04-22-2021, 06:45 AM
(04-22-2021, 06:35 AM)WASurfer link Wrote:A bit hard on Stocker saying he has to "prove himself as a defender"? At the start of the year we had a glut of defenders and then brought in Saad and Williams.
Stupid thing about this was we are trying to play him as a defender. We trained him up as a defender. For whatever reason, we gave him a crack in the midfield in some match simulation and he dominated. Thats where he plays his best football. Thats where he feels comfortable.
So he plays loose across half back and dominates, so he MUST (?) come in as a defender?
Here's an idea.....
Bring Stocker in, start him on the bench.
Bring him on, let him have 5 minutes in the guts and see how he goes.
Then you wanna swap him out, let him go to half back.
Move SPS from half back and put him in the guts.
See if SPS magically plays better in his preferred position.
At the end of the day, you have 2 half backs/midfielders swapping between those 2 positions and seeing if they can actually play any of them to a reasonable standard.
Stop pigeon holing both of them as half back or nothing....it doesn't help us.