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[quote=Anonymous][quote]What age does all of this start (boys specifically) ? Because when you look online at youth sites, they all say put your worse players in wing or defender, which gives the defender position a bad name, or seems to be looked down upon.

Really? I have seen a lot of recommendations to play them at wing, but not defense. Defense may be an ok place to put a player who is flawed in terms of speed, but not a bad player.

A defender that doesn’t need speed...hmmmmmm. You people are interesting.

This board is so American. Sigh

So where do Ajax and Barcelona put their slowest players?

(I agree that speed is very much an asset for defenders, but I just like deflating people who put on airs about how much better things are in whatever league they watch / played in / live vicariously through.)

They probably put them at holding mid. The problem here is making a one size fits all statement about where you “have” to play slower players, as if that’s the only attribute that players possess[/quote]

You have some real reading comprehension issues.  No one said you "had" to put slower players in defense.  They said it was an ok place to put a kid that might be slower.   Or are you just looking to start an argument for no reason?[/quote]

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