Oscar Bonavena
Full Member
Maybe I'm a dinosaur pining for the days of Giggs and Beckham, or maybe I'm just frustrated at the continual ineffectiveness of United's inverted wingers, but when and why did this become so popular in football?
All I ever see from it is players bringing the ball into traffic and defenders able to crowd them out. Ok, they might occasionally cut inside and score a goal, but I can't help but think more chances could be created from getting the ball out wide.
I know Liverpool use inverted wingers very effectively, but they can balance it by having LB Robertson and RB TAA pinging balls in from out wide, we don't have those options (or certainly not as good).
So why are we so wedded to this?!
All I ever see from it is players bringing the ball into traffic and defenders able to crowd them out. Ok, they might occasionally cut inside and score a goal, but I can't help but think more chances could be created from getting the ball out wide.
I know Liverpool use inverted wingers very effectively, but they can balance it by having LB Robertson and RB TAA pinging balls in from out wide, we don't have those options (or certainly not as good).
So why are we so wedded to this?!