My point is Ruud Van Nistletooy was 25 when he went to United and played for a hell of a squad. Also, he damn near scored a hundred goals in the eredivisie before coming to the premier league. I am by no means a Rashford stan, he’s had 150 starts all over the front line with 3 different managers and a shyt squad and has been marginal BUT dude is just 21. Give him a few more years then be categorical.
excluding Henry, that's only 12 times in a decade that any striker playing in England got more than 30 in all competitions in a season. So basically only the very best striker (after Henry) in the country in a given season dropped more than 30.
I don't think people recognize how rare it was in the 2000s era. Other top Premier League strikers only crossed 30 in all competitions a handful of times: Drogba twice, Torres once, van Persie twice. Henry was the exception, he did it five years on the bounce
In the 2010s era it's been a lot more common, but I still think it's unreasonable to say that a striker who doesn't get 30 a season isn't good enough to start for the major Premier League teams
I don't think people recognize how rare it was in the 2000s era. Other top Premier League strikers only crossed 30 in all competitions a handful of times: Drogba twice, Torres once, van Persie twice. Henry was the exception, he did it five years on the bounce
In the 2010s era it's been a lot more common, but I still think it's unreasonable to say that a striker who doesn't get 30 a season isn't good enough to start for the major Premier League teams
While we're talking about 2000s era strikers, this man was the best of them all in my opinion
That Pepe miss.
