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Top Goalscorers in League 1 - figures & striking targets.

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leerik_canamole said:
Or the chances we do create are far better chances hence most of Majas goals being 6 yards out.

You could ask the question as to why isn't Maja making more chances for himself like a lot of the other forwards will be doing.
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Scored goals against Charlton, Peterborough & Barnsley creating them by himself.

I know they're not very good but Sinclair played over 600 minutes for us upfront, scored 1, Wyke has 1 in over 400 minutes & Watmore hasn't scored in the league games where he's played upfront. Maguire has 1 in his time upfront and that was at Accrington when closing down the keeper. Gooch had 30 mins upfront against Walsall, didn't get a chance
 

leerik_canamole said:
Or the chances we do create are far better chances hence most of Majas goals being 6 yards out.

You could ask the question as to why isn't Maja making more chances for himself like a lot of the other forwards will be doing.
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Far better chances that nobody else can score for us? Or do we only create far better chances when Maja plays?

Are you just guessing the other forwards are just making chances for themselves?
 
leerik_canamole said:
No I can remember Taylor creating 4 or 5 chances for himself against us recently. So no I'm not just guessing
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You specifically said ‘like the other forwards will be doing’. Sounds like a total guess.

You’ve ignored the rest of my post as well. If we create chances that are so good hen why can’t anyone else score them for us. Watmore, Gooch, Maguire, Wyke and Sinclair have played upfront this season.
 
samaistonsrightfoot said:
You specifically said ‘like the other forwards will be doing’. Sounds like a total guess.

You’ve ignored the rest of my post as well. If we create chances that are so good hen why can’t anyone else score them for us. Watmore, Gooch, Maguire, Wyke and Sinclair have played upfront this season.
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As 4 of them arent out and out forwards, but primarily wingers and the other is f***ing shite.
 
We’re not going to replace Maja’s conversion rate.

The hope I’m clinging to is that who ever we bring in will have the movement, speed or physicality to stretch defences more than Maja did meaning the team create more chances and counteract the need for such a high goals to shots ratio.

I’m not convinced and there’s no guarantees it will work like that mind. In which case we need to address the supply line or way we play instead.
 
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Johnsafc said:
Interesting stats here for anyone looking at potential new strikers; ive picked afew out but full link bottom of the article

  • John Marquis top scorer with 16 (1 pen), 1 assist - 62 shots (35 on target)
  • Ian Henderson; 15 (5), 5 assists - 57 shots (34 on target)
  • Josh Maja; 15, 2 assists - 33 shots (20 on target)
  • Karlan Grant; 14 (3), 4 assists - 50 shots (29 on target)
  • James Collins; 14 (4), 3 assists - 46 shots (27 on target)
Players we are linked with
  • Kieffer Moore; 14 (1), 2 assists - 64 shots (32 on target)
  • Tom Eaves; 14, 1 assist - 57 shots (29 on target)

Other Notable players

  • Lyle Taylor; 12 (5), 7 assists - 54 shots (36 on target) - Most Assists for ST & highest shot on target %
  • Ched Evans; 11 (3), 4 assists - 33 shots (21 on target) - Same amount of shots as Josh

Highest scoring midfielders

  • James Henry - 10 goals 4 assists
  • Jamal Lowe - 1o goals 3 assists
  • Ronan Curtis - 9 goals 8 assists.

Shows what a good player Maja was & maybe how wasteful Eaves & Moore are compared to him. On average Sunderland AFC have just under 4 shots on target a game, pretty poor! Also shows how Pompey are getting it done without a real goal out and out goal scorer thanks to Curtis & Lowe (Gareth Evans also has 8 so that's their 3 behind the striker with 27 goals)


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Or shows that we have a canny team who created chances to score..
 
leerik_canamole said:
I'm not arsed about goals to chances, as long as he's scoring at a similar rate.

To me that implies maja was only having one shot in target per game, which to me is poor!
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It’s shocking. If we’re able to create 3 a game for him then he could be getting 2/3 a game. He’s one of the leagues top scorers with a goal every 118 mins eclipsing everyone else in the league, and he’s feeding off scraps. He’s pretty much been carrying us.

Creating 4 chances a game is a disgrace for a squad like ours.
 
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