all good reasons to play traditional wingers

but most clubs now seem to favour inverted wingers.

I think the main advantages are that it allows you to play one up front more easily. The build up play is generally slower and more intricate with inverted wingers, allowing time to get support up to the striker.

With traditional wingers, I think you either need a traditional big centre forward (like Andy Carroll), or play two up front.

A traditional centre forward doesn't really offer anything else to the game, and is fairly easy for good players to defend against, while playing two up front and traditional wingers, leaves you very light in central midfield - especially as most teams play three in the middle.

I think it's a more progressive style to play with inverted wingers - but not sure we quite have the players to make it work yet.

Posted By: Mecagoenti, Jan 4, 18:17:50