WeAreTheWolvesII
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I think it comes down to structure. O'Neil was very open about Cunha when he first started, saying as his no.9, that he needs him to be more disciplined positionally than his natural game maybe wants him to be.
I think that comes with age and experience. We've seen from a few of Fabio's cameos that he was all energy, but not necessarily targeting that energy correctly, instead just going full bull in a china shop and charging around left, right and centre.
If you watch how Cunha plays, he presses well, but he picks when to press and when not to very well too.
Perhaps O'Neil's reluctance to use Fraser and his request for a more experienced no.9 comes from that place too. He wants his 9 to do specific things positionally, to control their pressing in each given scenario. Something that maybe a younger forward struggles to do when the adrenaline and testosterone kicks in!!
Yeah I agree. It wasn't meant as a criticism of Fraser at all. He's 18 and he's clearly got talent, but no shame whatsoever if the manager doesn't think you're ready for the toughest league in the world at that age!
The point was his reluctance to be used means we definitely need a 9 before the deadline.