| Lambert interview in the EADT on 19:24 - Sep 10 by Jermynblue |
Playing a system in which Jackson is not going to feature is a risk when you consider the number of goals and assists he got last season. You need the rest of the team to compensate for that, which they might well do.If Sears plays most games you would expect him to get a fair number of goals and assists. I suspect the reason that Lambert does not see Jackson as one of the wider front players is that Lambert has been working on movement and set patterns in training and perhaps this is where Jackson struggles with his control. However, despite his weaknesses and not always playing in his preferred system last season, Jackson was effective with his goals and assists. It's a tricky balance, but just feel uneasy at this stage that Jackson is likely to get little game time. It is brave of any club that says to a player than contributed the most goals and assists last season that they really have very little chance of playing next season when no one has been signed that is better. It might be an inspired decision, but it's a risk. |
No one signed is better, but Sears is effectively a new player and as you say quite capable of contributing as much as Jackson did and most likely better suited. |  |
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