Hands up who's the tiniest bit worried that everyone sees billings as a lock to be an a grader and just assumes he's going to be a midfild gun?
(No? just me? I hope this is the anti jinx post now)
No I have that same feeling. Not convinced he'll be a fulltime midfield general, but am still fully expecting him to be a serious A-grade gun. But given where our list was/is, just having a guy of that class on the forward flank for the next ten years will be great, its not as if it wasn't a needed position anyway.
It seems everyone is a midfielder if they're not a KP or a Jack Lonie type. Everyone keeps telling me for example that Jimmy Webster is a mid, yet he's not played a single game there. Kid gets a nosebleed if he gets beyond the square.
More realistically, some guys aren't ever going to become mids, and it could actually stunt their development elsewhere to try and push them into it. Look what was happening with Savage, and see what he's doing now we've given him a more focused task.