Yup anyone with Viktor is okI want to see Walker starting next to a fit Viktor. Think they'd work well.
How can Waghorn have a higher attacking rating than Walker when he has only scored once in way less game time?Using opta data , this is the players performances based on all the metrics used godden v Walker, Walker v waghorn .
Now let's imagine the club have other data that isn't available to us (which they do ) miles covered, presses etc ..
They make the decisions they do mostly because they rely on the data , we sign players based on the data too
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It's using all attacking metrics and combining them into an overall attacking scoreHow can Waghorn have a higher attacking rating than Walker when he has only scored once in way less game time?
Il be honest I didn't really want to it it as its pointlessI don't think this is a particularly hot take
Il be honest I didn't really want to it it as its pointless
A brilliant article.Horses for courses imo.
All 4 are very decent strikers at this level & offer different things.
Harsh on Walker possibly yes but can understand the Godden selection. He runs the channels better than Walker & also helps defensively when playing against a system that utilises wingers.
Good analysis piece this & highlights how we often ask the strikers to defend against full backs to prevent a 2v1 against our wing-backs. Godden is very good at this.
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Kelly appears to be tracing the arc of a cock and balls
Kelly appears to be tracing the arc of a cock and balls
Kelly appears to be tracing the arc of a cock and balls
we played well enough in the first half against Preston and dominated blackburn in the second and should have won
against Derby we were poor in the second half
Or, he won it back due to his performances in training and his hat trick for the U23'sHe didn't win it back, he was brought straight back in despite Walker scoring twice in successive away games.
Training and training matches surely don't count for more than actual matchesOr, he won it back due to his performances in training and his hat trick for the U23's
Nope but they countTraining and training matches surely don't count for more than actual matches
Its not just down to goals, its down to their overall contribution and how they help the team attackHow can Waghorn have a higher attacking rating than Walker when he has only scored once in way less game time?
Sheaf vs Hamer?
Robins plays with the forwards defending from the front. Walker either cannot or won’t do that in my opinion. Until he adds that to his game he won’t be a regular I’m afraid.
I think this is the reason people accuse Walker of being lazy because of the play styles of our other 3 first team strikers, there is a reason he scored 8 last season (because he is a good striker)Did you go to either if Blackburn or Preston by any chance? (Not a pop just interested) It's certainly not natural to his game but Preston in particular he was doing more than his fair share of work "defending from the front".
Ok another note. I think it's overstated this defending front the front especially with Walker, simply because the likes of Godden and Waghorn are willing to chase down lost causes or sacrifice positional awareness in the hope of forcing a mistake (which is great at certain times and is a valid tactic with plenty of joy against Fulham). Walker doesn't do that as often, but he he adds a different dynamic and looks a threat. How many times have we seen it in recent seasons where one of our strikers is isolated, or only one person in the box to attacks a cross etc. Walker is far better at saving his energy for what he is on the pitch for, scoring goals, yes it's a team sport and certain games will dictate that we need wags or Godden but Walker is more than deserving of a starting place at this level for me.
Just to add onto this, the fact that our attacking players have to do so much defensive work I think counts against them at times ( I completely support pressure from the front it's the right way to play, and suits us to the ground). Particularly O'Hare who I think would potentially have a far better attacking output if he wasn't having to bust a gut constantly, which although is a massive positive to his game, is only naturally going to slow his decision making through fatigue. It seems at times that if he was just a split second faster in the head he would score/assist far more often. That's based on nothing but an opinion but interesting to see what people think.
Did you go to either if Blackburn or Preston by any chance? (Not a pop just interested) It's certainly not natural to his game but Preston in particular he was doing more than his fair share of work "defending from the front".
Ok another note. I think it's overstated this defending front the front especially with Walker, simply because the likes of Godden and Waghorn are willing to chase down lost causes or sacrifice positional awareness in the hope of forcing a mistake (which is great at certain times and is a valid tactic with plenty of joy against Fulham). Walker doesn't do that as often, but he he adds a different dynamic and looks a threat. How many times have we seen it in recent seasons where one of our strikers is isolated, or only one person in the box to attacks a cross etc. Walker is far better at saving his energy for what he is on the pitch for, scoring goals, yes it's a team sport and certain games will dictate that we need wags or Godden but Walker is more than deserving of a starting place at this level for me.
Just to add onto this, the fact that our attacking players have to do so much defensive work I think counts against them at times ( I completely support pressure from the front it's the right way to play, and suits us to the ground). Particularly O'Hare who I think would potentially have a far better attacking output if he wasn't having to bust a gut constantly, which although is a massive positive to his game, is only naturally going to slow his decision making through fatigue. It seems at times that if he was just a split second faster in the head he would score/assist far more often. That's based on nothing but an opinion but interesting to see what people think.
Agree with a lot of this.
Walker was excellent at Preston particularly, his all around game was essential to the way we tried to play. When we went direct he won a lot of aerial duels & flick ons for Gyökeres, his hold up play was very good enabling us to get up the field & he even contributed in our own box defensively with 2 clearances & 1 block from set pieces.
I had the Preston commentary on with my iFollow & they were waxing lyrical about him all game wishing they had a similar player.
I think he performs that role better than Godden, think back to Millwall away, Godden was anonymous. As mentioned before, Godden is better in other areas though such as working the channels, closing down opposition fullbacks etc. so I really don't have a problem with choosing between them depending on the opposition & our game plan.
Great options to have.
Was busy yesterday so didn't read any of the match thread. How did Godden do bar the goal?
I've always said he's a class player so was great to see him get on the scoresheet again.
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