2024/25 Beto

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I sort of think improvement can be broadly defined in 2 concepts, secular and cyclical. The first is like long term improvement as a player goes int their prime, the 2nd more of a turnaround because they were being badly utilised.

I think Moyes is very good at the latter. Basically finding talented players who were being badly used, and putting them into a different system.

With Beto I think there is a bit of both. He has been badly utilised under Dyche, who's approach didnt help strikers (no surprise to see DCL looking better for the brief time he was fit under Moyes). But also as indicated strikers who are physical can often get better with age too, especially for guys like Beto who are late starters. DCL is a bit like this too.

I look at someone like Mateta and do think Beto could give us something similar. It's not the most eye catching, but it's very effective.

Look at Chris Wood – 33 years old and having the best season of his career by some distance