Quote Originally Posted by LeningradCowboy View Post
It was their centre-back who scored. He started his run about 20 yards inside their half.

Bagan was marking his opposite wing-back (their number 7).

Giles is number 26 and got nowhere near the goal scorer. It was Collins who chased back.
He took up the position of a winger. My mistake.
And it is Collins that I thought was Giles but it doesn't change me point.

A striker reacting to the movement of an opposition player down the wing more than a wing back on that side? Does that seem right to you?

I'm all for looking after your man but if he wants to go into the centre he is somebody else's man. Let him go. If Bagan does this he defends the goal better. He is out of position and should be alive to players, whatever their position, coming down his flank.