I guess the two strikers argument depends on the quality of the squad. When we had cook and Nors in the national league then you sort out a system with 2 up front as neither could be left out.
whereas now we have Vaughan , Payne and Ferrier. Vaughan is the main man but Jacko (and most of the SWA), clearly don’t think Payne is good enough to partner Vaughan. Time will tell if Ferrier can partner Vaughan but the one up front may just be because he only has confidence in Vaughan at this level
I think there is some truth in this.
The real quality in this squad is in the midfield and wide areas, where we have an embarrassment of riches (Spearing, Banks, Morris, Khan, Feeney, Woolery, CBT) whereas we have only one striker that is proven as top quality at this level (Vaughan). That is bound to influence team selections and tempt the manager to play five across midfield.
However, I think Jacko would be a relatively cautious manager regardless of his options. He spent his career as a central defender and is only a few games into his first managerial job, and is probably still wary of defensively shambolic performances like last Saturday's, which could cost him his job very early on.