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2018/19 Dominic Calvert-Lewin

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DualityNSNO said:
Because he's a striker - strikers score goals.

And he's not *that* involved like, let's not pretend he's turbo-Giroud. https://understat.com/player/5555

Look at the missed shots. That's not normal - we're creating chances for him, and despite the fact he's surpassing his xG rating, he's still not doing well enough with these chances. Some of those can lead to wins. I think it's basically what people want (or at least what I want) from him.
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It's not purely about scoring goals though. It's about winning games and how many the team scores.

Lukuku scored loads of us, but did anyone else step up and score more than a handful? Now our striker scores less but the team scores more all round. Our league position stays pretty much the same regardless.

The chances missed is about right though, we as a club have suffered with this for years, playing well, getting into the final third and then fluffing our chances over and over again. A bigger worry for me with DCL is that he doesn't seem to be in good positions to take any chances rather than just missing loads of them.
 
Brisan123 said:
Well all the teams above us with the exception of the magnificent Wolves scored more than us.
So if we want to break into the top 4/6 we need to score more goals
We drew 9 games last season and lost 7 by the odd goal.
Thats 25 points extra we could have got from scoring 16 more goals in critical situations
Even turning 5 of those draws into wins and 3 of the defeats into draws would have got us 13 more points from 8 goals
Fanciful I know
So yes we were short of goals
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Love your analyses.
 
Papa Shango said:
It's not purely about scoring goals though. It's about winning games and how many the team scores.

Lukuku scored loads of us, but did anyone else step up and score more than a handful? Now our striker scores less but the team scores more all round. Our league position stays pretty much the same regardless.

The chances missed is about right though, we as a club have suffered with this for years, playing well, getting into the final third and then fluffing our chances over and over again. A bigger worry for me with DCL is that he doesn't seem to be in good positions to take any chances rather than just missing loads of them.
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Quite right it is about winning games that is where the points are, For me I would not have said no to another 10 games of 1-0!
 
alvinh said:
Obviously in an ideal world he's also 20 a season, but as long as the goals come does it matter who scores them? I think that front role in Silva's system is as much about bringing the others into the game. If DCL doesn't score many goals but he's flicking on the ball for Richarlison, Bernard or Gylfi to do so then he's worth his place.
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See this is what i want to see from Everton, goals spread around, not having a 20 a season player can sometimes work to your advantage. Having a main man and trying to play everything through him dosent always work. Just look at the 87 title winning side, 10 times we scored 3 or more with all the goals being scored by different players, Tricky Trev was the leading scorer on 14 league goals, a season earlier Lineker got 30 but we didnt win the title. Also we had one hatrick that season, from Wayne Clarke. Having everyone scoring is so much harder to defend.
 
4737carlin said:
See this is what i want to see from Everton, goals spread around, not having a 20 a season player can sometimes work to your advantage. Having a main man and trying to play everything through him dosent always work. Just look at the 87 title winning side, 10 times we scored 3 or more with all the goals being scored by different players, Tricky Trev was the leading scorer on 14 league goals, a season earlier Lineker got 30 but we didnt win the title. Also we had one hatrick that season, from Wayne Clarke. Having everyone scoring is so much harder to defend.
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Totally agree but....

When you have that 20+ goal striker they can win a game on their own. To do anything you need your main man and supporting acts to muck in.
 

4737carlin said:
See this is what i want to see from Everton, goals spread around, not having a 20 a season player can sometimes work to your advantage. Having a main man and trying to play everything through him dosent always work. Just look at the 87 title winning side, 10 times we scored 3 or more with all the goals being scored by different players, Tricky Trev was the leading scorer on 14 league goals, a season earlier Lineker got 30 but we didnt win the title. Also we had one hatrick that season, from Wayne Clarke. Having everyone scoring is so much harder to defend.
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I agree but the Everton sides of those years had plenty of scoring options I’d only regularly trust sigz and richy in our current setup
 
Papa Shango said:
It's not purely about scoring goals though. It's about winning games and how many the team scores.

Lukuku scored loads of us, but did anyone else step up and score more than a handful? Now our striker scores less but the team scores more all round. Our league position stays pretty much the same regardless.

The chances missed is about right though, we as a club have suffered with this for years, playing well, getting into the final third and then fluffing our chances over and over again. A bigger worry for me with DCL is that he doesn't seem to be in good positions to take any chances rather than just missing loads of them.
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It's what I mean though. Had he slotted those few that were/should've been easy and he had about 5 or 6 more - sure, even statistically then he's much better.

I agree, we are scoring more as a team, but he should still be converting those chances that were created for him. I can remember many occasions of him either missing his run completely or the ball with his run - that is something that comes with time I guess, but still...
 

DualityNSNO said:
It's what I mean though. Had he slotted those few that were/should've been easy and he had about 5 or 6 more - sure, even statistically then he's much better.

I agree, we are scoring more as a team, but he should still be converting those chances that were created for him. I can remember many occasions of him either missing his run completely or the ball with his run - that is something that comes with time I guess, but still...
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It is certainly something he can improve on. I am generally happy with the other aspects of his game though to not give up on him completely.
 
Nymzee said:
Did we lack goals as a team last season or something?
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We had a better defensive record than Arsenal or United (as measured by goals against) and finished miles adrift. We were nine goals behind the lowest-scoring of the top six (Chelsea), though our goal differential was comparable to United's and better than that of Wolves.

So yes, we were clearly short of the goals required to meet expectations, though it's also clear that we need "the right goals" that actually affect match outcomes. Tightening the defense down to Chelsea/Tottenham levels probably isn't realistic and probably won't have as much of an impact on the point tally, relative to adding goals (where we are clearly deficient).

Ideally, of course, we do both and address GA through better management of set pieces, signing existing loan pieces and upgrading at RB, while bringing in a striker closer to full development than DCL currently is and adding a bit more creativity and depth to the attack.
 

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