But he never starts when Martial is available. We don’t have any other forwards, that’s the only reason he plays. There’s no way he stays. As if ETH thinks it’s a “tactical master stroke” to play a striker that never scores. Get a grip.
First off, I’m a huge ETH fan, but he’s not above a bit of critiquing.
Wout has played most of his games as a “10”. Which ETH thinks is a genius move. A bit like moving Luke Shaw to CB (which was a brilliant move).
Even when he doesn’t start he is usually our first sub, hence the ridiculous amount of minutes he’s played. Compare that to Sabitzer who hardly gets a look in despite being clearly the better player in any position and then you start to wonder ”wtf“ are we all not seeing.
All of that leads me to conclude that ETH thinks he’s a decent squad player who Burnley won’t ask a fee for, so the board won’t mind signing as it keeps the manager happy.
