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Reading's Number 9 47

When you look at George Puscas, there is no doubt that Reading overspent when it came to bringing the Romanian striker to RG2. Particularly when you look at the type of striker that suits the system that successive managers have tried to build, but it's not something that should be held against the player himself. The lack of any addition in his area over the summer means we've ended up in a position where The Rifleman is our only fit senior centre forward. The question is, how do you get the best out of him?  Reading are a team that love to play the ball to feet. Puscas, however, clearly doesn't excel in that area. He's not as technically proficient as most of the squad, and that leads to him getting crowded out in tight spaces. Teams that double up on him will largely negate his influence deeper and in that sense, he almost couldn't be further from Lucas Joao. To make matters worse he's often too passive when waiting for the ball to come to him, especially whe