Ive read some disparaging remarks about Rashford & Valencia these last few days. Wan Bissaka could also be added to this discussion
Shaw and Sancho are also interesting outliers.
Giggs, Beckham, Irwin and Neville are the archetype im alluding to.
Valencia was a very good fullback, he had his limitations but his strengths if you spoke in fifa or fm terms would be high 80s or 20s. His problem was that he was the focal point of the right flank, when he should have been the decoy. He would have been excellent on the overlap.
Rashford in this team has the same, I would say he's our focal wide attacker, he just lacks a right sided attacker to acts as an alternative decoy.
Shaw on the other hand gets praise, because the left side of our attack is balanced and he performs his role of decoy effectively.
Take away one of Giggs or Beckham and add an inferior player and the same situation would show itself.
Greenwood or Diallo are good prospects, but we just need somebody at peak ablity to fill the right flank, they dont need to be elite, just affective and act as a decoy for our stronger left flank.
To include Sancho, the opinion is that Hakimi's absence has affected his performance.
Shaw and Sancho are also interesting outliers.
Giggs, Beckham, Irwin and Neville are the archetype im alluding to.
Valencia was a very good fullback, he had his limitations but his strengths if you spoke in fifa or fm terms would be high 80s or 20s. His problem was that he was the focal point of the right flank, when he should have been the decoy. He would have been excellent on the overlap.
Rashford in this team has the same, I would say he's our focal wide attacker, he just lacks a right sided attacker to acts as an alternative decoy.
Shaw on the other hand gets praise, because the left side of our attack is balanced and he performs his role of decoy effectively.
Take away one of Giggs or Beckham and add an inferior player and the same situation would show itself.
Greenwood or Diallo are good prospects, but we just need somebody at peak ablity to fill the right flank, they dont need to be elite, just affective and act as a decoy for our stronger left flank.
To include Sancho, the opinion is that Hakimi's absence has affected his performance.
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