Originally Posted by
Br0chred
Don't want to be picky, as that 17 goals sounds awful good, but up until this year the most he's ever scored in a season is 7. No idea if this is a flash in the pan season but if we are shelling out cash I think we need to be more certain of a decent return, not necessarily one good season (see C. Main). Maybe St M suit his game? he scored a lot of penalties so is he really going to make that difference to us?
In terms of comparison to our players, he scored only one more league goal, 10, than Ferguson, and he had scored nearly all his goals by the end of October. McGrath also boosted his goal tally playing in the group stages of the League cup and he was credited with one that Joe Lewis chucked in the net (again). We also have McGinn who has scored more than 17 in one season. Hayes has also scored 10 league goals one season. Ferguson is probably off and those 2 are past their best but just making the point he's not that original.
I don't doubt he would be a good acquisition but as I said if we are spending money, it is better spent elsewhere