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Due to out recent poor form and relegation dogfight I feel that the performances of Paul Caddis have gone slightly under the radar. After an unsure start I think he has been far and away our best/most consistent player this season. For me he has been the rare highlight in many of our recent games and hopefully will continue to develop at the same rate he has- if he does he will be top top quality in my modest opinion. Anyone else impressed with his form this year?

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still think he is a winger.

I think he is great always works hard and gives 100% what more could you ask for, he didn't have his best game yesturday but still was one of the best players on the pitch. Maybe will will see him insted of jpm tues and amankwaah at rb, caddis certainly has goals in him hes got a great strike!!

And potentially a very good one I would say.

Agreed. He's not shy at taking on his man that's for sure.

As has been said,  not a right back but has potential as a winger. His best performance for us came when he played right midfield.

His crossing wasn't really up to much yesterday though... I'm sure it has been better before.

It took him a while to get settled here and I guess being moved around position wise didn't help him much either. I think he's come good in the last month or so for us though. Been a threat on that right hand side. I'm much rather have him at RM than JP who has been really poor this season.

Again I totally agree with all of that Rich.

 We need Caddis to make a mark before the end of the season, so he can find a new club. We've got too many players ill-suited to Div 3 let alone Div 4.

Our crossing in the last few games has been crap, not just Caddis. At least he genuinely tries to get to the byline. I agree he's more of a right midfielder / winger than full back.

Cannot see how people can say he's not a RB. As the OP said, he has been one of our best players in recent months and was superb yesterday, especially first half.

On work rate alone, Ritchie wins hands down for me.

Caddis is definitely up there though but agree with those who'd rather have him on the wing.

Only him and Ritchie really deserve any praise over the last few months.

Been brilliant recently.

Think he had his best game for us at Bournemouth away, was unplayable at times and took his goal very well. Even yesterday he was one of our most attacking players andf he was at right back!

Cant see this at all. Totally ineffective.

He was like a fart in the wind for the Walsall players yesterday at some points, shrugged off the ball. He also shanked a cross into the Town End under no pressure at all.

I think he's got the skills, nice goal at Bmuff, but looks totally out of place in L1. Amankwaah was/is far more effective. Less skillful but much fitter, much stronger. When we were playing away last season did you notice how many times Amankwaah would wind the home fans right up? Thats because he was winning good hard challenges at both ends of the pitch.

Hopefully we'll get some money back on Caddis, but I doubt it, needs to go.

I think that's harsh. I'd say he either needs to improve defensively or get moved to a more attacking role. Don't see any need to get rid though - there's promise there, it just needs to be brought out.

Agreed, One of the few who has earned their keep this season...

He'll get battered in League 2. Rose is too weak as well.

He played in the middle as a playmaker at one point earlier in the season (Plymouth?) and I thought he did very well (others didnt). If the board plan not to reinvest in the team for next season then we could do a lot worse than having him in a hole in the middle.

But as a full back, no way. Weak full backs has been a major problem this season. To not acknowledge that because we paid money for Caddis is to be in denial.

Oh yeah he's not been sparkling all season but I wouldn't write him off completely.

I have to disagree completely. Defensively he has done well, he doesn't dive in but picks of tackles- his timing in the tackle is excellent. He is quick and has good acceleration over a short distance, he gets forward well and takes on his man. His crossing hasn't been as bad as you make out.

He has got a couple of mom's recently because he is a busy player who covers alot of ground IMO. Amankwah was used at the start of the season but was dropped because his form was terrible. Last year jpm and ka had a great link up, however both have looked of form this.

Yes he is small and his physicality gets tested but his positional sense and timing makes up for it.

Totally ineffective? Against plymouth On Tuesday watch how many times he beats his man while attacking and how many times he makes clean tackles at the other end. He's not going to win aerial battles or out muscle big frontmen but that's not his game....

How many times have we scored from his crossing then?

He cant take a shoulder charge and other players shrug him off.

Yes, he can time a challenge. Nice goal at Bournemouth.

Hes a typical example of why this season has been such a struggle. No point kidding ourselves. I dont want to see him at full back next season, and thats the last Im going to say on it.

This final paragraph sums up exactly why he should be used on the right of midfield and not at right back.

No a typical example of why this season has been rubbish is losing our 3 top scorers from last year in bp dw and ca then selling our captain and having too many players off form.

 Stephen darby was no stronger than caddis but had an excellent stint at the end of last season for the same reasons caddis is doing well this season.

We having a poor season for sure but caddis along with matt ritchie have been my personal highlights.

I didnt rate Darby that highly either. Nice penalty though.

Sheehan and Amankwaah last season were quality.

Yes penalty was ace.

Sheehan and manks were good last year but both have performed well below that standard when they've played this year.

Darbys debut in the 1-0 win at Southampton started an excellent run of form in which he featured in the following 10 or so games... I thought he was solid but footballs about opinions so fair enough.. I can see I won't convince you!

I'm still some what surprised we havent tried Amankwaah at right back and Caddis right midfield more often.

Caddis to me looks like an old fashion winger, ball down the line, run, cross.

Your the stats man DV. Didn't JPM have a fairly impressive assist total last season or did I imagine that? Most of the time with Amankwaah behind him.

JPM topped the whole division with 17.

He's a good player who I like, last season was easily the best of his career.

He hasnt been half as good this season, neither has Amankwaah - which I put down to individual form and the break up of the partnership.

JPM has been so off form that right now i'd rather see Caddis right wing to be honest.

Understand what people are saying about his issues playing full back due to lack of physicality.

Still think he's a skilful player though and not worth just casting aside, should be able to find a role for a player of his quality.

Like DV, I think he's more of a winger or an attacking full back than a pure right back.

The trouble is, he's being asked to do a lot of defending which because of his size he easily gets muscled off the ball or loses out on headers.

I think if we'd had Caddis last season when we were taking the game to others teams every week he would've been a stand out player.

Ive been impressed with his positioning and use of his body + speed rather than height to get to the ball.  He's good.  Different style to Amankwaah.

I prefer Amankwaah at RB. Caddis is a winger not a defender.

Caddis is a good player, but an attacking RB a bit like Ashley Cole. Likes to get forward as much as possible. Is that viable in L1? Who knows.

Lets hope that the bit thats like Cashley Cole is not his trigger finger :D

Some of our players need shooting, so hopefully he is!

I generally think he's been good at RB - as pointed out earlier in the thread his tackling is great and not many wingers get past him.  However, I've been less impressed with his distribution out of defence at times - too many passes have gone astray, which seems at odds with thinking he'd be a good midfielder!

Ive yet to see him whip in a truly great cross which is what we we're led to believe he'd be doing.  Still time I suppose.

Good points...fact is though every time a defender looks to distribute the ball up front there is no one in place.....so it gets lumped,Cuthbert who i think had a better game on Saturday didn't have any options many times.....so instead of getting caught with the ball it was Hoooooof.

That's most probably down to the fact we have no fucker in the box to cross it too !

Caddis would have slotted in nicely in our 95/96 team.  He'd be perfect in a 5 man defence with attacking full backs.  I'd prefer him in right midfield playing 4-4-2.