The days of sh*t loads of goals are gone, you know that.
No I didn't know that; I must have missed the memo. When did they go? It wasn't last season.
The Elite Club for those scoring 20 and 30 a season these days is very exclusive.
We had one of each last season. The fact that the Champions, in most seasons, have one or two members of that "Club" shouldn't be over-looked mate. It's hard to win the league without them [strikers who's rate is
under 1 in 2].
Work rate counts for a lot among Liverpool Fans.
It does indeed but work-rate (especially for a centre-F***ing-forward) is nothing without end product.
Look at Dirk Kuyt for example, hand full of goals most seasons but he was loved for how hard he worked. Bellamy wasn't prolific but had a great rapport with the crowd. Crouch, again always did his job and most of us hated the fact he left when he did.
Dirk Kuyt's 'end product' wasn't goals mate: it was very much work-rate based. The fact that he added a handful of goals each season was a bonus.
Craig Bellamy only ever played about 50 games for us [in two spells]; he didn't start in many of them and when he did, it wasn't as a centre-forward. Craig was moved on, first time 'round, after only 27 games, in which he scored roughly 1 goal in every 4 games.
Peter Crouch (work rate(?) or not) was never prolific enough, for a top team with ambition, roughly 1 goal in every 4 games. Like Craig, he was moved on as soon as we could afford better.
So there you have it jc... as a forward; it matters F**k all how much of a shift you put in if you can't score goals. [at least it shouldn't].
It's been nice chatting... although I'm still not sure if you 'rate' Mario as being good enough or not but listen; if all it takes is for him to put a shift in (for you to appreciate him) - then fair enough: you are entitled to that opinion and I'm cool with that.
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