mattjp wrote:Big Sam has to start with Cole. Our entire performance picked up yesterday once he came on. Maynard can't do the lone striker job, whereas Carlton holds the ball up and actually allows us to build up some meaningful possession.
Maynard used to play the lone striker role at Bristol City quite often. And he was pretty good at it.
He just struggles to do the lone striker job for us, as it differs in what is asked of him. At Bristol City, work the channels, ball to feet stuff. At West Ham, win the ball in an aerial battle against a couple of centre backs that are a lot taller than you.
Someone made a good point in an earlier post. We're not really at risk of falling out of the Playoff spots, and if we carry on drawing games, we aren't going to get the Autos. So why not throw a bit of caution to the wind and have a bit more of an attacking mentality?
Drawn our last 3 games - Allardyce sees positives as we have respected the point and remain unbeaten.
Yet the point haul from those 3 games is the equivalent of losing 2 and winning 1. It's the same thing.