Agree with what you are saying but, most importantly, we need a striker on the end of those deliveries to put the ball in the net. In other words a 20 goal a season player. When did we last have that?
Someone made an earlier reference about Madine being at the back post to head the ball back across but surely his role is an out and out striker which unfortunately he isn’t fitting the bill.
I had a lot of time for Madine but as the season has gone on I am really concerned that he is not suited to that role.
Yes, he can hold the ball up and yes, he is a handful for defenders, but sadly he lacks where it matters most....................putting the ball in the net.
He has fluffed quite a few chances where a good striker would probably have succeeded.
Maybe, as some have alluded to on here a few times, he was teachers pet with Appleton, because he became a regular starter. Let’s see what MM thinks of him.
I live in Bolton and they refer to him as Gary Madine the washing machine and say he was a ladies man, which, when again, you read posters on here, he does like to go out (and I am only quoting what I have read do on here.)
To me that is not a professional attitude and perhaps he needs to pull his finger out and concentrate more on his game.