Evans Equals Blake & Beattie

[oldblade]

Not so fast Bladesway, We haven't got promotion yet and there is still the little matter of how we will cope in the Championship if we do.

But that said, my comments based on his performance to date, were wide of the mark*

*with the possible exceptions of his substitutions

You are right. We are far from promoted. We have received a welcome boost, but I dare say most of the sides (ourselves included) racing for that second spot will drop points unexpectedly along the way, just as most will win when not expecting to as well.

But, with regard to the championship, the time to worry about that is if and when we get there.

 

[ghandi]

Its a pity we don't have an agana style player to get the extra goals like he got.

Why? We are the divisions's leading goal scorers with 73.

 

[Revolution]

Is 5 the most goalscorers that we have ever had in a game or did we manage 6 in any of those 10-0 and 11-2 wins in pre-war days?

There were 5 different scorers in all 3 games where we scored double figures.

 

[Darren]

Is 5 the most goalscorers that we have ever had in a game or did we manage 6 in any of those 10-0 and 11-2 wins in pre-war days?

There were 5 different scorers in all 3 games where we scored double figures.

So is 5 the most scorers we have had in any game?

 

[Highbury_Blade]

Why? We are the divisions's leading goal scorers with 73.

Another reason why we really have no need to be so pessimistic.

 

[BusheyBlade]

Why? We are the divisions's leading goal scorers with 73.

In fact, we are the leading goal scorers in the country, level with Man United (they have however played 9 fewer games than us).

 

[Torrix1889]

"Evans Equals Blake"

Had to do a double take when i saw that on the main menu, thought for a fleeting second we had signed the fat lad from Wolves...

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Evans storms into the lead with 37.

I still can't believe Beattie hasn't scored yet.

 

[Sothall_Blade]

Keith Edwards in 1983/1984. He scored 34.

That was league goals only. He got 42 if you include cup games.

There are 2 players who have scored as many more recently: Deane and Agana both scored 30 goals in all competitions in 1988-9.

I think that's 21 league goals for Evans with 8 games to go. 20+ league goals in a season since Edwards' 34 goals in 1984:

1984 Colin Morris 20
1986 Keith Edwards 20 (in 32 games!)
1989 Tony Agana 24
1989 Brian Deane 22
1990 Brian Deane 21
2008 James Beattie 22
2012 Ched Evans 21 and counting

Am I right in thinking that Williamson is the first midfielder since Brown in 02/03 to reach double figures?

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Am I right in thinking that Williamson is the first midfielder since Brown in 02/03 to reach double figures?

Yes I think he is.

Ndlovu got 9 in 2003-04.

 

[Blade]

Evans storms into the lead with 37.

I still can't believe Beattie hasn't scored yet.

hardly surprising given he's hardly been given more than an hour of interrupted football whilst Cresswell has managed so much gametime with so little return.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

hardly surprising given he's hardly been given more than an hour of interrupted football whilst Cresswell has managed so much gametime with so little return.

You'd still think he would have bagged one in one of the matches where he's come on late on when we've been comfortably winning.

Like last night he had a really good chance at almost point blank range but he didn't turn fast enough and fluffed it.