Originally Posted by
Don_Corleone
I'm not really buying into this... yeah I agree that May has put in plenty effort, certainly can't fault his commitment to the cause. And yeah I agree Cosgrove has benefitted from having someone playing alongside him, or certainly a bit closer to him than earlier in the season when it was mainly Ferguson who was in the attacking midfield role (which clearly isn't his position).
What I'm saying is that you could put Considine up front alongside Cosgrove and it would be just as effective, if not more effective than having May there. There's nothing that May is doing that Considine couldn't do, and Considine would actually carry more goal threat - he even sets up more goals!
Now that we've got Stewart back, I'd play him with Cosgrove and get May off the park. I'd rather have Wilson along with Cosgrove. Or Anderson with Cosgrove. Or McGinn with Cosgrove. Or literaly anyone with Cosgrove who might actually create a goal or score one - that's what forwards are meant to do. Sure they do other stuff, but is it too much to ask that he might set up a goal or put the ball in the net more than 5 times in a whole season?! One of his goals this season was a penalty and another was a tap in to an open goal. It's a horrendous record!
Once again, I reiterate, I'm not having a go at the lad for his lack of effort - nor do I just have it in for him - I genuinely wish he would start creating and scoring - but he doesn't look like it at all, so I've no idea why we're persevering with him this long. Anderson came in and scored and never got a look in. Wilson's come on in some games and scored and never got a look in. This guy looks like he's forgotten where the goal is and he plays every match pretty much!