New strikers !

Which of the new boys will settle into the Premiership the best?


The bookies seem to think Roque Santa Cruz is going to do very well, whilst they dont see to have much faith in Utaka and Bianchi.


Torres, F Scr 15/2 Utaka, J +6 15/2
Santa Cruz, R +2 15/2 Bianchi, R +6 15/2
Da Silva, E +3 15/2 Sanli, T +6 15/2
Pizzaro, C +4 15/2 Babel, R +7 15/2
Nugent, D +4 15/2 O'Conner, G +7 15/2
Voronin, A +5 15/2

Each Way terms: 1/5 of odds for 1st 3 places
Note: Which of the newcomers to the Premier League will score the most league goals with a handicap applied?.

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TBH i think Bianchi will do very well and i dont think Torres will score more than 6 EPL goes than him.

pizzaro should get a few, presuming he's given enough game time. i'd back him to be within 4 of torres. i think torres will get 10-15, and could see pizzaro reaching 10

Is Utaka a striker, I always thought he was an attacking midfielder.

Bianchi looks a good bet, Voronin and Pizarro will not get enough games to be leading the scoring charts as a rotation policy will be used there.

Not so sure Eduardo will make an instant impact, but you never know.

If we put a benchmark of 12 goals for Torres (conservative/realistic estimate), then its possible for Pizarro to get 7 goals for Chelsea, Babel 7 goals for Liverpool, and Bianchi 8 goals for Citeh, to win.

Pizarro can get 7 goals but that's pushing it for him. Pizarro won't get more than last minute cameos and a handful of starts (when Drog is off to ACoN). Pizarro will get around 5-6 goals I think, and absolute maximum is 8 goals. That means that 7 goals is a possibilty, but not a certainty (60/40 against IMO). So 15/2 for a bet that looks a little less than 50/50 seems like a good deal.

Babel is capable of getting 7 goals too, but I think that for his first season and how Benitez plans to use him (easing him in, lots of wingplay and when Kewell is injured), I don't think he'll score more than 7 goals. 5 goals is my guess for him. 7 goals is not impossible just unlikely. He has the same odds as Pizarro (15/2) so Pizarro seems the bette rdeal of the two.

Bianchi, a starting targetman striker with a handycap of +6g, looks like a great deal. Will Bianchi be capable of scoring at least 8 goals for Citeh? I think so. Bianchi IMO will have round 10 goals this season, so this deal seems very well.
At the same odds as the previously mentioned as well, 15/2.

Bianchi and Pizarro seem like good deals. While Pizarro seems like a 50/50 for 15/2 odds, Bianchi looks like a certainty to score 10 goals (meaning Torres needs to score 16 goals to draw even).

Bianchi best bet.

nugent's probably not a bad deal either, as he's pretty likely to be a starter for portsmouth - 10 goals is a feasible return. not sure why santa cruz has such a low handicap. if wikipedia's right, he's never scored more than 5 league goals in a season his whole career.