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Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:57 pm

Who do you think is the best striker in the league?

In my opinion I think it is between Rhodes and Deeney. I really don't rate McCormack, and I think he will struggle under the weight of expectation at fulham. I have always quite rated Kenwyne Jones but I just don't think he is as good as Rhodes/Deeney. It would have been interesting to see Frazier Campbell for your lot this season as I think he may have done quite well, i would have expected 20 goals as a minimum from him.

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:02 pm

A tie between Kiko Macheda, Kenwyne Jones, Adam Le Fondre, Javi Guerra and Nicky Maynard.

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:05 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:A tie between Kiko Macheda, Kenwyne Jones, Adam Le Fondre, Javi Guerra and Nicky Maynard.


Ill let you add Le Fondre in there. The rest are pretty cack. ;)

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:09 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:A tie between Kiko Macheda, Kenwyne Jones, Adam Le Fondre, Javi Guerra and Nicky Maynard.


Good call. Can't argue with that :thumbup:

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:10 pm

hornet_fan wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:A tie between Kiko Macheda, Kenwyne Jones, Adam Le Fondre, Javi Guerra and Nicky Maynard.


Ill let you add Le Fondre in there. The rest are pretty cack. ;)


Proves you know f**k all :thumbup:

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:19 pm

I'd say Rhodes, closely followed by Macheda, Le Fondre and Deeney. Grabban not too bad either

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:22 pm

moonboots wrote:
hornet_fan wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:A tie between Kiko Macheda, Kenwyne Jones, Adam Le Fondre, Javi Guerra and Nicky Maynard.


Ill let you add Le Fondre in there. The rest are pretty cack. ;)


Proves you know f**k all :thumbup:


Ahhh yes, the mighty cardiff strike force who have scored 5 goals in 4 games.

Of your strikers:

Guerra - no nothing about him, no idea if he will suit the championship or not.
Macheda - big disappointment, never developed as many thought he might, did score some goals at birmingham but hardly going to win you the league
Jones - as I said, I rate him, useful as a target man but i don't think will score 20 goals this season
Le Fondre - if played centrally as a poacher, then is potentially in the top five strikers in the league (the big word here is IF)
Nicky Maynard - has he not just gone back on loan to Bristol City? If not he is hardly likely to win you the league.

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:23 pm

p.s. think I've been trolled re maynard. But i stand by what I said about his goalscoring prowess.

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:29 pm

Grabban at Norwich off to a decent start, good shout for top scorer.

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:30 pm

MillenniumNova wrote:Grabban at Norwich off to a decent start, good shout for top scorer.


Yep good shout Ill add it to the list:

- Jordan Rhodes
- Troy Deeney
- Lewis Grabban
- Adam Le Fondre

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:56 pm

That new boy for forest Britt asombolonga looks a very good striker .
Then there is always Grant holt at Wigan , a different type of player to those mentioned but still very good

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:56 pm

hornet_fan wrote:
MillenniumNova wrote:Grabban at Norwich off to a decent start, good shout for top scorer.


Yep good shout Ill add it to the list:

- Jordan Rhodes
- Troy Deeney
- Lewis Grabban
- Adam Le Fondre



Macheda is certaintly finding his feet in the championship 10 goals in 18 games for Birmingham last season and 2 in 1 game for us so far a full season he will get 20 plus goals

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:01 pm

Top 8 IMO

1. Rhodes
2. Grabban
3. Deeney
4. Jones
5. McCormack
6. Le Fondre
7. Assombolonga(spl)
8. Gestede



Macheda and Guerra may well be up there aswell depending how they dot his season both have looked great so far. :thumbright:

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:14 pm

Really rate Deeney+ Rhodes Cardiff point of view Jones great start Guerra looks a gem and Macheda 2 goals 1 game I honestly think over this season Macheda and Guerra are the main men. :bluescarf: :bluescarf:

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:19 pm

phildavies wrote:Top 8 IMO

1. Rhodes
2. Grabban
3. Deeney
4. Jones
5. McCormack
6. Le Fondre
7. Assombolonga(spl)
8. Gestede


Good list I think. Assombalonga used to be a hornet, we sold him to P'boro for 1.8m and 50% of his next transfer fee. His 5m move then netted us another £2.5m. Not bad for a player who only ever played four games for us.

Still his move to forest is now looking like an absolute steal. If he can keep scoring goals, then I would not be surprised to see him reach 20 goals this season.

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:37 pm

hornet_fan wrote:
moonboots wrote:
hornet_fan wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:A tie between Kiko Macheda, Kenwyne Jones, Adam Le Fondre, Javi Guerra and Nicky Maynard.


Ill let you add Le Fondre in there. The rest are pretty cack. ;)


Proves you know f**k all :thumbup:


Ahhh yes, the mighty cardiff strike force who have scored 5 goals in 4 games.

Of your strikers:

Guerra - no nothing about him, no idea if he will suit the championship or not.
Macheda - big disappointment, never developed as many thought he might, did score some goals at birmingham but hardly going to win you the league
Jones - as I said, I rate him, useful as a target man but i don't think will score 20 goals this season
Le Fondre - if played centrally as a poacher, then is potentially in the top five strikers in the league (the big word here is IF)
Nicky Maynard - has he not just gone back on loan to Bristol City? If not he is hardly likely to win you the league.


Can't Argue with Watford boy,

We have 5 good strikers none of them are world beaters,

We need someone like Rhodes, Austin , mackormack, Murray (Palace) who will play every game and bang in 25+ goals

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 9:44 pm

Have to agree, Rhodes and Deeney. We have plenty of quality, competition and potential so I am more than happy with our strike force but it's hard to put a case forward for any of our strikers just because I havent seen enough of them yet.

Ask me at the end of the season and one of our lot could definitely be in contention. I think it's Macheda's last chance to settle and prove himself, so I'd say watch this space. Him and ALF could cause defenders nightmares. :ayatollah: :bluescarf:

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 9:59 pm

Guerra or Macheda, nuff said :thumbright:

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:32 pm

hornet_fan wrote:Who do you think is the best striker in the league?

In my opinion I think it is between Rhodes and Deeney. I really don't rate McCormack, and I think he will struggle under the weight of expectation at fulham. I have always quite rated Kenwyne Jones but I just don't think he is as good as Rhodes/Deeney. It would have been interesting to see Frazier Campbell for your lot this season as I think he may have done quite well, i would have expected 20 goals as a minimum from him.


I'll tell you at the end of the season :thumbup:

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:56 pm

Tough choice - but if i had to go with one ...hmm ... Jordan Rhodes ;) :oops: :oops: :oops:

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:18 pm

I would agree that Rhodes is probably the best striker in the division, followed by grabban/deeney.

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:53 pm

Jordan Rhodes by an absolute mile!

Joe Mason the best of the rest in my opinion.

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Thu Aug 28, 2014 9:08 am

Javi Guerra!

Good enough for the PL IMO. Wish we could have had him last season.

He's got everything, has a good record in Spains top flight and I fully expect him and Macheda to be our first picks up front when fully up to speed, early signs are promising.

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:47 am

hornet_fan wrote:Who do you think is the best striker in the league?

In my opinion I think it is between Rhodes and Deeney. I really don't rate McCormack, and I think he will struggle under the weight of expectation at fulham. I have always quite rated Kenwyne Jones but I just don't think he is as good as Rhodes/Deeney. It would have been interesting to see Frazier Campbell for your lot this season as I think he may have done quite well, i would have expected 20 goals as a minimum from him.


Right now I'd say Rhodes. But potentially Macheda could be the best. Ask again after Christmas.

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:35 pm

Think macheda will grab a few goals if he gets a decent run of games

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:45 pm

hornet_fan wrote:
moonboots wrote:
hornet_fan wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:A tie between Kiko Macheda, Kenwyne Jones, Adam Le Fondre, Javi Guerra and Nicky Maynard.


Ill let you add Le Fondre in there. The rest are pretty cack. ;)


Proves you know f**k all :thumbup:


Ahhh yes, the mighty cardiff strike force who have scored 5 goals in 4 games.

Of your strikers:

Guerra - no nothing about him, no idea if he will suit the championship or not.
Macheda - big disappointment, never developed as many thought he might, did score some goals at birmingham but hardly going to win you the league
Jones - as I said, I rate him, useful as a target man but i don't think will score 20 goals this season
Le Fondre - if played centrally as a poacher, then is potentially in the top five strikers in the league (the big word here is IF)
Nicky Maynard - has he not just gone back on loan to Bristol City? If not he is hardly likely to win you the league.



Well at least that post doesent come across as biased or lacking substance in any way! :thumbright:

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:57 pm

I just say it how I see it.

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:13 pm

Macheda

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:37 pm

On the basis of a brace against Port Vale, you would say he is the best striker in the league?

Re: Best striker in the championship?

Thu Aug 28, 2014 6:56 pm

hornet_fan wrote:On the basis of a brace against Port Vale, you would say he is the best striker in the league?



He is probably not basing it on that, but on 10 in 10 last year in a poor Brum team, pre season and last night, he will be right up there.

The only problem for our strikers, is that they have competition for places, so probably won't play as many games as Deeny and Rhodes who are tipped to be the best this season.....