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They did have a 19 goal a season one though ?

Am a big believer that if you get performances right, results will follow. We’re playing well, no need whatsoever to panic. 
Besides, Dobbin starting over Smith is a much more attacking move

They did have a 19 goal a season one though ?

Am a big believer that if you get performances right, results will follow. We’re playing well, no need whatsoever to panic. 
Besides, Dobbin starting over Smith is a much more attacking move

Long term, I am very confident it would lead to more points than nicking scrappy 1-0’s

Long term, I am very confident it would lead to more points than nicking scrappy 1-0’s

Long term, I am very confident it would lead to more points than nicking scrappy 1-0’s

Am a big believer that if you get performances right, results will follow. We’re playing well, no need whatsoever to panic. 
Besides, Dobbin starting over Smith is a much more attacking move

Am a big believer that if you get performances right, results will follow. We’re playing well, no need whatsoever to panic. 
Besides, Dobbin starting over Smith is a much more attacking move

Long term, I am very confident it would lead to more points than nicking scrappy 1-0’s

Am a big believer that if you get performances right, results will follow. We’re playing well, no need whatsoever to panic. 
Besides, Dobbin starting over Smith is a much more attacking move

Long term, I am very confident it would lead to more points than nicking scrappy 1-0’s

Long term, I am very confident it would lead to more points than nicking scrappy 1-0’s

Am a big believer that if you get performances right, results will follow. We’re playing well, no need whatsoever to panic. 
Besides, Dobbin starting over Smith is a much more attacking move

Am a big believer that if you get performances right, results will follow. We’re playing well, no need whatsoever to panic. 
Besides, Dobbin starting over Smith is a much more attacking move

Am a big believer that if you get performances right, results will follow. We’re playing well, no need whatsoever to panic. 
Besides, Dobbin starting over Smith is a much more attacking move

Long term, I am very confident it would lead to more points than nicking scrappy 1-0’s

Am a big believer that if you get performances right, results will follow. We’re playing well, no need whatsoever to panic. 
Besides, Dobbin starting over Smith is a much more attacking move

What would Plan B be? Bring himself out of retirement and score goals himself?

What would Plan B be? Bring himself out of retirement and score goals himself?

Treating where a player plays on the pitch as rigidly as 'RB' is archaic. You need to look into the actual role being asked of them.
Similar to Lawrence and where he spent most of his time playing for us. Same with Ince and most of our other 'wingers'. Traditionally, the left sided midfielder/attacker would stay very wide and get crosses in. His actual role was to drift inside and be a goal threat.
The same applies to 'full backs'. Traditionally, they wouldn't push much further forward than the CBs and weren't involved in build up play much. This role being very much suited to a defensive minded player with limited technical ability, not too disimilar to CBs. Wisdom and a younger Stearman being examples.
In some systems, the full back would push high and stay wide. Effectively they're wingers, which is why a lot of wingers had been converted to play this role - Byrne being one of them, Bogle another.
A style creeping into the modern game, is for the full back to tuck in alongside the DM. Guardiola arguably being the pioneer in using full backs this way. They're heavily involved in the build up play, create overloads in central areas and win the ball back quickly. This type of full back is very similar to a CM, which is why it suits Knight.

Stearman can’t really move though
For an indication on how little he is trusted for a vaguely similar role, when we went to a back 3 v Barnsley, Forsyth played on the right hand side over Stearman despite being left footed.
Personally I think at the moment Knight is doing a very good job and while it may not get the best out of his skill set, the question is where he fits into a midfield that is already a bit bloated. In possession he is effectively playing as a central midfielder anyway.
In a way you could almost reframe the issue - if you were told Knight had come through the academy as a natural right back, would you see his performances this season and say “that’s a central midfielder”?
As an example, in one season Matty Cash went from a fairly middling utility midfielder to a £15m right back as a result of being moved there. He’s now an international. I think they have similar skill sets in that they are both very good athletes and intelligent footballers, but unlikely to ever be a really.
(sorry ended up being a much more general point than a reply to your post)

If they go down they will have sacked Cooper and the new team they’ve spent £150m on will have proved themselves not good enough for the Prem and be unshiftable for anything like what they’ve paid.

If they go down they will have sacked Cooper and the new team they’ve spent £150m on will have proved themselves not good enough for the Prem and be unshiftable for anything like what they’ve paid.

Stearman can’t really move though
For an indication on how little he is trusted for a vaguely similar role, when we went to a back 3 v Barnsley, Forsyth played on the right hand side over Stearman despite being left footed.
Personally I think at the moment Knight is doing a very good job and while it may not get the best out of his skill set, the question is where he fits into a midfield that is already a bit bloated. In possession he is effectively playing as a central midfielder anyway.
In a way you could almost reframe the issue - if you were told Knight had come through the academy as a natural right back, would you see his performances this season and say “that’s a central midfielder”?
As an example, in one season Matty Cash went from a fairly middling utility midfielder to a £15m right back as a result of being moved there. He’s now an international. I think they have similar skill sets in that they are both very good athletes and intelligent footballers, but unlikely to ever be a really.
(sorry ended up being a much more general point than a reply to your post)