Post by GasMacc1 on Nov 1, 2021 17:33:05 GMT
Aaron Collins has not scored for us in 14 League Two appearances. Yet he scored 11 goals in 44 matches for Forest Green Rovers last season. How?
Can we learn anything about the type of goals Aaron scored for Forest Green?
Whilst Aaron demonstrated that he can score with either left or right foot, there was a similarity to most of the goals he scored from open play: good connections from eight to ten yards out, finding the space just inside of one or other post. Four of his goals were first-time “sweeps”, using the momentum from a cross. For another three, he had a little more work to do.
You will look in vain for any headers. Four of the goals were penalties, which I am not going to consider further.
For the Gas, I have been concerned at the lack of aggression he has shown. As a side observation, then, there was no lack of that commodity away at Oldham, as he out-muscled the left-back to set up a tap-in. And versus Bradford, when he “took issue” with an opponent who had pushed a team-mate over the boundary onto the terraces!
The table 1 (below) gives a brief description of Aaron Collins’ goals for Forest Green Rovers in League Two in 2020-21.
The table 2 (below) gives links to video (except for the penalties).
Finally, it’s interesting to note that he scored all bar one of his goals after the first week of December. Maybe the best is yet to come!
Table 1: Aaron Collins’ Goals for FGR in League Two (2020-21).
Table 2: Links to Video of Aaron Collins’ Goals from open play for FGR in League Two (2020-21).
Can we learn anything about the type of goals Aaron scored for Forest Green?
Whilst Aaron demonstrated that he can score with either left or right foot, there was a similarity to most of the goals he scored from open play: good connections from eight to ten yards out, finding the space just inside of one or other post. Four of his goals were first-time “sweeps”, using the momentum from a cross. For another three, he had a little more work to do.
You will look in vain for any headers. Four of the goals were penalties, which I am not going to consider further.
For the Gas, I have been concerned at the lack of aggression he has shown. As a side observation, then, there was no lack of that commodity away at Oldham, as he out-muscled the left-back to set up a tap-in. And versus Bradford, when he “took issue” with an opponent who had pushed a team-mate over the boundary onto the terraces!
The table 1 (below) gives a brief description of Aaron Collins’ goals for Forest Green Rovers in League Two in 2020-21.
The table 2 (below) gives links to video (except for the penalties).
Finally, it’s interesting to note that he scored all bar one of his goals after the first week of December. Maybe the best is yet to come!
Table 1: Aaron Collins’ Goals for FGR in League Two (2020-21).
| 1 | Bradford | H | D | 2-2 | Swept, right-footed, from 10 yards, from right wing cross. |
| 2 | Cheltenham | A | L | 2-1 | Penalty |
| 3 | Cambridge | H | W | 2-0 | Picked up pass through channel, rounded keeper to score left-footed from an angle, 10 yards out, shooting inside far post. |
| 4 | Port Vale | A | D | 1-1 | Long ball to chase down right, turned defender in box to curl left-footed, from 12 yards, inside far post. |
| 5 | Exeter | A | D | 1-1 | Corner routine, played low and direct to edge of box. Moved along arc to side-foot, right-footed, low, just inside near post. |
| 6 | Carlisle | A | W | 1-2 | Penalty |
| 7 | Morecambe | H | D | 2-2 | Right-footed volley on the turn from 8 yards inside far post, after controlling a dinked-in cross from right wing. |
| 8 | Tranmere | H | W | 2-1 | Penalty |
| 9 | Oldham | A | W | 0-3 | Penalty |
| 10 | Oldham | A | W | 0-3 | Ran from inside own half, with three defenders trailing, rounded the keeper and passed the ball into the net from 8 yards. |
| 11 | Newport | H | W | 4-3 | Steered, right-footed, from 10 yards, from left wing cross. |
Table 2: Links to Video of Aaron Collins’ Goals from open play for FGR in League Two (2020-21).
