Like Kel I would really have loved this lad to have come good but unfortunately he's a massive flop.
You can talk about his ability to press or link up but ultimately he's a striker and he doesn't offer enough threat, let alone actual goals. If you're not doing that then you need the wide men around you to be picking up that slack to justify your own inclusion. If you're not scoring goals but you're bringing other players into play who also don't score goals then you're a waste of space. You can argue that the other players not scoring isn't on him, but if he can do his primary job then he doesn't need to be reliant on teammates to bring up the numbers and make his inclusion noteworthy.
This is our dilemma, we have a striker who can score goals with relatively few chances but is finding opportunities rarer, and outside of that offers little else. Then you've got a willing runner who can press all game, but doesn't offer much goal threat.
Mental as it may be, we'd probably perform better without a striker at times, as we're often playing as if we don't have one anyway!
Buonanotte for false 9!
Or not. Who gives a shit?