Cowley weighs up Aussie for striker role after being hit by attacking crisis
DANNY COWLEY is ready to turn feeling for me – and players to ‘incredible’ Ryan Williams as a behind him. short-term striking solution. ‘He wants to run around and
The Blues are braced to be you’ve just got to get him in a without a single senior centreforward position to free him up where for the next three he’s going to go and press, go matches. and run.
Ellis Harrison has already been ‘His penetrative runs are ruled out for the season, while brilliant, he makes so many
Jordy Hiwula is expected to miss sacrificial runs where he’ll make up to six weeks with an ankle a run and knows he won’t get injury. the ball, but it creates space for
And with John Marquis likely someone else. to receive a three-match ban ‘That's fantastic.’ following his Shrewsbury red Williams has scored three card, the cupboard is bare. times in 39 appearances this
Teenage striker Alfie Stanley season – with two of those is an option, although has yet to coming in the same game against make his Football League Ipswich. bow, while Marcus Certainly, of the
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Harness and Ronan wingers, Curtis Curtis are and Harness are considerations. more natural
Then there’s finishers, Williams, as their who found goal-scoring himself pushed records furthest illustrate. forward at the Marquis Pompey goals Shrewsbury Shrews following marked Harness’ Marquis’ dismissal. 10th goal of the
And the Australian’s season, beating last high-octane performance had year’s tally in his maiden Cowley purring. Fratton Park campaign.
Pompey’s head coach said: As for Curtis, he also has 10 ‘Yes, Ryan Williams is an option for the season, while overall for toplayupfront. Pompey totals an impressive 36
‘Incredible, what energy, what goals in 132 appearances. intensity, what desire. This season’s leading scorer is
‘With attacking players, there Marquis, who bagged his 16th of is always that little bit of singlemindedness, the campaign in the 2-1 triumph which forwards over Sunderland. need. The former Doncaster
‘But when you see the man now has 32 goals in 96 forwards put the team before appearances, spread over two themselves, that’s a lovely Fratton Park spells.