There are many factors which can lead to a player being a success or a failure at any club, whether that is because the player had trouble adapting to a new country, culture or club; or because the player signed did not have the sufficient required qualities for that particular level.
Seven time Malaysia Super League champions Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) has had their fair share of foreign strikers since the club was rebranded back in 2013 and like the other clubs, has had a mixture of success and disappointments with the 11 strikers that has come before Jonathan Herrera.
Alhaji Kamara, Jeronimo Barrales, Brian Ferreira and Jorge Santos Silva were the strikers that flopped at JDT with every single one of those players only lasting only for a short period at the Southern Tigers before quickly being shown the exit door after failing to impress.
Keister has praised the contributions of his substitutes and explained why his side fell behind in the first half.
“It’s a good result away from home especially coming into Nigeria which we knew was going to be very difficult, we’re really happy,” Kester told Punch.
“We had a lot of respect for them in the first half. We showed them a lot of respect and that was why we had to come out and that was why we came out in the second half.
“The difference was the changes that we made. We got some players we left out in the first half and we were trying to work around the players we have, obviously, it didn’t work out so we had to make the change.