Quote Originally Posted by Kano View Post
Of course but it works the other way round too. Leicester won the league in large part because of Vardy's goals, he was integral to that. All of those guys you listed above got in and around the same level of league goals that Giroud has in his Arsenal career, so nothing like Vardy. The only real comparable one is Adebayor for one season and I think we can look at the two players attitude on the pitch and see the difference immediately. Adebayor has never been wanting for ability, but his big-headed approach and greed ruined his career. Vardy plays one way and I don't think either of us can see that changing. For me it all comes down to if he can fit into our style or if Wenger is trying to change how we play.

What I said is Vardy is a safer bet, not a safe bet. We are comparing the two strikers and the risk is higher with Janssen, you can agree to that. As I said, buying both would be ideal given how cheap the Dutch kid appears to be but I don't see it as a disaster with we miss out on a gamble. We've spent long enough punting on young unknowns.
Yes they did, but if you play for a team that wins the league and you have a good season yourself (maybe your best season, likely at his age, peak age for footballers) you're likely to score more goals than someone playing for a team who come 7th. Johson scored 21 in37 games for Palace in the league (not far of for a team who didn't come near winning the league) so very comparable, the fact his team won the league would mean Vardy would in all likelyness get more. Yes Adebayor's temperament was questionnable, but he had more talent than Vardy, in addition I think all were younger than Vardy and not at their peak.

Is he a safer bet, possibly it's hard to gauge though, the only thing he has going for him is that he's played in the PL, but then he played in the PL the season before as well and only got 5 goals so.