WEST HAM UNITED
Total team goals: 21 goals
Top scorer: Carlton Cole – 4 goals (19% of team total)
It says quite a lot about West Ham United this season that their top scorer is a player they released at the end of last season, but Can’t Control Carlton Cole has seemingly discovered a new lease of life since re-signing for the Hammers.
Perhaps it was brilliant man management from Sam Allardyce after all.
The failure of the strikerless formation (the 3-0 victory against Spurs excepted) suggests that the selection of Cole was more out of desperation from Allardici rather than a tactical masterstroke.