Not sure about you lot but I can't get onboard with this 'inverted' full back/winger thing. If a player's left footed play them on the left. If they're right footed play on the right. Maybe Im biased because we had Becks & Giggs playing the side they kicked the ball with & that worked out didn't it? - ThreadSky

garymufc.bsky.social • 18 days ago

Not sure about you lot but I can't get onboard with this 'inverted' full back/winger thing. If a player's left footed play them on the left. If they're right footed play on the right. Maybe Im biased because we had Becks & Giggs playing the side they kicked the ball with & that worked out didn't it?

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danpolski.bsky.social•18 days ago

I agree. I think there's a lot to be said for traditional wing play.

It's a symptom of the modern game, like promoted teams playing it out from the back when they're absolutely shit at it!

markw01.bsky.social•18 days ago

Irwin did ok as a right footed lb tho.

garymufc.bsky.social•17 days ago

Yes, but Sir Alex never asked him to play inside. He did his job up and down the wing. You're asking a defender to switch sides and then play another position when being inverted. If they haven't spent their youth learning the role, it's hard for them to adapt?

brandonhlong.bsky.social•17 days ago

100% agree. I’m fine with swapping during a game even from time to time. But give people the chance to play in best role. It’s these little things that add up to game play issues. Not everything needs to be a chess move.

cols9231.bsky.social•18 days ago

And especially when the forwards you have are big men 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

floellaella.bsky.social•17 days ago

I'm the opposite. Surely you've more options playing inverted?

bmcwal.bsky.social•18 days ago

Horses for courses imo, being stuck with right and left on the "correct" side is just as dogmatic as inverting them if it's "just because". I hope we start using the versatility of the players to exploit specific weaknesses in our opponents, but the balance clearly isn't right yet.

garymufc.bsky.social•17 days ago

Yes, the balance is way off becasue I don't think we have that many versatile players, and there lies our issue. It's going to take another 2-3 windows to really get a good balance of players who can do more than one job on the pitch (or are at least willing to try).

johnmillard.bsky.social•17 days ago

I think when the team is struggling and players confidence is on the floor players should be played in their natural positions. If Amorim turns things around and we start to become a decent football team again then he can start doing some experimenting

sensiblered.bsky.social•18 days ago

I tend to agree. More so for our wing back positions. Lost count of the number of times we’ve got ourselves in trouble simply by players not trusting their weaker foot down the line. Opens the pitch up.

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