The game on saturday was his 100th game in a Gills shirt. 100 games has seen a return of 34 goals and 9 yellow cards. Kedwell has had many doubters but for the role that he offers to us as not only as a striker but his defending and link up play, I think is worth every penny of the £60,000 we paid for him and more. One day he may end up playing in central midfield, but I'm more than happy to have him leading our strike force and quite frankly if he keeps this up, he could probably gain legend status here at Priestfield. Anyone else agree?
I think as a midfielder he would be great, as a striker he scores far to few goals once you remove the penalties.
I think the overriding question should be "Does he deserve to be in the team?"......this has to be a definite yes....... So....play him where he benefits the team the most.
He scores more goals from open play than people give him credit for. People still need to convert the penalties at the end of the day, if other teams are stupid enough to give them away then what's wrong with scoring them. He's been our top goalscorer the last two seasons but doesn't score enough? Cody probably won't score anymore than Keds will this season.
PegLeg, He has probably scored no more than 20 goals from open play in 100 games, that isn't to say he's bad but doesn't make him a good striker. Now if we are saying about what he brings to the team in other areas that is a different story, equally though if we are saying he contributes a lot to midfield and defence then surely we need to sort those areas out. Joe Martin has scored the same number of goals as Kedwell (from open play) plus defended and got forward to make assists so perhaps he should be a Gills legend.
There is always need for a striker to do all the dirty work up top which Keds does well but he has never really been a threat in front of goal in my eyes.
Too true, but in the words of the old 'Supertramp' song........not much of a striker, but he's the only one we've got. Ok, we have a couple of others but certainly not target men who actually move around a bit.
Certainly not slating the guy. He does a good job. However on the economy of scale, he is not going to compare with Super Bob Taylor at £600,000 over 10 years ago. Nor carl Asaba, nor dare I say Marlon King or Darius Henderson. Those were halcyon days where we were exiting league one for.....and staying in the Championship. Surviving in league one is an altogether different budget issue. If there are not the funds available for a similar assault, then we will have to accept what we have and rely on the astute signings of the management. Let us try to enjoy what we have and that progress continues eh?
I am not slating Kedwell either, his commitment and attitude are first class, and I accept he did not cost as much as Super Bob (or numerous other players signed in another era), but for a player signed from Non League he was alot of money and he was bought as and is played as a striker so goals are his currency (and in my opinion he could score more from open play). And as there is talk of economies of scale here I would suggest that as % of the total cost of this squad then he probably accounts for a similar % to Taylor and I expect he is paid an equally high percentage of our wage bill as Bob was, and lets not forget that this is the same level of football that we were playing when had Taylor and Asaba, and also Akinbiyi and Onuora, but we can only dream of such riches today
Sorry if you thought I was slating Keds that was never my intention, you suggested he was becoming a legend and invited others opinion. Keds is a top class penalty taker and does work hard but is a long way from being a legend.
I think Danny Kedwell's work rate, commitment to the cause and chasing lost causes is out-standing because Danny Kedwell does cover every blade of grass on the pitch, but that work rate and chasing lost causes takes Kedwell further away from the goal and outside the penalty area which is where you want your strikers to be when you do have possession of the ball, I think Kedwell would score more goals if he left the midfield to chase the full backs when they have the ball in their third of the pitch and Kedwell can put himself in a better position to score more goals for The Gills. It is a balancing act that needs to be addressed, does Danny Kedwell score 8 - 12 goals a season but does a lot of work for the team, or does Danny Kedwell score 20 goals a season but leaves his team mates to do the defending from the front ???
Thats right. Danny can't score goals if he's in his own half of the pitch,because he hasn't got the speed or skill to run at and go past defenders,like say Weston when he can be bothered. I like my strikers to stay up the pitch and leave the defending to the defenders.Wimbledon fans have always said he runs all over the pitch, chasing back and winning the ball. When he's back in defence, Cody (or Bayo ) will be left upfield without a striker alongside them. Dannys workrate is highly commendable but I'm sure he'll score more if the manager tells him to stay upfield with the other striker and not drift back so deep. Didn't MA say the other week that Danny has headed more balls out of defence than any other player? I'm not sure that is what we want.
