But there are times when the player just seems disinterested with what is going on around him, his effort and determination is at times questionable leading to him being unable to produce performances expected from this calibre of player.
It is frustrating to witness especially since he has so much more to offer and after the team’s 2-0 defeat to Peterhead, there were clear signs that the manager Steven Pressley was also becoming annoyed with this Jekyll and Hyde footballing personality.
“Bar one player Jack Compton, the players gave me their lot,”Pressley told reporters.
“There are demands I put on the players and that one player continually fails to meet those standards.”
Compton signed for the Bairns in January 2009 under the management of Eddie May - a massive coup for the then SPL side who beat off competition from Newcastle United to land the 22-year-old’s signature.
The former Weston-Super-Mare player’s arrival to the club came with a wave of expectancy but injury and a lack of first team football restricted Compton to just a handful appearances for the side.
It was not until the Bairns were relegated to the First Division did the fans get to witness glimpses of what this talent is capable of. His marauding runs down the channel terrorised the opposition defence and his goal against Cowdenbeath had tinges of Arjen Robben about it having drove down the right wing, he cut inside on his left foot and lashed an unstoppable low drive past the goalkeeper.
His goal against Raith Rovers was nothing short of sensational, he ran fully forty yards with the ball as the Bairns countered, with support left and right of him the pass seemed the better option but Compton continued to surge forward as the Raith defence backed off and then from thirty yards, he cut inside again on his left foot and unleashed a ferocious shot which clipped the underside off the bar before hitting the back of the net.
But these 2 goals and a further goal he added against Stirling Albion is all he has scored. He made 24 appearances last season – 15 of these he started.
On his day Compton could play at a much higher level, he has illustrated what he can do but the problem remains that he fails to regularly produce this high standard. To his credit, he has came back from a recurring knee injury which he picked up when he was a teenager and this has no doubt held him back from going on to bigger and better things.
This season he has the chance to finally step-up and give consistently high performances as he – even at the age of 22 – seems a veteran in a very inexperienced Falkirk side. The onus is on him and other first team players' to drive the team on but only time will tell if he can deliver the goods which too often has not been the case.
