10-05-2023, 02:12 PM
(10-05-2023, 10:34 AM)Cunninglinguist Wrote:(10-05-2023, 08:33 AM)Daniel Wrote:(10-05-2023, 05:47 AM)Cunninglinguist Wrote: We have to do better than Pigott, if we want to go up.
If piggott started the same amount of games bishop did he would of got close to 20 goals
What possible evidence is there of that? His conversion rate is abysmal, compared to Bishop.
He failed dismally at Ipswich and he has been nothing more than adequate for us. That’s the reason he hasn’t started many games. When he starts, he usually gets subbed…for a reason.
He offers something different but it isn’t Bishop’s goal scoring ability and it certainly isn’t pace!
He is a proven 20 goal a season player at this level, there are not too many of them available.
He was never given a chance at Ipswich, and IMO has never been given enough minutes here. Mousinho seems to rate him higher than Cowley did so with the right encouragement and opportunity he could yet prove a useful addition to the squad. I get why people think he & Bishop are not an ideal partnership due to the lack of pace, but at the very least he is a decent backup if Bishop ever got injured, and he is flexible in that he can play the no 10 role behind Bishop too.
The ideal would be 4 strikers on the books, if the other two had some pace I'd be happy with Bishop & Pigott as two of them.