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Rickie Lambert - League One Top Scorer Again?


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When everyone was creaming over him last season, I didn't see "oh wait, 13 of them are penalties and they don't count."

 

I am very constant in this, I always divide goals scored into open play and other.I have even had numerous disputes over this on this very forum. A striker who scores 15 goals from open play cannot be compared to one who scores 7 penalties and 8 from open play. All goals count but individual tallies are doped by penalties.

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I am very constant in this, I always divide goals scored into open play and other.I have even had numerous disputes over this on this very forum. A striker who scores 15 goals from open play cannot be compared to one who scores 7 penalties and 8 from open play. All goals count but individual tallies are doped by penalties.

 

Still has to put them away though !!

I can see your logic, sort of, but to take it further you can get into which forwards have the bottle to take penalties against ones who dont, and does having the guts to take a penalty make them a better striker than one who bottles it etc etc

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Still has to put them away though !!

I can see your logic, sort of, but to take it further you can get into which forwards have the bottle to take penalties against ones who dont, and does having the guts to take a penalty make them a better striker than one who bottles it etc etc

 

But it's not a judgement in any way,it's a way of seeing the case.RL does lot of work that bring goals for others but he is not all that prolific in goals scored from open play this season that's all.At the end of the day the assertion was made that no-one remarked on it last season,what I'm saying is that I must have done because I always do.

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But it's not a judgement in any way,it's a way of seeing the case.RL does lot of work that bring goals for others but he is not all that prolific in goals scored from open play this season that's all.At the end of the day the assertion was made that no-one remarked on it last season,what I'm saying is that I must have done because I always do.

It also explains why Barnard is not very prolific, he took all the pens for Southend.

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Not sure that you can 'down grade' goals scored from the spot. The logic would then be to separate out 'tap ins' and deflections. What about when a player has a pen saved but scores from the rebound? Goals are goals. Lambert makes pens look much easier than they are. Which games was it at SMS where we missed 2 pens in the first 10 minutes?

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I wasn't aware penalties don't count as goals.

 

Must have a word with FIFA and get them to recheck all those Golden Boot awards. I assume they no longer count towards the result then?

 

Hell L1 leading scorer 2 seasons in a row is in his grasp. I ain't gonna tell him not to make any effort 'cos some Saints fans don't reckon he deserves it 'cos he cheated.

 

The thread is Leading Scorer

 

The penalty debate is for a different thread - who is best striker - very different questions

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We should just get Oxo to run into the oppo box very fast with the ball and then fall over at the slightest touch we should get lots more penos and Lambert would shoot up the table. Penalty and Lambert = goal . It's a shame Lamberts free kick taking has gone done hill this season end of last season it felt like every free kick he took would bring a goal this season he can't seem to put one in.

 

Maybe if we play 4-4-2 with N'guessan and Oxo chucking crosses into the box and Lambert in the box rather than out on the wing we'd see more goals from rickie like we saw against Exeter.

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Must have a word with FIFA and get them to recheck all those Golden Boot awards. I assume they no longer count towards the result then?

 

Hell L1 leading scorer 2 seasons in a row is in his grasp. I ain't gonna tell him not to make any effort 'cos some Saints fans don't reckon he deserves it 'cos he cheated.

 

 

If he scores the most goals this year,he would be topscorer 3 years in a row. If I remember correctly,he shared the crown with Beckford in Rickies last season with Bristol.

Would be an amazing achievement !

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If he scores the most goals this year,he would be topscorer 3 years in a row. If I remember correctly,he shared the crown with Beckford in Rickies last season with Bristol.

Would be an amazing achievement !

 

Joint with Simon Cox of Swindon, you'll perhaps find.

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Thing is, it takes a different mind set to be able to take a penalty, compared to scoring in open play. Therefore should penalties not count for more? In open play there are many chances that come a little easier because the goalie is distracted elsewhere and isn't given you his full attention, and he may also be looking for you to pass rather than shoot. In penalties you are stood one to one, you're going to shoot and you have his FULL attention.

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