"But if you've got a centre forward who is 6ft 7in and is going to win a high percentage of the balls played to him in the air, that's very hard for the opposition to counter.
"If that centre forward also happens to be good on the ground, good with his back to goal and intelligent in what he does with the ball, that's going to be even harder. I'm not saying I would start with him, but I am saying it's a great option.
"I just find it very ignorant when people dismiss a player like that because it shows that they have made up their mind about him and are not watching him closely enough to appreciate what he does.
"Possibly people simply do not like the look of him, because he's all legs and he's got this gangly frame, and I can imagine that remaining the case no matter how good he becomes, but I like him a lot as a player and I think you will find that a lot of people in the game feel the same way."