Alexandre Gangué-Ruzic

We want to see him in the box.

We want to see him pushed up.

And the midfielders and wingers can help with that.

I think then maybe we'll see less of Jonathan David, you know, dropping down and feeling like he has to do it all.

So obviously Jonathan David as well is going to be key to this, but I'd like to see some of the other guys around kind of help that load so he can get in the box and do what he does best.

Well, he's creating, but he's not getting – it's a bit of a mixed bag because you lose what he can do in terms of creating for himself.

He's creating for others.

Most games he's creating two, three chances statistically.

He's making opportunities for others, but he's not shooting the ball enough.

Like in the last 10 games, he's gotten more than two or three shots in a game, maybe only twice.

Iceland was one of them like he's just straight up not creating enough for himself so that's that's the trade-off where I'd say where again yeah you would want Jonathan David to be getting on the end of some of these chances he creates for others and that's just kind of the trade-off that you get in this system which is why I think a lot of people aren't necessarily happy with it playing with these two strikers because it just feels like

you're getting less out of jonathan david and he's good enough that he can play the role but you just know what he can do when he's leading the line when he's up front when he's informal we just haven't seen it for a while now because of that yeah that's what was kind of leading into my next question i wanted to get your thoughts on the kyle lair and jonathan david pairing up front and if marsh needs to reimagine it having used it both against uzbekistan and ireland

I think you have to consider it, right?

Because heading into the World Cup, the reality is the pair just hasn't worked together.

Under Jesse Marsh, they had some moments, you know, in the last World Cup cycle, like Tyler was automatic in 2021.

We know how good Jonathan David was, but the reality is since Marsh has taken over, the numbers have been pretty stark.

Tyler has just one goal, right?

And in 24 appearances, I think it is now under Jesse Marsh, considering a lot of them were starts leading the line with Jonathan David.

That's just not at the level you'd want from him, especially if him playing there takes away from some of what Jonathan David does best.

So for me, personally, I think you have to absolutely rethink it.