The Position No One Wants

This Premier League Season we have seen two super-subs come on and score crucial game winning goals for their teams.

If you don't know who I am talking about, I am referring to Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez (Manchester United) and Edin Dzeko (Manchester City). Both players have come on and bailed their teams out when it looked like they were going to drop points.

Hernandez has been doing this for three seasons since his move to United from Chivas Guadalajara, and has since become a United hero.

However this is not the position anyone would dream of playing. Every player at every level strives to be in the starting 11. No one wants to feel like they can only make a difference if they are coming of the bench.

This is certainly the case with both of these players. Dzeko has come out a few times to the media and has expressed his firm belief that he is and should be a starting player, and its tough to argue with him.

Here are his stats over his career, and as you can see, he certainly has a point. He is currently tied for his team lead in goals, yet he can't seem to get the starts that he desires.

Once you start scoring clutch goals off the bench, it's tough to shake that notion of "super-sub." In addition, being at a club like Manchester United and Manchester City, two teams that seem to stock full of strikers at the moment, its tough for anyone to get consistent time.

Unfortunately, it seems that all these two can do is continue to work hard, continue to score, and hope that they can force their managers to give them starts.