Big difference between strengthening and bulking, like. Kieron Dyer was never more than around 9 stone but he learnt how to be pretty strong on the ball.
It's a silly statement overall, mind.
Seriously I don't see how this is not discussed more. How did Steven Taylor fail to ever improve as a footballer ? It just blows my mind.
He improved a lot, just not enough, really.
I always rated FF when he was in in our reserves and at one point I thought he looked better than Krul. But £10m based on looking vaguely like the Schmeichel of the SPL? Ridiculous.
Bellamy and Dyer were consistently better than him (when on the pitch).
I don't think Hatem would've got into the Keegan side. He'd take Solano's place in the Bobby side but by no means would the team be more geared to him than Shearer, Bellamy or Robert.
Man management skills mustn't have been taught at window cleaner school.
To be fair, I'd have told Smith he was utter shit and ought to be playing in League Two.