andrew1957 I think Shane Long will have a good season next year and it won't surprise me if he gets 15 goals - I hope so because some on here are extremely negative about him. His scoring rate last year was actually quite good and he is only 22!!
If we sold him for £2M and he scores 15 for Coventry that would really rub it in. If we were buying a player who was 22 and had scored 9 Championship goals lat year in 13 starts plus sub appearances - people would be raving about what a good signing we were making. It is just that the lad has been here for 4 years already and has not yet become a first choice striker but he was only 17or just 18 when he came.
That is such a good point - with that ratio it would be like, 'He's a proven goal-scorer at this level and he's already played for Ireland'. Also all nine as far as I remember were really good goals, not just tap-ins as several of the 18 Doyle scored. Although as they say, it is part of the talent of being a striker of being in the right spot at the right time. However, the reverse of that is that Doyle scored his 18 when we were at our creative best - most of Long's nine came when goals were at a premium and Doyle was shooting blanks (pardon the expression).
