Herrera must give up on the Peralta, Chicharito duo

Miguel Herrera has confirmed the starting lineup that Mexico will use for its friendly against Honduras on Thursday with the manager taking little chances when it comes to the team's attack.

While Piojo will take chances in defense and midfield, with players like Oswaldo Alanis and Alfonso Rios, there will be little changes when it comes to the always underwhelming duo of Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez and Oribe Peralta. 

Game after game it has been proven that the two players do not work together up front, due to the similarity in their play. While Peralta is more willing to step back and cede the poaching responsibilities to Chicharito, it is still not his forte. This is why the preferred attack should be Chicharito or Peralta paired up with Giovani dos Santos.

Dos Santos is not available due to injury, leaving Herrera with the options of Javier 'Chuletita' Orozco and Erick Torres.

The Chivas USA player looks to be a more dynamic option up front, though still not a facilitator, while giving the manager a chance to test new players.

To be fair, the dual '9's could work under the 5-3-2 system preferred by Herrera with the full backs expected to push in plenty of crosses in their runs forward while Marco Fabian and Hector Herrera are the perfect type of creative players to feed them the ball.

There is no conflict with two poachers on the team when there are a lot of reasons to expect they will get the ball played to them. The problem is that Chicharito and Peralta have never quite gotten the chemistry down together when it comes to moving off the ball.

Herrera needs to split his stars. One night should be Peralta paired with Orozco or Torres and the other two strikers (Chicharito and Peralta/Torres) playing in the second game. Eventually, the options of Raul Jimenez and, perhaps, Carlos Vela will be available as will the aforementioned Dos Santos.

For now, however, it makes no sense not to take a look at the local talent when finally playing friendlies at home. Speaking of local talent, perhaps we will see Eduardo Herrera get a chance in the next Mexican call-up.

We know what Peralta and Chicharito are capable of doing and there is no need to waste them in useless friendlies like  these: Chicharito is looking to adapt to a new team while Peralta is already 30-years-old and going through a scoring drought. It's time to look beyond the proverbial sons.