Quote Originally Posted by usedtobeshearer View Post
Nope..

I thought that until recently...but he's just not very good and will NEVER be a "No.9" no matter how many times he is played in that position...
He might not be but I still hold out hope that he will find his scoring boots and become what he should be, which is a proper number 9.
It's a massive transition for him for one and it's also a new mentality throughout which he's struggling to gain full advantage of, yet is making progress as far as I'm concerned.

If he's kept faith with, I think he'll repay it. I already think he puts in a decent shift 99% of the time and considering he's generally isolated and also under the watchful eyes of two players, minimum, mostly, I think he's getting more to grips with it all and is starting to make his own avenues of late in getting into the positions that a good old centre forward should get into.

He just needs a bit of confidence on top of some decent service and I believe he can finish this season off (injuries permitting) in double figures.