I ent big no kenwyne fan, but anybody else notice that when he was on it had 2 defenders steady on him? more room for other players? think that might be the reason that the midfield scoring so many goals? anybody compare the quality of the chances (for other players) with him on and with him not on? I ent no coach but I jus watchin'
I ent no big coach either but a big part of what Kenwyne job is as a lone striker is to hold the ball up and relieve pressure of the defence, let the men get a 5 seconds to breather and reorganise. when it comes to that, he is miles behind both Scotty and Stern which is a disgrace seeing as physically he should be the best at it. For all the bad ball he was getting, he still hadda make his presence felt.
My main grouse is that both Beenie and Keane came out and said that the man could be as good as he wants to be, but his movement on the field implies that he doesn't want to be better. he moving like he reach already. For all we criticise Stern, when he get the ball kick out toward him he will usually lose it by
a) falling down
b) chest trap and hands
c) fouling the defender.
But each time the play will stop at least and men will get chance to breathe and relive some pressure. And that is only counting the times when he mess up, eh, not when he get to actually turn the man and then give it away or throw away. kenwyne, like a man say here, is like a pole. He can't keep the ball for more than two seconds, and i was counting from second half so I know what i saying.
I eh even bringing Scotty in this argument cause he hardly ever lose the ball as a hold up player.
Hopefully he go to Spurs next week and learn something from Jermain Defoe or Van Nisterooy or whoever will be there, before august.