We-ARE-Walsall wrote:Baxendale needs playing in the number 10 position too, we are going to ruin a good player if he is stuck out on the wing all season.
I disagree with this oft-stated view. Or at least, I don't see what he would offer us by playing that position because he's not as good as Westcarr or Sawyers in it. His decision making is pretty poor and he can mess up the easiest of passes which seems inexplicable to me when he's one of our technically most proficient players.
I am confused about Lalkovic. He was our best attacker yesterday and got into good positions in the channels. He was the only one that looked like creating a chance until Taylor came on and for once we had someone who got to the byline. And yet Lalkovic doesn't really look like a striker. Maybe he could play off someone like Kevin Davies but that's not going to happen so I'm not sure what Smith was trying to achieve by signing him. I think his best role would be in the position Brandy played last year - i.e. drifting out wide to pick up the ball in space and then driving towards the box. Brandy was much more effective doing that rather than playing on the shoulder of the last defender and trying to use his pace to get in behind.
As a final thought, Westcarr missed our easiest chance again yesterday (at least, until we were 3-0 down). That's four games in a row now that he's missed at least one chance he should have done better with. I'm all for being supportive of our players but that doesn't include keeping them in the team when they're bang out of form.