Yeah i agree its probably not totally needed but could move us from veing a potential top side to pitential premiers.So as Ilso begins to settle in as our target upfront are we happy enough to let blackwood and ilso compete for the first team abd hope we can move baba on fir a 10?
I felt ilso was a big reason our wingers were dangerous on friday allowing them to stay wide and holding down the central role.
With the money baba is on a quality 10 should be in reach.
We didn't seem to play with a 10 on Friday. It looked more like 2 x 9's with them both taking turns to drop into midfield to defend and harass when we didn't have the ball. I kept an eye on both Ilso and Halloran waiting for one to drop into a deeper role off the front guy when we had the ball but it didn't really eventuate.
I'm not saying we don't need a 10, just pointing out that we played without one, played well and won. So it might not be the "must get" we thought it was.
The previous week we basically played with 2 x 10's and that worked well. And the 2 players in question were Goodwin and Lia. Not exactly the guys you would expect to fill that role successfully.
Kurz seems to have that canny knack of switching formations and moving players around and making it work.
Kurz has showb alot of versatility this season which i think has surprised us all , me included .