Shaun Goater & 100 goals.

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Just wondering if you believe any of the current crop can ever obtain the same popularity and amount of goals scored as The Goat. I know that we've got superior talented players in his position now, but I'm not so sure that they're as popular. Obviously if Tevez stayed he'd be an option, but anyone else? Dzeko perhaps?
 
That essentially requires 4 straight seasons at 20 goals a season in the league and say 5 each year in the cup. Or it requires someone to spend almost all their career with one club.

Since the golden boot tends to be won now with not many more than 20, someone would have to be there or thereabouts for four complete seasons. The chances of that happening,in terms of injuries, loss of form, and so on, are in my view pretty slim.

Also, not many players tend to stay with one club for that sort of period of time any more, and certainly not 20 goals a season players. Never mind City, there are only a few I can think of who might qualify - Drogba, Lampard, Rooney. Also, there aren't many players who stay at one club for their whole career - Gerrard springs to mind, but he is the only one I can think of who might be in the vicinity of 100 goals.

Theree are certainly some who have the potential at City - Aguero, Tevez, Dzeko - but will they stay the four or five years it would take, and stay in form and injury free, to get 100 goals? Maybe, but it is a big ask.

I know he scored most of his goals in the lower leagues, but when you think about it in terms of how likely it is to be done again, it makes you think how impressive Goats hundred odd goals were.

Especially the 99th. ;-)
 
C_T_I_D said:
Just wondering if you believe any of the current crop can ever obtain the same popularity and amount of goals scored as The Goat. I know that we've got superior talented players in his position now, but I'm not so sure that they're as popular. Obviously if Tevez stayed he'd be an option, but anyone else? Dzeko perhaps?
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The Goat is a true City legend and the most prolific goal machine i can remember from my youth playing in a Blue shirt. He was also my idol growing up as a blue. The difference between The Goat and any of our current strikers is he was 100% blue to the core and he loved the club. To obtain the kind of love we have for a legend like Shaun Goater a player has to hold a special place in the fans hearts.

Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Vinnie Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta and Nigel De jong could all achieve this given enough time as could David Silva but The only current striker we have here who i think could match the love we share for The Goat and be perhaps even more prolific would be Edin Dzeko. While i think Tevez, Aguero and Balotelli are all great players, I just think Edin seems like the lad who is most likely to develop into a real City legend. He has the talent but it's also to do with his attitude and personality. He just seems like a top bloke who is loving being at City.
 
Tevez could have been, but I'm not so sure now.

Probably Aguero or Dzeko.
 
If he stays injury free and is fit every game I don't see why Edin couldn't do it, he is very likeable and fan friendly and could easily become a new legend for us and he has the capability of scoring a hell of a lot of goals
 
He lacked almost every component needed to be a footballer but he had the one thing needed to score goals, knowing where to be at the right time. I loved the Goat still do, absolute leg end. Would be great to meet him and have a chat. In terms of another player getting to 100 goals it will be Aguero or Dzeko and i think Dzeko will stay for a long time. I would say Tevez as he is prolific but he will be gone in Jan or next summer so unless he becomes Ronaldo x Messi for the next 9 months he wont be scoring the 48 he needs
 
BlakeTheBlue said:
Edin seems like the lad who is most likely to develop into a real City legend.
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I agree. With continuity of management, Edin is by far the most likely of the current strikers to remain at City for many years. He is also the type of player / person that fans love, if not immediately then once they get to know him. Oh, and he's a goal machine.
 
I had the pleasure of being right next to the scum fans in the north stand as THE GOAT slotted home his 100th goal...what a day

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DajxjCxKNsw&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
 
I was only five rows to the side of the skummy twats in the North stand for the last Maine Road derby. As the GOATS 100th went in I just got on my seat and looked at there faces in the rag end, ;0) I can still see the shock and rage of the rag cunts, It still makes me smile, and will do till the end of my days. Shaun Goater CITY LEGEND.
 
bluevengence said:
I had the pleasure of being right next to the scum fans in the north stand as THE GOAT slotted home his 100th goal...what a day

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DajxjCxKNsw&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
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Thanks for posting the video mate
Loved watching it again
 
bluevengence said:
I had the pleasure of being right next to the scum fans in the north stand as THE GOAT slotted home his 100th goal...what a day

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DajxjCxKNsw&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
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Gave me the goosebumps :)
 
we all love an underdog and god did we love the goat.
he looked cumbersome at times and his price tag did him a mis-justice but he was the bargain of his era for me
because of these reasons i am not sure we would have the same kind of "love" for a current player.
he came in and beat the odds and the critics and the scum and for that he will remain a step above most of the rest for all time
alongside uwe my fave ever city player
ctid
 
Seeing Marc Vivien Foe in those clips brings a lump to my throat. Very fitting that it was him who was the last City player to score at Maine Road.
 
I dont think that anyone will ever reach the admiration a generation of blues had and still have for the Goat, it wasnt just about the goals scored, but how he overcame the burdens to win our affection, ex-rag, from a poor country, not the greatest skillwise, but always had the nose for the half-chance and would get the ball into the net from any part of the body that he could.
In his early days at Maine Road, there were quite a few that had decided that he was to be their boo target, but he won them over and ALWAYS enjoyed wearing the skyblue (though then laser) shirt, never more so than just after he had scored.
Thanks for the memories Shaun, & i hope that the new players will remember the "lost generation" when we regain our position at the top of the tree.
 
Dont like to be harsh on the Goat he is a likeable bloke. Everyone loves him as a person.
Football wise he scored a lot of goals in the lower divisons for us yes we are all greatfull for that. To have a record of 100 goals with the majority of the goals in the lower division wouldnt be a record for the players that are about now playing at the moment they would be more looking at trying to beat Tevezs.

Tevez the way he played for the 2 seasons and the amount of goals he got is amazing. He is the one that people will be comparing the new signings. When Tevez gets a run of games he will score goals and I would guess if he gets enough game time he could hit 20 + this season again in all competitions if he stays for the season. That is World Class forward play in the top division that will be hard to beat. I hope he gets a run out tomorrow rest Kun for Tevez get him out there now just as we head into the champions league.
 
leighton said:
Dont like to be harsh on the Goat he is a likeable bloke. Everyone loves him as a person.
Football wise he scored a lot of goals in the lower divisons for us yes we are all greatfull for that. To have a record of 100 goals with the majority of the goals in the lower division wouldnt be a record for the players that are about now playing at the moment they would be more looking at trying to beat Tevezs.

Tevez the way he played for the 2 seasons and the amount of goals he got is amazing. He is the one that people will be comparing the new signings. When Tevez gets a run of games he will score goals and I would guess if he gets enough game time he could hit 20 + this season again in all competitions if he stays for the season. That is World Class forward play in the top division that will be hard to beat. I hope he gets a run out tomorrow rest Kun for Tevez get him out there now just as we head into the champions league.
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Goater was one of us, end of. Tevez doesn't come close to how we should feel about Shaun, he bled blue for us, he chased lost causes, he wasn't the best technically, but he was a blue. I don't think I'll ever love a player like Shaun Goater, he was the ultimate underdog and he worked hard for us. Scoring his 100th goal against those bastards sums it up for me. He was Manchester City.

I think players might well score 100+ for us, but nothing will compare to what Shaun Goater did for us in probably our darkest days.

Legend, absolute legend!<br /><br />-- Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:50 am --<br /><br />
Impeccable said:
Seeing Marc Vivien Foe in those clips brings a lump to my throat. Very fitting that it was him who was the last City player to score at Maine Road.
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I agree with this too. One of the worst days of my footballing life was hearing the news that Marc had died :(
 
I'd put money on Aguero and Dzeko getting 100 goals within the course of their 4/5 year contracts.
 
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