Ulver Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 According to WM this evening, in the 99 premiership games our midfielders (Westwood, Delph, KEA, Sylla, Bacuna, Tonev, Gardner) have played in collectively, they've scored ONE league goal between them. And that was KEA in the 4-1 defeat against Everton Discuss that woeful stat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 WM can suck my sweaty balls. A local station that never has anything positive to say about us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 18, 2013 Administrator Share Posted September 18, 2013 I don't believe that line up has ever featured in a Premiership game. Possibly they meant Premier League? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa-revolution Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Westwood scored at Villa Park last season when we played West Ham. Yeah, yeah I know it was an OG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) to be fair, it doesnt really matter what the league is called due to unnecessary 'make the FA fatcats richer' sponsorship, thats a pityful statistic, and to add, its not like they contribute the other end of the field by help preventing to concede goals, because were doing that almost every game dont get me wrong, i rate westwood and im starting to rate delph more, however i think people on this forum rate the too much, which offers little discussion as people on here start getting nasty Edited September 18, 2013 by AndyBM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 That is pretty appalling. The midfield in attack and defence needs to improve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Just reflective of how ineffective our midfield is under Lambert's system. Contribute almost nothing either defensively or offensively. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Why we were screaming out for a goal scoring mid in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 1-3 v Everton #pedant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw_nuff Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Is Gabby in the 69 club? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Is Gabby in the 69 club? 69 kids? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 WM's football coverage is the very definition of a waste of space. It's a well known fact that Paul Franks is a Wolves fan, but the way he constantly attacks the club, rightly or wrongly, is absolutely nauseating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMcKenna Posted September 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) WM's football coverage is the very definition of a waste of space. It's a well known fact that Paul Franks is a Wolves fan, but the way he constantly attacks the club, rightly or wrongly, is absolutely nauseating. Haha! Is it such a well known fact? Actually he is a Baggies fan! :-) But a clearing in the woods either way! Edited September 19, 2013 by MikeMcKenna 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 WM's football coverage is the very definition of a waste of space. It's a well known fact that Paul Franks is a Wolves fan, but the way he constantly attacks the club, rightly or wrongly, is absolutely nauseating. Haha! Is it such a well known fact? Actually he is a Baggies fan! :-) But a clearing in the woods either way! wasn't far off, was I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 We play with 3 forwards and they do score goals so the onus is not on the midfield 3 to score. It is fairly rare that we are held to nil goals these days. Our problem is the lack of clean sheets. No team can survive if it has to score 2 or even 3 goals a game to get a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulver Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 Well the onus should be on the midfield chipping in. The fact they don't must be a major reason for our appalling GF/GA ratio. I'm sure some statto out there may be able to tell us if there is a less productive midfield in the entire country ? I can't believe anyone honestly doesn't think it's a MAJOR problem. Think ahead 9 months and how it's going to be without Benteke! It says a lot when Lowton has outscored the whole of our midfield on his own, and that Luna has equaled their record after 4 league appearances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Well the onus should be on the midfield chipping in. The fact they don't must be a major reason for our appalling GF/GA ratio. I'm sure some statto out there may be able to tell us if there is a less productive midfield in the entire country ? I can't believe anyone honestly doesn't think it's a MAJOR problem. Think ahead 9 months and how it's going to be without Benteke! It says a lot when Lowton has outscored the whole of our midfield on his own, and that Luna has equaled their record after 4 league appearances It doesn't matter who is scoring the goals, just that we are scoring them. The problem lies at the other end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp_villa830 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Not really. Benteke is our only consistent scorer/creator. Agbonlahor has good patches and Weimann is struggling a bit. So we need the midfielders to chip in a bit too. No one is expecting one of them to score 10+ but half a dozen would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulver Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 We scored 47 goals last season. Wigan went down having scored exactly the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 When playing a 433 with 3 attackers, it's more difficult for your midfielders to get into goalscoring positions because there aren't wingers to cover/ be able to run back to defend. Can you imagine one of our midfielders getting forward, with 3 forwards around them.. And the defence completely exposed, having just 2 central midfielders in front of them? If we lost the ball and the opposition scored from a counter attack, VT would be up in arms about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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