a better striker than left back for me. theplater User is Offline Posts: 2,781 Liked: 33 times in 28 posts Joined: May 2005 Hall of Fame 7 year member 23 Posted 16 Nov 2012 22:47 re: Steven Ward he is a Wolf. The two best left backs I've seen at Wolves have both been naturally right footed, Derek Parkin and Denis Irwin, and although Irwin mainly played at right back for Wolves he was, and probably still is, a far better left back than Ward can ever dream of being. Parkin played in an era where tackling was still a major part of defending, nowadays full backs daren't tackle and so instead defend space, well most competant ones do anyway but Ward isn't one of them. I have lost count of the goals we have conceded solely down to his poor positioning and tendency of 'backing off' since McCarthy replaced Matt Hill with him in our promotion winning season. Hill was far from being a really good defender but at least he knew the position and his positioning was better. The fact is, if you're the opposing manager, to get at Wolves target Ward. He leaves the most space and he's the one that will back off all the way to the six yard line. Between Parkin and Ward we have had a number of left backs that fall within your 20 year period that have been better. Mark Venus and Lee Naylor, neither necessarily outstanding but adequate, are probably