EliteKiller wrote:Sorry, but what utter bollocks. Jesus got 4 in one game against relegated Watford ignore that and he got just 4 in 1800 minutes. Stats without some context are mostly drivel. Jesus played 1880 minutes for eight goals, ESR played 1922 for ten goals clearly by your logic ESR is the better striker. Eddie scored 5 in 825 minutes, by your logic that's 25 guaranteed next season if he plays every minute,
Why sign Raphinha with 11 goals when we can sign Pukki also with 11 goals in a far worse team, he would cost half the price - by your logic his goal contributions automatically increase by even more.
Players DO NOT automatically do anything changing teams, just ask Lukaku how that goes.
EK, its not bollox at all, how do we forecast things ? We look at history, we predict what we think will happen based on what has happened in the past. If a striker scored 20 goals in the previous season its not unreasonable to predict/forecast that they will score 20 goals again. If there are factors that affected those 20 goals (negative or positive) its not unreasonable to expect an improvement or reduction in the number of goals. Yes, context is important but its only a part of the conversation. Who is to say Jesus couldn't/wouldn't score 4 goals again, against the next relegation team ? Does the fact he scored 4 goals in a game not register with his total number of goals or are the extra goals subtracted ? You would have needed to score 4 goals or more 4 times last season, to have beaten Watford, so don't knock those 4 goals !
Jesus played 1880 minutes for eight goals, ESR played 1922 for ten goals clearly by your logic ESR is the better striker. Eddie scored 5 in 825 minutes, by your logic that's 25 guaranteed next season if he plays every minute,
If you multiply it out, yes, its called a strike rate and strike rates are used as a stat in loads of sports. Of course Eddie won't play every minute so he won't get anywhere near 25 goals, but as a stat it shows the frequency of his goal scoring. I don't see why that stat is an issue to you.
As for Pukki vs Raphina, Pukki is a CF, Raphina is a winger/wide forward, he shouldn't score as many as the CF who is always in the box and the focal point of attacks !
As for your point about Lukaku, cool, but the same can be said for players that STAY at a club, that doesn't mean they will continue to do what they had been doing, just look at Auba !