Yet again the curse of the 'City Whingers' strikes again. The lad scores a very important match-turning goal for us so he's sh*t!? Robinho (who I like btw) berely shows up for most of the away games this season, is barren in front of goal for the whole winter, yet is somehow beyond reproach and the same could also be said of SWP who in my humble opinion (and I also like) has flattered to decieve for much of the campaign.
In truth none of our 'lone strikers' have been particularly brilliant this season, parhaps because its a role that requires experiance and knowledge quite apart from a good basic goal-scorers instinct and its no coincidence that all of our forwards in that position this year are all very young, including big Phil. Whatever you think of him or the other players, the fact is our squad is small in terms of quality and we will not be able to sign a dozen top-notch players in the summer nor would that be desirable from the stand[point of sensible team-building and bonding.
Phill is worth a punt for a couple of years to come yet, he may benifit from a loan out to a decent Championship outfit (rather than a struggling Prem side) and we'll see what comes back. But please guys, lay off the lad, this apparent need to have a 'target' to abuse and run-down says far more about you than it does about the player - whoever it is - and serves nobody.
In truth none of our 'lone strikers' have been particularly brilliant this season, parhaps because its a role that requires experiance and knowledge quite apart from a good basic goal-scorers instinct and its no coincidence that all of our forwards in that position this year are all very young, including big Phil. Whatever you think of him or the other players, the fact is our squad is small in terms of quality and we will not be able to sign a dozen top-notch players in the summer nor would that be desirable from the stand[point of sensible team-building and bonding.
Phill is worth a punt for a couple of years to come yet, he may benifit from a loan out to a decent Championship outfit (rather than a struggling Prem side) and we'll see what comes back. But please guys, lay off the lad, this apparent need to have a 'target' to abuse and run-down says far more about you than it does about the player - whoever it is - and serves nobody.