nottsblue wrote:Mikhail Chigorin wrote:If Pep doesn't fancy Maffeo at right back, I wonder if Navas could be usefully employed in that position ?/
I've wondered that too. As it goes I think Navas would make an excellent wing back. If Pep should ever wish to go with or source the correct personnel for three at the back, then Navas and Kolarov would make good choices for wingback.
I think NB, it's also been mentioned somewhere on the forum that, as a wing back, Angelino would be more suited to that role in the Prem, than as a more 'conventional' left back, so that could be something for the near future to contemplate.
However, in this scenario if it was intended to use Kolarov and Navas as the wing backs, that would just leave selection of the three centre-backs to be determined. Stones goes in without thinking and, in the short term, I suppose Otamendi would be slotted in, which just leaves the problematical (?) third spot to fill.
Kompany would be the obvious choice, but his injury record now seems most critical and we might not be able to rely on his availability 24/7. On that basis, I'd opt for Sagna, which would suggest Stones in the middle, Sagna on the right and Otamendi on the left, unless we went the whole hog and played Tosin in one of the three positions.
I'd like to know what your thoughts are NB, as you can often be relied upon to come up with something interesting.