Zohore - indispensible or time for a kick up the arse?

[Gofer Blue]

What else could he have done tonight?

Completely unnecessary post and we were, for large parts of the game by far the better side.

In the words of John McEnroe - you cannot be serious!

[dembethewarrior]

4 goals in 20 games this season is frankly poor for a striker of his ability. I agree with comments elsewhere that he's not a poacher, even particularly a penalty box striker. It's worth reminding ourselves that, last season, we saw him net 10 goals in 11, so the argument that he's a good target man who creates chances for others if he doesn't score himself doesn't hold weight.

Is he worth the £15 million Everton allegedly offered back in the summer? It's a question worth asking.

Bogle and Ward have better scoring ratios than Zohore. Bogle, in particular, has looked like a handful.

While Zohore was injured, we won 7 league games out of 10. Since his return, we've won 4 points from 24. We've only lost 1 league game this season that Zohore hasn't featured in and that was because of a silly red card picked up by Bogle. We scored 16 goals in the 10 games he missed, with Bogle or Ward (Zohore's replacement) scoring 6 of those 16. Since Zohore's return to the team, we've scored 11 in all competitions with Zohore getting 1.

There was a recent question as to who City fans preferred - Zohore or Bothroyd. In his 3 seasons with us, Bothroyd scored 12, 13 and 20 goals respectively. At Zohore's current rate he's not likely to hit double figures this season.

I fully appreciate that this doesn't take into account Zohore's hold up play, his great assist for Ralls last week, but in terms of goals and stats, claims that Zohore deserves to be our number 1 striker are flaky at best.

"so the argument that he's a good target man who creates chances for others if he doesn't score himself doesn't hold weight."



"I fully appreciate that this doesn't take into account Zohore's hold up play, his great assist for Ralls last week, but in terms of goals and stats, claims that Zohore deserves to be our number 1 striker are flaky at best."



I Think if we keep the ball on the floor like we did lastnight he will soon be useful again.

Was a good performance from him lastnight.
Ultimately we wa t our striker to score goals..but he also needs better service.

Once lastnight he held his run when grujic wanted to play him through..other than that I can't think what he did wrong.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

"so the argument that he's a good target man who creates chances for others if he doesn't score himself doesn't hold weight."



"I fully appreciate that this doesn't take into account Zohore's hold up play, his great assist for Ralls last week, but in terms of goals and stats, claims that Zohore deserves to be our number 1 striker are flaky at best."



I Think if we keep the ball on the floor like we did lastnight he will soon be useful again.

Was a good performance from him lastnight.
Ultimately we wa t our striker to score goals..but he also needs better service.

Once lastnight he held his run when grujic wanted to play him through..other than that I can't think what he did wrong.

Without doubt he's not a target man. I agree he played well last night and was unfortunate about the goal (though I think the keeper would have saved it, the whistle had long gone).

My question was more looking at his goalscoring record. There's a hypothetical question somewhere about whether goals are the first indicator of a striker's worth to a team. If the answer to that is 'no', but then the team stops scoring goals and getting points in the bag, who are we expecting to find the net?

[chepstow]

I hate to say it but I think all the hype has worn off now. He is struggling to score goals in a decent side?

[dembethewarrior]

Without doubt he's not a target man. I agree he played well last night and was unfortunate about the goal (though I think the keeper would have saved it, the whistle had long gone).

My question was more looking at his goalscoring record. There's a hypothetical question somewhere about whether goals are the first indicator of a striker's worth to a team. If the answer to that is 'no', but then the team stops scoring goals and getting points in the bag, who are we expecting to find the net?

I'm with you...yes agree he is no target man and we look better (and he does) when we play it on the floor.

We should expect more goals from him I agree with you there..yes he does well for others..but ultimately he's on the pitch to score goals.