http://tinyurl.com/2ex3sa 蛮长的一篇文章,没事的话可以看看,这个问题其实蛮多人都知道的 Smith 很挣扎於工具人的位置,不管是右翼.中场.前锋,他可以胜任多个位置,但他 依旧不知道自己最好的定位为何... (以下大概简略叙述一下,完整文章我有贴在後面...) 曾经被视作为 Roy Keane 接班人的他,在安菲尔德断腿之後再也没被提及过, 他无法说服 Ferguson 让他留下,离开便成了最後选择.即使他最後无法成为 真正的 Keane 接班人,他仍旧使 Keane 印象深刻.在今夏, Keane 曾经追逐过 他,但他选择了 Newcastle. 满怀期待希望 Allardyce 能够给他解答的 Smith,在这4个月与新教头的相处, 他也许会感到失望.因为 Allardyce 给了他一个等於是没有回答的解答. "我将他视为一个能踢多个位置的球员" Allardyce 这句话决定了他在球队目 前的定位. Allardyce 说,这是个有关於 Smith 充满奉献.激情...,而只要他 是个球员, Smith 就不会因此而被困扰. Smith 拥有着这几个赛季以来, Newcastle 许多球员欠缺的热情,也许这是为 什麽在上周六的德比在 Owen 下场後,他的左臂带着队长袖标的原因. Smith 的这一切优点,使他受到球迷的喜爱,使得老板穿着他的17号球衣. 在他首发他了两场他个人比较喜欢的前锋位置之後,在 Butt 禁赛的这场德比 比赛中,他被要求去踢自从断腿後他再也没踢过的防守中场. Allardyce 的阵 型 4-1-3-2 需要有个球员能够保护最後一道防线. 而 Smith 点头同意了. 但打从他在 Leeds 对 Lazio 的时候打进了致胜球,已经过了七年,他依旧找不 到哪里才是他的最佳位置. ONCE upon a time Alan Smith was viewed as a potential successor to Roy Keane. As Keane’s playing days neared an end, the then-Manchester United player was asked to prove he could become the dominant midfielder his team-mate had been for a decade. A broken leg at Anfield ended the experiment and although Keane had left Old Trafford by the time Smith regained full fitness, he was never asked again. While Smith was unable to convince Sir Alex Ferguson he was any better equipped than the long line of midfielders who tried and failed to replace Keane, he made an impression on the man himself. When the 27-year-old’s Red Devils career ended in the summer, Sunderland’s manager was towards the front of the queue of suitors. Had Smith chosen Wearside over Tyneside it would have been interesting to see how Keane would have utilised him. Seven years after a winning goal for Leeds United in Lazio’s Olympic Stadium which had many talking of him as a top England centre-forward in the making, Smith is still searching for his best position. In four months working with Smith, Sam Allardyce has done little to answer the question. “I see him as a utility player,” Allardyce said after Saturday’s Wear-Tyne derby. “It’s all about commitment, passion and energy with Smudger. He’s not bothered where he plays as long as he plays.” Whenever the Yorkshireman pulls on a pair of football boots, commitment comes as a guarantee. It is a quality too few Magpies players of recent seasons have possessed, and perhaps a reason why he ended Saturday’s derby with the captain’s armband around his left arm. Smith’s very obvious passion endears him to fans, the club owner who wears his shirt and team-mates, but what is less clear is how best to channel it. A week after only his second Newcastle start in his preferred centre-forward position, Smith was asked to reprise his anchorman role for the first time since the horrendous injury at Liverpool 21 months earlier. With Nicky Butt suspended, Allardyce’s 4-1-3-2 formation needed someone who could protect a back four increasingly conforming to the Newcastle United stereotype. It says much for Kenwyne Jones’ rapidly-growing reputation the Magpies manager also had an eye on dealing with the striker’s aerial ability. Smith was given the nod over Abdoulaye Faye and club captain Geremi. Holding midfield is a position which requires discipline. Smith showed plenty of positional restraint, generally stationed between or behind the full-backs when Newcastle were in possession and on top of Faye and David Rozehnal when Sunderland had free-kicks within range of Jones’ head. But more widely, discipline is Smith’s weakness. He became only the second Premier League player this season suspended for reaching five bookings and on Saturday committed more fouls than anyone. One of Butt’s underplayed strengths is his passing. Too often Smith was wasteful in possession despite adopting the same unadventurous approach that used to be a hallmark of his St James’s predecessor David Batty. Smith’s job was not to be a Dwight Yorke-style playmaker, but a little cutting edge would have gone a long way. Smith was unwittingly involved in Higginbotham’s opener, and while he did nothing wrong in collecting a throw-in from deep in Black Cats territory and passing back to Faye, he could have done more when the defender’s brainstorm caused a corner. That Jones could take it short was in part due to Smith standing off. By then, though, he was in credit having cleared Leadbitter’s first-half shot after it beat Steve Harper, again demonstrating an ability to sense danger. Some people are just good utility players and many successful teams have had cause to thank a jack-of-all-trades with an uncomplaining dedication to the team. But those who fill the role generally aspire to be better, preferring to be outstanding in one position as opposed to adequate in many. For Smith to finally reach the heights his goal in Rome hinted at he must settle on a role, then make himself undroppable in it. Whenever the Yorkshireman pulls on a pair of boots, commitment comes as a guarantee. --

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