As one of Eddie's critics, I actually feel we should have more faith in him to step up. I also think that other players in the squad will need to be stepping up to make up the shortfall, which given the fact we play a team-game that doesn't rely on superstars to create/score all our goals, I think is very possible. Fundamentally, if we weren't willing to use him, we shouldn't have given him a £100k pw contract.
Nevertheless, I understand that some people will be still be preoccupied with Jesus on their minds at this time of year...