Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
Not when his instinct is attacking. He's not a right back while he's got a hole in his arse.
His international manager thinks he is mind and I reckon he could definitely make a decent wing back. That said, I think it is easy to under rate Paterson when he plays in advanced positions because, for example, he doesn't look or play like a "proper" number ten. He certainly has his limitations, as was shown by those two second half chances mentioned earlier, but I do think he is a better passer of the ball than he is given credit for and, although I'm no great fan of the idea, I'd say he was picked to play on the right because it was hoped that he would win a lot of headers which could start attacks (I would say Paterson did his bit in that department). I think Reid has been under used this season and have sympathy with him over that, but Paterson was a far more effective number ten than Tomlin ever was last season and, although this is an indictment on others as much as it is a positive on his part, he has been our most effective striker so far - we would be doing a bit better than we currently are if we had eleven players who are as effective as Callum Paterson is.