EPL´s most clinical strikers, Cole Chamakh and Rodriguez...

[Olallana]

Who would´ve guessed

 

http://eplindex.com/50523/premier-leagues-clinical-strikers-sturridge-rodriguez-cole-welbeck.html

 

When it comes to clear-cut-chances, there are a few more surprise names on the list. The striker with the highest clear-cut-chance conversion rate is in fact Southampton’s Jay Rodriguez [/Quote]

[Glasgow_Saint]

So we cant blame the strikers for our poor form?

[Saint Garrett]

Depends how you define a "clear cut chance"

 

JRod almost misses one sitter a game.

[S-Clarke]

Depends how you define a "clear cut chance"

 

JRod almost misses one sitter a game.

 

He clearly doesn't. Maybe a few chances he could do better with, but I wouldn't class those chances as sitters.

 

He's had a good season and has a good return, if anything our poor return in form the last few weeks is down to his lack of involvement (he seems pretty quiet, not taking players on etc).

[Saint Garrett]

He clearly doesn't. Maybe a few chances he could do better with, but I wouldn't class those chances as sitters.

 

He's had a good season and has a good return, if anything our poor return in form the last few weeks is down to his lack of involvement (he seems pretty quiet, not taking players on etc).

 

He seems to get a decent chance from about 15 yards which he quite regularly just rolls to the keeper. Don't get me wrong, I think hes had a great season, but I certainly wouldn't class him as "clinical"!

[verlaine1979]

The article actually makes a point that JRod's 'chance conversion' is pretty rubbish, at only 17%.

[simo]

He seems to get a decent chance from about 15 yards which he quite regularly just rolls to the keeper. Don't get me wrong, I think hes had a great season, but I certainly wouldn't class him as "clinical"!

 

He needs to learn to just smash it sometimes rather than place it he'd easy have another 5 goals this season!

[Window Cleaner]

JRod aside, there's a trend for lower scoring strikers it seems. People go on about Lukaku, Remy etc., but all these strikers are pretty modest goal tallies. We view them as good now, and think JRod's tally is good, but I guess the days of having loads of strikers on 20 goals or more are gone.

 

 

Probably because defenders and defensive systems are so much better, sport evolves, lesser men do less well.

[Beckenham Saint]

Can think of many times where, as mentioned, he has almost passed the ball to the keeper, but then can also think of times where the same technique has worked for him (Newcastle away, Chelsea away etc) so can see why he persists with the technique. Think he'd be at least on 15 goals by now if he occasionally put his laces through the ball inside the box.