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The majority of those Championship goals were before he joined us though, and before he was getting injured every month.Of the 159 games, 146 of those are league game.
Of those 146 league games, 80 (55%) of them were in the Premier League
Of the 80 PL games, 44 (55%) of them are in absolutely shocking seasons finishing bottom of the league (2020/21 & 2023/24)
So, 30% of his league games have been in 2 of the worst seasons ever.
The biggest disappointment from McBurnie for me is the 21/22 season (Slav & Hecky). 28 games and 0 goals.
A 6 goal return this season isn't bad considering we've only scored 33. He's scored 18% of the goals.
Worth noting that when we finished 9th and everybody liked McBurnie. He still only scored 6 of our 39 goals that season (15%)
He is clearly a player that needs a consistent run in the team. His injury record is preventing him from being the prolific player that he's capable of.
His record in the Championship is 44 goals in 125 apps... a goal every 2.84 games. That equates to 16 goals in a 46 game season. That 2.84 GPG ratio includes the terrible 28 games under Slav/Hecky.
As a soon-to-be Championship team, we'd be silly to let him leave.
I agree I'd keep him around as I said, but it would have to be on terms that suit the club, and not ones that were agreed based on him being a fit, young, goal scoring, £20m striker 5 years ago.