Exeter City v Northampton Town - League 2 Playoff Final at Wembley Stadium

[LDNGrecian]

Very probably because we would have signed a different striker.You can't just say "without his goal blah blah blah". You can't just subtract his goals and not add the goals of whoever we signed instead of him.
Anyway, we're still in Div 2 now so it's partly a mute point.

It’s not a moot point. He’s a good league 2 striker as he finished 3rd top goalscorer. If you aren’t happy with that then there is no satisfying you.

 

[LDNGrecian]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. I dont recall Bowman scoring any more than two good goals out of that major tally of his. I dont class his goal v Colchester as being good. Their keeper was the oldest player on the pitch, and it showed. He'd already let an easy one slip under his body which I would have saved, and he'll be disappointed with the one from Bowman. The ball passed him well within his reach but he couldnt get down in time! Bowman must have wondered how the f**k that got in!

Ah woops. Sorry I missed the ruling where only good goals count nowadays. Guess it means that it doesn’t matter if we have a keeper who makes mistakes anymore because they won’t count as goals!

 

[IndoMike]

It’s not a moot point. He’s a good league 2 striker as he finished 3rd top goalscorer. If you aren’t happy with that then there is no satisfying you.

I was satisfied with Dermot Curtis, Alan Banks, Dixie McNeil, Fred Binney, Darren Rowbotham, Stevie Neville, Alan Beer, Tony Kellow, Jayden Stockley Ollie Watkins, Adam Stansfield, Reuben Reid and David Wheeler (to.name but a few)

If you are happy with 2nd best for City, that"s Ok . Did you know by the way that Matt Jay's and Alec Fisher's goals per minute are better than Bowman's?. Of course, they haven't scored az many because they never get the chance to .

Bowman works hard, but the fact is he is more likely to miss than put away a decent chance. Good bloke, hard worker, but a journeyman striker who is not going to make something out of nothing

 

[Antony Moxey]

The trouble with Bowman is that it’s not his fault - we‘re expecting him to be a front line striker and he isn’t, nor has he ever been. I would imagine his real worth would be in partnership with the likes of a Cureton where I suspect we’d see a bucket load of goals from both.

 

[iscalad]

Ah woops. Sorry I missed the ruling where only good goals count nowadays. Guess it means that it doesn’t matter if we have a keeper who makes mistakes anymore because they won’t count as goals!

You also missed assists and the fact he was joint 3rd top scorer.

 

[Ian Russon]

you can not put a 4-0 defeat on a striker. Bowman and Fisher need to be taken out of this and the rest need a good hard think about themselves. Randell should possibly be excused as well due to the midfield just passing him the ball casing instant trouble and receiving a foul against him.

Still very annoyed with the way we wore the Exeter shirt on Monday night.

 

[Billy The Fish]

The trouble with Bowman is that it’s not his fault - we‘re expecting him to be a front line striker and he isn’t, nor has he ever been. I would imagine his real worth would be in partnership with the likes of a Cureton where I suspect we’d see a bucket load of goals from both.

Which is why Taylor brought Ajose in I suppose. It just hasn't worked out.

 

[IndoMike]

You also missed assists and the fact he was joint 3rd top scorer.

And you clearly missed the points I made above

 

[IndoMike]

Who out

you can not put a 4-0 defeat on a striker. Bowman and Fisher need to be taken out of this and the rest need a good hard think about themselves. Randell should possibly be excused as well due to the midfield just passing him the ball casing instant trouble and receiving a foul against him.

Still very annoyed with the way we wore the Exeter shirt on Monday night.

Who put the 4-0 defeat down to a striker?

Funny you should misrepresent what we say and then argue against that position that we have not taken.

(Thanks, Arthur. I like that)..

 

[Dannyred]

The true fact is that we were two strikers short of automatic promotion.

Bowman had nobody to challenge his position in the team.