Kieron Scott himself has said that he receives calls from hundreds of agents about hundreds of players as a transfer window approaches. Was Moore any more significant than any of the other 70, 120, 800 strikers that will have been mentioned over the course of November, December, January? Personally I would doubt it.
But not because he doesn’t fit ‘the model’ as people say now, when we lose, but because he doesn’t fit out style of play. We don’t cross the ball or play the ball in the air. Moore’s main strength is his heading.
Let’s face it, the OP and others are using ‘the model’ in a pejorative’ sense here. It’s like when we used to sign a young player from abroad and people would call them ‘projects’ because Gareth said it about it Emnes 15 years ago. People still say it.
They do it because they’re implying that Boro didn’t want to spend the money on someone because they’re only signing young players now, to develop and then sell on. Or that we are cutting corners somehow. Or that we are deliberately not signing players because we have no ambition. And that managers have no say in anything that goes on.
Personally, I would be very very surprised if Carrick wanted Moore. His team doesn’t play with a target man. We don’t play the ball long, we don’t play many crosses into the box. It’s just our style under Carrick. If Moore had the profile of an Archer, say, a quick, nippy, skilful player who relies on speed, skill and quick movement, and the club could get him having being offered him but chose not to do to the deal then you could understand people asking questions. But it wasn’t that.
People are deliberately using the term ‘the model’ here. You can see exactly who is saying it and what they mean by it. They don’t use it after wins, do they.
You can say I’m being surly or facetious in my responses to some posters but I’ve never been any different in the 12+ years I’ve read and posted on here. If I see what I think is posters just having needless potshots at the club then I like to challenge it and expect/like to be challenged back. It’s good back and forth almost all of the time.
There’s a lot to be critical of with Boro at the moment. We are struggling and some off-field stuff really does grate. But not signing a player who clearly doesn’t fit into our manager’s style of play, in my opinion, isn’t one of them.
