The Evolution of the Right Wing Role

No more so is the disjunction between football in theory and football in practice expressed than in the history of wing play. The typical image of a winger is the 'clean set of heels'; a twisting, turning blur whose frenetic speed and dribbling leave a trail of split defences, exhausted full-backs and goals in their wake. Yet the theoretical underpinnings of wing play show us that it has always been a delicate balancing act, a game of push and pull where the precise degree to which a winger... Via All the latest breaking football news, transfer rumours, analysis, and match reports - 90min http://www.90min.com/