Even though I've set a policy for myself to ignore any transer rumors that do not involve a manager naming a player or a player naming a team, I felt the need to do a little digging after a usually-reliable poster on TIFF named Marlon Harewood as a target. As one other poster pointed out, Harewood scored 5 goals this season, despite only starting one game for Aston Villa. I found that interesting - sounds like a very good backup/bench player, so I checked the numbers:
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I'd welcome that kind of contribution to our squad. He's really only had one bad year (2006/07), and West Ham were awful that season. Obviously, I'd prefer to see him coming off the bench, but we could do worse. We all expect Roy to dig up some unknown continental player (and why not? - they are generally cheaper and better values), but Harewood seems to have dropped off of everybody's radar after rough 06/07 season, so he may fall under that same "value" umbrella. Depending on the asking price, of course - there is still a risk (is 06/07 his true form?), and thus £4m would probably not be the best value. Cut that price in half, and it's a deal.
your site
Just discovered your site,Colin. Some great stuff keep it up. Good times are a coming soon.
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But....
What if all forwards score at double the rate when coming off the bench? It makes sense: they'll come on when the team's attacking, and perhaps that shifts things in their favour. Context!
Great stuff though, Colin.
Rich
No doubt about that, with
No doubt about that, with the whole tired legs vs fresh legs thing. I was a bit surprised to see that his scoring rate was more than double when coming off the bench...that may be typical, but it seems high to me. I'll have to see how our strikers did, because now that I think about it, we've had quite a few goals scored off the bench over the years.
SB - Thanks for checking out
SB - Thanks for checking out the site, and In Roy We Trust!
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