Most liked posts in thread: Main Strikers lack of goals

It boils down to service.

The first few games or so Doyle was playing as a AM and our CM was tosh and we were not playing 4-4-2.

We need play with with wingers that like to get the ball down and run.

If I am right when Harry plays on the wing and he's our best crosser Donaldson or Vaughan score.

Harry is now playing behind the forward.

Donaldson is a handful to mark and makes plenty of space for others.

Overall, nothing to worry about. I don't care who scores as long as we win.

We're 3rd in the league without our main forwards firing.. Wait until they start getting a grip of this league.

 

No bad thing spreading goals around and not relying on just one or two players. It’s also important to note that a lot of us at the start of the season thought we’d be in trouble if anything happened to Vaughan, he’s not started the last 2 and we’ve won so that’s a good sign imo.

 

Let's look back to last season and Lincoln City, the eventual champions.

Top scorers John Akinde with 15, Bruno Andrade with 10, Shay Mccartan with 7 and Harry Anderson with 5.

These were the top 4 goalscorers in the league with lots of other players contributing. Similar pattern developing with our squad?

 

Donaldson has played at a higher level most of his career yet prolific goalscorer has never been on his resume. His missing of sitters is unforgivable but his all round game at the moment makes up for this. Gives centre backs a right battle, just don’t expect him to be challenging 20+ goals, thats not his game.

 

Pack it in Fordy. That's a decent post!

 

Now we know the loophole for getting out of a permanent ban - just up sticks and move to India.

 

I'm with you, great to see one of our strikers getting well up into double figures but as long as were getting points it doesn't make any difference to me, in fact if the goals are spread over the team that makes it more difficult for opposition teams to stop us scoring.
The one thing I did notice was when Morecombe scored O'Donnell was doing his nut for not keeping a clean sheet that's what it means to him as keeper.

 

I'm confident Vaughan will finish with a healthy amount and overtake at least 2 if the 3 players mentioned by the OP. Either way though there's only 5 teams scored more goals than us so we aren't struggling in that department at the minute.

 

Great points. I think teams have to worry about quite a few attacking elements to our side. We are creating chances. Of course you want your strikers scoring but it’s not the be all and end all. Especially if you become reliant

 

Wood is our best crosser without a doubt.

 

Could have had 10 and 8? In what world was that? I can’t recall keepers making that many saves from either and neither have ‘missed’ as many as that.

Some missed chances, but not that many. I agree with Fordy, we’re not creating enough for the front player(s)

 

But the very same player would have around 12 assists. I'd take that from one player alone.

Say by your reckoning, CD gets close to double digit figures for goals, alone he would be directly involved in around 20 goals. Not bad in my book. Around a 1 in 2 involvement across the whole of a season.

 

Cheltenham, Crewe, Scunthorpe, Morecambe - at least 4. But as I’ve said all season, Donaldsons work rate and off the ball runs are worth goals in itself

 

From the games I've seen this season we just seem to want to get to half time nil nil. If we were to play more expansively earlier the goals tally would no doubt increase. I could maybe understand the cautious approach earlier in the season but feel the easing of the shackles is now overdue.

 

Always thought that was Parkies plan too.......

 

The tempo of our play with Connolly and Ismail on the wings has helped as well. Especially Connolly's pace. Teams are really stretched which is helping us massively.

 

And his clean sheet bonus

 

Yep, I was one. And, partly, because of injuries/suspension to JV I suggested a 10-12th finish. I'm glad to date, that I am being proved wrong.

 

Then there really is no excuse for missing sitters like he has done this season. I expect better from him.

 

Don't know why but thought it was a 2vyear contract. Bit of Google and your right!!