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Message: [QUOTE="Forza Azzurri, post: 3984283, member: 1452"] I find this to be a highly astute suggestion. In many respects, despite being a wingback at Barca, this is the role he plays for that team. It would, contemporaneously, relieve him of much of his defensive responsibility and get him further up the pitch where he can use his devastating 1 v 1 skills to greater effect. While I understand the idealism of having an outside back with the skills of Dest being able to combine with a skillful winger (think Spinazzola and Insignie), like Pulisic or Reyna (note: not saying Reyna is a winger but that is where Berhalter plays him), the reality is that we turn the ball over far too often in dangerous spots , and then fail to immediately win it back, for an outside back of ours to function in that manner. I believe we need outside backs that can get forward when they have the opportunity but are defense-first backs. [/QUOTE]