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Originally Posted by maccawozzagod

My question is valid and still remains, does he or does he not involve the midfield positively? Subsequent posters suggest that 'we' are playng more hoofball with him up front, therefore the midfield are bypassed and redundant. Therefore 'he' becomes the weak link.

If we look at posts about matches pre-Beattie, the complaint about hoofball was still there. In fact it was worse then. At least Beattie can hold up the ball and try to play it off to midfielders. Podge found that impossible.