Pukki is the biggest single problem we have

Which isn't a criticism of Pukki, because he's rightly a legend and always gives 100% which is all you can ask of anyone.
But his lack of physical presence is making all the other players look worse. He doesn't provide an 'out' ball when we're under pressure like a Holt/Iwan/Toney etc would by being able to hold it up/win free kicks. That inability to challenge for a long ball forces us to play those suicidal short passes to marked midfielders which get us in so much trouble. His inability to hold up the ball also means he can't play in attacking midfielders running off him (a key reason why ours don't score any goals in the Prem) and he makes everyone putting in a cross look bad because there's almost nowhere you can put a cross that he'll actually win.
For all that CDM is an issue, even if we had one of the top 5 defences in the division we'd still get relegated comfortably because we pose no threat up front whatsoever.

Posted By: mr carra, Dec 27, 08:51:19