Do we need to spread the goals around more?

[blueblue]

If something isn't broken , why try to fix it ?
That is where we are with Lukaku at the moment... not only is he scoring goals but he is also contributing to the overall team gameplan.

If he gets injured or suspended then the gameplan will be changed to try to cover his absence. That said, it is an area that has to be strengthened for next season.

 

[ianefc]

Does anyone know what the most goals we've scored in one PL season is and which season it was. I assume 13/14 and that was 61 goals. If that's the case we need 15 goals from 10 games to break that record.

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

Obviously it's distorted a bit by the lack of real alternatives to Lukaku up front. Neither Kone or Niasse are much good, and that's hopefully an area we'll improve in the summer. It would be a real help if Barkley or Mirallas (or whoever players in those advanced positions) could get 10+ goals a season.

True but in my old school tradition I love that predator midfielder one like Alan Ball and perhaps to a certain extent Tim Cahill with his headers. Loved the Schederlin goal this weekend could he be the one? I was hoping Barkley was after last year but so far hasn't answered the call all the way. I love the hairdo though. It could even unleash Lukaku to Latchford numbers if one stepped up.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Does anyone know what the most goals we've scored in one PL season is and which season it was. I assume 13/14 and that was 61 goals. If that's the case we need 15 goals from 10 games to break that record.

I believe it was 64 goals in 95/96. At the current pace, we'll see right around that mark (but recent form is better).

 

[nsno-chris]

Fair enough if you're backtracking from your position in backing that idiot Echo piece up.

There was no tracking, so no back tracking required sir. Point still stands, every club relies on there leading man, it's why they are the most sort after and the most expensive. Always have been, always will, but ok that's futbol

Anyway, back to the topic I've done my piping down for the evening. Yes, every team can always add more goals to their game. Barkley needs to starting hitting double figures and our wide men as well.

We need to find another degsy mountfield for goals from the back

 

[davek]

There was no tracking, so no back tracking required sir. Point still stands, every club relies on there leading man, it's why they are the most sort after and the most expensive. Always have been, always will, but ok that's futbol

Anyway, back to the topic I've done my piping down for the evening. Yes, every team can always add more goals to their game. Barkley needs to starting hitting double figures and our wide men as well.

We need to find another degsy mountfield for goals from the back

Yes, until the PL outlaw all other club's top goalscorers for us we need to get more players hitting the 6/7/8 goal mark.

 

[nsno-chris]

Yes, until the PL outlaw all other club's top goalscorers for us we need to get more players hitting the 6/7/8 goal mark.

*bites lip

 

[Eggs]

...it's a fair question @Bruce Wayne asks. On Friday's Everton Show, Kevin Sheedy noted that Mountfield scored 14 goals in that fabulous 1985 season. For me that's as much about having somebody who can consistently deliver a set piece as somebody getting on the end of something.

I reckon the vast majority of Mountfields goals were Sheedy assists. We have nobody who consistently hits the spot with free kicks/corners and it's a very lucrative area that we fail to exploit. It needs addressing in the summer.

 

[Woolly Blue]

Despite scoring a decent number of goals this season (44 in 28 league games), Lukaku has scored 40% of our goals, with Barkley the 2nd highest scorer with just 5.

I don't think it will harm us too much this year, but next season, is it better to give Rom more support? Where can we get extra goals from?

Need to ? Kind of, but it depends on the context

Would it be good ? Yea, ideally we need roughly another 15 goals a season over and above what we're likely to score this season. It doesn't really matter where those goals come from, but they'd be likely to turn a few draws into wins. If scoring that number of goals brings down Lukaku's percentage, which it almost certainly would, then job done.

Probably a more pressing issue is to have someone available how can play up front instead of Lukaku now and then, or come off the bench to replace him on his off days. If that someone's capable of chipping in ten goals a season, then we're well on the way to pushing for top four. Finding someone who's good enough to do that and is happy to play second fiddle to Rom is a nightmare though.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

True but in my old school tradition I love that predator midfielder one like Alan Ball and perhaps to a certain extent Tim Cahill with his headers. Loved the Schederlin goal this weekend could he be the one? I was hoping Barkley was after last year but so far hasn't answered the call all the way. I love the hairdo though. It could even unleash Lukaku to Latchford numbers if one stepped up.

It's something the English game has always been good at, from Robson through Platt to Lampard and Scholes. Alli is perhaps the most in that ilk today and has got almost a goal every other game this season. It looked like Barkley might develop into that kind of player. Hopefully now his confidence is returning he'll really push on.

 

[ste d' indica]

I like having one goal at each end, preferably in the middle. But I am a bit of a traditionalist.

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

...it's a fair question @Bruce Wayne asks. On Friday's Everton Show, Kevin Sheedy noted that Mountfield scored 14 goals in that fabulous 1985 season. For me that's as much about having somebody who can consistently deliver a set piece as somebody getting on the end of something.

I reckon the vast majority of Mountfields goals were Sheedy assists. We have nobody who consistently hits the spot with free kicks/corners and it's a very lucrative area that we fail to exploit. It needs addressing in the summer.

That is why a set piece specialist is badly needed for us.

 

[degsy]

Despite scoring a decent number of goals this season (44 in 28 league games), Lukaku has scored 40% of our goals, with Barkley the 2nd highest scorer with just 5.

I don't think it will harm us too much this year, but next season, is it better to give Rom more support? Where can we get extra goals from?

you always need to spread the goals about, the top teams do, the nearly's don't, which is why we're a 'nearly'.
When we become a top team we will spread the goals about
and
When we spread the goals about we will be a top team.

 

[Tel001]

There's an Echo piece quoted favourably on here a few days ago that suggests that we dont need Lukaku and his goals. That we'd be in the CL spots if we didn't have him.

I know.

Didn't say that tho did it Dave... it's said if you took the top scorer out of each team we'd be 4th... stop posting crap

 

[Tel001]

Does anyone know what the most goals we've scored in one PL season is and which season it was. I assume 13/14 and that was 61 goals. If that's the case we need 15 goals from 10 games to break that record.

72 points mate... sorry wrong answer