Is he not one of our top scorers? Get him up front with Collins. We've tried everything else.
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Thread: Liam Craig upfront
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08-05-2014 07:30 AM #1
Liam Craig upfront
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08-05-2014 07:36 AM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-05-2014 09:42 AM #7
I think no.10 is Liam Craig's best position - playing behind the striker. Didn't he do this for St J?
He's not a winger, if he plays too deep he does little apart from attempt first time looping balls up front, but he can score a goal. At least, he has scored goals in the past.
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08-05-2014 01:13 PM #9
He is slow but might latch onto a rebound for shots. Would rather play Forster off Cummings and put Craig in back four.
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08-05-2014 03:55 PM #10
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I'd play him in a free role tbh, and give the armband to McPake.
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08-05-2014 03:59 PM #11
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Liam Craig is a huge part of Hibs problem, the boy has some talent and has scored some what seem to be now vital goals but he isn't as good as first Pat Fenlon rated him and he isn't as good as Terry Butcher seemingly rates him.
we screwed around with system after system looking for a way to fit him into the team and the ends simply don't justify the means in my opinion.
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08-05-2014 04:18 PM #13
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Peter I think he's played well too quite a lot of the time, the problem I felt more so earlier in the season that the system we played was driven for him not to fail but the team as a whole suffered as a consequence
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08-05-2014 04:28 PM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
He strikes me as a player who performs best in a 4-4-2 but I don't think that's Terrys prefered formation.
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08-05-2014 04:36 PM #15
Let's examine the statistics:
Here's the games played/goals scored for our strikers
James Collins 39/6
Paul Heffernan 19/4
Ross Caldwell 3/0
Jason Cummings 15/0
Out of that bunch, Only Collins has scored more than Forster, who's actually a defender
Jordon Forster 29/4
....and we have a midfielder as highest scorer...
Liam Craig 39/9
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08-05-2014 04:40 PM #16
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08-05-2014 06:20 PM #17
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Why not play Malpas up front? He probably won't score, but at least it will stop him from brawling with the fans behind the dug-out.
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08-05-2014 06:39 PM #19
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A lot of uncalled for criticism towards Craig, IMO.
Support the guy instead of slating him. Especially at a time like this.
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08-05-2014 06:43 PM #20
But for Liams goals we would be relegated already perhaps. His form dipped when Robertson picked up his injury. Let's hope our skipper finishes the season with a strong performance.
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