Former Newcastle forward Mick Quinn believes that Newcastle United’s players need to support new striker Salomon Rondon more.
He claims that this is one key area that the team need to improve on if they are to start seeing Rondon net more goals this season during his loan spell.
Quinn adds that it is just now a case of the players getting their heads down and completing the job in hand, and to put the lacklustre start to the 2018/19 campaign behind them as everyone knows where they stand.
“Rondon’s forte is holding the ball up and working tirelessly but the most important thing is you’ve got to get players around him. Supporting him quicker is one area Newcastle United need to improve on,” he wrote in the Chronicle.
“I think Rondon, who is on loan from West Bromwich Albion, will get you ten to 15 goals a season. With the transfer window shut now, everyone knows where they stand and it’s just a case of getting on with it.
“The players have got to knuckle down and get back to being a squad again. Everyone on and off the field has just got to pull together to put this disappointing start to bed.”
OPINION
Rondon has not bagged any goals so far this season since his loan arrival, and Quinn is right – the players do need to support him more. He is a lot more capable of scoring on a regular basis for Newcastle, but he is just not getting the service that he needs in order to deliver the goods. If the players support him more, then boss Rafa Benitez will start rubbing his hands together at the number of goals that the 6ft 1in [Transfermarkt] ace would be scoring. He is more than able to get around 10 to 15 goals a season, but at the moment, that does not seem to be the case. Rondon is clearly one of Benitez’ first choice strikers, and he must justify why United brought him to St James’ Park in the first place, other wise he may be replaced by Yoshinori Muto if his goal drought continues.
