'Van Wolfswinkel is making sloppy use of meagre rations'

When the time comes to proclaim the most misguided signing of the season, Cardiff's capture of Andreas Cornelius will take some beating ? but Ricky van Wolfswinkel is giving him a good run for Norwich's money. ?8.5m of Norwich's money to be precise, and advanced arithmetic tells us that that works out at, let's see now, yes, ?8.5m per goal. He struck that goal with his very first shot for the club and since then, nothing in 20 appearances. True, he does not exactly have scoring opportunities lavished upon him in Chris Hughton's austere set-up, but he makes sloppy use of his meagre rations. And his all-round play seems to be deteriorating; against Stoke on Saturday his touch seemed clumsy and his passing wonky (mind you, he was not alone in that). He is either chronically short of confidence or badly out of his depth. Picking him seems an act of outrageous optimism. Or desperation, since, of the other strikers, Gary Hooper has not netted since Boxing Day and Johan Elmander and Luciano Becchio don't look like they will ever trouble Premier League goalkeepers. All four of those strikers were signed by Hughton and at the moment it looks like he does not know how to get the best out of them or their best is just not good enough. Or both.

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Posted By: norway, Mar 10, 09:30:18