Well to be honest i think i have more confidence in the above four then you seem to. Theres not even an iota of doubht in my mind that the striking positions are well covered for next season. By your assessment you could say that Cahill or Arteta, Jacobson etc are as injury prone as the Yak, i wouldnt be scrapheaping him just yet.
Saha and Vaghan are class players, im not one who subscribes to the idea of Vaughan being brittle i just think hes been unlucky and the nature of his injuries would suggest that rather then having reacurring musciler injuries they are the result of impact and bad luck. Appaerntly no significant long term damage has been done by injuires up untill this point. Saha is injury prone his body just isnt up to regular football, he should and is being used approriately and sparingly to get the best out of him for himself and for the club he has played 17 times this seaosn with 8 or 9 games to go, not bad like.
Harsh on Vic, he will never score 20 goals a season and is still a young lad and will improve but some of his performences in terms of team performences are sublime. There alot more to centre forward play then just scoring goals.
Jose is 17 now mate, he will be 18 next season, it would be wrong to say he wouldnt be given a chance on age alone, if he has the ability Moyes wil play him either in the hole coming on, or upfornt, i dont think he will start but certianly there may well be a role as a sub i would be surprised if he wasnt blodded next season. Not to mention Jukebox and Agard. Anyway i think its pretty clear Moyes leaves space in the squad for youngsters to come through.
Equally Cahill and Mofro can do a more then quality job playing more advanced.
Tacticly you would have to say that we have often set up with just one up front and have changed it depending on the circumstances of the game by maybe bringing another forward on.
I think and beleive that with all our forwards fit and available it may be hard to come a corss a place on the bench never mind in the team. In terms of numbers and quality i beleive we have enough.
Golas havnt been a problem for us this season despte the exceptional set of circumstances we have found ourselves in, in that context with three returning strikers next season its safe to say im not worried at all. So why drop a precious transfer budegt on a striker we really dont need.
Out of intrest its likely someone would have to leave to bring someone else in, who would you let go?
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