Elliot Watt

When did FIFA start weighting goals against the standard of opposition?

Answer: they don’t.

 

But Arsenal fans ..........

 

Just because he’s on set pieces doesn’t guarantee assists…..look at Smallwood. His lofted corners are woeful when Banks isn’t on them.

Watt was a quality player. I’m surprised he’s not in League 1.

 

Aye, that says it all.

they wanna be concentrating on stopping their own arses falling out in the next few months ahead rather than picking holes in Kane’s record.

 

I believe it is true but also worth nothing without any thing to compare it too.

did I mention Bobby Charlton scored 38 in either friendlies or Home Nations. He also scored 5 against Luxembourg, so only 6 real goals

Rooney only scored 7 in Finals, rest were qualifiers or friendlies

 

I never said it guaranteed, I said it inflated, which it does.

Smallwood is on 4 assists. How many do you think he'd be on if it weren't for free kicks and corners? Certainly not 4, that's for sure and you picking him out as poor at them kind of proves my point even more so than if he was excellent at them.

 

Yes it does inflate them. That said, 15 assists or Wattever (pun intended) he’s on is a very good return. There can’t be many players at any level that have 15 assists so far.

EDIT: don’t know where assist stats are freely available for the League clubs, but in the Prem the top assisters are;

KDB 13
Saka 11
Pereira 10
Trossard 9
Salah 8

Watt will have undoubtely played more matches but there can’t be many players in the Football League with more than 15 assists I wouldn’t have thought?

EDIT 2: BBC actually log assist stats in the Football League. Watt has the most in the country!

Moxon at Carlisle is on 13, Whitfield at Barrow is on 12. Highest assisters in Championship and L1 at Boro and Bristol Rovers are both on 11 a pop.

 

I liked Watt and would have been pleased had he stayed, but he chose to leave which is fair enough. The supporter expectation is at a completely different level between the two clubs, so maybe that's the reason he's shining where he is. Prone to giving the ball away or committing fouls in dangerous areas around his own box, he has his faults, but he excels at getting a team on the front door quickly. Something we've been reluctant to do all season.