Let him play through the middle now that Sturridge is out. Coutinho behind him. We'll see a different player.
Whereas is do agree with that I think there are other things to it as well, mainly he looks devoid of confidence currently, I can't think really of any reason that he is miscontrolling the ball so often.
I actually do agree that playing him all over the place won't be helping him currently while he is low in confidence though, I think he is good enough to play these roles but not as flexible as say Steven was early on.. But probably due to his age, he is still learning the game at this level to an extent and to shunt him at this age from roles that are so polar opposite can't be helping.
Steven when he played right back for example, played it as a right back[ rather than a cm playing out of position I mean] and was superb at it, Raheem is playing wing back not sure if he should be a forward thinking wing back or a defensive one and is stuck between the two.. If you watch the Blackburn game for example he actually did some fantastic defensive tracking and a couple of vital last ditch challenges, but his management of the role right now isn't great, and probably nor should it.. He is an attacking player, someone who will always do his best work in the final third and more often than not for me centrally in that final third.
I'd certainly agree though that now he will be moved back up field then we will see a different player again. The confidence will probably be only a couple of flash things in the right area away
I do think though that when players play out of position, be that Raheem or Hendo or whoever then fans should take that into consideration when judging how they are doing
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