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Originally Posted by lacoruna69
Yes, this is what I observe
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for man u, the inverted winger sort of started with januzaj, and then rashford. the standard moves were to run directly at opponent, try to beat him with dribbling or with pace; if attack down the flank in the penalty area, he would try to shoot from a tight angle, if cannot then try to square pass or cut back; if the winger dribble and cut the ball to strong foot, its to shoot (like the usual rashford move). the winger also had the option to pass to teammate who overlapped to create overload at the flank
but under ETH, he go and invert the fullbacks and end up nobody overlapping to provide an option out wide for the inverted winger. so its very easy to defend against, just put 2 players on the winger, if dribble will find himself 1v2, if shoot also likely will be blocked, so more often than not, he passed backwards. the burden on the winger is huge because he is expected to conjure something magical all on his own when the ball is passed to him. in theory inverting the fullbacks sounds nice as man u can overload the midfield, but in reality, their flanks were so exposed whenever they lose the ball, sigh ETH too stubborn to adjust his tactics
now under RVN, the fullbacks are back to being traditional, where they operate on their flank, and also overlap to provide an option for the winger. BUT BUT BUT both rashford garnacho aren't the tracking back type, so the fullbacks cannot overlap all the time like G.nev evra did
because of the inverted winger fad, the role of the SC has changed, rather than being the focal point where teammates pass to him and he score goals, he has become someone to startup an attack, usually to hold up the ball, and quick release to open teammate. hojlund's current game is more of that, and making runs to drag defenders out of posn. if want hojlund to score goals, it means that man u cannot invert their wingers and must play them as traditional so that they can provide crosses into the box. it also mean man u transfer policy is self contradicting as they sign inverted wingers and traditional SC and expect them to be effective... in football manager game lah maybe
still too early to judge zirkzee, gotta give him time to adapt
