Post by Sir Trevor B'Sol on Aug 16, 2021 11:04:30 GMT
For comparison purposes.
The details below are for those SIX players who have scored against BRFC in the three matches played to date.
OLIVER HAWKINS – Aged 29.
(Mansfield scorer v BRFC on opening day.)
Made his senior career debut in 2010.
Has scored 105 goals in 368 senior career appearances.
DANNY JOHNSON – Aged 28.
(Mansfield penalty scorer v BRFC on opening day.)
Made his senior career debut in 2012.
Has scored 135 goals in 279 senior career appearances.
ALFIE MAY- Aged 28.
(Cheltenham Town scorer v BRFC in recent cup game.)
Made his senior career debut in 2013.
Has scored 111 goals in 278 senior career appearances.
KYLE VASSALL - Aged 28.
(Cheltenham Town scorer v BRFC in recent cup game.)
Made his senior career debut in 2010.
Has scored 56 goals in 271 senior career appearances.
CHRIS LINES – Aged 35.
(Stevenage scorer v BRFC in last match.)
Made his senior career debut in 2005(amended).
Has scored 41 goals in 495 senior career appearances.
LUKE NORRIS – Aged 28.
(Stevenage scorer v BRFC in last match.)
Made his senior career debut in 2011.
Has scored 71 goals in 283 senior career appearances.
Bristol Rovers strikeforce so far this season has been Harvey Saunders plus two brief substitute appearances from Jarmani Langlais and Aaron Collins.
The contrast in age, goal scoring record and overall experience is worth noting.
HARVEY SAUNDERS – Aged 24.
Made his senior career debut in 2017.
Has scored 15 goals in 114 senior career appearances.
JARMANI LANGLAIS – Aged 16.
Made his senior career debut in 2021.
Has scored NIL goals in 1 senior career appearance.
AARON COLLINS – Aged 24.
Made his senior career debut in 2014.
Has scored 28 goals in 151 senior career appearances.
Goals win football matches. A side without regular scorers struggles.
The details below are for the ELEVEN players who started against Stevenage.
Appearances and goals scored during the 2020/21 season.
ANSSI JAAKOLA – 24 Appearances – NIL goals
LUCA HOOLE – NIL Appearances – NIL goals
MARK HUGHES - 41 Appearances – NIL goals
NICK ANDERTON - 44 Appearances – 2 goals
CIAN HARRIES - 32 Appearances – NIL goals
SAM FINLEY - 31 Appearances – 3 goals
HARRY ANDERSON - 39 Appearances – 6 goals
CAMERON HARGREAVES - 19 Appearances – NIL goals
JOSH GRANT - 39 Appearances – 0NE goal
LUKE THOMAS - 27 Appearances – NIL goals
HARVEY SAUNDERS - 31 Appearances – 8 goals
The Stevenage match substitutes stats for the 2021/22 season were:
AARON COLLINS - 50 Appearances – 11 goals
SAM NICHOLSON - 37 Appearances – 8 goals
ALEX RODMAN - 18 Appearances – ONE goal
Just adding these three players as fit starters would make a huge difference.
Even more valuable would be the inclusion of the elusive “striker”.
BRETT PITMAN - 42 Appearances -12 goals
Only TWO players in the Stevenage match day squad above made more appearances than Brett Pitman in the 2020/21 season.
