Welbeck

As was said yesterday Kami, Welbeck might end up a 'Crouch-esque' figure. Not amazing for club, but a consistent goalscorer for country.

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Couldn't believe it when Andy Townsend gave Welbeck man of the match. For a player who was supposed to be playing on the left of a front three he spent more time on the half way line. I wonder how many times he gave the ball away or dribbled to nowhere. He is the new Darius Vassell if you ask me.

If he played for Fulham or Stoke, would he play Left Wing? No.

Did he get into the England team while on loan at Sunderland? Yes.

People see two goals but can't tell you where he played. It's because you don't watch him, you just spout the usual rubbish. Yes he should have scored more, but how many strikers do well out of position?

People see two goals but can't tell you where he played. It's because you don't watch him, you just spout the usual rubbish. Yes he should have scored more, but how many strikers do well out of position?

When Ronaldo was here Rooney did an he was fine there and certainly didnt forget how to score.

Rooney didn't play as an out and out winger in a 4-4-2. He played in a different formation as a wing forward, usually on the left and cutting in Something more to a 4-3-3 than a 4-4-2. You also saw that Ronaldo, Tevez and Rooney interchanged their positions throughout the match so it wasn't as if Rooney was stuck on the left side throughout. And even if we were to accept Rooney, that is just one striker. I did ask how many.

Two goals is poor, but he has done well enough to get into the United side and play out of position when all our wingers were cack. And he isn't a winger.

There aren't that many players up front better than him for England. Yes, there are better finishers, but as players not that many. You have Rooney, Strudridge (who was not doing all to well out wide for Chelsea but has excelled playing in his natural position at Liverpool). Lambert has done well on his debut, but even Dave Nugent scored on his England debut.

Defoe is at best an inpact sub and doesn't add much to the team. Bent is the same. Holt and Carroll will have England hoofing it up to them. Crouch might be better than those two but even then, England will resort to hoofing and he ain't good in the air like Welbeck is.

not doing all to well out wide for Chelsea but has excelled playing in his natural position at Liverpool

He got 13 goals outwide in essentially his only season there as a first choice player.

Welbecks just dross.

I never said he didn't score goals, I did say he didn't do well out wide. The Chelsea fans hated seeing him there. Because he would just shoot even if nothing was on. Welbeck needs to improve his finishing. If he can do that we'll have a top striker on our hands.

People give him grief because of who he plays for rather than who he is. The Sun and Mirror already have their depictions of him and people use those to form their opinions.

Also, he had scored 12 goals in his first season at United as striker. That is pretty good for a young striker.