Billy's 17 Points This Season

[5tannington Blade]

Just saw this on the Boro match preview on BBC Sport's website:

• Billy Sharp's 12 goals have been worth 17 points to his team this season, more than any other player in the Championship.

Thought that was a crazy stat. We all know how frustrating he can be at this level - if he isn't scoring he doesn't offer much else. But he has undoubtedly grabbed chances a lot better than others in the crucial parts of some matches.

For me it's Clarke, Sharp and Duffy tomorrow night. End of. No one else has the desire to get SUFC into the playoffs like billy will - I'd rather see us fall short and Billy give it his all then us try and wangle some form out of Donaldson, Wilson, Brooks, Holmes etc.

 

[super_pig]

if he isn't scoring he doesn't offer much else

leadership

 

[5tannington Blade]

leadership

Very true - I do apologise!

 

[Dellas Cowboys]

leadership

Can whip in a lovely cross.

 

[BigBed]

It's just a massive shame our forwards are so hit or miss, excuse the pun!!, we just don't have a player to fall back on at the moment.....Clarke has hopefully broke his goal drought, Sharpe isn't firing, Donaldson has just been a disappointment in my eyes, Wilson.....il leave that there...Man u....HA!
Ched is still MIA, Brooks is not a striker!!, and it appears, after chasing Holmes for ages, it was just so nobodyelse bought him, cos I can't see any other reason he's here, can anyonelse!????

So what do we do??

 

[super_pig]

Can whip in a lovely cross.

indeed.. shame he can't be two places at once. anyways on the leadership thing.. watch him

 

[Bladesman]

Who knew our striker would win us points.

So do we still want to pick his bags for the MLS coz he hasn't scored for a bit?

 

[Dellas Cowboys]

It's just a massive shame our forwards are so hit or miss, excuse the pun!!, we just don't have a player to fall back on at the moment.....Clarke has hopefully broke his goal drought, Sharpe isn't firing, Donaldson has just been a disappointment in my eyes, Wilson.....il leave that there...Man u....HA!
Ched is still MIA, Brooks is not a striker!!, and it appears, after chasing Holmes for ages, it was just so nobodyelse bought him, cos I can't see any other reason he's here, can anyonelse!????

So what do we do??

Have you thought of a career in motivational speaking...

 

[Baaaaaaa Blades]

I wonder where we would be without his goals these past 3 seasons !? certainly not 4 points outside the champ play offs with a few games to go,

Billy has been immense for us in his 3rd spell here
great captain , ambassader for the club and a great goal scorer

 

[Large Mendonca]

I thought Bashar Al Asaba would be all over this thread

 

[blademark]

It's just a massive shame our forwards are so hit or miss, excuse the pun!!, we just don't have a player to fall back on at the moment.....Clarke has hopefully broke his goal drought, Sharpe isn't firing, Donaldson has just been a disappointment in my eyes, Wilson.....il leave that there...Man u....HA!
Ched is still MIA, Brooks is not a striker!!, and it appears, after chasing Holmes for ages, it was just so nobodyelse bought him, cos I can't see any other reason he's here, can anyonelse!????

So what do we do??

You are lucky that you have such a cheerful disposition to help you through this crisis !

 

[Addison]

60% win ratio when he starts closely followed by Duffy with 56%.

 

[super_pig]

something i've noticed in Roys viewfroms.. other fans are fucking terrified of him

 

[BigBed]

Have you thought of a career in motivational speaking...

Tried it, keep telling people to fuck off though.

 

[5tannington Blade]

I know people will say we don't owe him anything, but I genuinely think based on how the others are performing we should give him the next 2 crunch games.

 

[BigBed]

Who knew our striker would win us points.

So do we still want to pick his bags for the MLS coz he hasn't scored for a bit?

The purple one is my choice......

 

[Bladesman]

The purple one is my choice......

A good purple bag for when he hasn't hit a purple patch.

 

[BigBed]

A good purple bag for when he hasn't hit a purple patch.

Let's be honest, he hasn't hit much in the past few games............

 

[Bladesman]

Let's be honest, he hasn't hit much in the past few games............

Leon hadn't hit a cows arse since New Years day til about 6 days ago.

 

[BigBed]

Leon hadn't hit a cows arse since New Years day til about 6 days ago.

Very true.
Still, could be worse, could be Wilson or Donaldson.........

 

[Bashar Al Asaba]

I thought Bashar Al Asaba would be all over this thread

Been pissing in the wind with this one for quite some time unfortunately.

 

[super_pig]

Let's be honest, he hasn't hit much in the past few games............

billy goes on hot streaks.. he's due another.. (i posted something similar before his last hot streak)

 

[super_pig]

Been pissing in the wind with this one for quite some time unfortunately.

stick at it.

 

[Revolution]

Leon has been a little unlucky as we've won only 3 points in the last 6 games he's scored goals:

Fulham 4-5 (3 goals)
Birmingham 1-1
Bristol City 1-2
Derby 1-1
Cardiff 1-1
Barnsley 2-3

Before that:

2 against the Pigs - 2 points won
2 against Wolves - 2 points won
4 against Hull - 3 points won
1 against Burton - no points won (I think he got the third)

10 points won.

I note we've only kept 1 clean sheet when Leon's scored. Not his fault of course.

 

[super_pig]

criticism of both Leon and Bill is absurd.. they are both near the top of the scoring charts.. check out what the oppo fans think of them.. they must be wondering how many they have to score to win each game. Leon scored a hattrick and still lost ffs!
our much vaunted midfield are the main scoring culprits IMHO. ie not scoring enough. also JoC and Freemans contribution has been missing this year through bad luck and injury.. i really like Baldock he is very consistent but can't help thinking 'Freeman would have buried that' at times

 

[LJBlade]

Been pissing in the wind with this one for quite some time unfortunately.

Ah, the old 'I'm the only one who appreciates Billy Sharp delusion'.

 

[DronnieBlade]

Seriously.

Irrespective of the thrust of what the OP has said, Sharp is a much maligned player on this forum. What he actually contributes, beyond goals, is systematically overlooked by many.

When he scores = the world is good.
When he doesn’t = he is a passenger / dogshit.

It really is that Black and White !!

UTB

 

[Sheffsteel]

Seriously.

Irrespective of the thrust of what the OP has said, Sharp is a much maligned player on this forum. What he actually contributes, beyond goals, is systematically overlooked by many.

When he scores = the world is good.
When he doesn’t = he is a passenger / dogshit.

It really is that Black and White !!

UTB

Kind if disagree.....I like to think I’m balanced and don’t have any favourites (apart from maybe Duffy ha ha). I think some of the criticism Sharp receivers is fair, he’d probably admit it himself.

I often think Sharp has similarities to my hero Keith Edwards, he’s not quick, not physical, no height, not a target man, very average link up play....however Sharp is our best finisher, a predator but relies on others to set him up. So when he’s not scoring he doesn’t do anywhere near as much as the others, it’s like we’re a man short. Although Sharp (like Edwards) is one of them players who can be playing poorly, hardly touch the ball then boom....it’s in the net and another goal. That’s the type of player he is.
Back in the early 80’s the number of times I heard Blades around me saying “Edwards is having a poor game, he needs subbing”, then 5 minutes later he’d score from his first shot on goal.

Clarke has height, more physicality, better target man, far better link up play and sets others up.
So even when Clarke doesn’t score he can still play well and be effective and a big threat.
The problem with Clarke is he’ll score the difficult chances but tends to miss the easy chances.

Full respect to both though because they both work so hard and Billy shows leadership qualities, desperate for his team to win.
I can see logic in either or both starting.

 

[LJBlade]

Seriously.

Irrespective of the thrust of what the OP has said, Sharp is a much maligned player on this forum. What he actually contributes, beyond goals, is systematically overlooked by many.

When he scores = the world is good.
When he doesn’t = he is a passenger / dogshit.

It really is that Black and White !!

UTB

Please point out where 'many' have called him 'dogshit'.

 

[Bladesman]

Kind if disagree.....I like to think I’m balanced and don’t have any favourites (apart from maybe Duffy ha ha). I think some of the criticism Sharp receivers is fair, he’d probably admit it himself.

I often think Sharp has similarities to my hero Keith Edwards, he’s not quick, not physical, no height, not a target man, very average link up play....however Sharp is our best finisher, a predator but relies on others to set him up. So when he’s not scoring he doesn’t do anywhere near as much as the others, it’s like we’re a man short. Although Sharp (like Edwards) is one of them players who can be playing poorly, hardly touch the ball then boom....it’s in the net and another goal. That’s the type of player he is.
Back in the early 80’s the number of times I heard Blades around me saying “Edwards is having a poor game, he needs subbing”, then 5 minutes later he’d score from his first shot on goal.

Clarke has height, more physicality, better target man, far better link up play and sets others up.
So even when Clarke doesn’t score he can still play well and be effective and a big threat.
The problem with Clarke is he’ll score the difficult chances but tends to miss the easy chances.

Full respect to both though because they both work so hard and Billy shows leadership qualities, desperate for his team to win.
I can see logic in either or both starting.

I think when Sharp is out of form he starts coming deeper for the ball which a lot of strikers seem to do. He doesn't need to come deep for it, he just needs to be in or around the box ready for the ball to come in.

The effort is always there from Billy and he sometimes gets rewarded when he forces a defender into making a mistake. I like it when both Clarke and Sharp press defenders at the same time.