- Aug 4, 2005
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Personally I think our wide options are very good with room to develop further. I think centre forward is the main issue to knit it all together. Next season I would be looking for a new 9 with Son on the left again. I would have loved a front 3 of Son, Kane and Johnson. A bit like Dele, Son and Kane with Maddison more central rather than Eriksen in off the wing and Dele central. If we can get a young prospect as the long term Son replacement to develop that would be the perfect balance. Someone low cost and preferably who can become homegrown with us. Werner bridges the gap between him and Son.
I just don't think Son is suited at all to the wide role. He's got 1 open play goal and 3 assists from LW all season and he's played there for 10 matches in the PL so it's a good sample size. He's been actively abysmal there aside from a 20 minute spell against the horrendous Trippier.
He isn't very good when he starts that wide. Also he is going to be 32 years old and his endurance and explosiveness are both in decline now. Playing wide will make this far more noticeable and burn him out quicker.
We are absolutely desperate for at least 1 player with some real 1v1 magic in their boots to come in to our team. We've seen what happens when a limited player like Werner has a decent spell. Now imagine a proper quality player out there. It would also make Johnson more dangerous on the opposite flank as it will stretch teams more.