England's Top Scorer

[Finnegan]

Jag joint first with Cahill. One each from set piece headers.

The only goals England score.

[Danno]

That's exactly what he is, a striker who can't score goals.

His man utd record would say otherwise.

[Jimothy]

His man utd record would say otherwise.

29 in 139 games? Hardly prolific. Sturridge scored that this season pretty much. Rooney scores that most season. In fact his man Utd career suggests exactly what I said.

[Danno]

29 in 139 games? Hardly prolific. Sturridge scored that this season pretty much. Rooney scores that most season. In fact his man Utd career suggests exactly what I said.

9 goals in 25 games this season, hardly awful. Playing on the left and never getting a run of games is not going to help.

[Jimothy]

9 goals in 25 games this season, hardly awful. Playing on the left and never getting a run of games is not going to help.

That's always been the case even under Fergie. If he was that good, he'd have forced the boss to play him through the middle, but he's not so the boss is using him in different roles. Obviously managers, Fergie, Moyes, Hodgson have all decided that his hard work and athleticism are more useful than his ability in front of goal.

[Danno]

That's always been the case even under Fergie. If he was that good, he'd have forced the boss to play him through the middle, but he's not so the boss is using him in different roles. Obviously managers, Fergie, Moyes, Hodgson have all decided that his hard work and athleticism are more useful than his ability in front of goal.

That's because they've had Rooney and Van Persie who are both better players, if he was a main striker at a club, someone like Spurs maybe, then I think he would score a lot of goals.

[Jimothy]

That's because they've had Rooney and Van Persie who are both better players, if he was a main striker at a club, someone like Spurs maybe, then I think he would score a lot of goals.

They've not always had Van Persie, and both have spent long spells out injured, but he's never filled in adequately.

[Stadt]

They've not always had Van Persie, and both have spent long spells out injured, but he's never filled in adequately.

Hernandez has played if they've been injured, Welbeck would score 15 goals a season at somewhere like Everton.

[Unabomber]

Voted for D Sturridge but I won't be surprised if I am wrong.

[Jimothy]

Hernandez has played if they've been injured, Welbeck would score 15 goals a season at somewhere like Everton.

Must be a reason they turn to Hernandez first. The other two are top class strikers, but if he's showing in training and taking his chances in games when he gets them he'd be jumping ahead of Hernandez, but that's obviously not happening.

[ScouseFox]

anybody interested in baines @ 33/1? will stevie g or rooney let him take pens and free kicks more suited for a lefty? if so 33s is pretty big, one penalty or one free kick and he could easily be our joint top scorer, no? 

[Nick]

Sturridge 4 Goals

 

Stevie G 3 Goals

 

Rooney 1 Goal

 

We'll get out of the group and no further than that.

 

That'd be my bet.

[purpleronnie]

Sturridge 4 Goals

 

Stevie G 3 Goals

 

Rooney 1 Goal

 

 

8 goals?

 

I admire your optimism.

[Nick]

8 goals?

 

I admire your optimism.

 

Yeah I'm thinking four of them against Costa Rica, one against Italy, two against Uruguay and a late consolation penalty for Gerard before getting knocked out after the group stage!

 

I do think we'll score goals - I just think other teams will score more against us, sadly!

[Alf Bentley]

Baines 2 (1 free-kick and 1 long-shot), nobody else more than 1...

[Dan]

Sturridge with two, Rooney with one.

[Dan]

Sturridge was electric for Liverpool last season but he's never shown anything similar with England, so I wouldn't have the same confidence that the vote suggests.

 

I thought this the other night when ITV were praising him for 'showing his club form for England' - he's one of the main offenders in this department for me.

 

Still gone with him though.

[Brooksy]

Sterling, 2 goals.

[Grandad.]

I thought this the other night when ITV were praising him for 'showing his club form for England' - he's one of the main offenders in this department for me.

 

Still gone with him though.

 

Main offender? He's played eleven times for England and scored 4 goals. 

 

If there was another 10 caps to that amount of goals then I would agree, but to question his club to national side forms after 11 games is pretty daft, don't you think?

[Bert]

Main offender? He's played eleven times for England and scored 4 goals.

If there was another 10 caps to that amount of goals then I would agree, but to question his club to national side forms after 11 games is pretty daft, don't you think?

Especially if you consider he's been deployed out wide for more than half of them.

[lgfualol]

Sturridge with an impressive two.

Lampard, Lallana, Cahill and Milner with one each.

Rooney to be front page of The Sun saying "You let your country down"

[Stadt]

Why as a country are we so quick to be vitriolic about our own players? If they play terribly it's disappointing but there's no need to turn it into a witch hunt.

[Agent Fox]

I've gone for Rickie Lambert. I don't think he'll start at all but come on and score 2 goals in total.

[Dan]

4 in 11 isn't bad but it isn't brilliant either. I'm genuinely surprised he's only played 11 times though. I thought it was about double that, so I'll take back what I said (sort of). I still thought ITV's comments were wrong though.

[LCFC31]

I've gone for Rickie Lambert. I don't think he'll start at all but come on and score 2 goals in total.

Not a bad shout that.