For inverted wingers to work to full effect, you really need good attacking FBs to overlap and create space for the inverted winger. Walker is good at overlapping but not the best crosser. Cancelo at LB is good at attacking but doesn't really overlap and wants to cut back into the same space as the inverted winger.That’s a particular bugbear of mine. Drive on to the bye line Ffs. Not a fan of inverted wingers either.
And an even more useful tool when we have a star no.9.We really miss a Vinnius type of player on the wing. That's where we are short, especially given we have sold Sterling. None of our wingers naturally get to the byline and cross. Madrid/Benzema get so many goals this way and even if that's not how we traditionally attack it's a useful to have this in our tool box!
Who is the RW version of Vinnius?
I think he would pull the last remaining hairs from head out if Traore came here.I really wonder how Pep would do with Traore. Rapid, strong, can dribble and beat a man like no-one else in the league. If it didn’t work out, it’s £10mil and he could play RB; he’d be perfect for disrupting counters.
I get that his final ball/decision making is awful, but if we could make it click…
I know it’d never work, but there’s always that ‘what if’ curiosity.I think he would pull the last remaining hairs from head out if Traore came here.
Obviously there would be plenty of clips of him skinning people but i don’t see him as a good dribbler. Give him space to run into then obviously nobody gets near him but against the parked busses we usually face i couldn’t see him doing anything most of the time.I know it’d never work, but there’s always that ‘what if’ curiosity.
No it doesn’t.I guess todays match proves the point.