Solskjær retires

[Eddowion]

one answer could be that during much of that time, Utd had the best pairing up front the premiership has ever seen (please lets not get the numpties trying to argue this aint true) in Yorke and Cole.

I agree completely........but.........Yorke & Cole are two of the names you removed from my list???????
Anelka, Klinsmann and Drogba aside.......all the names in my list were taken from the Premier League hall of fame of top goalscorers.

What's an ABU numpty?

[Numeric]

What's an ABU numpty?

ABU stands for Anyone But United

[Numeric]

ABU's are the bitter b**stards that can't stand United because they are jealous of their success...

[Eddowion]

ABU's are the bitter b**stards that can't stand United because they are jealous of their success...

Then they're not football fans, they're just a fan of their own club.

[Microdot]

dude who wrote this article appears to understand the point I've been trying to make:-

http://www.sportingo.com/football/do...fans/1001,4742

esp. this bit:-

"There will be many players who come and go in the top leagues all around the world who have as much ability as the baby-faced assassin, but there will be few to match his professionalism, dogged determination, his finishing touch and perhaps most of all, his unmatched passion for the game, a passion that he shares with each and every football fan."

[french_og]

What was his goals to games started ratio like??

[Microdot]

What was his goals to games started ratio like??

In The Prem, Ole started 151 games and scored 92 goals.


comparitive stats:-
RVN - 137 prem starts, 95 goals.
Shearer - 427 prem starts, 270 goals.
Owen - 208 prem starts, 127 goals (so far)
Henry - 235 prem starts, 174 goals.

slightly misleading as Ole made so many appearances from the bench (though most of those will have been for 20 mins at the most as SAF rarely makes a sub before the 70min mark).

I reckon if you could find the stats for the ratio of minutes on the pitch against goals scored, Ole would probably be about 2nd or 3rd best.
I'm pretty certain RVN would be 1st whichever way you spin it.

the stat that would tell the real story (tried finding it but no joy) would be the chance conversion ratio.
my guess is Ole would 1st or thereabouts.

[Microdot]

I agree completely........but.........Yorke & Cole are two of the names you removed from my list???????

Yorke and Cole together were greater than the sum of their parts and had other things going for them that kept them in the team...Cole's pace, work rate and ability to get into scoring positions, and Yorke's overall contribution to the team and particularly to Andy Cole's play. I reckon Cole often got the nod over Ole because he linked up so well with Yorke. Yorke was chosen over Ole because he was pretty much the best player in Europe that season (possible exception of Keane).
Ole was a better finisher than both Yorke and Cole imo.

[Eddowion]

Yorke and Cole together were greater than the sum of their parts and had other things going for them that kept them in the team...Cole's pace, work rate and ability to get into scoring positions, and Yorke's overall contribution to the team and particularly to Andy Cole's play. I reckon Cole often got the nod over Ole because he linked up so well with Yorke. Yorke was chosen over Ole because he was pretty much the best player in Europe that season (possible exception of Keane).
Ole was a better finisher than both Yorke and Cole imo.

Makes sense, I'll go along with that.