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Washington: Judge me on goal return under Jacko

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  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255
    Keep for me.  Works hard, creates space and as others have said would be a good squad player.  

    Next season I think should be X and Stockley as first choice, and whoever X is, they need to be on the same level as Yann or Lyle Taylor, with Washington and Aneke has back up.

    At this level Aneke is a handful, but he will break down and be absent for at least a third of the season I am predicting.  

    We’ll be no better off if it’s the current 3 plus someone or a similar quality to them 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    1 in 2 isnt good enough?! Screw the conversion rates! 1 in 2 is good enough as an average at any level.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,900
    I would definitely keep him and I personally think he could get better 
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,827
    Seeing Washington go without an equal/ better replacement would be madness. Did it with Aneke this time last year.


  • AdTheAddicK
    AdTheAddicK Posts: 3,379
    To be fair I don't really care if he stays or goes, cant connect with any of that squad. Bar Dobson..
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,033
    Solid squad option, would keep him around on a 1-2 year deal but definitely look for another first choice striker. 
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,954
    Reading between the lines, Washington seems to have good rapport with Jacko.

    Good reason why I feel Conor will be offered a new contract.


  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Oggy Red said:
    Reading between the lines, Washington seems to have good rapport with Jacko.

    Good reason why I feel Conor will be offered a new contract.


    Does it?  I don't agree with the first comment and I don't think the second line is true because I don't believe it's his choice.

    If both were true he wouldn't be going to the press 2 games before the season asking for a contract. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    If we had a goalscoring midfielder then there would be less pressure on the strikers to be really prolific...
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    edited April 2022
    Whilst I like Stockton to be added as he would bring more goals, goals from Stockley, Washington and Aneke is not really a massive issue as our problem lies more with goals from elsewhere. We can't forget that we had a situation where all three were out at the same time and if that happened next season it could de-rail an automatic promotion push. Ideally, I think we add a prolific goalscorer who isn't injury prone but definitely keep those three if possible.

    A player like Kanu could burst onto the scene but until it happens we can't factor in that it will happen. It would be a bonus.
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  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Oggy Red said:
    Reading between the lines, Washington seems to have good rapport with Jacko.

    Good reason why I feel Conor will be offered a new contract.


    Does it?  I don't agree with the first comment and I don't think the second line is true because I don't believe it's his choice.

    If both were true he wouldn't be going to the press 2 games before the season asking for a contract. 
    If they don’t renew Washington’s contract, I would be surprised if someone like Matthews gets one.  It’s difficult to compare the two as they play different positions and Jackson may have other forwards lined up and feel Matthews can offer more, but on the balance of looking at what they’ve contributed this season, personally, I would say Washington has been a lot better.

    I know it doesn’t work like this in practice however 
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    deserves another contract IMO, workrate and team play alone. 
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,998
    DA9 said:
    deserves another contract IMO, workrate and team play alone. 
    Agreed
  • East Kent Addick
    East Kent Addick Posts: 1,350
    killerandflash said:
    If we had a goalscoring midfielder then there would be less pressure on the strikers to be really prolific...
    Absolutely this - I think all our midfielders and wingers combined have got less than 10 goals in total which is very very poor when you recall that Jacko would regularly get into double figures - we need to get midfielders who can time their runs into the box, show some movement, shoot well from outside the box and start scoring from set-pieces - its League 1 FFS not the premier league!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    East Kent Addick said:
    killerandflash said:
    If we had a goalscoring midfielder then there would be less pressure on the strikers to be really prolific...
    Absolutely this - I think all our midfielders and wingers combined have got less than 10 goals in total which is very very poor when you recall that Jacko would regularly get into double figures - we need to get midfielders who can time their runs into the box, show some movement, shoot well from outside the box and start scoring from set-pieces - its League 1 FFS not the premier league!
    Washington isn't a great goal scorer, but his movement will create space and opportunities for others if they can exploit them

    Thinking back to the Washington/Nelson comparisons, neither Nelson and Leaburn were prolific goalscorers like a Mendonca, but both created a lot, with Pardew scoring a healthy number of goals from midfield. 

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