Quote Originally Posted by bobafett View Post
He hasn't, though. The system we use is a fairly fluid one but he has mainly been playing from the left. Shankland's 1st and 3rd goals against ICT came from Appere crosses from the left wing position. He played the bulk of the derby and the Partick and Dunfermline games out there too.
Appere has been playing left side but had IMHO, been coming in more to an inside left channel and was playing much more closer to Shankland through games. Saturday it was almost like he was superglued to the left touchline. Result? Shankland is isolated with two central defenders and no 'big' player (i.e. Appere) to help with challenging these guys and stretching them, making their job harder, especially when the 'long balls' from the back were being bombed forward.