Barnes

[Ragatino]

What I liked about Barnes is that he looked up and went to shoot, I think he'll score a fair few for us this season.

I also liked that Wilson, despite not scoring, set 2 goals up and generally looked sharpe, fit and ready.

What did he get last season? 13 goals and 3 assist was it? In a sinking Leicester team that's fair canny.

We have ball carriers in Miggy, Murphy, Isak and if Cal stays razor sharp as he was in todays match having another cold finished on the park in Barnes, I can see him getting similar or way better number.

22/23 NUFC scored - 68 goals

This season - Hypothetical - we need to do better than that

+20 goals
Isak, Wilson

+10 goal
Goalintoon J7, Bruno, Miggy, Barnes

+5
Bruno, Murphy, Tonali, Gordon, (CBs - combined), Tripz

= 120 goals.

combine that with our defensive record
Goals against 33
120 - 33 = +87

22/23 our GD was +35

87-35 = +52 GD season return

City won the league with a GD of +61 last season.

I don't see our defensive stats falling off a cliff. We're adding Tino & inshallah we'll bring in Oumar Solet. Which just adds more competition and quality to the defensive unit + the youth players who have shone in Pre-Season we're in good shape to maintain our high defensive standards.

Couple of more excellent additions to the squad and we will be in the conversation to maintain our top 4 place and be in good shape to compete in europe.

Great to be a Geordie!