He's a finisher. A goalscorer. I know they are not fashionable any more
but he is one. A s**t footballer, s**t at passing and controlling a football, but he finds space, and can shoot and score. See his debut goal for us for evidence.
Anyone, and I mean anyone, only needed to look at 5 mins of any Everton game in the last 4 years to see how mediocre a footballer Naismith is, but how good a finisher he is.
So what do we do? Play him as a partner to Jerome or Mbokani, to press centrebacks back, with his constant movement and unerring knack of getting onto scraps in a yard of space?
No, we play him out wide, where his poor footballing ability is exposed. Then we play him in the #10 position and really highlight that he isn't a great footballer. Oh and along the way we put Wes out on the left wing, a position he has never looked anything other than extemely average for us, due to his lack of pace, power, stamina and defensive deficiencies.
Then we drop Naismith, because playing 4-4-2, to your best finishers strength, is for dummies and the 4-5-1 is sacrosanct.
Also we have no right wingers (Jarvis is permacrock, this was a known before we signed him on loan let alone paid £2m) have only one left winger, who is also our back up left back, but loads of central attacking mids and 2very overrated youth team inside forwards (ie s**t wingers who cant pass or cross and just want to cut in and shoot from bent angles. aka Junior Redmonds)
Posted By: MIKEWALKER on December 19th 2016 at 09:45:21
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- I would make the same decision again exclaims Alex Neil , so even though we lost 2-1 (NCFC) - lovely old job, Dec 19, 09:13:44
- i thought he was supposed to be clever and learning from his mistakes (n/m) (NCFC) - pab, Dec 19, 09:53:36
- The way he explained it though, he did kind of have a point. (NCFC) - I Am Hoot, Dec 19, 09:18:10
- That's exactly what they did (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Dec 19, 09:22:26
- It could have been a lot worse is what I'm saying, (NCFC) - I Am Hoot, Dec 19, 09:28:09
- Whart did Naismith do defensively then? (NCFC) - duke of york, Dec 19, 09:21:35
- He's a finisher. A goalscorer. I know they are not fashionable any more (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Dec 19, 09:45:21
- A goal in every 4+ games isn't a great record (NCFC) - duke of york, Dec 19, 09:50:28
- Not saying he's Ruud Van Nistelrooy or whoever, but he is decent enough imho (n/m) (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Dec 19, 10:04:49
- A goal in every 4+ games isn't a great record (NCFC) - duke of york, Dec 19, 09:50:28
- He was excellent when he came on tbf... (NCFC) - loz, Dec 19, 09:24:44
- He did about two or three decent things (NCFC) - duke of york, Dec 19, 09:26:05
- He doesn't seem to play with roller skates on anymore (NCFC) - thirsty work, Dec 19, 09:52:35
- Well better than anyone else a fairer assessment (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Dec 19, 09:26:50
- He did about two or three decent things (NCFC) - duke of york, Dec 19, 09:26:05
- He's a finisher. A goalscorer. I know they are not fashionable any more (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Dec 19, 09:45:21
- The girls always used to like it when that happened to me. (n/m) (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Dec 19, 09:21:00
- They did (n/m) (NCFC) - Mickdundee, Dec 19, 09:20:15
- That's exactly what they did (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Dec 19, 09:22:26
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