Quote Originally Posted by J R Hartley View Post
Full backs are now some of the fastest people on the pitch. Gone are the days you give the ball to the winger to skin a tubby little bloke at full back. Teams have learned to defend much better as a unit. If it was so easy for a winger to get to the byline and whip crosses in all game dont you think all teams would be doing this?
This is pretty much it. It used to be the case in parks football that you put your worst player at right back. Obviously that wasn't so much the case in the professional game, but they were never the star player. Liverpool's dominance has come from their two incredible full backs. Alexander-Arnold was as important as Salah and Mane when they were winning almost every week for a year.

The best full backs are now the best athletes in the team.