deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
Will the birdman be ready to play this weekend?
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Will the birdman be ready to play this weekend?
Playing Distin at LB gives him some flexibility in formation, can go from a 4-2-3-1 to a 3-4-3 or whichever 3 at the back formation you like. The irony there is that if it's a 3 man defense, Oviedo is the best candidate at wing back on the left side.
Barry isn't a LB. He was ball watching too much and was done for pace far too often. Job done, but he was badly exposed. He was inserted there simply because Martinez didn't want to waste a bench spot on a guy who plays only left back in the formation (Oviedo).
The team is playing well and the simplest way to fill the void is to replace Baines with Oviedo, like for like.
You can't judge Barry's ability to play left back from a stint where he was moved in the latter stages of a high drama, high intensity match like the one on Saturday. His mind still would have been in midfield, whole different story when you're prepared to play that position from the get go with a week of training behind you.
A week of training isn't going to change that either. Plus, we're worse in the middle without him.
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Barry is needed more in midfield than at LB
We have an international calibre LB in the team who will be playing in the World Cup next year
Would be madness to move another player out of position when said position can easily be filled by someone who actually does it as his day job
A week of training isn't going to change that either. Plus, we're worse in the middle without him.
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Barry is needed more in midfield than at LB
We have an international calibre LB in the team who will be playing in the World Cup next year
Would be madness to move another player out of position when said position can easily be filled by someone who actually does it as his day job
Of course it would. It's nonsense to suggest otherwise.
*sigh*
Mikey.... He plays for Costa Rica.
Do you know if there are any other half decent left backs who are Costa Rican ?