Alright kids, let's get cracking on this.. Who's it gonna be this year? I think it's safe to assume that neither Convey or Curtis will lead this team in goals this season, at least I hope not.. Let's do it... My vote goes for Earnie Stewart.. Though not known for putting up flashy goal totals, he is coming into this team at the right time to put up some goal numbers.. I don't think Quaranta is ready yet to put up big numbers.. Eskandarian is still too raw and Hristo won't get enough time up front to put up big numbers.. By a mere process of elimination, I'm going with Earnie..
Sorry, i voted Alecko... i think that he will pull a McBride, have everyone underestimate him then come out and put up maybe 7 goals. I think close behind will be earnie with 6 goals. I am guessing low so that one of two things will happen. 1. if they score more I will be pleasantly surprised. 2. if i lower my expectations and they dont get more than 6 goals I will still be happy.
It will be like last year. But my two points tell why i said 7 goals. I hope we are pleasantly surprised
I can't wait to see Esky and Hristo up front all season. By the end of the season, we'll be saying Santino who?
Im dredding the day. Yeah sure, they are good. but they dont have the speed anymore. having alot of speed is just as important and shooting well.
I don't care who it is as long as we score. But, my vote goes to Eskandarian. It seems like he's already ahead of Santino on the roster, and Ray's spoken very highly of him in the press lately. I think he'll be hungry and looking to prove himself in MLS. I say he scores at least 15 this year. (but, I tend to be an opitimist)
If Hristo is up front all season I am willing to bet that he doesn't finish the season due to injury.
Re: Re: Who will be United's leading goal scorer in 2003? I think it's better for all concerned if a forward leads this team in goals.. Last season was the first time ever in team history that a midfielder led in goals.. That never bodes well for any team....
Looking at that list makes me think Bradley may be right. We're basically counting on someone having a breakout season. There's not a reliable goal scorer in the bunch. Stewart is a good player, but he's not a pure forward/striker. Hristo won't play the whole season. Eskandarian and Santino MIGHT have high totals this season, but that's a pretty dicey thing to count on. It's possible that we will really struggle to put the ball in the net again.
We might struggle to score goals again, but we did basically all we could to rectify that situation.. At this point it's simply wait and see time.. While I agree that we probably won't have a goal scorer over 15 goals this season, I wouldn't mind having about 5 players with about 40 goals between them, which incidentaly I think will happen this season.. As for the poll results so far, I think it's interesting to note that Kovalenko is so far down in the voting.. He is the one player that I can see who probably has the potential to be the most dangerous offensively for our team this season.. While admittedly last season was a poor season for his standards, he has much more potential firepower around him than in Chicago IMHO.. I think Dema has a very good chance at bagging at least 10 goals this season..
Yeah but I like our chances of having one of those players break out this season compared to last year. I also agree with the post about Dema. I think this could be his season as well.
I think this is the likely path to a good season for United. Looking at our possible midfield lineups, it's easy to picture an attacking side that can strike from any direction. We may not have a go-to striker up front (unless Esky has a great rookie year), but no defense will be able to target one or two players to stifle the DC attack.