Will Vardy score another 21 PL goals and get into the all-time top 10?

[Izzy]

Take your blue tinted specs off for a second. He'll be 36 in January but will JV get to 151 PL goals and overtake Michael Owen?

[The Horse's Mouth]

I don't think so yano

[Phube]

I need another option. 

 

He could score 21 more... just if he keeps injury free. But it may not get him in the top 10 (for long).

 

Lukaku is only 9 behind.

Salah is only 11 behind (1/2 a season).

Mané is only 20 behind.

 

If any of those stay in the Prem for 2/3 more seasons they'll definitely overtake Vardy pretty quickly. 

[Sampson]

I don't think so either. He'd essentially need to go on til he's 38 still getting regular football.

 

Also think Salah will overtake Owen anyway pretty soon.

[An Away Move]

Contentious thing to say, but I hope Vardy is not leading our attack next season. Watch the 2015/16 DVD to see how much he's lost from his game. He's still crafty and lethal in the box, but we'd get more as a team if we signed Tammy Abraham and played Nacho or Daka off him.

Edited 11 May 2022 by An Away Move

[Stadt]

Depends if he can stay fit. 
 

12 goal in 22 games this season, no penalties either.

 

22/23 - 12 goals 

23/24 - 7 goals 

24/25 - 4 goals 

 

If he stays on that long, those are quite conservative numbers so he could easily do it.

[Sampson]

4 minutes ago, An Away Move said:

Contentious thing to say, but I hope Vardy is not leading our attack next season. Watch the 2015/16 DVD to see how much he's lost from his game. He's still crafty and lethal in the box, but we'd get more as a team if we signed Tammy Abraham and played Nacho or Daka off him.

Disagree. The difference with and without Vardy this season translated to something like 15 points over a season.

 

He's still by far our best attacker and still 2 or 3 levels above Iheanacho and Daka and quite clearly better than Abraham has ever been. 

 

Abraham is a lower half PL striker - we've seen that for years already - being made to look good in a very average league.

 

He should 100% still be our starting striker next season.

Edited 11 May 2022 by Sampson

[Stadt]

2 minutes ago, Phube said:

I need another option. 

 

He could score 21 more... just if he keeps injury free. But it may not get him in the top 10 (for long).

 

Lukaku is only 9 behind.

Salah is only 11 behind (1/2 a season).

Mané is only 20 behind.

 

If any of those stay in the Prem for 2/3 more seasons they'll definitely overtake Vardy pretty quickly. 

+ Sterling, he’s on 108

[RoanClawson]

I think he’ll play another season properly (at least) with 10+ goals in the prem and I’ll back him to score another 10 off the bench when the time comes and he’s not as prominent in our side I reckon he’ll just about do it 

[Webbo]

Can you really give the first goal to Vardy? Not sure it would have gone in without the deflection.

[foxes_rule1978]

Just now, Webbo said:

Can you really give the first goal to Vardy? Not sure it would have gone in without the deflection.

It was on target, so it counts 

[Captain...]

Head says no heart says yes.

 

A full season as our main striker without injury normally sees Vardy get around 20 goals.

 

Bag a couple more before the end of the season, then optimistically he could reach 150 goals next season, but with injuries, age and succession planning I can't see him playing a full season as the main man.

 

Then it comes down to whether he can be successful as an impact sub/occasional starter and how long for. 1 full season and a couple of seasons as a bit part player could see another 20-30 goals.

[Strokes]

2 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Can you really give the first goal to Vardy? Not sure it would have gone in without the deflection.

Yes, plenty of the others in and around the top 10 will have had them.

[Sampson]

Yeah, I think next season might be his last as a starter, but you never know with Vardy. He could go on like Ibrahmovic has.

 

Still can see a couple of seasons as an impact sub afterwards though. The 5 subs coming in next season will help his manage him a lot more.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Ez-eh

[tom27111]

1 minute ago, Strokes said:

Yes, plenty of the others in and around the top 10 will have had them.

Kane has one he didn't even get within 6 inches of touching 

[DennisNedry]

Maybe.

 

He's struggling to stay fit these days and you fear the next injury will be his last. You would think his starts will be limited next season and becoming a bit of a super sub perhaps.

 

Then again, people have written him off many times before and he's then gone on a hot streak so who knows?

[urban.spaceman]

Yes. 

[The whole world smiles]

How can 19 people vote no after everything they've seen? 

 

 

[kingfox]

Depends how many court cases Rebecca wants to have.

 

Whenever she’s in the spotlight, Jamie starts scoring.

[The whole world smiles]

11 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Can you really give the first goal to Vardy? Not sure it would have gone in without the deflection.

The critera for a deflected goal is was the original shot on target. 

[whoareyaaa]

he only scores penos

[An Away Move]

3 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said:

How can 19 people vote no after everything they've seen? 

 

 

Because he’s 35 and no longer operating at the level he was. A brace against Norwich combined with nostalgia is not what the club needs to move forwards. 

[The Horse's Mouth]

6 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said:

How can 19 people vote no after everything they've seen? 

 

 

Even though I don't think he'll get to it, 21 just seems too far away now at his age, I'd have maybe backed him before the injury. But as phube said I think a few will have gone past Owen if he ever did reach it 

[Sampson]

11 minutes ago, An Away Move said:

Because he’s 35 and no longer operating at the level he was. A brace against Norwich combined with nostalgia is not what the club needs to move forwards. 

Have you even watched him this season?

 

He was brilliant before his injury and completely carried us when we were conceding 2 goals a game. He was keeping up with Salah in the scoring charts. He was one of the best 3 or 4 players in the league.

 

We’ve looked a far far better side when he’s been in the side and we’ve looked a far far worse one when he’s been out - the points per game stats with and without him this season back that up as well.

 

To say “he’s not what the club needs going forward” and it’s just because “of a brace vs Norwich and nostalgia” is frankly utter baffling.

 

He’s been our best player this season when he’s played hands down and would’ve run away with our player of the season award had he not spent half the season injured.
 

 

Edited 11 May 2022 by Sampson