- Oct 2, 2004
- 48,185
- 47,186
- Staff
- #261
It's a squad game these days so to say someone should be moved on because they might not be in a hypothetical starting XI is just daft and short-sighted.
Poch will pick different teams for different opponents, so having a range of different types of players is vital to our ability to adapt to whoever we are playing.
Having a player like Dier who not only covers a few positions, but is excellent in most of them, is a massive benefit to the squad as a whole, and that's been shown particularly this season where he has done well in central midfield and is now doing very well at centre back.
Poch will pick different teams for different opponents, so having a range of different types of players is vital to our ability to adapt to whoever we are playing.
Having a player like Dier who not only covers a few positions, but is excellent in most of them, is a massive benefit to the squad as a whole, and that's been shown particularly this season where he has done well in central midfield and is now doing very well at centre back.