Tyler Roberts has scored two goals in five Leeds appearances this season.
Eddie Gray has suggested that Leeds United ace Tyler Roberts may not be playing his best position right now.
The 19-year-old speed machine has become the first-choice striker in recent weeks due to injuries to senior pair Kemar Roofe and Patrick Bamford.
He’s been an excellent deputy by scoring twice in a win over Preston, but on the flip side has been guilty of missing some good goalscoring opportunities too in other matches.
The Wales international is still a highly-rated teenager trying to learn his trade at senior level and manager Marcelo Bielsa has had little choice but to use him.
Leeds legend Gray believes that moving forward Roberts’ best position could be as a winger or a second striker.
“Whether that’s his (Roberts) best position or not I’m not sure. I think he might be better suited playing maybe up with a front man or out wide,” Gray told LUTV.
With Roofe’s return from injury imminent, is crucial that Roberts continue to impress with the chances he gets in the Leeds starting XI.
Bielsa’s side travel to Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday on Friday night and it would be quite some statement if he was to score against them.
He certainly has the express pace and technical ability to be deployed as a winger, but so far this season has looked more effective through the middle.
Roberts still has plenty of time to develop into the best he can be and right now should just be pleased to be in the Leeds first team.
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