It would appear the reasoning is because Trippier is our best player for set pieces. Lol. Play a player out of position for 90+ minutes on the off chance we get a free kick in a decent area.
No. He’s devoid of tactical nouse and invention. When we played Croatia at the World Cup Modric stood in the middle of the park and ran the show, waistcoat did absolutely nothing to combat it.
Soooo, Stirling and Mings are in who have been awful recently, and despite having Chilwell and Shaw he’s playing a right back at left back. Southgate is such a penis.