I swear Alan Smith would make a decent striker in the Championship. He can bully the hell out of defenders but everything about him makes him a **** defensive midfielder, I have no idea why we continue* to play him there. There were a couple of moments when he played last season that he got the chance to get forward and he didn't look all that bad. That said, yeah he's poor now and we'd have done well to get rid.
*When we actually do play him that is, which is luckily rarely.