by Snowflake Royal »
23 Oct 2017 12:51
RG7Fan WAZZOCK leon
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.
So why have him on the bench then?
Matchday squad experience.
The chance to give him a run out if we're winning (lol) with a few minutes to go. It's not like places on the bench are at a premium with 7 slots.
Would you have been happy if Stam named only 6 subs because he didn't intend to plau him at all?
And perhaps, Stam didn't think he's good enough to start, but might be a useful option depending on circumstance compared to the other forwards he didn't start.
It only takes a tiny bit of effort to come up with perfectly reasonable explanations.
He's obviously being groomed as a possible genuine first teamer, but equally as obvious isn't ready or what we need right now.