Been thinking about our strike force, and about who our out-and-out strikers are. Currently, I think we only have Anichebe and Brown, as the others are often used out wide or as attacking midfielders.
Looking at the stats, our top scorer hasn't got to ten goals on four occasions in the PL (02/03 with 5 goals, 05/06 with 5 goals, 08/09 with 8 goals and last season with 5 goals). 3 out of 4 of those seasons we've been relegated, and only survived last season on goal difference as Norwich's was much worse than ours.
So I don't want to start with the whole negativity thing, as we're only three games into this season. But I have to say that the developing trend is that if our top scorer(s) isn't getting to 10+ goals, it doesn't look good for survival.
Where do you think the goals are going to come from this season? I'm hoping that Brown settles in and becomes a Lukaku for us as I think he has the ability, he just needs someone to work with.
Thoughts?