Quote: Hindsfordleyther79 "Doesn't mean it's Armstrong who gives him the ball. Take armstrongs first try last night. Set move we have done many times which Kay has scored of himself a number of times. He got the ball of McNally who copped a hit from it, he then gave it inside to Armstrong. Used that move many times. Armstrong does lots of very good things, but his distribution is poor. Take the try he bombed yesterday - granted it was pulled back for a forward pass anyway, he could have passed but didn't, then he didn't quite make it and knocked on. Made no difference because of the forward pass, but the point remains, he made a bad decision and should have passed. I can could count multiple times he does this every game. On the other side, he defends well, has an excellent step and is quick for a centre and he scores a lot.'"
Couldn't agree more, personally. Kay scores a lot from other players like McNally and makes a lot of opportunities for himself as well. Brown, on the other hand, at the start of the season tended to stay out wide more and suffered from some woeful passes given to him round his ankles and over his head, even from short range. Armstrong is a very good player who does lots of good things and probably wasn't a million miles off a MOTM performance last night. But personally my ideal would be somebody who draws defenders and creates space for (and feeds) a winger rather than trying to beat everybody himself. I think thats a role that long term Paul wants to achieve with wide-running backrowers in the Sid mould, which might free up the to be more involved as finishers and give us more scoring options, but at this moment in time in that creating/finishing scenario for me Armstrong is better suited to the finisher role than the creator.
