Kingman Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 19 minutes ago, sne said: Am I right in thinking a large part of his goals has been from set pieces? Just got No2 from the pen spot. 12 in 14 now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 So from reading through this thread it seems 3 out of 12 goals have been from open play and the rest penalties or free kicks? Pretty unusual stats that and it does (for me) raise the question if he would cut it in the actual games in the Championship, hard to say for me who hasn't seen any of his games in the A-league and having only the yearly blooper real to judge the quality by... Regardless I doubt Bruce want's him back but his stats for this season might help us get a few £ for him if someone does come in for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted January 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted January 9, 2018 Jesus. The case to bring him back just gets stronger doest it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa82 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, Nigel said: Jesus. The case to bring him back just gets stronger doest it! Ross can't play up front on his own. We can't play two strikers. Don't need him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I know he might stay there for the season but how long is the loan currently for? I thought it ended at end of December? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 minute ago, Rodders said: I know he might stay there for the season but how long is the loan currently for? I thought it ended at end of December? Just been told that it is an injury loan till the end of Jan. Basically he has to go home as soon as the player he came in for recovers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa82 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 40 minutes ago, omariqy said: Just been told that it is an injury loan till the end of Jan. Basically he has to go home as soon as the player he came in for recovers. I have seen the date 26th January, think it was from Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 3 hours ago, villa82 said: Ross can't play up front on his own. We can't play two strikers. Don't need him back. Except for when he played at Leeds and Fulham on his own and scored 100 goals. It was only here he was shoehorned into playing as part of a 2 with Rudy and Kodjia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) At Fulham he played alongside Moussa Dembele at least during the 15/16 season, their partnership resulted in 40 goals combined. 23 for McCormack Edited January 9, 2018 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa82 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Except for when he played at Leeds and Fulham on his own and scored 100 goals. Are you sure this is fact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Maybe Hogan-McCormack would work well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 12 minutes ago, villa82 said: Are you sure this is fact? No He played a lot with Dembele towards the end at Fulham but he played up top on his own loads of times, if you play the ball to feet and get out wide there is no issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Still think our best bet is playing with 1 up front and deploying our attacking midfielders in a 4-5-1 or whatever formation. The midfield is where our talent is. Rather have Grealish, Snoddy, Green, Adomah, Hourihane (O'Hare) than play with 2 strikers. Still have strong doubts about McCormack being good enough to change this or being good enough to play as a lone striker at Championship level. Perhaps if we played with more possession higher up the pitch. So far that's not how we've used our strikers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I don't quite know why Ross got bombed in the summer but he clearly didn't do what Bruce asked him to do in training, so hard to see any return for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, Nigel said: Jesus. The case to bring him back just gets stronger doest it! Nah, apparently not. If you listen to alot of people on here, they would have you believe the goalmouths in Australia are twice the size as here, and they have Blow up dolls as goalkeepers. Edited January 9, 2018 by JAMAICAN-VILLAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa82 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Czechlad said: Maybe Hogan-McCormack would work well? Two shit (for us) players make a great partnership? They could work, but then we have to drop Grealish. A big no from villa82. Edited January 9, 2018 by villa82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 5 hours ago, Nigel said: Jesus. The case to bring him back just gets stronger doest it! Nah our penalty taker has a 100% record this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 5 hours ago, Nigel said: Jesus. The case to bring him back just gets stronger doest it! Especially at Easter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 8 minutes ago, Jareth said: Especially at Easter. Would be like the second coming. He could be our Messiah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Well the way I see it is this - I'll await the usual " you don't know what's going on" responses - no I don't this is very true as I have never been close to anyone at the club for inside goss. But Ross has flown to the other side of the world to play in an unforgiving league - not the greatest standard agreed but very inhospitable none the less - now one would assume that given the time he has been down there - his fitness levels, agility and speed of thought would have improved significantly? Add to this he must now be our on form most prolific goal scorer? Are we really so good that we can ignore this - I think not, and at the risk of being called observed I would much rather see Ross in the match day 18 with the capability to score a goal out of nothing as opposed to a striker who just never scores. Bruce in my view needs to revisit this option as a matter of priority. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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