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Free Kicks, Penalties and goals from an attacking midfield position. I don't get your point. The kid can score and would appear to be very good in the position he plays. It just doesn't seem to be a position that exists in our current formation.

A quick Google suggests that my definition of a number 10 may differ from others. Suffice it to say, Towell is not a Baldock replacement! :blush::angel:

Well as they make the same run so much, I would suggest that Murray and Hemed play in a 4-4-1. I would argue that Baldock is a deep lying/defensive striker and that is always a striker, not an attacking midfielder. If we play 4-4-1-1 now, Towell would not work in that formation. But we don't. If...

??? Number 10 is the second striker in a 4-4-2 - the small man who plays with a target man. Surely Baldock is a number 10 and plays in our 4-4-2?

From memory, he was described as a box to box player in the mould of Lampard. Big difference between making late runs into the box and feeding off a big man whilst dragging defenders around. Hemed was isolated far too many times in the cup by his natural tendency to hang back. Haven't seen...

And when playing in the Baldock role against MK Dons, he spent more time on the edge of his own box than the opposition's. He is an attacking midfielder by instinct, not a number 10.