Striker holds a broader sense, SS is a striker, a supporting striker, a striker that can contribute, but not having finishing as his main attribute.
CF is smth that can describe Matri as well and any tall/massive striker who can play the role of a target man tactically.
But this is not what we lack the most, we lack a finisher!!
This is not what Matri is, never was, never will be, Gomez is a finisher, Matri is not! Simply because that he is not prolific enough.
It was a mistake to get him as such, a mistake we have repeated with Iaquinta and Amauri and others, but we have yet to learn...
What we need is a prolific finisher, someone to put the ball in the back of the net with consistency, a +20 goal scorer/season, in rest we are covered.
We had none of that since Trezequet left, Llorente comes close, but he is not enough, our priority remains there!
We have a lot of options to support him, as chocolate says, even in a 4-3-3/3-4-3 formation.
Imagine a trident Giovinco - Gomez - Vucinic
Giaccherini/Matri - Llorente - Pepe/Quaq on the bench/rotation!!