I think it could be because he is no longer up to Premiership level

As your statistics seem to say - 2 goals in his last 38 Premiership appearances - they say nothing about his ability to score goals at Championship level. His record at Celtic is a much better gauge at what he might be able to achieve at Championship level, and they point to a goal every 2.5 games. So if we got 30 games out of him (which is worse than average season for him) he'd score 12 goals - which would be about 11 more than Thorne is likely to score.

Posted By: Poirot on August 2nd 2006 at 23:53:04

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How's this for a strike rate? (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 2, 23:27:14
- with the pace of Hucks, Croft and Erny around him sutton could be amazing (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Aug 3, 02:25:38
- Heskey (Other Football) - HoofinHughes, Aug 3, 00:31:35
  - lol (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 3, 15:54:33
  - That was me actually (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 3, 00:37:12
    - I dont have anyone on my ignore list (Other Football) - HoofinHughes, Aug 3, 00:40:08
      - lol (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 3, 15:54:59
      - I included (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 3, 00:45:48
        
        Ah ok... (Other Football) - HoofinHughes, Aug 3, 00:50:45
        
        lol (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 3, 15:55:12
        
        Just making the point (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 3, 00:58:33
        
        It's a fair point (Other Football) - HoofinHughes, Aug 3, 01:06:38
        
        lol (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Aug 3, 15:55:21
- Sutton's career record: (Other Football) - Poirot, Aug 2, 23:40:53
  - Indeed (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 2, 23:47:03
    - I think it could be because he is no longer up to Premiership level (Other Football) - Poirot, Aug 2, 23:53:04
      - You could be right (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 3, 00:05:39
        
        But Derby just spent ?1 million on a player not up to Prem level (Other Football) - Poirot, Aug 3, 00:10:18
        
        Agree 100% (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Aug 3, 00:13:24
        
        Ye Gods (Other Football) - duke of york, Aug 3, 00:06:21
        
        Of course not (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 3, 00:08:40
        
        You think he's being told not to get Sutton? (Other Football) - duke of york, Aug 3, 00:12:41
        
        And while I'm at it (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 3, 00:10:02
        
        But his 86 goals in 198 games for Celtic might be a good reason? (n/m) (Other Football) - Poirot, Aug 3, 00:12:13
        
        Might be a good reason (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 3, 00:15:44
        
        Sutton said he's thinking over 3 or 4 offers (Other Football) - HoofinHughes, Aug 3, 00:21:17
        
        We don't know he's not (n/m) (Other Football) - duke of york, Aug 3, 00:17:14
        
        Good for him then (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 3, 00:19:31
        
        As a youngster he was a decent player, but (n/m) (Other Football) - the Tilt Man, Apr 1, 20:18:20
- But how many of them were played as a center forward? (n/m) (Other Football) - Surrey, Aug 2, 23:30:37
  - No idea (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 2, 23:34:09
    - don't forget though we play at Championship level (Other Football) - Poirot, Aug 2, 23:44:23
      - So why (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 2, 23:50:52
        
        maybe because everyone 'assumes' he wants too much money (Other Football) - Poirot, Aug 3, 00:00:17

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