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Rivals - News - NewsArticle - Liverpool News Article Ryan Babel has expressed his frustration at the lack of first-team football he has been given during his time at Anfield. The striker also spoke of his disappointment at being played out of position after being used as a winger for the majority of his Liverpool career so far. "I'm satisfied with my level of performance but the situation is clear - that I'm not going to be one of the regular 11 starters," Babel told The Guardian. "It's difficult. I do get frustrated. I can tell myself that I'm still only 21 and at the start of my career. "But it is making it hard for me because, as time goes on, they keep telling me that I'm young and that my time will come. Well, OK, but I'm not a player who wants to wait. I want to be involved now rather than in three or four years' time. "I have always said that I want to play as a striker. "Of course, it would not help me improve if I wasn't able to play, or train, in another position a couple of times. But all the time? "I used to play as a striker in Holland. I grew up as a striker. That's the position I want to play. "But I'm working on it. I look at myself before I blame others. I'm going to do something about it. It's not something I'm scared about."