Im telling you Greenwood is the type of player who looks like he does that of his own accord, but Im not sure if its a tactic or not.
If it is its damning in itself because we shouldn't be so predictable. Both with wide player and the fullback should be attacking threats the opposition should have to think about and deal with.
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They do. AWB's run outside creates space because its the opposition's responsibility to be in a position to react if he is given the ball. They always have a player guarding that area and that gives Greenwood the time for his touch and to decide what to do.
People talk in this thread like teams dont have a player at leftback. They do. Most teams we play against even double up and have their wide player or winger come back to help too so its 2 on 2.
In the 2 clips Giflord posted of where AWB's key passes were in this match you see 2 examples of AWB being given the ball in attack and his position causing problems for the opposition. The first one the leftback comes out to him and AWB sneaks the ball into Greenwood's feet where he can then make space for a shot. The 2nd Greenwood plays the ball into AWB centrally and so the opposition player comes across to AWB to close him down, and AWB plays the ball back into Greenwood who then has time for a touch and shot.
Again, both times the opposition were trying to defend against AWB and it led to oppertunities for Greenwood to do something. Teams dont just ignore AWB, they defend against him because actually it would be dangerous to leave him with nobody at all trying to stop him and nobody does that against anyone in those areas in professional football