birminghammail.net“I don’t want people to be saying to me ‘are you worrying about staying up’? I want them to be asking ‘are you looking forward to playing in Europe? and stuff like that.”
He needs to improve, but there's definitely a genuinely great player in there somewhere.If I were manager, I'd build the team around him next season.
“Absolutely, but it all falls back to the different positions I’ve been playing,” he said. “I’ve been left wing and right wing, I’ve come from there to being in the hole and it’s just a matter of me getting enough opportunities in the right positions to actually create the chances and score goals. “I felt recently when I was sitting a bit deeper that I haven’t had chance to get near the goal. “But at the moment it’s about doing everything right for the team and hopefully when I get my chance I can make those passes and make those goals.”
Quote from: Stephen Ireland on May 10, 2012, 09:02:08 AMAbsolutely, but it all falls back to the different positions Ive been playing, he said. Ive been left wing and right wing, Ive come from there to being in the hole and its just a matter of me getting enough opportunities in the right positions to actually create the chances and score goals. I felt recently when I was sitting a bit deeper that I havent had chance to get near the goal. But at the moment its about doing everything right for the team and hopefully when I get my chance I can make those passes and make those goals.Sounds like a bit of a dig at the manager to me.
Absolutely, but it all falls back to the different positions Ive been playing, he said. Ive been left wing and right wing, Ive come from there to being in the hole and its just a matter of me getting enough opportunities in the right positions to actually create the chances and score goals. I felt recently when I was sitting a bit deeper that I havent had chance to get near the goal. But at the moment its about doing everything right for the team and hopefully when I get my chance I can make those passes and make those goals.
Quote from: Chipsticks on May 10, 2012, 09:14:25 AMHe needs to improve, but there's definitely a genuinely great player in there somewhere.If I were manager, I'd build the team around him next season. This for me.