I think a number of them are just not natural defenders Swab - funnily enough including all our CBs and Moreno.
Sounds perverse but I mean it - as often it's them NOT getting out and playing a man on but not attackibg the second ball.
I honestly don't believe - Clyne apart - there's a natural defender in the regular back 4.
Without meaning to sound argumentative mate, I don't believe there's any such thing as a "natural" in any position.
My reasoning is that kids are pigeonholed from a young age according to the strengths coaches think they do or don't have, and then coaching focuses on what is perceived to be their best position.
It's like "he's a big lad, stick him at the back" or "he's a big lad, and he's quick, put him up front".
It happens less in other countries (or so I'm led to believe), but in the UK (and Ireland) it's definitely a thing, where they want to stick a label on a kid as soon as they see one who shows signs of promise.
Now, there will be certain attributes that determine where a kid gets played, if he's good in the air say, or has quick feet etc but I just don't buy into the whole "natural position X" thing, because they are taught that they are "right" for a position from a young age.
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