Hahaha.
I guess Shola cant please some people.
The lads a centre forward who's primary role is to hold the ball up and bring others into play to relieve pressure at the back. He did very very well.
The lads a forward, in a 4-4-2 formation, who is there to attack and score goals. He did neither.
You've basically just completely made his role up and assumed that he was there to 'relieve pressure at the back'. That's like putting a plank of wood on the pitch and saying "well his primary role was to stay perfectly still on the floor and do absolutely nothing, so he did it very well". Don't make up roles for strikers just to back up the argument that what he was doing was any good.
The fact he was asked to man mark another centre forward is asking a lot..............since when do all big centre forwards know how to man mark to a level of a centre back. He let Holt go for their goal. Get over it.
Why is it asking a lot? He was only asked to do it during set pieces. In corners, for example, Shola's job was to mark Holt and challenge him for the headers as he has a 2 inch height advantage over Holt. Instead, it was too lazy/scared and did absolutely **** all, which resulted in easy headers being taken on our goal. Any good footballer, regardless of position, should have the ability to go in and challenge for a header. Shola didn't bother his arse. Theres's no magic defensive technique to it. You just have to jump up, get stuck in and make life difficult for Holt.
So you would only be impressed if he man marked Holt out of the game and scored himself as well as held the ball up, fended off defenders, showed great skill, set up a goal, closed down the opposition.......etc etc.
I'd be impressed if:
A). Ameobi actually made any effort to mark Holt
B). He showed even a slight amount of attacking threat and actually TRIED to score a goal. That's kind of what strikers are there for, in case you forgot.
Instead, we got:
A). Ameobi didn't bother to mark Holt most of the time in set pieces, and put in a lame effort
B). He barely had a shot on or off target during the entire game, and did essentially **** all for a full hour. There was no attacking threat. What's the point in a 4-4-2 formation with two strikers if one of the strikers isn't going to try and actually BE a striker? Any player, like Best or HBA, could have done exactly what Shola did plus actually threatened the opposition goal.
if hba wasnt going to play then i wanted best to play, shola was back to his incosistency, and unfortunately obertan is our only natural right winger
