He was a winger when he was 18... He hasn't been winger for a least 3 years now... He's a right midfielder... Big difference.I've heard of false number 9 but Lennon may be the first false winger. Jokes aside, he does track back well to cover defensively. I feel that he could have been a much better player had he been coached properly when he was younger.
I should have been more clear. I know what inverted winger means. When i seemingly posed the question, "inverted?" it was me questioning the current use of them when it seems they are acheiving jack f*cking shit. To apply the term "inverted WINGERS" to our team is one giant joke as we don't actually HAVE any PROPER wingers. What's the use anyway? primarily to cut in and shoot? Are we doing that? No. not that i can see.I really don't want to come across as condescending here, especially on NLD day, but does "inverted winger" honestly have to be explained, especially considering our setups of the last two seasons?
In relation to Lennon, 'bout fuck all. Hence why my above post that he needs to go. He's done absolutely nothing contributory to attack whatsoever. But as for inverted wingers as a whole, coupled with added width through wingbacks, they cause more problems through the middle ideally. Problem is, before today, we've not played a transitional player in the holding two so as to give them that added space to work with (we've been so predictable and meandering, it's been extremely easy for opposition sides to shut down our supply lanes).
Didn't understand the sub today.
Except Chadli is a sad excuse for a winger and I'm struggling to see what the inversion achieves. Are they cutting in and shooting? I don't think so. Why can't they be used to cross in balls with their dominant foot?the same reason Lamela plays on the right and chadli on the left.
Inverted wingers.
In fact our fullbacks were also inverted by the end.
Except Chadli is a sad excuse for a winger and I'm struggling to see what the inversion achieves. Are they cutting in and shooting? I don't think so. Why can't they be used to cross in balls with their dominant foot?
Except Chadli is a sad excuse for a winger and I'm struggling to see what the inversion achieves. Are they cutting in and shooting? I don't think so. Why can't they be used to cross in balls with their dominant foot?
And the end result of a successful wing inversion? Cutting in and shooting? That's it?The inversion is not the cause of the problem, it's that they've had no supply and space to work with because of the horizontal and meandering play of our midfield of the last two years. Hopefully Mason's inclusion will change this, but for now Poch's system, including the inverted wingers, are struggling to setup any sort of gameplan because they simply don't have the space available to learn from each other. I'd we can start getting the ball forward from deep more quickly and more efficiently, the ripple effect throughout team play will be massive.
As for Lennon though, I'm not sure anything will help. He just doesn't look even remotely interested in football anymore. This young team could very much use his experience, but he's just not contributing anything whatsoever, and it's a damn shame after what he's given us over the years.
And the end result of a successful wing inversion? Cutting in and shooting? That's it?
I would say that his original position has been compromised more often than not to suit the new playing style. Have we forgotten how good he was when playing in front of Kyle how the two combined or with Corluka? I was really pleased with him yesterday.I think you'll find full-backs with more attacking threat than him. He WAS a winger. For the past two seasons he's been picked for his ability to track back and defend. He offers nothing offensively. Maybe a bit of pace if you're lucky but he doesn't take anybody on anymore and never had end product anyway.
When he came on for Eriksen, it was the first time in a looooooooooooooong time I was happy to see him play. His pace and ability to track back was a good boost ahead of the tiring Eriksen at a time when we had the lead. Try bringing him on when we're losing? No thanks.
And the end result of a successful wing inversion? Cutting in and shooting? That's it?
And the end result of a successful wing inversion? Cutting in and shooting? That's it?
True, but weren't 2 of those goals scored as center forward/striker goals?Chadli sitting on 4 PL goals