Troy Parrott F AZ Alkmaar b.2002

[Kingdom]

The answer, for what it's worth, is that it was an extremely muted celebration. One thing I've noted watching a few of Parrott's AZ goals is that more of his teammates often run to the assister afterwards than to him. He scored from a long punt against Ajax and they all ran to the keeper who punted the ball. Last night more of them ran to the player whose shot was saved than to Parrott, who converted the rebound. Maybe he's not hugely popular in the dressing room there? (It could also just be that they simply run to whoever is closer)

From what I've seen, I don't believe that to be an issue at all, and for full disclosure, I noted the peculiarity that you highlight above in the Ajax game and something struck me (but I stand to be corrected): there are quite a few of his goals - and the assists from last week - where the momentum of the scorer/provider is in the opposite direction to the provider/scorer, so that schism which you recognise becomes more pronounced when a team like AhZed shift the ball sizeably and quickly.

[Buckett]

Why do you feel the need to lengthen an abbreviation by phonetically spelling it?

[SkStu]

Buckett, the way Kingdom carries on, just count your blessings that Parrott hasnt faced FC København yet.

[Kingdom]

Buckett, the way Kingdom carries on, just count your blessings that Parrott hasnt faced FC København yet.

I love you man, I really do - I chuckled way too hard at that.

[Kingdom]

Why do you feel the need to lengthen an abbreviation by phonetically spelling it?

I like the taste of windows Buckett, what else can I say!

[sidewayspasser]

Buckett, the way Kingdom carries on, just count your blessings that Parrott hasnt faced FC København yet.

Or Borussia Mönchengladbach, if they ever make it back to European football...

[Kingdom]

Or Borussia Mönchengladbach, if they ever make it back to European football...

Ah SWP, you missed a trick there, the obvious one was Köln - pronouncing it correctly is akin to someone with a skanger Dublin accent with Bells Palsy trying to say cone.

[sidewayspasser]

Ah SWP, you missed a trick there

Obviously.
By the way, as a native German speaker, I do know how to pronounce Köln correctly - and I can "hear" the similarity with

someone with a skanger Dublin accent with Bells Palsy trying to say cone

[Eirambler]

Fulham look like they're about to spend around £30m on another Eredivisie striker - Ricardo Pepi from PSV. Similar record to Parrott this season and a year younger but has the advantage of playing in a better team and in the Champions League. Might give a sense of the kind of fee Parrott may go for in the summer, assuming he isn't going anywhere this month.

[Kingdom]

Obviously.
By the way, as a native German speaker,

No way!
I had been wondering if your username was a play on that most famous of German goalscorers, Jürgen Sparwasser alright!!!

[Kingdom]

Nice subtle assist for Parrott on Saturday.

1-0 win away to Telstar, highlights here.
Cracking save in the first reel

[pineapple stu]

21st club goal of the season, which passes out last season's total, but AZ 3-1 down at home to NEC after an hour. The winners move into the Champions League spot.

[Eirambler]

All the more impressive that he's continuing to score goals in a team that aren't playing particularly well and have recently sacked their manager. How many would he have scored for PSV this season?

[rebelmusic]

I watched most of the second half and he is by far they're best player. They'd be in a relegation fight if it wasn't for Parrot and that's an insane ROI from one player

[Eirambler]

Coincidentally, given that I mentioned PSV above, it's being reported this morning that they had an approach for Parrott rejected by AZ this month. Think that could have been a great move for him actually - he would have gotten to play for a dominant PSV team in the Eredivisie and played Champions League football every year as well.