League goals from open play

[friedk]

(excluding penalties and direct free kicks)
OPEN PLAY POACHERS

PLAYER TEAM GOALS


Ferando Torres
Liverpool
22



Emmanuel Adebayor
Arsenal
20



Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester Utd
20



Roque Santa Cruz
Blackburn Rovers
15



Benjani Mwaruwari
Portsmouth/Man City
15



Wayne Rooney
Manchester Utd
12

[Carras_Shin_Pads]

Thats some going!

[Guest]

I was saying that some time ago. If you compare the goals scored by Nando with those of Ronaldo, he is by far the better striker. Ronaldo scores a lot via penos and free kicks, whereas Nando never ever takes them !

[Shaggy]

[machiavelli]

I had this arguement with a manc mate about this the other day, didnt have the stats to back me up tho

Torres

[DannyMan2006]

I was saying that some time ago. If you compare the goals scored by Nando with those of Ronaldo, he is by far the better striker. Ronaldo scores a lot via penos and free kicks, whereas Nando never ever takes them !

To be fair, Ronaldo has started quite a few games on the wing, even though he is in a free role as such.

On a side note, how often do you see Ronaldo cross the ball in from the by-line?

Both class players, though one of them is a winker.

[saveferris]

Also shows how well Santa Cruz has done too, for 3 million he was a steal.

Torres

[El Jefecito]

I was shocked to see that Ronaldo only has 8 assists pretty poor if you aske me. SG on the other had has 19

[DannyMan2006]

I was shocked to see that Ronaldo only has 8 assists pretty poor if you aske me. SG on the other had has 19

Kuyt has 11...........

[friedk]

I was shocked to see that Ronaldo only has 8 assists pretty poor if you aske me. SG on the other had has 19

where do you find the assist stats please?

[El Jefecito]

where do you find the assist stats please?

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/gamelog?id=7935&cc=5901

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/gamelog?id=22774&cc=5901

[zimbo]

where do you find the assist stats please?

From today's Echo:

Red assists -

23 Steven Gerrard

11 Dirk Kuyt

8 Fernando Torres, Ryan Babel, Jermaine Pennant

7 Peter Crouch, Yossi Benayoun

5 Andriy Voronin, John Arne Riise

4 Harry Kewell

3 Javier Mascherano, Lucas Leiva

2 Alvaro Arbeloa, Sami Hyypia, Steve Finnan, Jamie Carragher, Fabio Aurelio

1 Sebastian Leto, Xabi Alonso, Pepe Reina


10 unassisted

Not sure where Kewell's 4 are meant to have come from though.

Interesting (and slightly depressing) that Xabi is currently level with Reina and Leto.

[El Jefecito]

From today's Echo:



Not sure where Kewell's 4 are meant to have come from though.

Interesting (and slightly depressing) that Xabi is currently level with Reina and Leto.

Have to admit I'd trust the Echo over Soccernet.

Either way it's a bloody amazing feat

[Norbs]

To be fair, Ronaldo has started quite a few games on the wing, even though he is in a free role as such.

On a side note, how often do you see Ronaldo cross the ball in from the by-line?

Both class players, though one of them is a complete an utter ******.

[akjs123]

From today's Echo:



Not sure where Kewell's 4 are meant to have come from though.

Interesting (and slightly depressing) that Xabi is currently level with Reina and Leto.

Soccernet as well as premierleague website has Lucas assists in the league as 5.