Troy Parrott

Lost count of the amount of times Long went through on goal and missed - the finish against Germany was the outlier there

Scraping the barrel 

Yes it does.  James collins went through a run when he scored a lot of

Goals.  He still shouldn’t have been within an assess roar of the squad or team as he did not have the quality for international football.  Hogan is very limited player who can score goals against poor teams.  The international manager has the right and responsibility to assess players ability close up in training and see who fits the team overall.  Not just pick those with best stats this season.  You can’t build anything using that model.  No cohesion or partnerships etc. 

Tbf, I think Parrott did ok in general play, but asides from the glaring miss, which has been the subject of much discussion (it was the finish of a striker low on confidence/goals), he had a chance first half to play a simple square ball to Knight and he took on a shot from a bad angle which was easily blocked (that was a really good chance). He also wasnt crisp in his hold up play. He's a really good prospect and nobody is giving up on him, but all in all, he had a poor game. That doesnt make him a poor player and hopefully he'll learn from the mistakes, but he has to do better at this level in situations like those. I do like the look of his partnership with Obafemi, they look like they are on the same wavelength when they play relatively close to one another, so thats promising going forward.

People seem to think we just have to turn up and we'll beat Armenia, I'm not sure about that, we will probably struggle to create chances again, so it is crucial that we take them when they come along. For that reason, I would start Ogbene and I'd consider Hogan early 2nd half if we still havent got the lead goal. I like Troy, but he's learning on the job out of necessity. I think if he had a few goals under his belt coming into Saturdays game, he scores that chance.

Again the other night they worked well and Parrott should have scored with the chance Obafemi wasted. 

I think he would be mad to give up on that straight away. I wouldn't be cursing Kenny if he did drop one of them for Ogbene but I would personally stick with the 2 if they were fit. 

Let's not also forget, we went a lot worse in the 2nd half yesterday when Obafemi and then Parrott went off the pitch. 

Used to think pre madonna was uber negative about our players and the expectations around them, it drove me nuts, but bloody hell. Maybe he had a bit of a point in hindsight.

ogbene was desperate in the last window. dont think hes good enough to be a starting international level forward. 

This 4 in 16 thing is trotted out a lot about Parrott and let me be clear here, I rate Troy and think he is already an important player in our squad, but the records of the 4 options are set out hereunder, there's nothing in it between them all at this point tbh. If anything Ogbene's record is the best of the lot and he's the man in form at club level.. 

I have already said it's a tough decision, but on balance I wouldnt trust Troy atm to put that one big chance away, so I'd have him on the bench for this one. You could also say why isnt Dozie starting just cos Parrott and Obafemi clicked in one game. Should it now just be Parrott and Obafemi in perpetuity?

Parrott has 4 in 16, 2 vs Andorra in a friendly, 1 vs Lithuania in a friendly, 1 in a competitive fixture vs Scotland.

Ogbene has 3 in 11, 1 in a friendly vs Belgium, 2 in competitive fixtures vs Azerbaijan and Luxembourg

Obafemi 1 in 5, competitive vs Scotland

Robinson 7 in 31, 4 in friendlies, 3 in competitive fixtures