Re: French : Fri Jan 31, 2020 4:29 pm
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He can do a job at centre, he is a fullback and a very good one at that.
Without wishing to argue over details, you're missing one important word: "currently". I actually don't think there's an awful lot in it tbh as he does much of what he does at fullback from centre. As others have said he doesn't have the blistering pace to exploit the space from fullback and he's never been a link player, even during his MOS time, whereas French has both of those qualities. Hardaker's strengths have always been his defence, strong carries and eye for a gap and he can utilise all of those out of centre. He just needs to add the final pass to his game, which he's more than capable of, to become a complete centre in the Gary Connolly mould. Like I say, give him this season before making those judgements.