I hope when Bakrar does finall score that it’s at a home game , it’s going to be one hell of a celebration
According to FotMob he has 22 goals in 104 matches, which likely includes tournaments in addition to league games. That's 1 goal every 4.75 appearances (not accounting or adjusting for minutes played). Detailed stats for his seasons in Algeria and even Croatia are scarce so we only know that in one season in Croatia he averaged a modest 0.43 G/90. For reference Heber scored 0.85 G/90 in 2 seasons in Croatia. In MLS play last year Bakrar had 0.36 G/90 which is down but within statistical noise for a very small 10 game sample. Add in this year's minutes and he's down to 0.19 G/90 over 1,416 minutes. He is currently on a 12 game scoreless streak dating back to September 20, 2023.I , again , hope you guys are all right and I’m wrong because it’s better for the team but it looks to me like at current his professional record is 20 goals scored in 88 matches . Not terrible but not really giving me the sense of optimism it’s giving the rest of you .
Not going to dispute any of your critique of the club, but I do think there is a case that this club is built to succeed with a 10 goal scorer at ST. Some teams need a talisman at that position. Others are built for more distributed scoring.Maybe he takes a big step up, but if not it is fair to conclude this club is aiming (or at least destined) for mediocrity.
That's a fair point I considered and can't fully discount. Just based on eyeballing the MLS tables over several years, the correlation between finishing 1-4 and having a top scorer with 14 or more is imperfect at best. For whatever reason, Western teams seem to finish near the top without a single strong scorer more than teams in the East do. That's just random I would guess, but it's a guess for sure.Not going to dispute any of your critique of the club, but I do think there is a case that this club is built to succeed with a 10 goal scorer at ST. Some teams need a talisman at that position. Others are built for more distributed scoring.
Santi certainly looks like he will hit 10, and maybe 15+, though he could revert to the mean as much as Bakrar could. Could Julian? Ojeda? What about when Magno returns?
Yeahhhh, what actual adult would use a 16 year old as an agent in the USL or anywhere? That’s just sounds so fake…Like all things NYCFC Source, that interview seems to be a a mix of fact and fantasy. I'd guess it is leaning heavier on the fantasy.
Like all things NYCFC Source, that interview seems to be a a mix of fact and fantasy. I'd guess it is leaning heavier on the fantasy.