Is it just a coincidence but in the half and a bit that Sheridan has player, Roy has been electric. Scoring and setting up goals.
Does the presence of Sheridan attract defenders and gives Roy more space or is it the quality of passing to open up the space for Krishna.
A bit of both I think. Looks really positive going forward.
Sheridan, from what he's shown so far, is something we've been missing in that final third for a long time. Not only is he a big boy, but he get's himself around the park, has good vision and nice control, and from his two appearances thus far has been that link player with a bit of class to make things work. So it definitely takes a lot of onus off Krishna to be the one to make things work.
This was more evident in the WSW game with the through ball for Roy's 1st, and the cheeky flick through to free up Burgess for Roy's 2nd. Not to say he didn't play well, just a different match and tactical situation last night.
What he does do is give us the physical presence up front, it's another dimension for us to switch to/between when the opposition figures out that a lot of our play is built around the smaller, quicker and technical players - Singh, Krishna, Williams.
It'll be interesting to see if Rudan goes with the formation he set up in that 2nd half in Melbourne, thought it suited us really well, although I suspect with Rufer and Mandi back in the frame we'll still see Sheridan coming off the bench at some stage. Don't think we could drop someone like Williams at the moment either as he's been very good, especially these last four or so weeks. Good problems to have for Rudan.