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| Goodness me: I should have listened to my inner voice...who told me I would be better at being a defender |
Does he know where his best position is? Right now Victory management and fans don’t need to know as he is delivering when his team needs him. What more he is the top-scorer in the league. That is Umair for you. Originally a defender, he is currently the most dangerous striker in the country. If you see the kind of goals he has scored you could well say he has all the attributes to be a great striker. 9 goals in 8 matches is no mean effort by any standard.
Blessed with lethal right foot, his accuracy in shooting and
dead-ball situation is second to none. Why on earth he has been playing for a
defender all these years? Who had been giving him false advice?
So how did he land up there in such an advance position in
the first place? Well, he is not really playing as a forward but an attacking
midfielder when not a left winger. Blossoming under the watchful of eyes of
young coach Nazeeh ( head coach’s young brother), some people may be quick to
point it as freakish accident rather than a more remarkable revelation of a
player’s real position on the pitch. The truth of matter is a forward is as
good as when he is delivering. If not he is worse than deadwood.
Right now he is not deadwood. He is better than more
celebrated strikers like Oppo or Ashfaq. If he continues in this fashion he
will be first defender in Maldives who won golden boot for best forward in the
country. In volley ball metaphor it is akin to a setter becoming the best spiker.
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