You seem to be arguing that we need to play with two strikers up front though. [/QUOTE]
Correct - our midfielders are providers not scorers. Ferrante has scored 2 goals in 41 A-league games, Gao 1 in 7, Bertos 1 in 35 and Daniel 2 in 17 (excl. penalties). That makes a total of 6 goals in 100 A-league games - they aren't goal scorers. If we had a couple of midfielders who were consistent scorers you wouldn't need to play 2 up front - we don't so we do need to play 2 goal scoring strikers up front.
[QUOTE=KTBW] You can't play 2 up front and also have all of Gao, Daniel, Bertos and Ferrante on the pitch at the same time. I doubt we can sign somebody more deserving of a place in our starting XI than any of them.
Correct again - who starts out of Gao, Bertos, Daniel and Ferrante will be based on form, formation etc etc.
You can bet that most teams will stick a man on Smeltz this season and, unless we have a strike partner who can regularly score and will therefore drag defenders away from Smeltz, our most potent scorer will be taken out of the game.
You can stack the midfield all you like but someone has to stick the ball in the net.
Whitby boy2008-06-21 19:03:40