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And there lies the major problem. If you got half a dozen games out of him you’d be lucky
Charlie Cairoli
I know what you mean, but I'd like to think the solution is a bit more sophisticated than that. We have moved on a bit since then.
I am still a fan of having the option of a big man up front. I know it's gone terribly out of fashion on the continent, where teams, like Spain, are made up of marauding little short-arses, but that's not a good reason for copying them. We did that many years ago when we copied the continentals and started playing without wingers. OK so we won the World Cup - fair do's - but you can stick your Jules Rimet up your rimmer for all I care - I still think the game is better played with wingers and a big man up front. I pay my Council Tax, I'm entitled to my opinion - ok?
The reason Clarke even gets a game, is because he's the ONLY player at the club, the ONLY one, who can play in a traditional centre forward role. And for you young lads on here who don't know what I mean by that, I mean possess some aerial power and physicality, to hold the ball up, lay it off and generally drag centre halves all over the place and give them a torrid time of it. The centre forward of yore was usually the one player no one on the opposite side wanted to mark. Because he was a bloody handful. One of the best examples ever to grace this city was a certain Mr Derek Dooley (RIP). He'd not just put the ball in the net, but the goalkeeper as well. You could do that back then and get away with it. You can't nowadays - but hopefully you get the idea?
I was an admirer of this guy back in the day too...
If you don't know who the guy in the striped shirt is - ask thi fatha - or someone of an older generation. Because that is "SuperMac" the original, genuine and warranted. Malcolm McDonald - a young man who burst onto the scene with Luton Town in the 1970's and quickly gained a fearsome reputation for being a wrecking ball of a centre forward - with some skill too! Here you see him playing for Newcastle United in a familiar role, driving hard at the heart of the opposition defence, ripping them apart. As an aside...this photo is from the 1974 FA Cup semi-final, played at Hillsboro, between Newcastle United and Burnley. SuperMac smashed in 2 goals to take Newcastle through.
Now - if you're saying to me we need a player like SuperMac - I'd say "yes please", because he was sensational. But James Hanson? Nah mate. Sorry. Always put a shift in for us but Hanson had the height and brawn and not a lot else. We need more than that.
I think we need the physical presence, but also the pace and skill element. That's likely to not be available in one player.
We'll see. But for sure if Wilder can add these ingredients to the pot we'll be pretty much unstoppable I think.
He’s not called sick note for nowt!
I know what you mean, but I'd like to think the solution is a bit more sophisticated than that. We have moved on a bit since then.
I am still a fan of having the option of a big man up front. I know it's gone terribly out of fashion on the continent, where teams, like Spain, are made up of marauding little short-arses, but that's not a good reason for copying them. We did that many years ago when we copied the continentals and started playing without wingers. OK so we won the World Cup - fair do's - but you can stick your Jules Rimet up your rimmer for all I care - I still think the game is better played with wingers and a big man up front. I pay my Council Tax, I'm entitled to my opinion - ok?
The reason Clarke even gets a game, is because he's the ONLY player at the club, the ONLY one, who can play in a traditional centre forward role. And for you young lads on here who don't know what I mean by that, I mean possess some aerial power and physicality, to hold the ball up, lay it off and generally drag centre halves all over the place and give them a torrid time of it. The centre forward of yore was usually the one player no one on the opposite side wanted to mark. Because he was a bloody handful. One of the best examples ever to grace this city was a certain Mr Derek Dooley (RIP). He'd not just put the ball in the net, but the goalkeeper as well. You could do that back then and get away with it. You can't nowadays - but hopefully you get the idea?
I was an admirer of this guy back in the day too...
If you don't know who the guy in the striped shirt is - ask thi fatha - or someone of an older generation. Because that is "SuperMac" the original, genuine and warranted. Malcolm McDonald - a young man who burst onto the scene with Luton Town in the 1970's and quickly gained a fearsome reputation for being a wrecking ball of a centre forward - with some skill too! Here you see him playing for Newcastle United in a familiar role, driving hard at the heart of the opposition defence, ripping them apart. As an aside...this photo is from the 1974 FA Cup semi-final, played at Hillsboro, between Newcastle United and Burnley. SuperMac smashed in 2 goals to take Newcastle through.
Now - if you're saying to me we need a player like SuperMac - I'd say "yes please", because he was sensational. But James Hanson? Nah mate. Sorry. Always put a shift in for us but Hanson had the height and brawn and not a lot else. We need more than that.
I think we need the physical presence, but also the pace and skill element. That's likely to not be available in one player.
We'll see. But for sure if Wilder can add these ingredients to the pot we'll be pretty much unstoppable I think.
I’ve often said the one player in their squad I would take is João as he has the attributes we currently lack in attack and would give us a different option. Not sure who the other one is.
I know what you mean, but I'd like to think the solution is a bit more sophisticated than that. We have moved on a bit since then.
I am still a fan of having the option of a big man up front. I know it's gone terribly out of fashion on the continent, where teams, like Spain, are made up of marauding little short-arses, but that's not a good reason for copying them. We did that many years ago when we copied the continentals and started playing without wingers. OK so we won the World Cup - fair do's - but you can stick your Jules Rimet up your rimmer for all I care - I still think the game is better played with wingers and a big man up front. I pay my Council Tax, I'm entitled to my opinion - ok?
The reason Clarke even gets a game, is because he's the ONLY player at the club, the ONLY one, who can play in a traditional centre forward role. And for you young lads on here who don't know what I mean by that, I mean possess some aerial power and physicality, to hold the ball up, lay it off and generally drag centre halves all over the place and give them a torrid time of it. The centre forward of yore was usually the one player no one on the opposite side wanted to mark. Because he was a bloody handful. One of the best examples ever to grace this city was a certain Mr Derek Dooley (RIP). He'd not just put the ball in the net, but the goalkeeper as well. You could do that back then and get away with it. You can't nowadays - but hopefully you get the idea?
I was an admirer of this guy back in the day too...
If you don't know who the guy in the striped shirt is - ask thi fatha - or someone of an older generation. Because that is "SuperMac" the original, genuine and warranted. Malcolm McDonald - a young man who burst onto the scene with Luton Town in the 1970's and quickly gained a fearsome reputation for being a wrecking ball of a centre forward - with some skill too! Here you see him playing for Newcastle United in a familiar role, driving hard at the heart of the opposition defence, ripping them apart. As an aside...this photo is from the 1974 FA Cup semi-final, played at Hillsboro, between Newcastle United and Burnley. SuperMac smashed in 2 goals to take Newcastle through.
Now - if you're saying to me we need a player like SuperMac - I'd say "yes please", because he was sensational. But James Hanson? Nah mate. Sorry. Always put a shift in for us but Hanson had the height and brawn and not a lot else. We need more than that.
I think we need the physical presence, but also the pace and skill element. That's likely to not be available in one player.
We'll see. But for sure if Wilder can add these ingredients to the pot we'll be pretty much unstoppable I think.
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