Fraizer Campbell: Simple solution ended slump
Mar 18 2010 by Luke Edwards, The Journal
“I feel as though I’ve got a lot better on the right side of midfield,” he said. “Playing in front of Alan Hutton has helped. I knew him from Tottenham and we work well together.
“I’ve learnt a lot over the last few months and I’m enjoying it at the minute. Sometimes you don’t see much of the ball out there, and that can be difficult to get used to. But the last few games we’ve played well and we’ve been attacking down both wings so I’ve been a lot more involved in things.
“It does take time to adapt to a new position, but the more I’ve played there the better I’ve got. Kenwyne’s injury does possible give me a chance through the middle, but it’s a weird one.
“I still see myself as a striker, but I’ve been playing on the right, doing well, the team has been doing well and I’ve been enjoying it, so I’m happy to stay there. I don’t know if I want to switch, but I’ll do whatever the manager wants.”
And Campbell, who had no hesitation in signing for Sunderland after accepting he was never going to break into the first team at Manchester United following loan spells at Spurs and Hull City, is keen to finish the season with a flourish on a personal, as well as a collective, level.
He added: “I feel I’m a better player now than I was when I arrived. I’m learning about a new position and that makes me more valuable to the team.
“I can do a job out there as well as up front.
“I was a little frustrated at the start of the season. The team was doing really well and I wasn’t getting much of a chance. Then the team started doing badly, but I was in and out of the side and it’s difficult to get going what that happens.
“Now we’re doing well though and I’m in the team, things seem a lot better. I want to stay in the team and we want to carry on playing well and get as far away from the bottom as we can.”
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Seats for juniors under 16 are priced from just £49 – less than £3 a game and adults from £380. Concession seats for over 65s and under 22s start at £265.
