Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
if he is that bad why did Palace renew his contract ??


Crystal Palace:

On 3 August 2015, Wickham joined Crystal Palace on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, £7 million /rising to a potential £9 million depending upon his performance.

Wickham made his debut on 8 August 2015 as a second-half substitute in the 3–1 win at Norwich City.

In November 2016, Wickham sustained a serious knee injury which kept him out of first-team action until October 2018. ( almost two years out )

He did not make an appearance in the starting line-up until January 2019 , scored in a 2–0 fourth-round FA Cup win against Spur.

May 2019, Wickham signed a one-year extension to his existing contract keeping him at Palace until June 2021

Worth a punt, think he is a improvement on Bogle and Madine if you consider is overall career path https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_Wickham??
He isn’t a bad player at all.
He was a teenager when he started in the Championship and I think the figures people are mentioning are a bit harsh considering his age when he broke through.
What the doom mongers fail to mention is that he’s scored a lot more in the PL than any of our current crop of strikers have put together but apparently he’s no better than Madine according to the experts.

Who are people expecting? Suarez?