acrossthepond 595 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 (edited) From .com: Only eight players have scored more goals for the club in the PL, his [Wilson's] Goodison brace seeing him draw level with Ayoze Perez on 33: Callum Wilson 33 Robert Lee 34 Papiss Cisse 37 Nolberto Solano 37 Les Ferdinand 41 Shola Ameobi 43 Andy Cole 43 Peter Beardsley 46 Alan Shearer 148 Does anyone else find this surprising? For me it really underlines how absolutely dogshit our recruitment in terms of forwards was during the Ashley years. Anyone who was decent was quickly sold (Carroll, not that I really begrudge the fat bastard for that sale) or was only temporary (Remy, Rondon.) The first time we actually scouted and paid money for a PL-standard striker, he's turned out our joint-9th top scorer and I expect he'll move up at least 4 places on that list before he's done if not more. Potentially he could end up #2. But rather than simply paying the odds for a quality player, we brought in free transfers (Kuqi, Carroll 2.0), rejects from other clubs (Joselu), planks from overseas (Xisco, Riviere, both de Jongs, Mitrovic, Muto) and loans for crap players (Slimani, Doumbia, Ferreyra.) Edited April 28 by acrossthepond 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 10950 Posted April 28 Author Share Posted April 28 Shola spent 14 years with us too 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 19969 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 29 minutes ago, acrossthepond said: From .com: Only eight players have scored more goals for the club in the PL, his [Wilson's] Goodison brace seeing him draw level with Ayoze Perez on 33: Callum Wilson 33 Robert Lee 34 Papiss Cisse 37 Nolberto Solano 37 Les Ferdinand 41 Shola Ameobi 43 Andy Cole 43 Peter Beardsley 46 Alan Shearer 148 Does anyone else find this surprising? For me it really underlines how absolutely dogshit our recruitment in terms of forwards was during the Ashley years. Anyone who was decent was quickly sold (Carroll, not that I really begrudge the fat bastard for that sale) or was only temporary (Remy, Rondon.) The first time we actually scouted and paid money for a PL-standard striker, he's turned out our joint-9th top scorer and I expect he'll move up at least 4 places on that list before he's done if not more. Potentially he could end up #2. But rather than simply paying the odds for a quality player, we brought in free transfers (Kuqi, Carroll 2.0), rejects from other clubs (Joselu), planks from overseas (Xisco, Riviere, both de Jongs, Mitrovic, Muto) and loans for crap players (Slimani, Doumbia, Ferreyra.) Aye, I said last night that Ba and Cisse was the last time we had two decent strikers at the same time. And even that was only for about a year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 4098 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Wilson's 70th PL game for us today, and his 35th goal. Isak aside, I think there's only Remy and Ba got a better goals to games ratio since Shearer retired (and they both ditched us pretty quickly). Fair to say he's done the no.9 proud? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrossthepond 595 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 39 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said: Wilson's 70th PL game for us today, and his 35th goal. Isak aside, I think there's only Remy and Ba got a better goals to games ratio since Shearer retired (and they both ditched us pretty quickly). Fair to say he's done the no.9 proud? Beat Lee today and he'll beat Cisse and Solano by the end of the season, Beardsley by next. His performances give the lie to that absolute bullshit peddled by Ashley and his apologists about wiping our noses and resale value or whatever bollocks. There were quality players available for reasonable fees. It wasn't rocket science, and it also wasn't only achievable by "sovereign states" (c) some asshole. Wilson cost 20m. When you think about what that gets you in the PL these days it was an absolute snip, and we paid well over that trying to find bargain basement deals for some of the absolute losers I mentioned in my post above. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 14254 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 55 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said: Wilson's 70th PL game for us today, and his 35th goal. Isak aside, I think there's only Remy and Ba got a better goals to games ratio since Shearer retired (and they both ditched us pretty quickly). Fair to say he's done the no.9 proud? imagine how good he’d be without the injuries 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 1383 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 8 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said: Wilson's 70th PL game for us today, and his 35th goal. Isak aside, I think there's only Remy and Ba got a better goals to games ratio since Shearer retired (and they both ditched us pretty quickly). Fair to say he's done the no.9 proud? And he did that majority playing in shite team that fed off scraps. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 4948 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Makes you wonder (imagine even) where we'd be if this Callum Wilson had come back from the world cup instead of the slow carthorse Callum Wilson that Southgate sent back. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 10950 Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 One goal behind Salah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 5272 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 12 hours ago, wykikitoon said: One goal behind Salah. Salah will get 5 penalties by the end of the season. 🙂 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 1383 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 And miss 4 of them 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 22390 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 On 30/04/2023 at 23:12, Dr Gloom said: imagine how good he’d be without the injuries We wouldn’t have signed him though imo. That’s why he was ‘affordable’ under the previous regime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4211 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Glad we did sign him though, imagine what a player capable of what he's managed this season would be costing us now. I think he's a great player for us, I really think he's one of the best in the team. Howe clearly thinks he's a fantastic player too for his tactical brain and workrate, but for me it's just his sheer determination and constant threat he poses. Really pleased for him that he's had such a good season. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 14254 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 It’s great to see him back to his best after looking off the pace for a few weeks after the World Cup. Isak’s elevation to first team regular seems to have really spurred him on. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 10950 Posted Wednesday at 07:16 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 07:16 On 20/05/2023 at 16:17, Dr Gloom said: It’s great to see him back to his best after looking off the pace for a few weeks after the World Cup. Isak’s elevation to first team regular seems to have really spurred him on. Absolutely and the way Eddie has managed him too. Dropping him to the bench for a bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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