[Albion] End the inverted wingers nonsense

mreprice said:

It worked really well when we played two holding midfielders so the full backs could bomb on and go down the line. That was almost impossible to defend against.

Harder now the full backs dont get forward as much.

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blockhseagull said:

I’d like to think IF we stay up that the squad now is deep enough that we can afford to go large on a goalscorer as it’s the one area that we lack depth and real quality. Murray looks tired, and will still have a part to play next season but we need a Prem ready striker not another punt from a euro league.

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Mustafa said:

Sometimes it works. March got at least one that way from the top of my head

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Ninja Elephant said:

One brilliant moment, fine. But where would you have been if it had finished 1-1? Nowhere. Because it's another game where we've not created anything from open play. Jahanbakhsh found himself on the right wing once, and fired off a brilliant shot. He's quite clearly a danger, but playing him on the wrong side is a ridiculous waste of time.

We're lucky to get the win today, considering the performance. If we are going to persist with inverted wingers, we really need more than one wonder goal every season to justify it. We've got Murray in the box who is brilliant in the air, and genuinely good wingers who would be so productive whipping balls in for him to attack, but instead we choose to be blunt in the hope that we might get a wondergoal out of absolutely nowhere.

Bottom line for me is using our record signing in a position which gets the most out of him. Izquierdo's a different story, he's a left winger who is right footed. Jahanbakhsh is a right winger who should be playing on that side. I loved Knockaert in the Championship but he's not really justified himself in the Premier League - today was pretty good though!

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Ninja Elephant said:

One brilliant moment, fine. But where would you have been if it had finished 1-1? Nowhere. Because it's another game where we've not created anything from open play. Jahanbakhsh found himself on the right wing once, and fired off a brilliant shot. He's quite clearly a danger, but playing him on the wrong side is a ridiculous waste of time.

We're lucky to get the win today, considering the performance. If we are going to persist with inverted wingers, we really need more than one wonder goal every season to justify it. We've got Murray in the box who is brilliant in the air, and genuinely good wingers who would be so productive whipping balls in for him to attack, but instead we choose to be blunt in the hope that we might get a wondergoal out of absolutely nowhere.

Bottom line for me is using our record signing in a position which gets the most out of him. Izquierdo's a different story, he's a left winger who is right footed. Jahanbakhsh is a right winger who should be playing on that side. I loved Knockaert in the Championship but he's not really justified himself in the Premier League - today was pretty good though!

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