keithgersbear 3,225 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 For the people saying Lafferty is playing out ofposition think about this. Moving him to striker: 1) will it magically make him have a better first touch? 2) will it magically make him have better awareness? 3) will it magically make him hit the target when he gets a chance infront of goal? 4) will it magically make him be able to complete a pass to one of his team mates? I do not see it to be honest because these are the the types of skills that can be shown in any position and he doesn't do it! Utter nonsense. Certain players are basically designed for 1 position. Lafferty CAN'T play on the wing because he can't dribble or beat a player with pace. Its like playing Fillipo Inzaghi on the wing. Put him upfront and he comes alive. The same can be said with Lafferty. You can't expect a striker to play on the wing when he simply doesn't have the certain attributes to do it. Go play Boyd on the wing, will he be brilliant? No, will he beat a man? No. He is slow as well. Play Mendes on the wing, will he beat his man? No, he is a midfield player. Lafferty is a striker. Why do people think that playing on the wing is easy? Its an art playing on the wing. Same with being a striker or a midfielder. Lafferty played the majority of his games on the left wing for Burnley. You say he comes alive as a striker? He scored 9 goals in about 100 games for Burnley, yes he might have bene playing on the wing but i'd be expecting him to get that every 30 games if he is THAT good a finisher. He will have to do alot of improving and fast. You just have to look at Lafferty, does that look like a player that was brought up to be a winger? He doesn't even play like a winger. You can clearly tell that is a player playing out of position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvager 498 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Give him a game up front with Boyd. My guess is he will do better up front, BUT still be less than what we need. In other words a poor buy by Walter. Walter has wasted millions on strikers and we still need a good one. He also let MacDonald and Samaras go to Celtic. Walter should go now. He steadied the ship, but he is now going backwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingtom28 8 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 looks like a wasteof money Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macleod1873 0 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 I think we need to remember he is still a young played need to be given a chance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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