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If you look at May's goals at St Johnstone, he played just the width of the box and was the main focus of their attacks. He made great runs and he was a clinical finisher.

He started well but I think he suffered due to SG's tactics. SG wanted him to use his energy chasing back, which meant that he was tired when chances came his way so was less able to take them. Also, he showed good pace at St Johnstone but it seems that the constant chasing back blunted that pace for Wednesday.

He wasn't helped by SG wanting him to play on the wing in quite a few games which meant that fewer chances came his way and those that did were from less favourable angles.

He scored 7 goals from 26 league starts, which while not great, isn't terrible. It does need to improve if he wants to play in a promotion chasing side. I think he will benefit from having a better coach at the helm, particularly if he gets regular starts.

Usually instinctive finishers remain as instinctive finishers so it was a surprise to see May lose that touch. My hope is that this was down to SG & that his goal scoring instincts will return. He didn't actually miss that many chances (just that a couple were memorable) & when he did, they generally were close misses. He hit the woodwork five times and had two good goals disallowed.

My concerns are that his first touch needs to improve and that he needs to get more shots in on goal. Last season, he only averaged 1.5 attempts per match from inside the penalty area whereas Jordan Rhodes had over three per game. It isn't rocket science to see why he scored so few. Double the shots, double the goals, you stay in the team & build up confidence.

As it stands, we appear likely to play 433 which means only one striker so if we bring in a big name striker then May is likely to get even less game time next season.