If we had a decent midfield, as for example Colchester United have, he would be the best thing since Alan Mayes (he wasn't very tall either).
We either had to play 4:5:1, or play forwards that were going to work their socks off, to balance the team. 4:5:1 required either a physical presence (hoof ball) or decent pace (through ball). Unfortunately we sold Fallon, and even if we could have threaded an inch perfect through ball, Gary Linekar is in retirement.
If we have to have a scapegoat, let's make it King for not having a decent midfield in the first place, and the board for not permitting the signing of a whole series of suitable midfielders, when the need was more obvious than the need for mammary glands on page 3.
If Cureton were unavailable due to a series of alleged niggling injuries, then have a go at him. However, he was prepared to play week in and week out including on the bench without complaining. It was not as if anybody else was going to score. He couldn't have been expected to have been another Don Rogers, who could do it all on his own starting at 80 yards out.
I seem to remember him having a good old whinge in his column actually....
