He should be scoring more for us though, we all know that, including him. 43 games or whatever it is, without a goal is pisspoor.
But it was McGinn who brought up the topic of goals for Villa, and it stands to reason that his international goalscoring exploits and the dearth of goals at club level will spark discussion and debate.SJM is aware of the issue and sounds like he's aware of the topic being discussed by followers of Aston Villa and football people who notice the difference in goals at Club and Country level
He's now got over half as many goals for Scotland as League goals in his career. In the time it's taken him to score those 16 international goals he's scored 9 for us. I don't really know what to make of that fact. We should set up like Scotland?
Quote from: eamonn on March 27, 2023, 10:44:22 AMHe should be scoring more for us though, we all know that, including him. 43 games or whatever it is, without a goal is pisspoor. He should have buried that chance away at Forest earlier in the season, he had the whole goal to aim at and got caught in two minds between heading and shooting. Might have been a minor Glen Whelan 'Sliding Doors' moment that, as if he had scored and we'd won, we'd have been 10th rather than 16th and it might have delayed/prevented the rage sacking a couple of games later, and we possibly might not have Unai now.
Have you noticed against which defences he’s picked up those goals for Scotland though? Cyprus / Faeroe Island etcProbably the equivalent of playing against Championship or League One
That miss summed up him, the manager he played for and the way he 'set up' the team at that time.Confused and indecisive, a world away from what we've seen from McGinn this year.
Quote from: Lastfootstamper on March 27, 2023, 10:57:41 AMHe's now got over half as many goals for Scotland as League goals in his career. In the time it's taken him to score those 16 international goals he's scored 9 for us. I don't really know what to make of that fact. We should set up like Scotland?The average Premier League team is a bit better than Cyprus, the Faeroes or Israel though.