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3 minutes ago, DDA said:

He should only be playing LWB... nowhere else. Playing him at CB is just crazy when we have Colwill who is actually a proper CB. That 50m could be used towards a serious attacking option.

Or if the back 3 formation is truly here to stay then having genuine quality depth in both wing back roles becomes just as critical as the depth in the 2 or 3 roles in attack, because it becomes probably the key position in the formation.

The drop off in quality last year when James and Chilwell went down was alarming and definitely one of the bigger issues that seemed to derail our momentum mid season.

Despite the number of players at left back/wing back in the squad, Alonso is still the best choice as backup to Chilwell and we can't expect nor assume Chilwell is just going to walk straight back into the team and carry on where he left off after his injury. It'll likely take some time and he's not played a huge number of minutes in pre season. Bringing someone like Cucurella in makes a lot of sense to have two genuine quality options in that left wing back role. 

And unlike Chilwell and Alonso, Cucurella does have some experience playing in a back 3 last season at Brighton to a very good standard. As @Tomo pointed out having more of a full back option as one of the three centre backs can be beneficial a lot of the time because they become the spare player from deep in an attack. If they have the quality they should have, they should be able to present an option sometimes to cross the ball in from a deeper position or send a ball over the top of a defence. Azpilicueta got a lot of assists playing in such a way, especially with Morata in the early days before he hit his struggles. 

It's a similar reason as to why Reece James can also thrive in the back 3 as his delivery is exceptional and that shouldn't matter where on the pitch he is. If anything in the back 3 he'll get more time and opportunity usually to deliver compared to as a wing back. I think having that as an option to Tuchel on both sides of the back 3 adds to the variations and options he can look to utilise in games where we'll dominate the ball.

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Sure I remember people on here kicking off a few weeks ago because we wasn't in for him..... now we are your kicking off again lmao. Some of you fuckers haven't a clue what you want clearly.

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11 minutes ago, We Hate Scouse said:

Seems strange as we have Chilwell there. Could we be looking to play Chilwell further forward perhaps?

That's how I see it if they were to play together in some matches. 

Mendy

                  Koulibaly        Silva                   

                        Jorginho  Kante            Cucurella

   James                    Chilwell  

Mount                               Sterling

Havertz

 

Mind boggling those against this. Our season went to the toilet for our lack of wingback depth. 

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Just now, ulvhedin said:

Maybe there are some serious concerns about Chilwell fully recovering from his injury?

We wanted Hakimi. Remember that. 

I think people are forgetting just how important and demanding these wingback positions are. We need quality in depth. The fact these players are also versatile makes it a huge bonus. 

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13 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Mind boggling those against this. Our season went to the toilet for our lack of wingback depth. 

its not than anyone is against cucurella, its that we have bigger holes to fill in the squad,.

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28 minutes ago, Kong said:

Sure I remember people on here kicking off a few weeks ago because we wasn't in for him..... now we are your kicking off again lmao. Some of you fuckers haven't a clue what you want clearly.

Don't think anyone is against Cucurella.

Just hoping this doesn't mean we're ignoring  CB cover while letting Colwill go the other way.

And keeping Saar instead.

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