He’s never played as a lone striker and his lack of hold up prowess (his header that forced the corner we scored from v Spurs looked fine to me) only bothers me because the recruitment team seemingly spent big on a player that doesn’t fit our system. For me their only ‘mistake’ to date.
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I think his strengths would be - running in behind (if we played the balls to do so - we don’t), working as part of a flexible front three where all roles are interchangeable (we don’t do this, not even at home) and running with the ball from deep. (He could do this but again I expect we don’t...
He mentioned it on Thursday stating he was fit and available but that they’d make a decision on his inclusion that day. Clearly a tactical non inclusion.
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