djchapsticks Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Wit. We need goals not someone who can run about. Miller wasn't a goalscorer but still had a better goals to games ratio than Fletcher, even factoring in his hat trick against a pub team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 He's quite obviously the best centre forward we have, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Russell should be ahead of Griffiths for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 It baffles me that people can argue Fletcher is 'obviously' the best centre forward we have, as if they're unaware of the existence of Steven Naismith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudu Dahan pal Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Steven Fletcher is an absolute donkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Quite simple. Griffiths is a striker in form and scoring goals while Fletcher is not. He may not do any better, however he's not being given a chance to show what he could do. Quite rightly. Fletchers a better player than Griffiths so starts ahead of him. Scott Bains in better form than David Marshall. Its a similar situation. Tremendous. It baffles me that people can argue Fletcher is 'obviously' the best centre forward we have, as if they're unaware of the existence of Steven Naismith. Probably because Naismith is never a centre forward. Hes good on the odd occasion but thats it, hes nowhere near as good on the ball as Fletcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitnail Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Thank god WGS doesn't listen to fans. Griffiths ahead of Fletcher against someone like Germany? Oooft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Thank god WGS doesn't listen to fans. Griffiths ahead of Fletcher against someone like Germany? Oooft. Can you tell me one contribution Fletcher made in the two games that justified his inclusion? Just one will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 He's quite obviously the best centre forward we have, it baffles me how people genuinely believe Griffiths would be doing better, considering he's built like a five year old. I'd argue Naismith is a better choice, going on results while he has been played as the lone forward. However, I don't think he's been getting a regular game either. Not much point picking English Premiership forwards unless they are match fit, from regularly playing 90 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris123 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Naismith does the Kenny Miller role considerably better than Kenny Miller did (post 2008 certainly). I too am on the Naismith bandwagon, particularly as we'll need to take the game to Poland at Hampden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThePirate Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Quite rightly. Fletchers a better player than Griffiths so starts ahead of him. Scott Bains in better form than David Marshall. Its a similar situation. I'd have agreed with you 3 or 4 years ago. Now he offers absolutely nothing to the team. He can't hold the ball up, wins nothing in the air and doesn't score goals. And it's really not a similar situation to Bain and Marshall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Quote from the man himself. "I'm doing what I can. I'm running around " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Thank god WGS doesn't listen to fans. Griffiths ahead of Fletcher against someone like Germany? Oooft. I don't see what's so outlandish about that, given that Griffiths literally couldn't have contributed any less than Fletcher did. The bar was set that low by that performance last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Jon Walters has a better record than Fletcher. Fecksake, Jon Walters has more goals for ROI than any of our current lot have scored. Fletcher is technically the best forward we have, but being technically good means feck all if we aren't getting results when using him up front. It's been powderpuff stuff from him. He has had a few nice through-passes that led to goals but I can barely remember a shot on goal from him across the entire campaign (Gibraltar aside). It's clear we need to sacrifice him for someone more effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grass Is Greener. Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 I'd keep him upfront for us but I'd play Naismith just of him as a 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killienick Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Through ball, in behind, go.....or play a wide pass far too hard and out of play. "Technically gifted" my arse. And don't forget - before the offside flag saved the embarrassment - that flimsy attempt at control in their box. He looked like a man in skis trying to trap a balloon. Time's up. Get tae, beardy. ^^^ This. 3 yards out he took 3 touches and still didn't have control of the ball. The other moment mentioned earlier when he was clean through if he wanted to be but played the ball back out wide was just mind boggling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killienick Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 If we insist on a lone striker then it has to be Naisy. He has the drive and energy to be a real nuisance and can hold onto the ball better than any of our current forwards. As an aside, we are missing Snodgrass very badly at the moment. I've always liked him but see his true value when he is not playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordopolis Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 If we insist on a lone striker then it has to be Naisy. He has the drive and energy to be a real nuisance and can hold onto the ball better than any of our current forwards. As an aside, we are missing Snodgrass very badly at the moment. I've always liked him but see his true value when he is not playing. Will be good to have him back but he's hardly a messiah. He's a bit better than average but overall he's another journeyman type who can come up with the odd good moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killienick Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Will be good to have him back but he's hardly a messiah. He's a bit better than average but overall he's another journeyman type who can come up with the odd good moment. Agreed, but we don't have an abundance, (or indeed any), of those at the moment. Until we do, then we have to go with the best fit for each position and for me Snoddy is a big miss in the 3 behind the striker. We don't have a comparable player to fill his role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawfield shed boy Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 International fitba. Your getting one or two real chances. K Miller used to frustrate me but fletch makes him look like J Rhodes. If only we had a penalty box man like Rhodes or Shearer.... Oh Hang on a minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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