TRon Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 minute ago, Toonjam88 said: He is a central midfielder just assumed they put him at right back as his older brother had and they thought we will stick him in that position. Don't we have any actual right backs who can play at right back? Is it endemic through every age group? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilcline Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 27 minutes ago, TRon said: Don't we have any actual right backs who can play at right back? Is it endemic through every age group? Think it's more a trend across the game where instead of lads who might not be good enough/won't get in the team at CB being shifted out to full back it's now shifted to lads who might not be good enough or get a game in midfield get a go at full back instead as they'll theoretically be better players than the CB's. Disclaimer that there's a very high chance of recency bias as I'm thinking about the likes of Hall, Lewis-Skelly, O'Reilly, Hinshelwood, and Rico Lewis who all first got in at full back but are/were/can play as midfielders, good option to have for these lads Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monters Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Kilcline said: Think it's more a trend across the game where instead of lads who might not be good enough/won't get in the team at CB being shifted out to full back it's now shifted to lads who might not be good enough or get a game in midfield get a go at full back instead as they'll theoretically be better players than the CB's. Disclaimer that there's a very high chance of recency bias as I'm thinking about the likes of Hall, Lewis-Skelly, O'Reilly, Hinshelwood, and Rico Lewis who all first got in at full back but are/were/can play as midfielders, good option to have for these lads It’s always happened and always will especially if the player is young / inexperienced for the age group he’s playing in. Gary Neville arguably the Premier League’s most successful fullback was a central midfielder in youth football. Edited March 3 by Monters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilcline Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 9 minutes ago, Monters said: It’s always happened and always will especially if the player is young / inexperienced for these lads age group he’s playing in. Gary Neville arguably the Premier League’s most successful fullback was a central midfielder in youth football. Didn't know that about Neville, thought he was just a failed CB! Although a story of his about once being a striker and being gradually moved backwards through the age groups does ring a bell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 2 minutes ago, Kilcline said: Didn't know that about Neville, thought he was just a failed CB! Although a story of his about once being a striker and being gradually moved backwards through the age groups does ring a bell Sounds more like Carragher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miercoles Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Why do we always have injuries you have to Google? I remember Barnes not too long ago teaching your lovely country about turf toe, now I'm looking up muscle distribution what the fuck man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilcline Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 15 minutes ago, NEEJ said: Sounds more like Carragher. Ah yes, I think you're right, didn't Carragher even play striker for England at schoolboy/mid-teens age group levels or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Still not back for tomorrow or Barca. Hopeful for after those two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 This still a dead leg, or has his leg actually fell off?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Defo playing down the injury Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmag Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 On 03/03/2026 at 14:32, Kilcline said: Ah yes, I think you're right, didn't Carragher even play striker for England at schoolboy/mid-teens age group levels or something? I would bet that even then he scored more own goals than goals 😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 29 minutes ago, TK-421 said: This still a dead leg, or has his leg actually fell off?? His leg is actually dead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andycap Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 So his leg muscles have been distrubuted to your local supermarket. 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 48 minutes ago, duo said: Defo playing down the injury He didn’t seem particularly worried about it when he was talking about it at that awards ceremony the other night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola14 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 that is some serious dead leg will have missed about 10 games by the time he's back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 40 minutes ago, St1pe said: His leg is actually dead. Can't wait to have Lewis Hoppey back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miercoles Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 On 03/03/2026 at 05:32, Kilcline said: Ah yes, I think you're right, didn't Carragher even play striker for England at schoolboy/mid-teens age group levels or something? Isn't that everybody? Almost every MLB player was a short stop in high school for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 There’s a clip of a teenage Michael Keane running amock as an attacker in a a game. It’s very rare for any top level player to start as a fullback. At a younger age level, these players just tend to be better than their peers so play further up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Very dead leg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Weirdest ones are SCL and the Villa striker being CMs until their late teens. I kind of see it for both though. Would’ve been uber athletes as late teenagers. Solid technically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 They've chopped his leg off 'la Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 3 hours ago, The College Dropout said: There’s a clip of a teenage Michael Keane running amock as an attacker in a a game. It’s very rare for any top level player to start as a fullback. At a younger age level, these players just tend to be better than their peers so play further up. I know a lad who went to school with Peter Ramage. Said it was like having Messi in your team in school games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MileyCyrus Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 03/03/2026 at 11:49, TRon said: Don't we have any actual right backs who can play at right back? Is it endemic through every age group? It's not that rare nowadays emery at psg and Archie gray have both done it this season, and they're one of only a handful of CMs at "big" clubs getting regular game time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 03/03/2026 at 11:49, TRon said: Don't we have any actual right backs who can play at right back? Is it endemic through every age group? We could/should have given Shahar a few more opportunities, or more minutes... early cup games, dead rubbers (more than 5 mins at end of Quarabag 2L), then at least we'd have a better idea if he could make the step up if/when needed, instead of just letting him sit on the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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