Bamford has got and is getting a lot of criticism for his misses. But one aspect of a good striker is getting into goal scoring positions and without a doubt, in his 22 games last season, he got more chances than Roofe. Which suggests his movement and anticipation of passes is better.
If you judge strikers just by getting goalscoring chances, Bamford was the best striker in the Championship last season with an expected goals of 0.8 per game. His goal rate was 0.6 per game, which shows his finishing let him down by 25%. Compare this to Billy Sharp (xg of 0.65) and Pukki (0.59) shows Bamford gets good chances very often.
With a full pre-season and avoiding major injuries, I back him to hit 20 goals this season. Yes he will miss chances but surely a striker getting them regurarly will benefit us over the course of a season.
Stats and idea from this twitter thread https://twitter.com/Jon_Mackenzie/status/1152885000146169856?s=19
Bamford and goalscoring chances
posted on 21/7/19
Harrison looks very sharp atm and for me has been the best player in preseason.
posted on 22/7/19
Agree Shaun though it is difficult to judge with there being effectively two squads. Not sure where the guys who went to Australia are now and how much time they will be given to rest up but we will know where we are at squad wise on Saturday.
As for Bamford being useless as the donn states, his strike rate of point 34 puts him amongst the best in the division so far from it.
posted on 22/7/19
Just checked, Paddy Bamford's ratio of .34 goals per game puts him equal 11th best striker in the championship, whilst it would good for him to be higher it is far from what people are claiming.
Maybe those people slagging the guy need to engage their brains a bit.
posted on 22/7/19
Confidence and eliminating the fear of missing are key for any striker to perform at his best.
Don't forget Ross had a dreadful first season where he missed a few sitters and the crowd got on his back.
posted on 22/7/19
comment by Elsbels - One needs to be loved to win, not win to be loved. (U21658)
posted 32 minutes ago
Just checked, Paddy Bamford's ratio of .34 goals per game puts him equal 11th best striker in the championship, whilst it would good for him to be higher it is far from what people are claiming.
Maybe those people slagging the guy need to engage their brains a bit.
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The boo boys and those jeering/slagging him are clueless.
Absolutely no idea.
It's why Woods reacted with the cupped ear to the crowd and a prime reason after such a great season he couldn't wait to get out. Granted to the prem and more money, but he just couldn't wait to get away.
posted on 22/7/19
Apart from Wood and Phillip's to an extent, boo boys usually end up struggling and leaving on bad terms.
Bamford is nowhere near worth booing. He's a good striker, he's not as bad as some strikers we've had over the years. The fans booing him are morons.
posted on 22/7/19
I honestly cant wait for Bamford to score and cup his ears or shush the crowd....then they will all be crying saying its a disgrace
posted on 22/7/19
comment by gelderd82 (U6817)
posted 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
I honestly cant wait for Bamford to score and cup his ears or shush the crowd....then they will all be crying saying its a disgrace
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Cup is ears? Rather he stuck his middle finger up
posted on 22/7/19
Depends if he has the cojones to get over the booing and start scoring. Then he can rightly shush the crowd. On the other hand he could bottle out and be looking for a move by Christmas, adding Leeds to the very long list of clubs he has moved on from. Let's hope its the former as at the moment his value is dropping like a stone so we will be facing selling him at a big loss.
posted on 22/7/19
Probably doesn't help that Bamford and Kiko (main targets for the boo brigade) are also the top earners.
Hoping MB can weave his magic and bring the absolute best in both. For everyone's sake.