Surely even his most fanatical supporters would have to agree that yesterday, his ONLY value was two free kicks which almost flew in. true enough, on another day that could have been two more for DP and for the team, but for the rest of the game, he was shockingly impotent. No pace. No strength. I am starting to feel sorry for him...
Definitely worth keeping on the bench. But to give him 90 minutes makes Del neri seem incompetent. Still, whilst saying that, its not as if he starts out fast in games, then tires. he starts slow, plays slow, ends slow. So if he is on, and we have nobody else to play in his position, why not hope we get a free kick near the end eh? Especially at 3-2, I thought it made sense to swap DP for Iaquinta, then play Quag off Vincenzo.
I hope that if Martinez is more likely to be a support striker for us, that he gets fit soon and takes DP's position, as we simply cannot expect to do well, if we continue to flog a dead horse...when he have stronger, faster, and importantly ALIVE horses in the stables, biting at the bit to play.