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Alan Smith admits his days as a striker are over.

June 12th, 2010 | 29 Comments |

Smith - Not the player he once was.
Smith - Not the player he once was.
Alan Smith has today admitted something that most Newcastle fans have known for some time now – that his days of being a marauding striker are are over.

This will come as no surpirse at all to us fans who have watched him strut his stuff in midfield throughout the majority of his time with us, although now it appears that Smith himself has given up the ghost with regard to attacking play, with his preference now being to sit in front of the back four in a defensive role. That means that there is now less of a probability of notching his first goal for Newcastle, which is a shame really as I genuinely feel that he is one player the Newcastle fans would love to see scoring a goal, particulary at St James’ Park. It could still happen though, I mean Nicky Butt managed to score some goals for us whilst he was here so stranger things have happened. (more…)