Scott Sinclair joint 3rd most shots on target in the league. Might not get lots of touches but impacts the game in decisive moments and is our most consistent goal threat. Can’t believe we had people suggesting he was a flop before his Brentford heroics.
A great stat
5 goals in 8 starts since lockdown resumption.
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He has been a flop but thankfully seems to finding hi feet and looking more like the player we hoped for. Let's hope he continues.
How can a guy who has a better than 1 in 3 scoring record in terms of starts be a flop? 15 starts, 6 goals.
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How’s he been a flop?!!
Quickly becoming the player & influence that we all hoped for. He is justifying his song. How anyone can class him as a flop is beyond me
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What he means is he had this idea in his head of the type of player Sinclair was and he isn't that so he's been a flop. No doubt he expected a pacey winger getting to the by line putting crosses in....
Let's not forget he hadn't even been playing for Celtic, hence why he barely lasted 90 minutes last season.
Only 1 home goal as well which was of course against Swansea which is positive in so much that it shows he can break teams down and get goals away from home.
He wasn't fit.
It would be like you trying to take on a 120 mile journey in your taxi with only 70 miles worth of fuel, you'll only get so far.
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Rubbish analogy, he would just get his 20 mates to push him the last 50 miles 😉
Agenda driven nonsense.
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I said i'm finding it hard to defend him after the first half when he was anonymous and he offered nothing out wide.
So no, no I didn't.
Is Barkhuizen still shit?
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I still maintain my evaluation of Barky was pretty spot on. Elite speed, very good finisher, not particularly good on the ball.
I said at the time he would start 25 games a season if it were up to me, given our total erosion of any discernable pace in the squad I'd start him every game now.
If we want to bring up bad predictions from the past, Im still waiting for that goal scoring streak you told me Nmecha was about to go on in November 2018.
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sinclair is just getting better and better, dont like him playing wing back as per stoke at home, too much defending to do, but cutting in from the narrow left, hes casing teams hassle
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To be fair to Pete, I think we all hoped Scotty would fire us into the top six last season, with a hatful of goals and I am sure we were all a bit disappointed if we’re honest.
Of course some people are more pragmatic than others and accept that it was always likely to take a while for him to settle in and get back match sharpness. People who are (in my view) less pragmatic/ more reactionary are going to label that as being “a flop” or something similar.
You only need look at the first 45mins of the Brentford match day thread to see a whole range of behaviour ranging all the way from pragmatism (some would argue happy clapping), all the way to complete meltdown. It seems to come with the territory 🙃
Of course some people are more pragmatic than others and accept that it was always likely to take a while for him to settle in and get back match sharpness. People who are (in my view) less pragmatic/ more reactionary are going to label that as being “a flop” or something similar.
You only need look at the first 45mins of the Brentford match day thread to see a whole range of behaviour ranging all the way from pragmatism (some would argue happy clapping), all the way to complete meltdown. It seems to come with the territory 🙃
Yep, probably put too much expectation on a 19yr old with that one, will see how he gets on now Vincent Kompany has taken him to Anderlecht.
Would have him back in a heartbeat.
And, he has signed a new contract.✅
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In years to come, when Covid is a distant memory, all we will remember from this period, is who had the joint 3rd highest shots on target, 4 games into a 46 game season.