To an extent I’ve bought into the argument that he’s playing in the wrong position, that he should be the central striker etc.
Then I thought more about it and what he’s been asked to do at Palace when played either side of the central striker in a front 3.
The role is a narrow one, being asked to play close to the central striker when on the attack and put pressure on the opposing defence.
He’s not being asked to stay out wide or chase back to cover our full back.
It’s a role he should be more than capable of fulfilling.
Plenty of other Premier League forwards are asked to play across the forward line.
It’s noteworthy that even in Palace’s case we had Ayew whose preferred position was down the middle , yet most of the time with us he took one of the outside positions.
Nketiah looks to be a mobile player and I’m hoping he can be flexible and make a more positive contribution than he has to date.
His performances at Arsenal suggest that he’s a far better player than he’s currently demonstrating, and it’s early days.
He hasn’t had than many starts, has been injured and is new to Glasner’s way of playing.