DannyThomas_1981
Well-Known Member
It's really interesting on here.
Anyone defending Max is immediately accused of over-hyping and being part of a cult for some unknown reason by the same suspects who are determined to deride and criticise Max at every opportunity. The charge is that we see Max as the next Shearer/Premier League superstar/successor to Henry.
I don't think that's the case at all. But I do think the supporters of Max see a player who has always stepped up and make a very valuable contribution to the team when required and that a lot of the criticism is wide of the mark.
It's also interesting that even when Max has a great game - that the underlying criticism is still there - i.e. he's never been able to do it over 5-6 games. As if Max is expected in his lone striker role to dominate all defences in this division game after game. I don't think any of our strikers can do that - I'm a huge fan of Godden but even he wasn't dominating every game in L1 when we generally had all of the possession.
You can question all of our strikers at this level to be honest but I also think that God/Max and Walker bring different qualities to the team that sometimes we should appreciate more. Some of the criticism of what Max doesn't bring should be more balanced vs. what he does bring to the side. Similar to God/Walker, Walker for example isn't the hardest worker from what I've seen so far and is not suited to the lone front man role - but he looks like a clinical finisher when he has the opportunity.
Anyone defending Max is immediately accused of over-hyping and being part of a cult for some unknown reason by the same suspects who are determined to deride and criticise Max at every opportunity. The charge is that we see Max as the next Shearer/Premier League superstar/successor to Henry.
I don't think that's the case at all. But I do think the supporters of Max see a player who has always stepped up and make a very valuable contribution to the team when required and that a lot of the criticism is wide of the mark.
It's also interesting that even when Max has a great game - that the underlying criticism is still there - i.e. he's never been able to do it over 5-6 games. As if Max is expected in his lone striker role to dominate all defences in this division game after game. I don't think any of our strikers can do that - I'm a huge fan of Godden but even he wasn't dominating every game in L1 when we generally had all of the possession.
You can question all of our strikers at this level to be honest but I also think that God/Max and Walker bring different qualities to the team that sometimes we should appreciate more. Some of the criticism of what Max doesn't bring should be more balanced vs. what he does bring to the side. Similar to God/Walker, Walker for example isn't the hardest worker from what I've seen so far and is not suited to the lone front man role - but he looks like a clinical finisher when he has the opportunity.