Whats wrong with Tevez?

The former cornithan and boca star has failed to live up to the hype generated byhis surpise move across the atlantic to the Hammers. In a lot of board rooms (esp the BBC chat rooms) people have understandably started questioning his talent, commitment etc.. Whts has happened to the former boca cornithan star?.

I present here my two cents on the problems faced by tevez and pardew.

The game of football is so dynamic and diverse. Though the rules are same whether it is played in Argentina or England the way the game is viewed and played is different. Football in latin countries is more a sublime art with a high emphasis on ball control, skill, vision. In contrast, europe (not all euro but eng, germany are gud examples) gives importance to the physical aspect of the game - long passes into vacant spaces, strength in air etc. Most of the EPL teams, note not all, emphasize on using the width of the pitch to feed their forwards. Usually, the long balls are played from the deep positions and the job of the striker to latch on to these and cut into the penalty area. So a striker in EPL will mostly need a good physique and tremendous acceleration (Henry is a fine example) to be successful. In contrast, a latin american team will mostly try to play from the center of the park (with occasional use of width) using some nice short-passes, 1-2's or triangles and create space using skill and off-the-ball-movement. So a latin american player almost always likes to get the ball at his feet.
while these differences might seem trivial, these can make or break a footballers career.
So it is very important for a manager to understand his players strength.

Alan Pardew, the manager of hammers, has indicated quite frankly that he does not have any idea abt the argentine duo. In the 5+ games that Carlitos has played for the hammers he has failed to make any impact. Firstly, tevez is being made to play in a slightly wider (left side) position or in a deeper position (center of the park). However, tevez has made a name (in argentine NT, boca, cornithans) by playing very close to the penalty area. Usually a quality ball arrives at his feet near the edge of the penalty box and he uses his skill/vision (his feint/nutmeg being very famous) to create goal scoring opportunities for his team. But, Hammers do not seem to have players (so called play-makers) to deliver such quality balls, instead they rely more on width to create chances. Hammers, in fact, use tevez and carlton cole (the other striker) to attack through the flanks. This renders tevez ineffective.

I guess pardew will have to push tevez closer to the penalty box and
ensure that quality passes arrive at the feet of tevez in order to make use of his talent. I think the hammers fans need to be more patient with their team and coach to get the best out of a very talented player.