' Not a Single Striker at Cardiff City who has scored '

Just read this from Dave Sugarman, very interesting.

' Not a Single Striker at Cardiff City who has scored '

By Dave Sugarman aka TLG

With the sale today of Joe Mason to Wolves, am I right in thinking there isn't a single striker left at Cardiff City who has scored a Championship goal this season?

If so, that really is an extraordinary situation for a club that is allegedly chasing promotion to the Premier League to be in at this time of year.

When I read Mason had been sold, I had a quick look at the squad stats on Soccerbase and it appears that City now don't have a single striker who has scored a Championship goal in 2015/16. As far as I can make out, all they have left is Revell, Macheda and Saadi. Two of those haven't even started a league game, let alone scored a goal. Amazing stuff, even for Cardiff City.

Yeah but they have hardly played either.

The way we "play" the strikers struggle anyway.

i dont know what sort of stat this is

some people just want to find something to make a fuss over.

Yeah but they have hardly played either.

The way we "play" the strikers struggle anyway.

Luke, I still believe that Macheda could score goals, if he was given a run of games

i dont know what sort of stat this is

some people just want to find something to make a fuss over.

Paulh, a shocking stat for a club that are supposedly going for the play-offs.

Also the fuss is, if you don't excite the fans with goals/good strikers,the floating fan won't bother to turn up and pay his money and thats the current situation at Cardiff City is it not?

Yeah but they have hardly played either.

The way we "play" the strikers struggle anyway.

Luke, I still believe that Macheda could score goals, if he was given a run of games

I think he could too ,I see him playing tomorrow

Yeah but they have hardly played either.

The way we "play" the strikers struggle anyway.

Luke, I still believe that Macheda could score goals, if he was given a run of games

I think he could too ,I see him playing tomorrow

I thought Macheda looked just a bit rusty last time out and so a run of games would see him scoring.
Hes a goal poacher and can do the job

Agree with Paul thought Annis on this one. It's not really an issue as they haven't played. We are singing another today on loan
Pilks has player uptop and scored and no doubt if macheda, Saadi and even revell had been given a long run they all would have scored.

Agree with Paul thought Annis on this one. It's not really an issue as they haven't played. We are singing another today on loan
Pilks has player uptop and scored and no doubt if macheda, Saadi and even revell had been given a long run they all would have scored.

Luke have you changed your mind regarding Slade as our manager?

If Pilks scores to many he will be sold

Agree with Paul thought Annis on this one. It's not really an issue as they haven't played. We are singing another today on loan
Pilks has player uptop and scored and no doubt if macheda, Saadi and even revell had been given a long run they all would have scored.

Luke have you changed your mind regarding Slade as our manager?

If Pilks scores to many he will be sold

its not a slade issue though is it.

we had two goal scoring strikers that have both gone for different, sensible reasons. We had another on loan who we would have bought if not for FFP, we have someone who has spend the majority of his career as a winger playing up front which on the face of it would seem desperate, but its worked very well so far.

We are scoring a lot of goals recently and although the games have been frustrating, they have been more exciting that anything we have seen in the previous 4 or 5 seasons under slade, ole and malky.

its just a silly anomaly stat that happens, that certain people will cling onto to have a go at the club but in reality it means nothing.

I guess the team for tomorrow will be
Marshall
Fabio Manga Connolly Malone
Noone Ralls O'Keefe Whittingham
Immers
Pilkington
Subs
Moore Gunnerson Macheda ameobi Ravell Tamas John

Agree with Paul thought Annis on this one. It's not really an issue as they haven't played. We are singing another today on loan
Pilks has player uptop and scored and no doubt if macheda, Saadi and even revell had been given a long run they all would have scored.

Luke have you changed your mind regarding Slade as our manager?

If Pilks scores to many he will be sold

Not in the slightest, he frustrates me more with every game.

But I don’t really see this as a manager issue, the players haven’t played so haven’t scored. It would be a manager issue if we weren’t scoring at all.

Being under a transfer embargo makes it more difficult but I think we all agree that we have struggled upfront this season with only Watt looking like he can cause problems.

Mason had to be sold at a reported 3m, id be concerned if he wasn’t.

It's an amazing stat, I bet no other team at this stage of the season would have strikers who haven't scored a single goal.
And we are still in with a chance of a playoff spot.

It's an amazing stat, I bet no other team at this stage of the season would have strikers who haven't scored a single goal.
And we are still in with a chance of a playoff spot.

stop saying we for a start

Hasnt Pilks scored 3 in 2 (and an OG so technically 4 in 2?) while playing in a forward position?

Not a bad return rate. How many had mason scored in the same games?

It's an amazing stat, I bet no other team at this stage of the season would have strikers who haven't scored a single goal.
And we are still in with a chance of a playoff spot.

stop saying we for a start

What do you mean by that?

It's an amazing stat, I bet no other team at this stage of the season would have strikers who haven't scored a single goal.
And we are still in with a chance of a playoff spot.

stop saying we for a start

What do you mean by that?

Come on roathy you know what

It's an amazing stat, I bet no other team at this stage of the season would have strikers who haven't scored a single goal.
And we are still in with a chance of a playoff spot.

stop saying we for a start

What do you mean by that?

Come on roathy you know what

Listen lads you have to stop this nonsense, I'm a llanrumney boy, I know most of the old Cardiff fans who don't go as I said in another thread. Roddy Moreno, Willis, Hilton, Jamo, Freddie Thomas, Rocko to name just a few, as anyone from llanrumney will back me up.

It's an amazing stat, I bet no other team at this stage of the season would have strikers who haven't scored a single goal.
And we are still in with a chance of a playoff spot.

stop saying we for a start

What do you mean by that?

Come on roathy you know what

Listen lads you have to stop this nonsense, I'm a llanrumney boy, I know most of the old Cardiff fans who don't go as I said in another thread. Roddy Moreno, Willis, Hilton, Jamo, Freddie Thomas, Rocko to name just a few, as anyone from llanrumney will back me up.

I can say no all llanrumney lads mentioned very well so what's your name mate

It's an amazing stat, I bet no other team at this stage of the season would have strikers who haven't scored a single goal.
And we are still in with a chance of a playoff spot.

stop saying we for a start

What do you mean by that?

Come on roathy you know what

Listen lads you have to stop this nonsense, I'm a llanrumney boy, I know most of the old Cardiff fans who don't go as I said in another thread. Roddy Moreno, Willis, Hilton, Jamo, Freddie Thomas, Rocko to name just a few, as anyone from llanrumney will back me up.

Problem is when you don't put a name and with the lunatic roathy making accounts up Willy nilly. Then your always going to be in suspicion

In our promotion year strikers got barely 10 goals each in 43games! Bet several clubs in champ have strikers on just 3 or 4 goals? Bit early to worry when season is not finished!!

In our promotion year strikers got barely 10 goals each in 43games! Bet several clubs in champ have strikers on just 3 or 4 goals? Bit early to worry when season is not finished!!

It's a massive concern if you believe play-offs are achievable. You can't have injury-prone strike force that have not scored a league goal, and new loan recruits that's never played in the football league before to expect that be enough !

This original post is slightly misleading.

Pilks and Ameobi have both played up front and both have scored. Arguably, Pilks has looked our best striker, and I include Watt in that assessment.

The problem is keeping Pilks and a number of the others fit and on the pitch.

Not a great situation but not quite the situation painted in the original post.

In our promotion year strikers got barely 10 goals each in 43games! Bet several clubs in champ have strikers on just 3 or 4 goals? Bit early to worry when season is not finished!!

It's a massive concern if you believe play-offs are achievable. You can't have injury-prone strike force that have not scored a league goal, and new loan recruits that's never played in the football league before to expect that be enough !

Is a concern but let's see how it pans out with new guy and pilks upfront!

We got promoted under Malky where no striker scored more than 9 goals (or was it 8?) Our football was pretty dire then too. Helgusson was our leading scorer that season, although Campbell scored one less from January onwards.

i dont know what sort of stat this is

some people just want to find something to make a fuss over.

Give the loneman a medal - what a fantastic bit of detective work.

Really wish I had time on my hands to come up with that absolutely fantastic piece of work

I guess the team for tomorrow will be
Marshall
Fabio Manga Connolly Malone
Noone Ralls O'Keefe Whittingham
Immers
Pilkington
Subs
Moore Gunnerson Macheda ameobi Ravell Tamas John

Correct, and although I personally think peltier is a good defender Slade will be once again forced into making a good decision by playing Fabio

I read Sugarman's post. It's an interesting statistic but doesn't mean anything. You are only as good as your last game.

Mason didn't score enough, He's gone. Jones didn't score enough He's gone. If the Strikers we have with us now including any arriving on loan score when they play, that statistic will be long forgotten except for the likes of Sugarman who research that type of thing.

I read Sugarman's post. It's an interesting statistic but doesn't mean anything. You are only as good as your last game.

Mason didn't score enough, He's gone. Jones didn't score enough He's gone. If the Strikers we have with us now including any arriving on loan score when they play, that statistic will be long forgotten except for the likes of Sugarman who research that type of thing.

I didn't think that sugarman was a Cardiff fan anymore ? All he does is moan worse than some of the club haters on this board

The reason why cardiff strikers have not scored a goal that vincent tan has told David marshall to kick the ball long into the opposite penalty area, With many of our forwards not getting a game the plan has gone down hill