There’s a stubborn argument doing the rounds: if a player is in the under‑21s he’s a youth player, and if he’s scoring six and assisting twice he’s worth big money. I’m with you in one sense — raw numbers mean something — but context matters just as much, and that’s where the debate falls apart.
Look, the stat line cited — two assists and six goals — is respectable on the face of it. But stats don’t live in a vacuum. Who’s feeding the striker? How many chances are being fashioned? If Mikey Moores’s job is to create and the supply simply isn’t there, then the blame sits higher up the pitch than the forward who buries the chances he gets.
Chermiti, as mentioned, tends to score when it matters. That feeling you get — that some forwards are more decisive despite not getting huge volumes of chances — rings true. Meanwhile, Moores gets praised for potential and flair, sometimes from fans who don’t remember he isn’t even our player. There’s an odd double standard: we’ll champion a creative midshop away from home but question a striker whose job is to finish.
So what’s the root? To me it’s a midfield problem. Raskin has had an off run, Diomande can go missing, Gassama was the chosen starter and hasn’t always impacted games, and injuries or lack of match fitness — the ant man reference — don’t help. Throw in questions about Danilo, Miovski and why we couldn’t keep Dessers, and you end up with a messy supply chain to the forward line.
Fans will always argue value — transfer fee versus output — but it’s daft to pin a striker’s worth solely on price. The truth is more prosaic: if you want goals, sort the midfield. Give the striker chances, and the rest often looks a lot clearer.
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