1 in 3 is still good) and helps out a lot then it's all gravy. I though you meant that he'd suddenly burst into life and start banging the goals in Bent-style.
Hah, FAR from it. I'm one of the mags who thinks that we won't see the same kind of performance if a player switches from Ligue 1 to the EPL. That's why I would have wanted a 15-20 goals a season Ligue 1 striker, because if he comes here and the goals do drop slightly due to the higher difficulty, at least he might still bag 10-12. It's what worried me about Erdinc, because he could barely manage 10-12 in Ligue 1 nevermind here.
Tbh you guys are lucky that Gyan has moved to a much tougher league and still managed to keep the same goalscoring record (or potentially even increase it, we'll have to see). That very rarely happens.
I do consider players like midfielders different to strikers though. A French striker has to deal with much tougher defences, so their goals will go down as a result. A midfielder only really has to deal with a better opposition midfield which gives him less space to work with and might be better at interceptions, so if they have the skill to retain possession and make good passes, then they can do well. I can just see it easier for a French midfielder to succeed here compared to a French striker.
