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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]other players shift to support those wingbacks? i saw my DC left high and dry in that position taking lots of criticism after being unsupported after just run at least a dozen sprints from box to box. [/quote]

Normally, yes, if an outside back makes a run, another player covers her.

It also depends on the team and training for it to function well, and also if the outside back is making meaningful runs or just constantly running forward so often that it becomes hard for the team to keep up with all the constant out of position play and if it interferes with the other teammates' abilities to perform their own position, because every time they go to do their position, the outside back has run up to take it over.  Then when the ball comes back, the same wingback shifts back and tries to take over there too.  It doesn't work well with "wonderwoman/superman" players who try to do it all themselves.  That's a misunderstanding of the position.  There is a lot of demand on the wingbacks, but they aren't expected to do everything.  They need to balance making runs with knowing how to trust their teammates and give them the ball.

On a team that is in harmony, the outside back makes some runs while the forward wing or midfield covers, but he/she also knows how to release the ball and allow the winger to be a winger.  It's both.  It's more sophisticated and requires the players to work together, rather than either take over or fail to support.[/quote]

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