Soccer can and ought to be so easy. I perceive why some managers wish to play with inverted full backs, particularly those that want to management possession.
When in possession of the ball, it creates an additional man within the center with a purpose to be an choice to obtain the ball and assist maintain it in key areas. Marc Cucurella is definitely a really tremendous instance of a participant who performs this position very properly, and we’ve got seen him rating some vital objectives by taking part in on this position as properly.
However when you’re asking a midfielder to play that position, for me it doesn’t work as properly.
No person is saying that Moises Caicedo has been unhealthy taking part in at proper again. Caicedo is a category participant and can do a job wherever you place him on the pitch. Individuals who declare that we’re solely moaning as a result of we misplaced are lacking the purpose. I for one have by no means been completely happy to see Caicedo play as an inverted proper again. I feel he did properly there within the final two video games earlier than Newcastle, however if you would like the perfect out of your gamers, particularly those who price north of £100m, then you want to play them in the very best place that’s suited to them.
Caicedo is the very best ball winner and the very best interceptor within the league, possibly even in Europe, so that you need him doing that job getting the very best out of his property in a CENTRAL place in and OUT of possession. It’s actually that straightforward. Anybody who can’t see that that is what we are literally saying right here, completely baffles me.
Sure, Caicedo will all the time do a job wherever he’s, however we NEED him in these central areas, and the Newcastle sport proved that. Chelsea had been being walked by means of in midfield and no person was placing in a problem, and that’s as a result of out of possession, our greatest ball winner was out huge on the correct chasing Anthony Gordon round all sport reasonably than doing what he does greatest.
And add to this, we’ve got the very best proper again on the planet, arguably, Reece James sitting on the bench watching. He’s additionally the membership captain. Maresca will clearly begin this Xl as his greatest, no matter James’ accidents. He’s not ‘defending James’ at this level, it’s clear he needs Caicedo, Romeo Lavia, Cole Palmer, and Enzo Fernandez on the pitch when they’re all obtainable, and this implies James drops out. He’s made this clear.
Don’t inform me James is simply too harm liable to play proper again. Maresca doesn’t permit freedom to his full backs to dart up and down so it’s not like it will be a taxing position for him bodily. Moreover, James has confirmed his health in current video games. It’s all the time a threat with harm susceptible gamers anyway, however he’s taking stated dangers with Lavia proper now, no?
I perceive the position of an inverted full again however it’s not one thing I personally wish to see commonly. I get that is important for a way Maresca performs although, even when I don’t agree with it.
However I completely don’t agree with shoehorning Caicedo into a task simply to get him on the pitch. We’d like him centrally, and we’d like him there desperately towards sides like Newcastle who wish to play and assault. We’d like Caicedo within the center to interrupt play up, I don’t know the way anybody can’t see that.
