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AjaxAndy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 26, 2025 7:30 pm Issue with KDH is he's quite lightweight and doesn't seem particularly creative.

I think he'd be fine if we could hit on the counter with a striker who could hold it up, quick interchange with KDH and one of the widemen and use his energy and passing in space... As it stands we don't have that and we need someone more industrious in there. Alcaraz drives forward with it, and that's more useful with the strikers unable to handle any sort of quick direct transition.

I don't disagree, but the flipside to that is that only a few weeks ago Alcaraz was getting rightly pasted on here for very bad decision making, loss of possession, poor passing (amongst other negatives) and badly letting us down at important points, but because his last appearance was the opposite, he did well and turned the game was definitely MOTM, but we maybe forget the previous bad bits and inconsistency. Not sure KDH has had quite as many bad games, he has been pretty quiet, but seems more composed and has contributed in more important moments for the team.

At some point, for consistency sake we do have to stick with something and suck it and see. We've all got different opinions on how that line up should look. Even N'Diaye has had some quiet games, but at the important moments what he has provided to the team is unquestionably very good. I'm not sure Alcaraz has yet displayed that more than once or twice. Inject him when he's hungry and frustrated being on the bench, it seems to work.

This isn't directed at you btw, but generally we've got to take into account playing style will impact player performance. Also a half repaired squad hasn't helped. Some will shine and some won't, despite their underlying qualities.

EDIT: just got to your next post where you say this