It did occur to me, the other day, that my protestations around 'he cost 15m, so come on!' really is chicken feed for a contracted striker, to a Premier League club.
Exactamondo.
Although I'd say they are more of a triumvirate, with Ryan.
There's a seemingly effortless (although clearly not) understanding between the 3 as to who needs to go where and when.
Sure occasionally there's crossed wires and mistakes but for me they are defined by how the 3 of them...
10 clean sheets v 3 proper beatings.
Beating 1 - Coincided with a change in centre back formation.
Beating 2 - Still in the game with 15 minutes to go.
Beating 3 - Last game of the season, a dead rubber after the clean sheet v Utd a week earlier.
I wonder how many teams would have taken that...
Not our best, but he is so far away from being dropped I'm amazed it's even mentioned.
CH has the centre backs set up as beauty and the beast.
Shane is the blunt instrument used to bludgeon away the opposition, and statistically he is the very best at that.
This new found desire to replace...