I know lots of people don't like stats, and insist they can be misleading, but Ollie's shots-to-goals conversion rate this season is 12.8%. Last season it was 14.4%. Ings is at 19% this season. For comparison, Jamie Vardy is on 25%, Firminio 26%, Salah 20% and England captain Harry Kane is at 8%.Across a season, most top strikers are well into the teens, and the season's top performers can be well into the 20s.And before anyone reads TOO much into these numbers, here's a stat for you. Last season Keinan Davis had a better shots-to-goals ratio than Mason Greenwood.
Messing around with the formation and trying to make it with 2 upfront really hasn't helped him this season. If we keep the set-up as we had it on Saturday I think we'll start to see the best of him.
Quote from: Risso on January 24, 2022, 02:37:39 PMQuote from: chrisw1 on January 24, 2022, 01:47:07 PMI wouldn't write off Watkins, I like him and hope he's with us for a while. But his finishing is abysmal. Bit of a problem for top level strikers, that.Calling his finishing abysmal is way over the top. He’s scored 21 in 55 appearances for us which works out at 1 every 2.6 games.
Quote from: chrisw1 on January 24, 2022, 01:47:07 PMI wouldn't write off Watkins, I like him and hope he's with us for a while. But his finishing is abysmal. Bit of a problem for top level strikers, that.
I wouldn't write off Watkins, I like him and hope he's with us for a while. But his finishing is abysmal.
Quote from: Chris Smith on January 24, 2022, 03:03:16 PMQuote from: Risso on January 24, 2022, 02:37:39 PMQuote from: chrisw1 on January 24, 2022, 01:47:07 PMI wouldn't write off Watkins, I like him and hope he's with us for a while. But his finishing is abysmal. Bit of a problem for top level strikers, that.Calling his finishing abysmal is way over the top. He’s scored 21 in 55 appearances for us which works out at 1 every 2.6 games. I probably should have phrased it 'his finishing can be abysmal'It just seems to me that he's missing very good chances most games. Maybe I've become a bit over sensitized to it, but I've found hima very frustrating watch this season.
We've the 9th highest goals scored tally in the division, and two of the teams ahead of us have a worse defensive record. Watkins is part of that. He causes defences all sorts of issues, and is just having a dry patch, not helped by a number of his appearances being wide and many others in what most people deemed to be a shit team earlier in the season.Last year he was being raved about as the best thing since sliced bread. Give the guy a fucking break.
Quote from: olaftab on January 24, 2022, 03:02:27 PMWatkins has scored the same number of League goals as Lukaku, Greenwood and Kane so far this season. So what?Lukaka has only started 11 games. Kane was sulking about not being sold and hardly broke a sweat for the first half a dozen games at least. Other players not doing as well as expected doesn't really say anything about Watkins does it?
Watkins has scored the same number of League goals as Lukaku, Greenwood and Kane so far this season.