HendoSnowflake RoyalYorkshireRoyal99 Is Joao not our all time top gooalscorer in the Championship? I'm sure I saw that posted about somewhere yesterday. Not that it's a particularly fantastic achievement or anything, but it's still pretty good nonetheless.
I wouldn't say he's largely responsible why we didn't achieve what we could have done, although for £5m, he hasn't been worth that for us. £5m is a reasonable price to pay for a player of his quality, it was the fact that £5m on one player was a lot for us, as a club, to offer and we needed more for that sort of money. Hit fitness record also leaves a lot to be desired. But at his best, £5m is more than worthwhile for him.
Not a oxf*rd chance whilst Dave Kitson exists.
YR99 is right: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/reading-fc/toptorschuetzen/verein/1032/plus/0/galerie/0?wettbewerb_id=GB2&position=alle&detailposition=alle
1. Lucas Joao - 42
1. Yakou Meite - 42
3. Shane Long - 40
4. Dave Kitson - 39
5. Kevin Doyle - 35
Kitson has the best goals per match record (for those who have scored +10 goals):
1. Dave Kitson - 0.48
2. Gylfi Sigurdsson - 0.43
3. Kevin Doyle - 0.42
4. Adam Le Fondre - 0.39
5. Lucas Joao - 0.36
Soccerbase has Kitson on 54 League goals. 2 PL season 1, 10 PL season 2. Where are the other 3 league goals?