Rate our Championship strikers

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Air Resistance

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Rate however you like, the list in no particular order (I’ve not included those who only made a couple of appearances)-

Latte Lathe
Coburn
Akpom
Archer
Balogun
Connoly
Ikpeazu
Sporar
Watmore
Assombalonga
Fletcher
Gestede
Hugill
Braithwaite
Bamford
Rhodes
Nugent
Kike
Vossen
Graham
Juke
Emnes
McDonald
Boyd
Main
Ogbeche
Miller
Lita
Aliadiare
Killen

My personal top 5 would be:
1.Chuba
2.Bamford
3.Archer
4.Lathe
5.Kike

Special mention to McDonald and Lita though, always enjoyed watching the two of them.
 
If we're classing Akpom as a striker, then surely he doesn't make the top5? :LOL:

As a #10, then he easily makes the top 1!

But my top 5 are:

1) Akpom
2) Archer
3) Bamford
4) Latte Lathe
5) Stuani

Not sure if Stuani qualifies as he more often than not played wide. But he makes the list for that Brighton goal alone!

I think Nugent is slightly underrated. He was fantastic for us in that promotion season.
 
Unpopular opinion … but as a championship striker, in terms of goal return, Britts stats must be half decent including his forest days?

I think he was roughly 1 in 3 for us, 1 in 2 for Forest?






He wouldn’t make my Boro top 5 though 👍🏼
 
Tried to give some merit to their overall contributions for us, as well as longevity rather than just ability alone (number of goals Britt and Mcdonald scored for us bump them quite high up the list, despite me not really rating either). There may be some recency bias in there as well.

1. Akpom
2. Bamford
3. Archer
4. Latte Lath
5. Assombalonga
6. Mcdonald
7. Kike
8. Nugent
9. Emnes
10. Watmore
11. Rhodes
12. Vossen
13. Lita
14. Sporar
15. Fletcher
16. Coburn
17. Juke
18. Braithwaite
19. Boyd
20. Hugill
21. Balogun
22. Ogbeche
23. Graham
24. Main
25. Aliadiere
26. Ikpeazu
27. Gestede
28. Killen
29. Connolly
30. Miller
 
Marvanelli said:
If we're classing Akpom as a striker, then surely he doesn't make the top5? :LOL:

As a #10, then he easily makes the top 1!

But my top 5 are:

1) Akpom
2) Archer
3) Bamford
4) Latte Lathe
5) Stuani

Not sure if Stuani qualifies as he more often than not played wide. But he makes the list for that Brighton goal alone!

I think Nugent is slightly underrated. He was fantastic for us in that promotion season.
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I know Chuba nominally played in a number 10 position but he was clearly actually a striker, the same way Salah might play wide on the right but is a striker, Ronaldo and Henry played wide from the left but were strikers.

Ultimately they're goalscorers and just playing from the position that best enables them to do that, but not playing the roles traditional to wingers or number 10s (even if they have aspects of that to their game).

Conversely you get players who play at centre forward but aren't out and out strikers but either creative or the foil for the main scorer, or do other jobs - ie Dave Nugent with his constant (funny) running.

The one exception to this theorem I'd say is Messi because he was an exceptional goalscorer but also a hugely creative playmaker from wherever he played so is exceptionally difficult to box into any label regardless of what position he actually played, his role as a footballer transcended that.
 
Air Resistance said:
Rate however you like, the list in no particular order (I’ve not included those who only made a couple of appearances)-

Latte Lathe
Coburn
Akpom
Archer
Balogun
Connoly
Ikpeazu
Sporar
Watmore
Assombalonga
Fletcher
Gestede
Hugill
Braithwaite
Bamford
Rhodes
Nugent
Kike
Vossen
Graham
Juke
Emnes
McDonald
Boyd
Main
Ogbeche
Miller
Lita
Aliadiare
Killen

My personal top 5 would be:
1.Chuba
2.Bamford
3.Archer
4.Lathe
5.Kike

Special mention to McDonald and Lita though, always enjoyed watching the two of them.
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I also quite liked McDonald but most folk seemed to hate him.
 
atypical_boro said:
Gaston? Tomlin?
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Gaston is right up there.

In fact, if we're going back further, then Merson is the best #10 we've ever had in the 2nd division and it's not even close.

But I was assuming its since this league was called The Championship.

Gaston was brilliant, but I'd still probably say Akpom. He absolutely tore it up last season.

I doubt we'd have clinched the auto's without Gaston, though.
 
I'm pretty sure Stuani didn't start a single game as a striker in the championship for us. Moved to that position in a couple as a tactical tweak (and did very well) but not enough to qualify IMO.

Also, an interesting stat. Stuani only scored 7 goals in his single season in the championship for us.

Jones has scored 8 this season from the same position.
 
festa5 said:
I'm pretty sure Stuani didn't start a single game as a striker in the championship for us. Moved to that position in a couple as a tactical tweak (and did very well) but not enough to qualify IMO.
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He did, at Oldham in the cup, on his debut (scored twice).
 
Forss has played a few up front for us, at least half a dozen or so?

So should be on the list but hard one to judge where because he's had more success playing out wide.
 
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