Why do we never have prolific goalscorers?

[Strike Force]

Top league scorers for the past 15 years - nobody since Eastwood has scored over 20 goals in a season and nobody apart from Cox has got more than 15 league goals since 2006. Do we buy strikers poorly? Should we ever have let Leon Constantine go? Are the fans an issue? Discuss.

19/20 - Kelman (5 goals)
18/19 - Cox (15 goals)
17/18 - Cox (10 goals)
16/17 - Cox (16 goals)
15/16 - Payne (9 goals)
14/15 - Corr (14 goals)
13/14 - Corr (12 goals)
12/13 - Assombalonga (15 goals)
11/12 - Mohsni (12 goals)
10/11 - Corr - (18 goals)
09/10 - Barnard (15 goals)
08/09 - Barnard - (11 goals)
07/08 - Barnard (9 goals)
06/07 - Eastwood (11 goals)
05/06 - Eastwood (23 goals)

 

[Westcliff DGS]

If prolific is a 20 goal a season man then it isnt just us, there are a fair few teams without one of those. They are hard to find and a good price, hopefully young Charlie can do it

If prolific is 1 in 3 then i think we can achieve that and have in the past

 

[Rayleigh boy]

cos they cost a lot of money .. buying or selling

 

[Jai]

20-goal a season strikers aren't actually that common.

 

[Strike Force]

In more than half of the past 15 seasons we haven't had a player score over 12 goals in a 46 game season.

 

[Westcliff DGS]

In more than half of the past 15 seasons we haven't had a player score over 12 goals in a 46 game season.

Thats correct, so is more than 12 prolific? Have to remember strikers rely on service if that is poor then the are unlikely to score a lot of goals

 

[Liam AAS]

I'm not sure many clubs do. Any forwards that do display a decent level of quality beyond a run of 5/6 games are usually purchased by bigger clubs. Just look at Norwood from Tranmere to Ipswich or Stockley from Exeter to PNE. Players have shorter contracts and clubs look to cash in on sales to prop up the club financially.

 

[SARF]

Because we cant pass to them. oh and we can only bang in a slow lofted 45 degree cross after about 5 mins of faffing

 

[Pak Power]

Which is why I think Theo Robinson's return of 11 in 28 appearances for the scum up the road
would suit us nicely next season in league two (if it ever starts)

And I think some of those appearances were from the bench

 

[amsemp]

Kelman will be our man next season if he stays

 

[rigsby]

Cov, Rotherham and Wycombe all managed promotion without a 15 goal striker....lets call it 20 for the extra games.

Hopper was had settled in on about 7? when he got his season ender and who knows what Humprhys may have done without the need for the mask.

 

[southendkid]

Only 5 players scored at least 20 goals in the 2018/19 League One season, they're pretty rare at this level.

 

[camden shrimper]

I'd love to see how many have got ten at the halfway point at this level and moved on, my unresearched belief has always been that they move on!

 

[bluethroughandthrough]

One word. Service. We really haven't had any one capable of popping a great ball into the box for a long time.

 

[Murkey_Mouse]

Humphrey & Kelman can easily score 20 plus at League 2 level, just build an creative team around them!

 

[Ricey]

Humphrey & Kelman can easily score 20 plus at League 2 level, just build an creative team around them!

That’s if we can keep hold of one or both of them.

 

[Murkey_Mouse]

That’s if we can keep hold of one or both of them.

I think we will keep them for 1 year at least.

 

[Ricey]

I think we will keep them for 1 year at least.

Kelman maybe, Humphrys highly unlikely.

 

[graingerroad54]

More to the point, why were the likes of hooper, rammell, revell prolific scorers once they moved on. It surely wasnt all down to poor service.

 

[BriggBlue]

Goodship could be our next 20+ a season striker for next season, besides scoring goals is no where near as important as not conceding.