04 Dec 2020 14:56:10
What's happened too all the right wingers, when i was a kid in the 60/ 70s every team had a RW, some good some not so good and LWingers were a premium now everyone seems to want to play on the left and cut inside leaving teams very unbalanced.

1.) 04 Dec 2020
04 Dec 2020 15:29:19
They all left football and went into politics which seems far too full of "right wingers" at the moment.

On a serious note I think the reason can be traced back to the idea of playing inverted wingers and overlapping full backs.

To be a top wide player now its more about cutting in and linking the play or finding space to shoot, rather than stay wide, stretch the play and whip in dangerous crosses.

As such if you are a top level wide player you will likely be right footed (around 80-90% of people are right footed), and as such you are more likely to play on the left wing so you can cut in onto your stronger foot and keep the ball on you right hand side giving you a shot selection of the entire goal and the ability to play a quick one two, or slip a player in with a pass around the corner.

This often means that the best right wing players are left footed, of which as discussed is only between 10-20% of people, so statistically you have less options. Also left footers are often more creative players and can often end up playing in a multitude of positions on the pitch depending on where you want a creator.

With these players being rarer there is much more competition for them. There are some excellent RW players about, Messi, Salah, Mbappe, Gnarby, Mahrez, Di Maria, Sancho, Havertz and Dybala often play on the RW. Unfortunately many of them are already at a top club and its difficult to get these players.

2.) 04 Dec 2020
04 Dec 2020 16:46:38
Yh there's plenty out there, just look at man city and liverpool, sane, mahrez, b silva, sterling, salah, mane and jota have all played right wing at some point. Of course the likes of sterling and mane have moved to the left but have shown themselves to be more than capable of playing right wing.

The reason why manchester united haven't signed a decent right winger is because we have been deluding ourselves in recent years that we do not need a right winger. Season after season over the past 5 years we persist with juan mata playing right wing or jesse lingard.

3.) 04 Dec 2020
04 Dec 2020 17:35:09
Its a funny one.
One guys opinion of what he wants from a right winner differs from the next man.
Less teams play with the traditional wingers than before.
Its more of a right sided forward now and as shappy said they are often left footed looking to cut in on their stronger foot instead of going outside their man to cross.
So the question is what does ole want for his system? The pursuit of sancho would suggest that he wants the right footer type on the right wing.

4.) 04 Dec 2020
04 Dec 2020 18:11:30
Plenty of them in government mate.

5.) 04 Dec 2020
04 Dec 2020 21:37:18
Oh I wish! Winger gets to byline, whips in a cross, centre forward gambles near post gets ahead of the defender and steers it in or winger stands it up and centre forward meets it with a bullit header.

Proper football, jumpers for goalposts.

6.) 05 Dec 2020
05 Dec 2020 09:14:31
Will soon be moot anyway as heading the ball will be banned soon enough so high crosses will become obsolete.