Leon Pryce wants to stay at Bradford but also wants a position to call his own.
The 24-year-old Great Britain international has played 180 matches for his home-town club but those games have been split between wing, centre, stand-off, full back and, on Friday night, hooker.
As has so often been the case in his career, Pryce started Friday's 46-6 victory over Leigh covering for an absent colleague, injured full back Mick Withers. He then spent time at scrum half when Paul Deacon went into hooker to spell Robbie Paul and, finally, ended up at acting half himself. Being continually shunted from one position to another didn't stop Pryce scoring a try and creating several others and being hailed by coach Brian Noble as the "best back on the field", but Pryce feels the constant switching is holding him back.
"I've got until December left on my contract and I just want to get one position locked down and really work at it," he said.
"It is really hard to be pushed around to different positions all the time. I've done that for the last five or six years now and it is about time I settled down. I don't mind doing it, I'll do anything for the team, but it is hard. Nobby knows I'm versatile but sometimes that can work against me. It can be hard to get settled and get into a rhythm."
He has yet to open negotiations on a contract extension but Pryce isn't expecting any problems when it comes to sorting out a new deal.
"Obviously Les is the priority at the moment. The club wants to get his contract sorted, which is understandable. But there are no dramas with me. Hopefully it will be sorted in the near future. I love Bradford and as long as we can sort a few things out there will be no problems.
"I am a bit frustrated at being shunted around. It is really hard to get settled when you are playing a different position every week. But I'll always try my best in whatever position I play and against Leigh a few things came off for me, so I was pretty happy.
"We made things hard for ourselves at times on Friday but in the second half our discipline and structure were better. We stuck to our game plan a bit more and it paid off."
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article