Devongreenowl":1n2ms69y said:
Not too excited about this guy. Goals and assists stats nothing to shout about at any of his clubs. Really hoping that Lowe signs a striker who can replace Ladapo's goals. No evidence of anyone able to do that when I saw the friendly at Torquay this week. Shame he didn’t get Maynard in my opinion.
Ladapo might have scored 18 League goals last season but overall, the team scored less than they did in the previous season. You aren’t going to win enough games if you rely on one player to be the main goal scorer. The goal return from Sarcevic was woeful last season and Carey wasn’t much better. Mayor and Co. have to score a lot more this season if we are going to challenge for promotion.
Any goal is a good goal but some are more valuable than others. Ladapo scored 2 in a game on a number of occasions but he didn’t score the winner in close matches too often; he didn’t score too many against the top 6 sides either and there was constant debate about his overall value to the team compared to Taylor when we had our great run the season before.
In Sturrocks’ promotion season we scored a ton of goals but I think the top scorer only got 12 and that is what I would rather see this time. Share the goals around, with perhaps 5-6 players getting 8+ goals. If Telford or someone else gets 15+ great but we need more goals from midfield.