Quote Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
Did you play to win 1-0 from a set piece goal? Did you get yer defenders to lump it up to the big man up top who'd hold it up? Did your back 5 all raise their arms in unison appealing for off-side?

But I get why wing back is tricky in an old skool Italian 5-3-2. You only have one man on the flank who has to be able to defend and play as a winger.

But in this new 3-4-3, your wingbacks still have a winger ahead of them so aren't they just like FB? What do they have to do than Benny Blanc doesn't, for example?

Who do you need 3 CHs against 1 CF?
In a back four, when one full back goes, the other one stays and tucks in slightly. In a back three, both wing backs can go at the same time.

The argument is that back fours basically act as a back three anyway, and they do. But they have the flexibility as to which guy leaves the four. With a back three, they basically just sit there.