Plain Speaking
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I don't want to knock Jesus. I was pleased he has improved last couple of games, from newspaper reports he has obviously been getting anxious about not scoring previously. IMO his suitability to replace Sergio is currently unproven.From open play Jesus has been wonderful at headed goals recently. The last two years have seen him score 9 or 10 beauties. Set pcs. and corners are a different animal as we don't have tall accomplished full backs to bring forward any more, sadly Stonesy has lost something, and one of our tallest mids is Kev who takes all the corners eliminating one of our best threats to score! I have always maintained him taking corners is a waste as any footballer 13 yrs or older should be able to drop one on the spot in the danger zone out of the keepers reach, and yet how many corners don't make it over the first defender? Yes the total amount of chances missed is a lot, but when you break it down not the strikers fault.
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When I mentioned aerial threat from a replacement striker, I was thinking of someone of Lewandowski's or Harry Kane's stature, enabling scoring headed goals from set pieces as well as open play.