Do we push the wide midfielders forward for crosses, or overlap the fullbacks?
A winger or wide midfielder is a player located on the wings of the strikers.
After a slow start to the season, he began to thrive in his role as a wide midfielder.
He is a specialist on the right-hand side of the pitch playing as a full back or a wide midfielder.
The more common term for this is wide midfielder or winger.
Attacking with wide midfielders, and the full backs have to stick to the defensive line more.
He was used primarily in midfield, usually as a wide midfielder.
Aleksandrov started the 2012-13 season as a makeshift wide midfielder.
Initially an attacking wide midfielder, he later moved to a central midfield holding role.
He was a wide midfielder who made his name in the late 1970s playing for West Ham United (1976-1990).