He's played nearly every minute of every game though

I wonder how many of those others have.

Plus he doesn't help out the rest of the team enough. He doesn't give the defenders on 'out' ball (anything long hit at him comes straight back), he's very hard for creative players to find with the ball and he doesn't physically disrupt defenders and in doing so create space & opportunities for other attackers. He has played 2,493 minutes and has one single assist. He's also hopeless at both attacking and defending set pieces.
I love Pukki to bits but he is the last kind of striker that a struggling team feeding off scraps (which is always likely to be us at this level) needs. The sad truth is that is we'd had Toney up front every game and Brentford had had Pukki up front every game we would almost certainly be above them in the table now.

Posted By: mr carra on March 11th 2022 at 10:37:39

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In the context of this PL season, Pukki's eight goals is pretty impressive (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 11, 10:12:33
- And imagine (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 11, 11:05:38
- He's played nearly every minute of every game though (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 11, 10:37:39
  - Playing fewer minutes sometimes better (NCFC) - paulg, Mar 11, 12:07:25
  - Some reasonable points (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 11, 11:15:57
  - and there's the rub (NCFC) - CWC, Mar 11, 10:51:55
    - If he played for Man City he could be their top scorer (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 11, 10:57:51
  - Stands up well to some of those on minutes played (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Mar 11, 10:47:26
    - I think most West Ham and Spurs fans will tell you though... (NCFC) - mr carra, Mar 11, 10:51:18
- I love him. I love watching him, even this season when everything's been a pretty hard (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Mar 11, 10:29:29
- 3 pens. Still think he needs a second striker or number 10 to help him out (n/m) (NCFC) - roedtonowhere, Mar 11, 10:18:46
  - He does. But 10 goals + in the Prem has always been a decent return (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 11, 10:20:42
    - It is, just a pity no one else is chipping in with 5 or 6 goals from midfield or the wing (NCFC) - roedtonowhere, Mar 11, 10:23:24
    - He's scored 44% of our PL goals over two seasons (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 11, 10:23:12
- quite a few pens in there though. And Sarg is the only other player >1 (n/m) (NCFC) - munter, Mar 11, 10:16:05
  - Kane, Ronaldo and Maupay (I think) also take pens (NCFC) - jamesward, Mar 11, 10:18:10
    - true. Pukki normally converts them - i always assume he will score when he takes (n/m) (NCFC) - munter, Mar 11, 10:25:05

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