Anichebe wants bigger role

If he wasn`t so injury prone maybe Anichebe would have­ established himself as a senior striker already, I­ remember his debut when he was sub against Chelsea in­ the cup way back in 2006. That seems a long time ago­ now and he has yet to make 100 appearances for EFC, and­ i think that was only his 10th club goal on Saturday .­ He certainly has the physique to play like a ­ `traditional ` centre forward in the mould of Kevin­ Davies at Bolton. I think he could play that role­ better than Velios, so that leaves Straquilasi and­ Jelavic to contend with. Although lacking in grace and­ elegance Straq puts a great work rate in every time­ unlike the departed Saha, and we have yet see what­ Jelovic brings to the team. Maybe the time has come for­ Anichebe to finally fulfill that potential from 2006 ,­ but it`s largely down to Moyes playing him AND in the­ right position.

Much depends upon whether David Moyes wants to play­ with two strikers. I hope that our new striker will be­ given time to progress but there is no doubt that­ Anichibe has been our saviour in recent games and­ deserves his chance. Whatever happens there is no doubt­ that unless our midfield is creative and provides good­ ball then any striker would experience difficulty­ scoring. After watching Man U's play at Stamford­ Bridge one can realise how fast, skilful players can­ cause havoc. It will be interesting to see how Everton­ perform against Chelsea next weekend for I believe we­ will need to play with great pace and enthusiasm and­ unless we show some creativity it will be difficult to­ make inroads into their defence. I would like to see­ our new striker score for it would provide him with the­ confidence he needs.