Tricky_Trev
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We didn’t play an inverted full back all the time last season. Many times they played traditionally and we could get away with that because we had a more workmanlike midfield with Bernardo in it to help out the DM with his legs. At the start of our turnaround last season, Cancelo was the inverted full back from the right and Walker had a long spell where he was struggling to play, with Zinchenko playing on the left of a back 3 in possession. Then once Walker broke into the team again and became undroppable, often it was Cancelo at left back and he would not always invert. If Laporte was the LCB he played inside more, but there were games where Laporte didn’t play and Cancelo actually stayed on the left instead of coming inside. I really don’t like Dias being out in those areas where you’d normally expect a LB to be.Is this true? We played an inverted fullback all the time last season, with Dias and Stones forming a back three with whichever fullback had stayed behind, and he seemed comfortable. Don't see any reason why Zinny couldn't invert and Dias would become a LCB. It's not like he'd become a full LB and start having to bomb up and down the wings.