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Yea but he was 23 at the time.
Sad thing is, no one rumbled him.
Yea but he was 23 at the time.
For the time being I think Richards will play in the hole behind Griffiths.
Only reason is if they want to play Markanday then he will have to play on the right.
Bennett down the left Markanday on the right Richards in the hole Clarke as backup for the right side,this gives the u18s a lot of options and in a good way they also have a Problem at the back because you will also have Matt Lock coming back and he has played as well as anybody this year.
sorry but the players you mentioned are both great goalscorers and though both are predators they offered much more than that at their prime. Today they twould be worth huge amounts in the current market. To label either of them as Johnny on the spot types is doing them a huge dis-service, you only have to look at JDs goal the other day.
Young Richards if he has half the career of either of those two will be doing better than alright
I see that Man City were knocked out of the fa youth cup last night by Plymouth. 6-5 on pens. Someone else can play Chelsea in the final this season
Wow that’s quite a shock. Have to say I fancy us we look pretty strong all over the team with a lot of physicality. Was the 6-0 defeat to Arsenal a weakened team or are they just very good?I see that Man City were knocked out of the fa youth cup last night by Plymouth. 6-5 on pens. Someone else can play Chelsea in the final this season
Defoe is not a great goalscorer. He's just a good one dimensional goalscorer who rarely exceeds 12-15 goals in any full season. And he's never offered anything else other than goals, he rarely touches the ball more than ten times a game and rarely presses or helps defend from the front, which is why his CV is littered with mostly poor teams, and us.
To be a great goal scorer you need to be above 0.50 goals per game too. And Defoe's league average sits at 0.33. Having said all that to be a 7th all time PL goal scorer (and he may overtake Fowler to finish 6th) is not too shabby given he was probably born in the wrong era, when the big man/little man went out of fashion.I actually agree with that. A traditional fox in the box in an era when specialists like that are completely passe. You just can't get away with playing someone like Defoe week in week out. He forces teams to be very one dimensional and that is just far, far too easy for oppositions to exploit.
utd and everton are out too, that's the current top 3 from the northern section gone.
chelsea will be very hard to beat once again though, they just have crazy strength in depth. arsenal are good this year and liverpool are pretty strong as well, full-strength i think we might be able to match those two but probably not chelsea.
We nearly beat Chelsea the other day.
When Defoe was with us he wasn’t first choice that much. It was Keane and Mido..then Keane and Berbatov ..then Crouch and VDV so his record could have been a lot better with more starts.To be a great goal scorer you need to be above 0.50 goals for game too. And Defoe's league average sits at 0.33. Having said all that to be a 7th all time PL goal scorer (and he may overtake Fowler to finish 6th) is not too shabby given he was probably born in the wrong era, when the big man/little man went out of fashion.
When Defoe was with us he wasn’t first choice that much. It was Keane and Mido..then Keane and Berbatov ..then Crouch and VDV so his record could have been a lot better with more starts.
Ask yourself why he didn't get more starts. Its because he could be an absolute liability. When he didn't score he did absolutely naff all. Defoe's problem was Darren Bent's problem also. They didn't create anything themselves, rarely set anyone else up and were significantly less clinical in front of goal than their stats suggest. Defoe has a reputation as a natural born goal scorer but that isn't what anyone who watched him on a regular basis could agree with. Defoe needed 4 or 5 quality chances before he hit the back of the net, not least because of his penchant for smashing it. Bent was exactly the same. The reason they had reputations as clinical goalscorers is because (a) their teams were often built around them as the only goalscorer & (b) they did very little else bar get themselves into position to score. Defoe & Bent used to drain goals from the rest of the side when they played because everyone else became a supporting player to them. I absolutely never understand the love in from fans or "pundits" alike.
I think Defoe had far more to his game then bent, Defoe always started really strong scored a lot of goals early on in the season then would have a poor second half of the season.
Defoe is not a great goalscorer. He's just a good one dimensional goalscorer who rarely exceeds 12-15 goals in any full season. And he's never offered anything else other than goals, he rarely touches the ball more than ten times a game and rarely presses or helps defend from the front, which is why his CV is littered with mostly poor teams, and us.
Ask yourself why he didn't get more starts . Its because he could be an absolute liability. When he didn't score he did absolutely naff all. Defoe's problem was Darren Bent's problem also. They didn't create anything themselves, rarely set anyone else up and were significantly less clinical in front of goal than their stats suggest. Defoe has a reputation as a natural born goal scorer but that isn't what anyone who watched him on a regular basis could agree with. Defoe needed 4 or 5 quality chances before he hit the back of the net, not least because of his penchant for smashing it. Bent was exactly the same. The reason they had reputations as clinical goalscorers is because (a) their teams were often built around them as the only goalscorer & (b) they did very little else bar get themselves into position to score. Defoe & Bent used to drain goals from the rest of the side when they played because everyone else became a supporting player to them. I absolutely never understand the love in from fans or "pundits" alike.
Think I innocently started itDefoe have hijacked this thread it seem...
It really isn't that difficult, though Defoe is a different class to Bent - scoring goals is difficutl and you set sides up around that. To say Defoe didn't make things for himself is a ridiculous statement he scored all types of goals remember the goal against Arsenal - his first for Spurs against Portsmouth the overhead kick against United and there are many more.Of course a majority of a goalscorers goals will be what we regard as tap ins and they will all miss chances thats the nature of their games. Defoe makes defenders defend he never was a workhorse or target man but there are plenty of those who never got near his goal record but he affects games by scoring.goals he might do nothing else but score but that is still the most important and difficult thing in football
Others have said great scorers get 1 in 2 and Defoe only gets 1 iin 3 and thats why he never signed for a top club (Spurs apart) but doesn't that make his record all the better?