Bilic admits Hernandez striker problem
The manager has taken much criticism for his decision to employ the Mexican in a wide role but admits in the current circumstances it’s desperately difficult to sort it out.
He said: “It’s very hard to please everyone. It’s very hard to put them as their ideal positions as two strikers (he and Carroll) who looks good on paper.
It’s easy to do but then it’s very hard to have three at the back. It’s almost impossible. But you want to have a lot of them on the pitch at the same time.
“Of course I’m thinking about that. Chicarito is playing in a position which is not his position. I spoke with him, he’s a great lad, he’s doing a job of course. That was a priority now we have to keep the stability.”
Bilic admits that Carroll will not be involved in tomorrow night’s match against Bolton Wanderers saying: “He ain’t going to play. We are managing him a little bit differently this season.
Maybe he would have been available for the Newcastle game but we had the international break so we gave him two more weeks. Now he is back, we will avoid having him play three times a week for 90 minutes.
“We are going to use every opportunity, not to rest him for the sake of resting, but to keep him fit long term.
“Of course we have to manage him. He looks good, he looks fit, he is training, hopefully he is going to last because that was his problem for ages.”
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