I'm no particular fan of Marquis as a person or a player but in his defence I think he is getting unfair stick from the fans.
The facts are that he has averaged approximately one goal every three games for us ... the same average as he has had for his whole career. He had two seasons at Doncaster where he scored 20+, but generally we should think of thim as a 15 goal a season player. If you do that instead of expecting him to hit his Donny heights then he is meeting expectations, and any lack of team goals becomes not his fault but the lack of other scoring options around him. He also works his socks off for the team and we normally warm to players that try hard even if they are no superstar.
Not sure there are many better than him at league one level ... everyone was mad keen on Stockley but his goal stats are worse than Marquis' despite scoring a hatful for Exeter at a lower level. In fact, he has never reached double figures at a lever higher than league two, not even in Scotland.
IMO we need to find the right partner and/or system to get the best out of Marquis rather than ditch him. He is not as good as he think he is but equally he is not as bad as the stick he is getting from his own fans.
The facts are that he has averaged approximately one goal every three games for us ... the same average as he has had for his whole career. He had two seasons at Doncaster where he scored 20+, but generally we should think of thim as a 15 goal a season player. If you do that instead of expecting him to hit his Donny heights then he is meeting expectations, and any lack of team goals becomes not his fault but the lack of other scoring options around him. He also works his socks off for the team and we normally warm to players that try hard even if they are no superstar.
Not sure there are many better than him at league one level ... everyone was mad keen on Stockley but his goal stats are worse than Marquis' despite scoring a hatful for Exeter at a lower level. In fact, he has never reached double figures at a lever higher than league two, not even in Scotland.
IMO we need to find the right partner and/or system to get the best out of Marquis rather than ditch him. He is not as good as he think he is but equally he is not as bad as the stick he is getting from his own fans.