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* The article below was published in 2014. Wilko was a favourite who was lethal in the box - Chuba is too.
In and around the box, Wilko could be lethal. He wasnt just an "all-round" player - but particularly good at scoring and setting up goals.
Wilko scored an average of a goal every three games.
Chuba has already scored 7 in 13 this season!
Remember we paid £15M for Assombalonga (?!) - Chuba is on course to score more than he did in a season for £2M quid
Comparing Chuba to Wilko - he has a different character, but is dangerous when in the box and is definitely growing in confidence - so we havent seen the best of him yet. Wilko had the poacher`s instinct. He was more physical in his play, but could equally head the ball home, as well as the side - tap and the straight shot where it counted.
For me, there are similarities between Wilko and Chuba.
Lets hope we dont "ease him out"........Carrick has already "had talks" with him.
So for now hes staying.
With just under a goal-a-game -
Will he score 20 this season?
Goal - poacher:
In and around the box, Wilko could be lethal. He wasnt just an "all-round" player - but particularly good at scoring and setting up goals.
Wilko scored an average of a goal every three games.
Chuba has already scored 7 in 13 this season!
Remember we paid £15M for Assombalonga (?!) - Chuba is on course to score more than he did in a season for £2M quid
Comparing Chuba to Wilko - he has a different character, but is dangerous when in the box and is definitely growing in confidence - so we havent seen the best of him yet. Wilko had the poacher`s instinct. He was more physical in his play, but could equally head the ball home, as well as the side - tap and the straight shot where it counted.
For me, there are similarities between Wilko and Chuba.
Lets hope we dont "ease him out"........Carrick has already "had talks" with him.
So for now hes staying.
With just under a goal-a-game -
Will he score 20 this season?
Goal - poacher:
Anthony Vickers: Paul Wilkinson was the last of Ayresome Park's great hitmen
Wilkinson was Lennie Lawrence’s first big signing and formed a potent partnership with John HendriePermed predator Paul Wilkinson was the last great goalscorer of the Ayresome era.
He usurped fence-climbing fans’ favourite Bernie Slaven as main marksman and ended the Scot’s reign as top scorer for five years on the spin.
He bundled home the scrappy header to seal a dramatic last day win at Wolves that earned Lennie’s Lions promotion to the inaugural Premier League in 1992.
And he scored Boro’s first goal in the sexy new look top flight when he notched in a 2-1 opening day defeat at Coventry.
He was the mainstay of the attack in the Lawrence years forming a potent partnership with John Hendrie.
But he was eased out as new boss Bryan Robson arrived with a massive transfer kitty to spark the Riverside Revolution.
John Hendrie and Paul Wilkinson
August 1996 - with Teesside frothing at the prospect of watching Fabrizio Ravanelli, Emerson and Juninho in action, Wilko was ushered out of the door to join Barnsley on a free and resume his goal-getting double act with Hendrie. He made 196 starts for Boro and came off the bench six times. He scored a more than respectable 66 goals. He was ace. [Ave 1 goal every 3 appearances].
He arrived with a distinctive look. His long mullet perm was straight out of krautrock outfit the Scorpions and he combined that with long Lycra cycling shorts. At first he wore black ones but refs were unhappy so, rather just buying white ones, he would disguise them with crepe bandages. It wasn’t unusual to see him surge into the box unravelling as he went. Very funny.
He arrived as a fading force but flourished.*
After starting at Grimsby Wilkinson moved to Everton and won the title. Then followed moves to top flight Forest and slipping down a level to Watford.
He was Lennie Lawrence’s first big signing, arriving as part of a £900,000 double deal with Willie Falconer. Wilkinson thrived on crosses from Hendrie and Stuart Ripley and in his first season he rammed home 24 goals as an ever present while Boro won promotion and reached a Rumbelows Cup semi against Manchester United.
He was an old fashioned targetman, good in the air, strong on the ball and with an in-built radar to find and angle and space in the box.
Wilkinson could look after himself and had a zest for a tussle with defenders and sharp elbows too, as Niall Quinn could testify after being laid out at a corner in a fiery game against Manchester City.
He got 14 and 19 in his next two terms then as Robbo arrived and history beckoned he suffered a string of niggling injuries and a dip in form.
He managed just nine and struggled after Christmas forcing Robbo to bring in Jan Aage Fjortoft and Uwe Fuchs to finish off the job and fire Boro to top flight promotion. He played just three times after the move to the Riverside before leaving for Barnsley where he again became a hero, getting the goal to seal an unlikely promotion to the Premier League.
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He usurped fence-climbing fans’ favourite Bernie Slaven as main marksman and ended the Scot’s reign as top scorer for five years on the spin.
He bundled home the scrappy header to seal a dramatic last day win at Wolves that earned Lennie’s Lions promotion to the inaugural Premier League in 1992.
And he scored Boro’s first goal in the sexy new look top flight when he notched in a 2-1 opening day defeat at Coventry.
He was the mainstay of the attack in the Lawrence years forming a potent partnership with John Hendrie.
But he was eased out as new boss Bryan Robson arrived with a massive transfer kitty to spark the Riverside Revolution.
John Hendrie and Paul Wilkinson
August 1996 - with Teesside frothing at the prospect of watching Fabrizio Ravanelli, Emerson and Juninho in action, Wilko was ushered out of the door to join Barnsley on a free and resume his goal-getting double act with Hendrie. He made 196 starts for Boro and came off the bench six times. He scored a more than respectable 66 goals. He was ace. [Ave 1 goal every 3 appearances].
He arrived with a distinctive look. His long mullet perm was straight out of krautrock outfit the Scorpions and he combined that with long Lycra cycling shorts. At first he wore black ones but refs were unhappy so, rather just buying white ones, he would disguise them with crepe bandages. It wasn’t unusual to see him surge into the box unravelling as he went. Very funny.
He arrived as a fading force but flourished.*
After starting at Grimsby Wilkinson moved to Everton and won the title. Then followed moves to top flight Forest and slipping down a level to Watford.
He was Lennie Lawrence’s first big signing, arriving as part of a £900,000 double deal with Willie Falconer. Wilkinson thrived on crosses from Hendrie and Stuart Ripley and in his first season he rammed home 24 goals as an ever present while Boro won promotion and reached a Rumbelows Cup semi against Manchester United.
He was an old fashioned targetman, good in the air, strong on the ball and with an in-built radar to find and angle and space in the box.
Wilkinson could look after himself and had a zest for a tussle with defenders and sharp elbows too, as Niall Quinn could testify after being laid out at a corner in a fiery game against Manchester City.
He got 14 and 19 in his next two terms then as Robbo arrived and history beckoned he suffered a string of niggling injuries and a dip in form.
He managed just nine and struggled after Christmas forcing Robbo to bring in Jan Aage Fjortoft and Uwe Fuchs to finish off the job and fire Boro to top flight promotion. He played just three times after the move to the Riverside before leaving for Barnsley where he again became a hero, getting the goal to seal an unlikely promotion to the Premier League.
Anthony Vickers: Paul Wilkinson was the last of Ayresome Park's great hitmen
Wilkinson was Lennie Lawrence’s first big signing and formed a potent partnership with John Hendrie
www.gazettelive.co.uk
