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Which players (forwards mainly) have been constant recipients of "Joe the Goose" goals or cheapies out the back? I can only really comment about recent years (2000s) due to being quite young, so my list will reflect that. This is not a thread for potting players, I just am genuinely interested who has made a career out of cheapies (slight exaggeration) that has made them seem, statistically at least, better players than they actually are/were.
For clarity: A cheapie is a goal scored from a favourable position as a result of either a soft free kick, staging, or a kick to a player goal hanging who runs in for an easy goal. Basically applies to any goal that is gifted to a player.
We all know what a Joe the Goose is, so I don't need to clarify that.
I'll start.
Angus Monfries : I don't think anyone will disagree with me on this one
Leroy Jetta : See Angus Monfries
Matthew Stokes: Applies more to earlier in his career than in recent years, as he now spends time in the midfield
Lindsay Thomas: Seems to do it an awful lot
Steven Armstrong: Remember him during our premiership year, there was a reason he didn't last long at our club after our premiership year and the easy goals stopped flowing
Don't really remember much pre 2004.
Who do you know of?
For clarity: A cheapie is a goal scored from a favourable position as a result of either a soft free kick, staging, or a kick to a player goal hanging who runs in for an easy goal. Basically applies to any goal that is gifted to a player.
We all know what a Joe the Goose is, so I don't need to clarify that.
I'll start.
Angus Monfries : I don't think anyone will disagree with me on this one
Leroy Jetta : See Angus Monfries
Matthew Stokes: Applies more to earlier in his career than in recent years, as he now spends time in the midfield
Lindsay Thomas: Seems to do it an awful lot
Steven Armstrong: Remember him during our premiership year, there was a reason he didn't last long at our club after our premiership year and the easy goals stopped flowing
Don't really remember much pre 2004.
Who do you know of?
