According to transfermrkt for the minutes, anyway. I didn’t actually think he’d played that many minutes this season. He’s down as 2 goals in the goals and assists thread on here.
2 goals in 619 minutes (transfermrkt). I’m pretty sure in those 619 minutes a natural, instinctive striker would have scored more than two goals with the chances we’ve created.
Not at all. He’s a decent, solid defender, who I think played above his normal level last night, which is great. But he continues to have an absolute howler in him.
Right, so it's not based on anything these two players have actually done - just a theory? I hope you're right, and I don't think it's a huge ask for forward players who have shown they can already perform to that level to do so again, but Cantwell and Silva don't come under that heading.
Cantwell: 6 in 34 so far.
Silva: 4 in 14 so far.
Going by their performances so far, it’s not out the question for Silva to get at least 4-5, but requires improvement. With Cantwell it would require an incredible improvement.
Yet you ‘fully expect’ that from them? Why?
4-5 goals each is unrealistic, but if our midfield continues to score as few goals as it currently does that will cost us as much as Dessers potentially will.
If we don’t have a lot of goals in the rest of the team, that’s not Dessers’ fault. He was poor again, last night, and has to take the blame for that.
However, the lack of goals in the rest of the team is down to the rest of the team.