leonSnowflake RoyalRG7Fan
Why the hell didn't he play Smith?
Because he thinks Smith is less good than Beerens, Aluko or Barrow being the obvious answer.
Clamour for Smith is very much a case of putting faith in someone purely because they're someone different who's not really been seen. Any striker, no matter their experience, quality or goalscoring record is not automatically superior to senior forwards. There's this weird obssession with football fans that it's better the devil you don't know.
Smith's had a couple of chances in the first team and not impressed. It's not even like he's scored loads in the Academy, a decent amount for sure, but the step up is huge.
Nah. Striker like certain other roles are specialist positions. The runs you need to make, where you need to be to receive the ball, being able to react to half chances all different to being a midfielder. Playing a small winger who isn't even quick is ridiculous. Ridiculous.
You need to play a specialist up front, who knows what to do. It's all about a team's balance.
Hence, why is Stam refusing to play a striker? It's a good question.
Especially as we are SHIT when we don't.
He's on borrowed time. I don't want him to go, but he can't keep making the same mistake over and over and over again. If he was working for me he'd be removed. He needs some sound/harsh advice.
It may be a specialist position, but clearly he feels that Smith is no where near the standard required to fill the role, so he needed to adapt accordingly. Samuel was so far off the pace last season despite being a 'specialist' in that position, you'd have thought people would have learnt about putting unproven strikers on a pedestal.