Yiddo
Luka Modric
How? they were players who were very good goal scorers at the same level, if anything, its an ideal comparison.
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Mykhailo Mudryk
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Vedran Corluka
I guess we might even get to find out quite quickly with Lanks.
Lanks as a 21 year old is smashing the goals in at the top of the Championship for Boro. I they get promoted then he will be tested as a 22 year old at the bottom of the PL. Whether with Boro or another PL team we might get to see Lanks at the PL level quite a lot.
Yiddo
Luka Modric
Don't get me wrong, i'm not saying he won't make it, I'm just saying that its too early to be talking about him in the prem smashing them in for us. Different quality of defending for sure.
NaijaSpurs
Ian Walker
In a few weeks we will have Savi back, so all Mudryk will succeed in doing is steal minutes from LWB.
He was a loan signing we did not need.
SteveAWOL
Garth Crooks
Solanke notched up 30 goals for Bournemouth when they got promoted whilst Savio scored as many goals against Charlton as he’s managed in his past 36 PL games, so I’m also not yet convinced that Will is the answer to our issues up front… hopefully he’ll get the chance next season to prove that he can make the step up to the top flight though.
Bullet
Les Howe
Presumably all strikers would score about a quarter of the goals in the Prem, that they could in a dominant Championship side.
If Boro are steamrolling their way to the title and Lankshear gets 40 goals, he should stay there into the Prem and see how he gets on in the big league. Obviously it will be very tough going for a promoted side, so he might only get single figures.
Then we can get a better look at how he is performing and whether he can make the leap, and then grab him back if we want to. I'm sure he would love to play for us again at that point. I presume he has family and friends around the Spurs area.
If Boro are steamrolling their way to the title and Lankshear gets 40 goals, he should stay there into the Prem and see how he gets on in the big league. Obviously it will be very tough going for a promoted side, so he might only get single figures.
Then we can get a better look at how he is performing and whether he can make the leap, and then grab him back if we want to. I'm sure he would love to play for us again at that point. I presume he has family and friends around the Spurs area.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Imagine if Liverpool/United/Chelsea had backed themselves and bought Kane from us for an average fee in 2014
Bedfordspurs
Bert Smith
Don’t think that stacks up
Scoring a goal a game in the championship is a hell of achievement
Doing it in the prem is almost unheard of and no one normally gets double digits for any team that’s got promoted if you look at it
It’s because the gap between the divisions is so high
Bedfordspurs
Bert Smith
Who did these players play for in the prem?
Thats the key
To score goals you need chances
Most teams come up and create very little
Also worth looking at the historical top scorers in the chnsoionshop
Some surprising names
Ones who have come up and done well have day stayed in the prem and generally come via teams like Brentford
One of the better championship strikers in recent years now plays for Arsenal as a CF
johnaliola
Edgar Davids
is there not a valid xg, xga or whatever that is relevant for a striker?
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Andy Thompson
Lankshear will score goals wherever he plays, he may not get 20 in PL that would depend on what team he's at, he's a goal scorer.
Bedfordspurs
Bert Smith
100%
He showed that last year in a pan awful side
Done it at every level
This he he is just playing for a better side and getting even more experience
Yep, when Liam Delap signed for newly promoted Ipswich, he top scored for them with 12 PL goals that season, helping them to stay up.
That was his only season at Ipswich (and if he had stayed there, who knows?), but Chelsea triggered a release clause.
So even if a striker does have a good first season in the PL, there are obviously no guarantees in terms of longevity thereafter.
glorygloryeze
Nayim
Which season was this? I don't remember them staying up recently...
Yep cheers, my bad, it was the 2004-25 season when they got relegated, and then Chelsea bought Delap right after in early June 2025.
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plenty have smashed it in the Championship and then failed at the top level:
| Player | Evidence of second-tier goalscoring | Premier League outcome |
| John McGinlay | Boltons leading scorer for four consecutive seasons, 1993/94 and 1996/97. | 6 goals in 39 appearances. |
| David Connolly | Scored 42 league goals across two seasons at Wimbledon; subsequently Leicester's leading scorer with 13 in 2004/05. | 1 goal in 22 appearances for Wigan and Sunderland. |
| David Nugent | 125 Championship goals; productive for Preston, Leicester, Derby and others. | 14 goals in 97 appearances. |
| Michael Chopra | 74 Championship goals, particularly effective at Cardiff. | 9 goals in 60 appearances. |
| Jordan Rhodes | 125 Championship goals; scored 29 in 2012/13 and 25 in 2013/14. | 0 goals in 6 appearances for Middlesbrough. |
| Jason Scotland | 48 goals in 170 second-tier appearances across Swansea, Ipswich and Barnsley. | 1 goal in 32 appearances for Wigan. |
| Lewis Grabban | 112 Championship goals across clubs including Bournemouth, Norwich and Nottingham Forest. | 1 goal in 21 appearances for Norwich and Bournemouth. |
| Mata›j Vydra | Already had 65 Championship goals by 2018 and finished 2017/18 as the divisions leading scorer. | 11 goals in 106 appearances for West Brom, Watford and Burnley. |
| Billy Sharp | Championship record-holder since the 2004 rebrand, with 130 goals. | 6 goals in 43 appearances. |
| Tom Ince | Had scored 68 Championship goals by 2018, mainly through his Blackpool and Derby spells. | 3 goals in 48 appearances. |
Yeah, I'm fine with anyone saying they didn't want us to sell Lankshear - I would have preferred to see him stay, but appreciate the multiple potential reasons as to why he was moved on.
What I don't agree with is those highlighting every time he scores a goal in the Championship as evidence that we shouldn't of sold him....
What I don't agree with is those highlighting every time he scores a goal in the Championship as evidence that we shouldn't of sold him....