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by claretspice » Tue Jul 09, 2019 4:38 pm
There's something very nice about "one of our own" coming home, but more importantly, he's a good player who will add something we don't really have.
I think he'll prove to be the sort of natural "link-up" striker that we've really lacked since Ings left (Vydra having not quite stepped up to the plate last season), capable of dropping into midfield and both receiving the ball facing the opposition goal to drive at defenders and playing with his back to goal, knitting the game together. Suspect we'll find he's got a surer touch, a better range of passing and a touch more craft and composure to help unpick a stubborn defence than Barnes offers (for all his many qualities) when playing in that role, and as a result he'll offer something a bit different regardless of which of Barnes, Wood or even Vydra he ends up playing off.
We've now got a tidy quartet of strikers, so unless we're shipping players out I suspect that's us done in that department - but with a bit of luck there's still a bit of work to be done (both in and out) in midfield to add a bit more youth, and a bit of craft and/or athleticism. If we can do that, and keep hold of everyone else, it'll have been a good summer.
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