Central Midfield & Wing Role Pairings

[sifinnigan1]

A defensive deep lying play maker appears to work well with an attacking wingback; with the midfielder naturally covering the space left behind by the defender.

Box to box seems to be good with a winger because they tend to keep in line with one anotherwhen progressing up the field, especially for a direct style of play.

Mezzalas dovetail with inside forward's nicely when they move into the half-spaces from their starting positions.

Are there any other combinations of midfield/wing roles that anybody could reccomend and what style of play they'd be best used for?

[Irn Rvd]

IW(s)

               Mez (a)

IWB (s) 

 

This combo works really well on a fast paced possession based system as the IW and Mezzela interchange positions with the iwb showing for possession circulation. You can often play a right footed DLP on the left IWB position, as he will be great at switching play to the other flank.

[sifinnigan1]

I'll have to try that out, sounds like a really fluid combination

[Irn Rvd]

IW(s) sometimes needs a stay wider PI's but could work fine without if you have a wide system.

[Herolover]

Excuse my ignorance, but why would you give an IW the PI of stay wide?

If you want them to stay wide, make them a winger and just have them cross less.

[Christopher S]

1 hour ago, Herolover said:

Excuse my ignorance, but why would you give an IW the PI of stay wide?

If you want them to stay wide, make them a winger and just have them cross less.

Wingers are hard coded to Cross More. 

[Keyzer Soze]

3 hours ago, Herolover said:

Excuse my ignorance, but why would you give an IW the PI of stay wide?

If you want them to stay wide, make them a winger and just have them cross less.

With the stay wide PI he will still cut inside but from a wider initial position. 

It may come in handy, particularly playing against opposition that defend deep and very narrow. 

[denen123]

Ap(s)

       Dlp(de)

CWB(a).

Or

IF(s)

        Mez(a)

IWB (de)