I'm convinced that the long term plan is for Elmo to play RB and Axel to move into the centre. Bruce is just trying to give Axel game time to bring him up to speed with the Championship. We are then going to see a settled back 4 of Elmo, Axel, Chester Hutton.
Quote from: Brassneck on August 28, 2018, 11:10:19 AMI'm convinced that the long term plan is for Elmo to play RB and Axel to move into the centre. Bruce is just trying to give Axel game time to bring him up to speed with the Championship. We are then going to see a settled back 4 of Elmo, Axel, Chester Hutton.I think you’re right, with Bolasie playing wide right.
Quote from: Chris Smith on August 28, 2018, 11:32:12 AMQuote from: Brassneck on August 28, 2018, 11:10:19 AMI'm convinced that the long term plan is for Elmo to play RB and Axel to move into the centre. Bruce is just trying to give Axel game time to bring him up to speed with the Championship. We are then going to see a settled back 4 of Elmo, Axel, Chester Hutton.I think you’re right, with Bolasie playing wide right.Having wingers like Bolasie kind of negates the need for attacking full-backs really. With out and out wingers in the side, full-backs revert to a more traditional supporting role as opposed to the more modern onus on overlapping and getting forward. I agree that Elmohamady is fine for where we currently find ourselves, but have a nagging feeling that Bruce will continue playing Tuanzebe there.
Quote from: tomd2103 on August 30, 2018, 12:09:19 PMQuote from: Chris Smith on August 28, 2018, 11:32:12 AMQuote from: Brassneck on August 28, 2018, 11:10:19 AMI'm convinced that the long term plan is for Elmo to play RB and Axel to move into the centre. Bruce is just trying to give Axel game time to bring him up to speed with the Championship. We are then going to see a settled back 4 of Elmo, Axel, Chester Hutton.I think you’re right, with Bolasie playing wide right.Having wingers like Bolasie kind of negates the need for attacking full-backs really. With out and out wingers in the side, full-backs revert to a more traditional supporting role as opposed to the more modern onus on overlapping and getting forward. I agree that Elmohamady is fine for where we currently find ourselves, but have a nagging feeling that Bruce will continue playing Tuanzebe there.Only if you're playing 2 up front. With 1 striker the wingers need to get into the box more so the fullbacks need to get forward to stop us getting too narrow.