Ah yes I remember now....
So.... Drop him for BM.. Play him as #10 vs Brighton.... Do you not think that by doing so you're asking for him to get about the pitch even more?
Are the any occasions when you'd play him as a ST anymore?
Son, Moura and Lamela in the attacking 4 would have been a decent buffer for his lack of intensity and better equipped to compensate.
It also shifts him off the front line which, for me, is so vital for the press, as you have to have someone fierce up there to establish and maintain the tone every time they regain possession deep.
Moura and Lamela drop when we defend and we become 4411 with Harry floating as an outlet on counter with Son beyond him with pace to hurt last man/men.
I don't think there's a need to start H at ST anymore, as his game has naturally encourporated dropping more to help develop and we should try and use that to resolve this issue and just start him there.
His passing is fantastic, his vision is great, he can develop behind the line instead of goal-hanging for the ball that never comes and we can probably get much more out of him on the whole.
I just cannot bare watching him desperately jog up to defenders, they casually pass it by him and then he gives up and reduces jog to a walk.
It's just not sustainable imo.
It has to be a mix of the above and resting him to try and maximise his output.
Flogging him up top when he's only up to half the job required is nonsensical.
This issue won't go away, it has to be fixed.
I'd be delighted for Harry to shit on this post by turning it on again, like he used to; but I just can't see it.