Swansea release David N Gog

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by bobo the clown » Wed May 14, 2014 11:44 am

Gary the Enfield wrote:
thebish wrote:
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Puskas wrote: ...... it seems to be indisputable fact amongst the fashionable, politically correct cognoscenti that he's lazy and rubbish.
Gosh,I'm flattered ...... I think.

Never, ever, fitted that description before and I feel my life may have changed now.
get off Bobo - you're the most cognoscenti poster on here!
He's not fashionable or politically correct though. Ask him what he thinks about scousers, go on!
I can't be all that "cognoscenti" either as I had to look up what it meant ... which is a little Alanis Morissette of me, given what it apparently does mean ; - "people who are especially well informed about a particular subject".
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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by Gary the Enfield » Wed May 14, 2014 11:46 am

bobo the clown wrote:
Gary the Enfield wrote:
thebish wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:
Puskas wrote: ...... it seems to be indisputable fact amongst the fashionable, politically correct cognoscenti that he's lazy and rubbish.
Gosh,I'm flattered ...... I think.

Never, ever, fitted that description before and I feel my life may have changed now.
get off Bobo - you're the most cognoscenti poster on here!
He's not fashionable or politically correct though. Ask him what he thinks about scousers, go on!
I can't be all that "cognoscenti" either as I had to look up what it meant ... which is a little Alanis Morissette of me, given what it apparently does mean ; - "people who are especially well informed about a particular subject".

Yes, it's 'Like good advice, that you just didn't take'

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by Prufrock » Wed May 14, 2014 12:06 pm

Any excuse:

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That it's going to lose its mind
Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind.

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by bobo the clown » Wed May 14, 2014 12:41 pm

... aaaaaaaand, regarding Mr N'Gog ; - http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wa ... _/?ref=mac" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
DAVID Ngog has been released by Swansea City after playing just 42 minutes – or 2,520 seconds – of Premier League football. The French striker had his contract picked up by the Welsh club in January – taking £40,000-a-week off Wanderers’ wage bill and clearing the way for three new signings.
That Feb-June contract @£40k pw, let alone any sign-on fees.

22 weeks approx. x £40k = £880,000
At his activity rate of 42 active minutes that's £349 per second
or almost £21,000 per minute
or slightly over a £1.25m per hour rate.

Way to go.
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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by Enoch » Wed May 14, 2014 12:51 pm

And he's the c*nt!

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by LeverEnd » Wed May 14, 2014 4:30 pm

I said at the time that Laudrup did it to piss off his successor, he was already on the way out I think. 'Do something with that Monk you treacherous bastard!'
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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by Relentless09 » Wed May 14, 2014 4:55 pm

bobo the clown wrote:... aaaaaaaand, regarding Mr N'Gog ; - http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wa ... _/?ref=mac" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
DAVID Ngog has been released by Swansea City after playing just 42 minutes – or 2,520 seconds – of Premier League football. The French striker had his contract picked up by the Welsh club in January – taking £40,000-a-week off Wanderers’ wage bill and clearing the way for three new signings.
That Feb-June contract @£40k pw, let alone any sign-on fees.

22 weeks approx. x £40k = £880,000
At his activity rate of 42 active minutes that's £349 per second
or almost £21,000 per minute
or slightly over a £1.25m per hour rate.

Way to go.
I'd happily run around a pitch, not score any goals and then warm the bench for that sort of money.

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Thu May 15, 2014 8:28 am

LeverEnd wrote:Top scorer or not, his goal record for us is below average
Ow, my head... :D

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by LeverEnd » Thu May 15, 2014 9:25 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
LeverEnd wrote:Top scorer or not, his goal record for us is below average
Ow, my head... :D
Haha! You know what I mean.
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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by thebish » Thu May 15, 2014 10:29 pm

LeverEnd wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
LeverEnd wrote:Top scorer or not, his goal record for us is below average
Ow, my head... :D
Haha! You know what I mean.
it's not though, really..

other than Anelka and Sturridge I am struggling to think of any striker we have had in recent times who has had a much better strike-rate than Beckford...

Beckford has scored a goal every 4.7 games
Klasnic scored a goal every 4.1 games - so was marginally better...

other than that - who??

I might have missed someone - but if I haven't, then he he probably has our 4th highest strike-rate since McGinlay... that's not below average for Bolton strikers - it's well above average!

edit - I suppose Juke's must be higher... but over far fewer games... so - if we count him - then 5th! 8)

edit - aye - juke has a goal every 2.8 games - which is pretty phenomenal for a Bolton striker...

then there's Mason - across two spells - 6 in 16 - one every 2.6 games - so, better than Juke
but just taking his second spell - a goal every 1.6 games - utterly phenomenal - better than anelka!

arse! so beckford is 6th best strike rate since McGinlay - still not bad! :D

sturridge
Mason
Anelka
Juke
Klasnic
Beckford

did i miss anyone?
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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by Worthy4England » Thu May 15, 2014 10:35 pm

Klasnic goals per game don't tell the story. If you look at his goals per minutes played, that was phenomenal.

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by thebish » Thu May 15, 2014 10:42 pm

Worthy4England wrote:Klasnic goals per game don't tell the story. If you look at his goals per minutes played, that was phenomenal.
yeah - good point - though some might argue that increasing the minutes played per game might not have increased the goals... who knows! still leaves beckford 6th...

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by Worthy4England » Thu May 15, 2014 10:46 pm

thebish wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:Klasnic goals per game don't tell the story. If you look at his goals per minutes played, that was phenomenal.
yeah - good point - though some might argue that increasing the minutes played per game might not have increased the goals... who knows! still leaves beckford 6th...
Agree - don't think Klas was a 90 minute player. :-)

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by LeverEnd » Thu May 15, 2014 10:50 pm

thebish wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:Klasnic goals per game don't tell the story. If you look at his goals per minutes played, that was phenomenal.
yeah - good point - though some might argue that increasing the minutes played per game might not have increased the goals... who knows! still leaves beckford 6th...
For a guy who is known as a goal poacher, failing to hit double figures is poor. That's basically what I'm getting at. Disregard all means averages and medians etc.
Not entirely his fault as I said earlier, but I expected him to finish the season with better figures than that.
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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by thebish » Thu May 15, 2014 10:59 pm

LeverEnd wrote:
thebish wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:Klasnic goals per game don't tell the story. If you look at his goals per minutes played, that was phenomenal.
yeah - good point - though some might argue that increasing the minutes played per game might not have increased the goals... who knows! still leaves beckford 6th...
For a guy who is known as a goal poacher, failing to hit double figures is poor. That's basically what I'm getting at. Disregard all means averages and medians etc.
Not entirely his fault as I said earlier, but I expected him to finish the season with better figures than that.
well, if Smokin's right - now we have Feeney (do we?) - then Beckford will be dripping goals next season! :pissed:

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by ChrisC » Thu May 15, 2014 11:45 pm

We have lacked players who get to the line in recent years IMO. Eagles never beat a man and put a ball across the box.. always came inside and passed sideways or shot. Chungy usually comes inside and makes a chance for himself or passes it to the edge of the box.

Feeney will run to that line and put a ball in. Beckford should lap that up. Same with Juke if he comes back.

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by sluffy » Thu May 15, 2014 11:56 pm

thebish wrote: arse! so beckford is 6th best strike rate since McGinlay - still not bad! :D

sturridge
Mason
Anelka
Juke
Klasnic
Beckford

did i miss anyone?
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68 starts, 44 subs, 46 goals.

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by sluffy » Thu May 15, 2014 11:59 pm

Andy Walker (same era as McGinlay)

78 starts, 9 subs, 55 goals.

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by sluffy » Fri May 16, 2014 12:01 am

Nathan Blake,

118 starts, 6 subs, 48 goals.

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Re: Swansea release David N Gog

Post by sluffy » Fri May 16, 2014 12:06 am

Fredi Bobic.

14 starts, 2 subs, 4 goals

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