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Is he any good now?

Fair challenge Albumen. I suppose the point I'm making is that we currently have 4 strikers who are good at some things but not others, so for example, Murray can hold it up and score a header, but isn’t mobile, Locadia can show talent in flashes but not consistently and famously owned up...

But it’s fine if a striker doesn’t score goals from outside the penalty area (I don’t remember Murray ever scoring one) as long as they are contributing to the team generally. Maybe Maupay does, don’t know never seen him play. If a team plays one up front the striker needs to have a good all...

He's found his level then Nah, I'm joking that was a tidy finish. I don't think anyone is claiming that Locadia has shown nothing. The question is more around whether he will he finish consistently enough to lead the line in a premier league team who hope to stay up

But don't you think the game has changed a little bit? All those examples are 15 to 30 years ago. Strikers these days are expected to have more strings to their bow. There's no striker in the Premier League now who you would say does nothing except poach from 6 yards.

Playing with a targetman. We've played that way for so long, that it's difficult to remember it's quite possible to have an effective attacking strategy that doesn't rely on one. I reckon if you did a straw poll of premier league centre backs and asked, would they rather play against a hold the...