| Kone/Burrell-the New Allen/Goddard? 10:25 - Aug 14 with 3326 views | AustrianHoop |
I know totally different players but as far as effective partnerships go... |  | | |  |
| Kone/Burrell-the New Allen/Goddard? on 23:29 - Aug 14 with 652 views | CiderwithRsie |
| Kone/Burrell-the New Allen/Goddard? on 11:42 - Aug 14 by bosh67 |
Clive, I'd like to point out that I didn't start this thread or it's title!   |
I was sort-of expecting you to sue for breach of copyright. | | | |
| Kone/Burrell-the New Allen/Goddard? on 06:26 - Aug 15 with 519 views | AustrianHoop |
Interesting the way this thread has gone, the headline was intended as a bit of light hearted fun after the general feel good factor in particular after the Kone signing.
Clive Allen would have hated it if he had known I was in the crowd .he always seemed to miss a penalty when I was watching... | | | |
| Kone/Burrell-the New Allen/Goddard? on 06:57 - Aug 15 with 472 views | Gus_iom |
I'm imagining Poku, Dembele and Kone starting (Chair is a given, in this house), running defenders ragged, then 2 being replaced on 70 by the pace of Burrell and Smyth .
I like that. | |
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| Kone/Burrell-the New Allen/Goddard? on 08:21 - Aug 15 with 385 views | californiahoop |
Steady on, home grown royalty, loved Allen, in my opinion,QPR’s most clinical striker, Goddard, sold far to early, that partnership could have won us a trophy. | | | |
| Kone/Burrell-the New Allen/Goddard? on 09:37 - Aug 15 with 328 views | Myke |
| Kone/Burrell-the New Allen/Goddard? on 08:21 - Aug 15 by californiahoop |
Steady on, home grown royalty, loved Allen, in my opinion,QPR’s most clinical striker, Goddard, sold far to early, that partnership could have won us a trophy. |
I think the 2 transfers that upset me most as a kid/teenager were Parks and Goddard. Never liked West Ham since as a result | | | |
| Kone/Burrell-the New Allen/Goddard? on 10:58 - Aug 15 with 254 views | KensalT |
| Kone/Burrell-the New Allen/Goddard? on 08:21 - Aug 15 by californiahoop |
Steady on, home grown royalty, loved Allen, in my opinion,QPR’s most clinical striker, Goddard, sold far to early, that partnership could have won us a trophy. |
I'm definitely not digging out Clive Allen.
As you rightly say he is homegrown royalty.
I'm old enough to remember the 17 year-old Allen scoring a hattrick against Coventry on his debut in 1979.
And the following season in the old Second Division Allen and Goddard got the thick end of fifty goals between them - no pressure Richard and Rumarn!!
How Tommy Docherty didn't get us promoted that season I will never know.
My basic point was that Allen was neither tall nor quick and in the modern game he would have struggled to get to the top and definitely wouldn't go for the sort of silly money that the really big clubs spend on players.
For comparison let's look at Charlie Kelman.
I'm not for one second suggesting Kelman is fit to lace Clive Allen's boots.
But both players have the same basic attributes:
- Not quick
- Not tall
- But good finishers
Charlie Kelman was the top scorer in the whole of the EFL last season.
That's no small achievement.
But even with that on his CV it was the likes of Luton and Charlton who were sniffing around this summer when we were listening to offers.
No interest from parachute money teams.
Definitely no interest from the PL.
OK, if Kelman bags 20 for Charlton this season he might get some interest from the parachute money teams next summer.
But in the modern game and at the top level strikers need to contribute more than "just" goals. I don't think Kelman has that in him, and I'm not sure even Clive Allen at his peak had it either.
BTW - it would be nice if the club website could get its facts right. Allen was 17 on debut, not 18 as the club site says:
"QPR 5-1 Coventry City – April 28th 1979
A struggling QPR side welcomed Coventry City to Loftus Road in late April 1979, as they looked to finish a disappointing campaign on a more positive note.
Eighteen-year-old Clive Allen, who was making his First Division debut, grabbed the headlines with his hat-trick helping seal a memorable victory in W12."
https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/features/memorable-matches-coventry-city-130423/ [Post edited 15 Aug 11:22]
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| Kone/Burrell-the New Allen/Goddard? on 12:40 - Aug 15 with 167 views | CamberleyR |
| Kone/Burrell-the New Allen/Goddard? on 10:58 - Aug 15 by KensalT |
I'm definitely not digging out Clive Allen.
As you rightly say he is homegrown royalty.
I'm old enough to remember the 17 year-old Allen scoring a hattrick against Coventry on his debut in 1979.
And the following season in the old Second Division Allen and Goddard got the thick end of fifty goals between them - no pressure Richard and Rumarn!!
How Tommy Docherty didn't get us promoted that season I will never know.
My basic point was that Allen was neither tall nor quick and in the modern game he would have struggled to get to the top and definitely wouldn't go for the sort of silly money that the really big clubs spend on players.
For comparison let's look at Charlie Kelman.
I'm not for one second suggesting Kelman is fit to lace Clive Allen's boots.
But both players have the same basic attributes:
- Not quick
- Not tall
- But good finishers
Charlie Kelman was the top scorer in the whole of the EFL last season.
That's no small achievement.
But even with that on his CV it was the likes of Luton and Charlton who were sniffing around this summer when we were listening to offers.
No interest from parachute money teams.
Definitely no interest from the PL.
OK, if Kelman bags 20 for Charlton this season he might get some interest from the parachute money teams next summer.
But in the modern game and at the top level strikers need to contribute more than "just" goals. I don't think Kelman has that in him, and I'm not sure even Clive Allen at his peak had it either.
BTW - it would be nice if the club website could get its facts right. Allen was 17 on debut, not 18 as the club site says:
"QPR 5-1 Coventry City – April 28th 1979
A struggling QPR side welcomed Coventry City to Loftus Road in late April 1979, as they looked to finish a disappointing campaign on a more positive note.
Eighteen-year-old Clive Allen, who was making his First Division debut, grabbed the headlines with his hat-trick helping seal a memorable victory in W12."
https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/features/memorable-matches-coventry-city-130423/ [Post edited 15 Aug 11:22]
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Don't wish to be pedant of the year but the Coventry game was his full debut as a starting player. He'd made half a dozen appearances earlier that season as substitute, his actual first time wearing the hoops was at home against the SW6 pikies at LR in November 1978. [Post edited 15 Aug 12:45]
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