Basha73
Vital Football Legend
Can’t say I am too worried about Ben’s height. After all Alan Wright was 3’6” and he didn’t do too bad as a full back.
Going forward I have no qualms about him but even allowing for what you say about two deep midfielders, the full back is the first line of defence when the ball goes wide and the full back needs to be able to defend.
Even if all he does is stand the opponent up and delay the cross he needs to know when to fall back, when to close, when to try for a tackle...
As you say Ben is adaptable but how much of the defensive side of the full back role can he learn in a pre-season? I guess we are about to find out.
Going forward I have no qualms about him but even allowing for what you say about two deep midfielders, the full back is the first line of defence when the ball goes wide and the full back needs to be able to defend.
Even if all he does is stand the opponent up and delay the cross he needs to know when to fall back, when to close, when to try for a tackle...
As you say Ben is adaptable but how much of the defensive side of the full back role can he learn in a pre-season? I guess we are about to find out.