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‘Miss him massively’ – Many Sheffield Wednesday fans pine over ‘genius’
A compilation of all 31 of Gary Hooper’s goals for Sheffield Wednesday has emerged on Twitter, which has left many fans of the Yorkshire club pining over him.
The striker joined from Norwich City in January 2016 for a fee reported to be in the region of £3 million and made 89 appearances for the Owls in total.
Hooper proved a lethal forward at times, scoring 13 goals in his first 29 Championship appearances for the club, but was hampered by injuries throughout his time at Hillsborough.
The 32-year-old was released at the start of the current campaign and has made a fast start to life with A-League side Wellington Pheonix, scoring six goals and providing five assists in his 16 appearances so far.
May I present Gary Hoopers 31 #swfc goals for your viewing pleasure 💙 pic.twitter.com/oPXQdgsCIh
— ᒪOᖇᗪ ᕼIᒪᒪᔕᗷOᖇOᑌGᕼ🦉 (@L0RD_H) April 28, 2020
A compilation of all 31 of Hooper’s goals for the Owls was posted on Twitter yesterday and appears to have drawn a somewhat frustrated response from fans of the Yorkshire club.
Outside Steven Fletcher, none of Garry Monk’s striking options have been particularly impressive this season.
Sam Winnall, Jordan Rhodes, Atdhe Nuhiu, and Connor Wickham have scored just seven goals between them in their combined 62 appearances this term.
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Many Wednesday fans have taken to Twitter to suggest that Hooper could have contributed and reveal that they wish he was still at the club.
Read their reaction here:
The best striker we’ve had since Hirst.. We miss him massively
— Mark Hunnaball (@Mhball74) April 28, 2020
And now we don’t have a striker no where near as good as him
— Dean Missere (@DeanMissere) April 29, 2020
Absolutely class.. so unlucky with injury problems.. his link up play and finishing was unreal. Gutted when we released him
— Sando (@psanderson5880) April 28, 2020
The biggest miss for me since we released him, he wasn’t just a goal scorer , one hell of an intelligent footballer 👍👍
— David stone (@stoneyboyblue) April 28, 2020
Missing quality like this
— owl (@owlwawaw) April 28, 2020
@corry_lewis guy was genius
— Garry Milner (@GarryMilner6394) April 29, 2020
Should of gave him a new contract 💔 https://t.co/BwnVpRLNsv
— Will Fowler (@willfowler1867) April 29, 2020
Seriously missed him https://t.co/siDhwYjnwq
— Luke (@lukemiddleton15) April 29, 2020
Simply the best striker we've had at Hillsborough for many a year. Still cant believe we didn't give @HOOP588 a new deal #swfc https://t.co/79x9Q5G3ky
— Gary Marshall (@Unblunt77) April 29, 2020
Even when he came back after a long lay off he was clearly one of the best footballers at the club. His touch and intelligence levels above most in our squad. Whyyyyy did we let him go 😫 https://t.co/IaQGp82LCl
— Joe (@joehartley87) April 29, 2020
