Quote Originally Posted by spaldy View Post
I think you know that MB does not really play a true striker in his set up; at least as far as the championhip was concerned. he expects his striker to get back on restarts, trail back on attacks at times and to set up others. Bamford does all of those things and does them for long periods of time. I also think this could be even more critical in the prem than in the championship.

what if you had a player that did all those things and also hit his striking opportunities? if Rodrigo can do that it's a game changer for us.

Having a true striker that just sits up front and waits for chances does not appear to be what MB is all about. No doubt we'd score a lot more but we'd also give up control of the game more often. If you don't control the attack you'll fail with his system and he knows it.

if Gelhardt or any of the youth players get back as well as strike they'll get a chance to play this year. Going to be some ugly games for us and we'll likely given them a chance.
Not disagreeing with any of that, Bielsa probably doesn't have in his mind a "typical" striker role", just don't think that Rodrigo fits the description you give. 2 years older than Bamford, no experience of the Bielsa way of playing, so will need time to acclimatise, time we don't have, injured for almost a third of last season and with no match experience for around the last 6 months, and we're rumoured to be paying the largest ever Leeds transfer fee for him?