NOT Tom Fisher Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 By the looks of the Brentford game I think we'll score plenty if we stick with Joao and Fletcher. We had about 4 goals cleared off the line which technically made it 5-1 to us, and their goalkeeper was outstanding. Brentford's defence did outstanding to keep it a clean sheet for so long, that wont happen most games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee81 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 26 minutes ago, Animis said: Ah but penalties don't count. Pens tap ins and times when you score more than once in a game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOwl Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 1 minute ago, Animis said: That's a really strange way of looking at things - like discounting the Ronaldos and Messis of this world when they score a brace or hatrick or a cricket batsman's century when looking at his average. Hooper is a goal scorer - has been throughout his career at many clubs in many leagues. Hey, I don't have an opinion on it... if anything I put it like that to make a point 7 in 24 sounds a bit poor from an "out-and-out" goalscorer Only scoring in 5 matches out of the last 24 sounds very poor Yet I'm sure if you did it by goals-to-minutes, it'd be closer to a goal ever 180 minutes (haven't actually chekced this, but wouldn't surprise me) Guess it depends on the way you swing it as to whether you think that's good enough or not. My only opinion is that he's tubby, and his past goalscoring record he's in the top 3 best out-and-out goalscorers in the league. I'll let everyone else decide whether he's lost his mojo or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beholder Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Was the missing piece last season. This year the jigsaw had changed a bit. On paper, him and Fletcher should make a good partnership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMX Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, Beholder said: Was the missing piece last season. This year the jigsaw had changed a bit. On paper, him and Fletcher should make a good partnership. Firmly believe that once Hooper starts converting some of the chances that Fletcher is creating then they will be an unplayable duo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Doesn't look any different from last season to me. Has anyone actual evidence he has put weight on? Sounds the usual made up bollocky stuff to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earlsfieldowl Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 1 hour ago, since59owe said: 5 games to get up to speed IMHO Who would you replace him with? He is a 20 goal a season striker in this league give the proper chance, set up and support. Be interested to see the reactions if he goes out on loan and starts to score goals.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevdi9 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 don't know why we are worrying that is Hooper ,He has a proven record in the goal stakes which has shown his abilities in front of goal ,this happen'd last season , and then it clicked which leads to a different scenario where we all sing his praises ,,the period will come when he can't stop scoring and that is how and what you get with strikers such as Hooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 1 minute ago, trevdi9 said: don't know why we are worrying that is Hooper ,He has a proven record in the goal stakes which has shown his abilities in front of goal ,this happen'd last season , and then it clicked which leads to a different scenario where we all sing his praises ,,the period will come when he can't stop scoring and that is how and what you get with strikers such as Hooper Sod off with talking sense Trev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since59owe Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, Earlsfieldowl said: Who would you replace him with? He is a 20 goal a season striker in this league give the proper chance, set up and support. Be interested to see the reactions if he goes out on loan and starts to score goals.... He will come good IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevdi9 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 bless you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IstillhateSteveBould Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 1 hour ago, torres said: He is no different at all. He scores people say he's brilliant, he doesn't score he's no good! Against Birmingham away he was dire! His shirt didn't have a patch of dirt on it. But he scored 2 and people hail him as outstanding. Exaxt same performance and no goals, he's dreadful. Perfectly highlights the issue with playing strikers like Hooper on a regular basis. It's why strikers of his ilk usually end up as squad players for the top teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest everydays_wednesday Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 On 28 August 2016 at 11:50, wilyfox said: He's never been the leanest. Could be down to body-type, like Rooney. I keep saying that about myself to avoid dieting.....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since59owe Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Just now, everydays_wednesday said: I keep saying that about myself to avoid dieting.....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 (edited) Despite his lean spells (insert joke here), Hooper has scored a goal for every 165 minutes of Championship football he's played for us. If he gets chances, he'll score goals. Edited August 29, 2016 by areNOTwhatTHEYseem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 The issue is that we have a lot of good players , while not yet sorting out a good team ,and even at the moment it is not easy to start hooper. If we sign Reach, or another quality left winger, as Carlos obviously wants to then they will probably improve us further and it will be straight choice between FF and Hooper up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Some perspective. FF has 5 in 23. When they played as a pair, Hooper scored a poor 4. FF scored zero. FF has one goal as a dual striker since Nov 7th. I think most of the above are largely explained by the fact that the Hooper/FF pairing was a goal scoring disaster. As others have said, Hooper and Fletcher look a pair ready made to score a lot of goals for us this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Farrell Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 Let's be honest, nobody in our squad aside from maybe Lees has started this particularly well. Why pick on just Hooper ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 3 hours ago, StudentOwl said: 7 in his last 24 league appearances, including 2 goals in two of those games, meaning he's scored in 5 games in his last 24. Be interesting to see whether people deem that good enough So we can add multiple goals in one game to the 'doesn't count' list alongside: tap-ins penalties goals against bottom of the table sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOwl Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 6 minutes ago, McRightSide said: So we can add multiple goals in one game to the 'doesn't count' list alongside: tap-ins penalties goals against bottom of the table sides I refer you to the post I made later on on that page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now