The mid 1990s to early 2000s days when England had the reassuring presence of Gary Neville, Ashley Cole, Stuart Pearce, Graeme Le Saux and Lee Dixon in full-back positions are gone. England now like most nations in the world are suffering from the tendency of modern full-backs being unusually strong as attackers, but are either downright poor or questionable defensively. All of England's full-backs namely: Leighton Baines, Kyle Walker, Glen Johnson, Luke Shaw, Kieran Gibbs, Nathaniel Clyne, Micah Richards, Martin Kelly, Carl Jenkinson, Jon Flanagan and Danny Rose - are somewhat deficient in this area. This situation is the first reason why England currently look vulnerable with a traditional back four system. But a lot of the aforementioned names would be perfectly suited to playing as wing-backs, where their attacking prowess would be better utilized. England's defensive shaped would be better balanced if those full-backs are given such freedom, instead of being shoehorned into a back four system and everyone constantly criticizing their defensive skills prematurely.
Football fanatic & frustrated England national team supporter.
I tend to watch all international football tournaments and qualifiers that is humanly possibly. Also, as much premier league, serie a, bundesliga, la liga, ligue 1, champions league and MLS every season.
