Is he a great goal scorer or just great at scoring goals against poor teams?
Of his 21 league goals this season he hasn't scored a goal (excluding 1 penalty) against the other teams in the top 5 in the league.
How many times have O'Flynn or Farren scored against the top 5 this season and so what if he scorers more times against weaker opposition he still takes the chances he gets.
What'll this be now 3 years in a row top scorer?? That's more like a great goalscorer.
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Id well beleive it!Originally Posted by pete
He needs time on the ball to get himself set and you just dont get that time against the bigger teams
When did that happen?
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hmm why wasnt this sort of analysis done on the Lee Trundle thread.
In fairness it doesnt matter against who or how he scored the goals. the fact is he is top scorer on 21 goals. We shouldnt be knocking the leagues top goalscorer. Instead we should be creating threads like the trundle one to suggest whether byrne should play for Ireland or not. As always if byrne was plying his trade in the UK and got pickeed then we'd all be saying "sure he was always that good. why is he being called up now. " Now where have i heard that before.....
Regarding Byrne and getting a recall to the Irish squad, he was out of his depth in Europe.
There were many who hoped that he'd use Europe to show how good he is, but he didn't (Fenlons negative tactics may have had a part to play).
Crowe who was also Top Scorer in the League for a few seasons did produce the goods in Europe and that combined with his EL record got him his call up to the Irish squad.
Crowe was unlucky that he didn't get a chance to establish himself in the Irish squad.
Farren has scored a lot of goals against the top teams this season but he needs to prove himself for more than 1 season.
O'Flynn is well short of his previous quality but we are short of strikers & will miss him badly in next few weeks.
Crowe seems to have completely lost it in recent years.
Its all very well getting a hattrick against Bray but it makes no differnce to league points total. Byrne is great league goal scorer but hasn't short the concentration at top of the table or European level.
So 5 in 4 games is bad at European level??
Glentoran aren't great but they'd be one of the best teams on this island and Steaua are very good so that must mean he's a good goalscorer.
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14 in his last 10 iirc.
Maybe he just works better under no pressure.
Farrens league goals this season have been against
Bohs 4
Drogs 2
Harps 2
Pats 2
Rovers 2
Shels 2
UCD 1
Waterford 2
He has only failed to score against Longford, Bray & Cork. He'll sort the last two out tommorrow night against Bray then score the winning goal against Cork on 18th Nov to take the title home to the Brandywell
He's one of the best in Ireland regardless of who he scores against. Top scorer 3 years running proves that.
I don't think there's any point trying to disect who he scored against etc, at the end of the day he's scored more than anyone else in recent seasons.
He scores tonnes and tonnes of goals but the number of easy chances he misses is crazy!
And people think his cousin gets stick now, I think it would be best for Byrne's mental health if he never played for Ireland again...
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Jason has scored against 9 of the 11 clubs this season, Only clubs he has failed to score agsinst are Cork and St. Pats. Leading goal scorer 3 years in a row. Jayo is the best striker in the eircom League.
Any club in the eL would LOVE to have him in there side. 79 Goals in 4 seasons (1 of them was with Bray) tells it's own story, no other striker in the league comes close, Crow is the nearest with 61 i think.
Last edited by Roo69; 03/11/2005 at 2:50 PM.
I stand corrected - he has actually scored against Bohs & Drogs.
Much as I dislike the troglodyte he has proved that he is the best striker in the league.
He has also proved that the EL is just about his level, he hasn't done great in Europe.
But the best strikers in the league are only called that while they are producing the goods. Look at Glen Crowe for an example of what happens when you rest on your laurels.
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He's the best striker in the league IMO. He gets into great positions to score. He may not have the pace of O'Neill or a John O'Flynn but he knows where the goal is.
He did great in Europe this year. Scored 5 in 4 games, including away to Steaua where Valencia couldn't score!
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And didnt score the year before cos he was playing right mid. FFS talk about fickle - three years at Shels, top scorer three years, what is your problem??
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