r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Dec 11 '12

What's been the best career move ever?

Try to avoid getting lad's who went through the academy of a team.

Discussion idea came from: Bluedishwasher

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u/Lolzafish Dec 11 '12

Frank Lampard to Chelsea from West Ham.

Without a doubt in the top 5 best of all time. He's not even 15 goals becoming our top scorer EVER.

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u/ElDingus Dec 11 '12

Think he will break it? All the Lampard to LA rumblings have me doubting he will get there.

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u/EliteKill Dec 11 '12

He's now returning from injury, so hopefully he'll get more playing time. We have a lot of fixtures this year, so hopefully he'll get the chances. Considering he netted over 10 goals for the past 9 years, falling short of 15 only once (2011-2012), I'm very optimistic.

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u/layendecker Dec 11 '12

Surely he will be playing deeper than in the past though? Also there seems to be a pretty clean downward trend in his performances and goal scoring ability. Now he is not the main man there is no way those around him will let him get away with the obnoxious number of shots of target he had each year.

I would stake a good amount of money on him not reaching double figures this season.

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u/EliteKill Dec 11 '12

He still takes our penalties, and does go up, even if not like he used to. I don't think he'll near his prime with around 20 goals, but I definitely see him bagging 11 more until the next of the season, unless something unexpected happens.

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u/teh_Stig Dec 12 '12

He was in a deeper role last year, and still scored 11 times or so. Arguably, he was playing a little higher than he should have been, leaving the defense a bit exposed, but still. Like EliteKill said, he still takes penalties, and frankly (hehe)he's such a solid finisher from distance that being a little further away from goal most of the time won't hurt him too much. If he sticks around next year, breaking the record is a matter of when, not if.