Involved in the most goals?

Melion

Who has been directly involved in the most league goals in the PL this season? Assists and Goals combined.

Mr.Crinklewood

Gomes?

GLaDOS

Going by the fantasy football site: Nani (9 goals, 18 assists) and Drogba (12 goals, 15 assists) are tied on 27. Could have missed someone though

redzerdrog

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Going by the fantasy football site: Nani (9 goals, 18 assists) and Drogba (12 goals, 15 assists) are tied on 27. Could have missed someone though

ff wouldnt be the most acurate for assists though because sometime it counts winning a peno as an assist but still wouldnt say them two are far away

The_B_Man

Would you say theres a lot of players on "2nd assists" who dont get a mention?
For example, a player beats 2 players and passes the ball, to someone who plays a short pass to the scorer. The guy that did all the hard work gets nothing, whereas the bloke who played the short pass gets the assist, and the scorer with the tap in gets the goal credited.
Though keeping track of that would probably be too much hassle for Opta!

Luap

John Terry.

/thread :P

DB10

And yet the pundits claim Chelsea want to get rid of Drogba to get Torres properly fixed in.

We'll take him so....:pac:

chopperbyrne

I'd imagine Dirk Kuyt must be fairly high up that list.

GLaDOS

redzerdrog wrote: »

ff wouldnt be the most acurate for assists though because sometime it counts winning a peno as an assist but still wouldnt say them two are far away

Depends how you classify assist tbh, I would count winning a penalty as an assist but I can understand why others don't. FF can be odd with what they decide is an assist sometimes too. But it's one way of looking at it anyway

keano_afc

Howard Webb

redzerdrog

going by espn soccernet
tevez 19 goals + 6 assists = 25
drogba 11 + 13 = 24
berba 21 + 3 = 24
nani 9 + 14 = 23

again i might have missed someone out

Melion

chopperbyrne wrote: »

I'd imagine Dirk Kuyt must be fairly high up that list.

He is the reason i asked the question, didnt realise Drogba had that many assists.

flahavaj

Rooney must be high up there? Has a lot of assists anyway AFAIR.

Tusky

Melion wrote: »

He is the reason i asked the question, didnt realise Drogba had that many assists.

Dirk is on 13 goals and 7 assists in the league.

redzerdrog

according to soccernet

rooney has 10 + 11assists
kuyt has 13 + 7

redzerdrog

the current footballer of the year has a brilliant

wait for it


7 goals and 1 assist

jesus_thats_gre

According to the PL Fantasy Football game:

Nani: 9 goals 18 assists in 2491 mins
Kuyt: 13 goals 8 assists in 2635 mins
Drogba: 12 goals 15 assists in 2764 mins
Tevez: 19 goals 6 assists in 2238 mins
Berbatov: 21 goals 3 assists in 2107 mins
Odemwinge: 15 goals 8 assists in 2590 mins
Van Persie: 16 goals 7 assists in 1590 mins
Rooney: 10 goals 11 assists in 2128 mins

flahavaj

RVP's per minute record is sensational.

Paully D

flahavaj wrote: »

RVP's per minute record is sensational.

If he could stay fit he'd be one of the best in the world.

M5

http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statistics/0,,12306,00.html

from the horses mouth

its berba 21+3 Nani 9+18 shared with Drogba 12+15

pickarooney

Does anyone else find this 'assist' thing to be a bit gubbins?

M5

pickarooney wrote: »

Does anyone else find this 'assist' thing to be a bit gubbins?

Define an assist......



(that being the problem)

flahavaj

pickarooney wrote: »

Does anyone else find this 'assist' thing to be a bit gubbins?

Its importance is overstated. Its useful in its own right as a stat, but it annoys me when someone points out a player's lack of assists as a reason he hasn't played well. Setting up goals and scoring them are only two of the very important jobs a player can do.

how did ESPN get 4 less assists for Nani than the PL?

ilovelamp2000

pickarooney wrote: »

Does anyone else find this 'assist' thing to be a bit gubbins?

Yes.

It's the worst stat in football. It's a fantasy football invention which tells us little in reality about the players.

Liam O

Liam O wrote: »

how did ESPN get 4 less assists for Nani than the PL?

On the fantasy PL site, you get an assist if you win a peno or free kick that is subsequently scored. Might have something to do with that.

Blatter

flahavaj wrote: »

Its importance is overstated. Its useful in its own right as a stat, but it annoys me when someone points out a player's lack of assists as a reason he hasn't played well. Setting up goals and scoring them are only two of the very important jobs a player can do.

Yep I agree. Gareth Bale gets slated on here due to his poor assist stats but in truth he has been very good for most of the season. He has been over hyped and he's not a player of the year but he has been excellent and would get into most teams.

David Silva would be another one who's goal/assist stats are no where near as good as others, not to mention Andres Iniesta and Luka Modric. Yet all these players make significant contributions to their respective teams.