- Jun 7, 2007
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They're facts, and if stats only tell part of the story they tell rather more of it than 10 minutes of MOTD or YouTube clips. GL makes the blithe assertion, based on fuck knows what, that SWP is 'better' at shooting than Lennon. Well, that wouldn't be hard, but the fact is that they've both scored two league goals this season; SWP has taken a lot more shots (33 to 9) but two-thirds of them have been off-target, as opposed to one-third of Lennon's. Better?
I haven't forgotten how good SWP was at City, but City was a long time ago. His old man's right; moving to Chelsea completely buggered his progress. Jol was reportedly very keen on signing him this summer, which would have been a great move for him and us, but I'd say that on the whole both he and Lennon have been less than impressive this season.
I think it is unfair to compare a player who is playing week in week out, to a player whose career has nose dived because he isn't played regularly. How many minutes has Lennon played compared to SWP?
But to confirm, I would swap SWP with Lennon in a heart beat, and SWP all round game is far superior to Lennon's.