Blackburn after Bellamy?

[Craig_H]

I could resist its my fault really

i wouldnt mind so much, but i only kept using that word in order to beat others to it

[Eth]

We need a poucher

What do we need one of them for?

[Craig_H]

What do we need one of them for?

Because otherwise the Capri Sun will just spill all over the place.

[thesilverfoxlfc]

What do we need one of them for?

20-25 goals a season Van Nistelrooy type in his prime

[Eth]

20-25 goals a season Van Nistelrooy type in his prime

Ah a Poacher - right

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Ah a Poacher - right

Go feck off and build your house

[Eth]

Go feck off and build your house

*strikes silverfox off the page 3 themed house warming party

[Craig_H]

Go feck off and build your house

[thesilverfoxlfc]

*strikes silverfox off the page 3 themed house warming party

****, but ill bring curly wurlys with me.......................

[Red_Polo]

When we signed Bellamy we knew we weren't getting a prolific striker, without the sale of Cisse to boost our funds we needed a Premiership ready player who could provide a bit of pace and unpredictabillity to our rather sluggish prosaic front line. And he has done that reasonably well, you have to see him for what he is. Nobody can deny though, that ideally we should do better than him for a first choice player.

[Eth]

Spot on there - I think he can improve and become a really good player for liverpool though - This thing could be a blessing in disguise - he will realise that he cannot **** with the Rafa

[El Jefecito]

Kuyt suffers because people wrongly see him as a prolific goalscorer type, when he isnt.

Kuyt hasn't scored so many this season because of the way Rafa is playing him. Rafa has him playing the link man in between the lines. This is in contrast to his time in Holland where he always played up top.

BTW Go check his record in the dutch league, he most definitely was prolific.

[Eth]

Kuyt hasn't scored so many this season because of the way Rafa is playing him. Rafa has him playing the link man in between the lines. This is in contrast to his time in Holland where he always played up top.

BTW Go check his record in the dutch league, he most definitely was prolific.

Dude the dutch league is as bad if not worse than the SPL

[Craig_H]

Kuyt hasn't scored so many this season because of the way Rafa is playing him. Rafa has him playing the link man in between the lines. This is in contrast to his time in Holland where he always played up top.

BTW Go check his record in the dutch league, he most definitely was prolific.

[Redlife]

I think Kuyt has done well for his first season. He himself has said that the Premiership is obviously far harder to score in than the Dutch league. His strike rate there was incredible, and I didn't expect him to replicate it over here.



Goals per game ratios aren't always a good way to judge a striker's contribution to the team, and it's a stat that flatters only a handful of players. Fine if you're a Shearer or a young Fowler, not always great if you're a Rooney for example.



Having your striker score a ton of goals doesn't always convert itself into trophies. This year Drogba is on course to score 20/25+ league goals and the Chavs are going to lose their title. Last year he scored 12 league goals in total and they won.


Last year Van Horsehead hit 21 goals. He leaves, and a winger steps up to be their top scorer, not a striker. As usual, Rooney's goal per game ratio sucked last year and it's likely to be as bad this time (16 and 10 so far). Is Rooney still a class player, would most of us have him in our team (based purely on ability)? Of course we would.



Don't get me wrong, I'd love our strikers all to be hitting 20+ a season, and it's cool to have a star like a young Fowler or Owen at the club, but I think some of the stick our strikers get from time to time is over the top.