MARKakaJIM
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I don't see much reason to be concerned with Graham.
He's shown in the past that he's a talented individual and can make a telling contribution on the pitch, but at the same time I think he's very much 'old Wolves' in the same way that Dicko was, seems to be much more the individual than part of a team. You can stick him out wide and you know if you feed him the ball often enough then he'll have the beating of his man and he'll deliver some quality into the box but is that enough in this new Wolves side built on a more teamwork based ethic where quick interchanges between team mates are the order of the day rather than individual moments of inspiration?
If you want to get the best of him I think he needs to be right out on the touchline where he can isolate his defender, so in the current formation he'd have to be playing wingback to get in those positions but then you're probably buggered defensively when stuff comes the other way. So you look at him more for one of the wider forward roles, is he better than Costa, Jota or even Cavaleiro? I've never seen much of Graham in central areas, nor linking up with team mates, perhaps he could adapt to play a part in that role but at the moment there's at least 4 players ahead of him there if you include Bright with the other 3, then potentially the returning Zyro and Marshall too.
I don't see any point keeping him if he doesn't fit in, at least if it's only a loan then there's still a chance of bringing him back should the situation change.
He's shown in the past that he's a talented individual and can make a telling contribution on the pitch, but at the same time I think he's very much 'old Wolves' in the same way that Dicko was, seems to be much more the individual than part of a team. You can stick him out wide and you know if you feed him the ball often enough then he'll have the beating of his man and he'll deliver some quality into the box but is that enough in this new Wolves side built on a more teamwork based ethic where quick interchanges between team mates are the order of the day rather than individual moments of inspiration?
If you want to get the best of him I think he needs to be right out on the touchline where he can isolate his defender, so in the current formation he'd have to be playing wingback to get in those positions but then you're probably buggered defensively when stuff comes the other way. So you look at him more for one of the wider forward roles, is he better than Costa, Jota or even Cavaleiro? I've never seen much of Graham in central areas, nor linking up with team mates, perhaps he could adapt to play a part in that role but at the moment there's at least 4 players ahead of him there if you include Bright with the other 3, then potentially the returning Zyro and Marshall too.
I don't see any point keeping him if he doesn't fit in, at least if it's only a loan then there's still a chance of bringing him back should the situation change.
