On October 5, Sorare announced five English Championship clubs joined the platform: Burnley, Coventry City, Millwall, Norwich City and Watford. The five represent a significant bit of history, a number of top-end second tier talent, and a wide spread of current fortunes. In this series of four articles we’ll be examining the top two options for each club at each Sorare position, together with a couple of additional names (U23s, age 24, and others that catch my eye).
Per Sorare: EFL Championship clubs are eligible for our All Star tournaments and the brand new Second Division competitions starting GW 312. In addition, all second division player cards will be eligible to enter the global competitions. Championship players were previously eligible to play in Challenger Europe competitions when it opened. Those players will no longer be eligible in Challenger Europe and will only be eligible in the Second Division Europe competitions.
In today’s article we’re covering the best Forwards at each club, starting at the bottom of the table and working our way up to 2nd place Norwich City.
Viktor Gyökeres, age 24 | Coventry City
An age 24, international forward who’s leading his club in goals (3) - that shit is catnip. Viktor Gyökeres isn’t a world beater, but he is a reliable Threshold forward on a three-year deal with the Sky Blues. You’re not buying him for those three goals this season, you’re buying him exclusively because he’s coming off a 17-goal, 5-assist campaign in which none of his 17 goals were penalties.
41 starts and 3,594’ illustrate his durability and reliability; just the four DNPs in Sorare-scored matches across the last year ensure you’re getting something out of him. Only two Rare have hit the market with auction closing around 0.200 Ξ. As you’ve seen there simply isn’t enough scoring there to make him very useful in other tournaments or scarcities, but for a GAS Threshold+ team you’re getting an every week Forward.
Matthew Godden, age 31 | Coventry City
If Gyökeres is too expensive for your taste then fellow forward Godden is a cheap route to double-figure goals with 12 last season and 10+ in five of his last six seasons. Now, four of those years came below the Championship level and Godden is a well-traveled lower division player with stops in three different Conference teams (Ebbsfleet Utd, Tamworth, Darford). His four seasons with Coventry have seen fewer starts in each, but he did hit 12 goals in only 1,572’ last year making him decent value when he does start (17 starts, 7 subs). The price is going to drop from it’s current 0.0417 Ξ and when it gets closer to 1/2 that is when you can stop worrying about DNPs. At age 31, he still has until 2024 on his current deal affording some security you’ll get at least 1+ years in Sorare-scored divisions before he sees out his career a little further down the ladder.