I doubt James will start many games once Martial is back. This was a necessity. Cavani probably wasn't ready to start the game and thus James got the nod. Donny is not a winger and cannot be expected to fulfill the role as James does (running up and down the wing to ensure Reece James doesn't get too comfortable, while also providing an attacking outlet and a threat on the counter)
I understand the issue about Martial being missing but we could of kept Marcus left wing and brought in Ighalo up top if we kept the 4-3-3 formation. James is shocking and offers zero going forward so I’d rather of played Telles left wing if we just wanted to minimise Reece James attacking which is not exactly something we should sacrifice an attacking player for as Reece James isn’t prime Cafu
I don't think there are many people who argue against AWB's defensive qualities. But in a diamond it is the fullbacks who provide the width. Did you not see how limited AWB is in attack, especially with the ball? At best, he creates space with his presence. But he both doesn't make the right decisions with the ball, nor he controls it very well.
This is my point entirely. Of course we know awb is not great going forward and when we play the inverted right winger (Mata, Greenwood, Jesse) he’s more often than not the furthest wide anyway. We don’t attack fullbacks and look for crosses into the box so I don’t see why having our flair players in and around the box albeit centrally and creating from there.
I do hope he gets better in this aspect of his game because I like him but at the moment he is not great in attack. If we play teams who will defend deep and pose no significant threat down their left wing, I would prefer if we try Williams.
I understand what your saying but by playing the diamond it allows whoever is playing on the right side of the diamond to not have to track back and double up on the winger as Awb takes them away game in game out. Already it puts a player with real quality (Bruno, Pogba, Dvb, Mata) whoever is playing in that role to be further up the pitch and closer to our attackers which I feel we really need to improve. The spaces between midfield and attack is far too big. The complete opposite at the back where McTominay plays so deep
I think this is pretty much the plan but Donny is also a rotation option for the wide forward positions, as well as Bruno's spot.
I’d love to see Dvb with Bruno and Pogba and see the chances they’d create.
One can only hope Pellistri and Diallo address that point!
Ha I know fingers crossed they can come good. Diallo looks unreal I can’t wait to see him in red come January.
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