Banter 2009/2010

Originally Posted by ACMILAN1983

In Huntelaar's case it's greater than 1 goal every 2 as 2 games is 180 minutes and obviously 147 is quite a lot less (a third of a game's worth to be precise).

If we go a step further and only look at him in Italy, the goals to minutes ratio goes down to 1 goal every 99 minutes, which is pretty close to a goal a game.

Given that he doesn't play consistently and has obviously struggled, I think his stats are actually very impressive.

Yeah, I got my math wrong... That's true, but I still think Huntelaars stats are distorted. He's usually thrown in when we're playing gung ho and throwing the kitchen sink. We're more likely to score then and he's at the head of the attack. I bet that if he started every game, his ratio would decrease, as he'd be spending more time defending, waiting, etc; rather than being active in those hectic last minutes.

His numbers are still impressive and I wish he played more.