metalhead wrote:stmichael wrote:I keep hearing that Alves is a RB, but whenever I see him play he seems to be very much a RW to me. He looks like a very good RW too, but surely we need a defensively minded RB first and foremost? If it's Alves and somebody else, OK, but who's the defensive signing?
No, no, no, Dani Alves is not a RW! He is a natural Right back and plays as wing back too because he likes to go forward all of the time. He is a typical Brazilian fullback, but he a good defender, an excellent passer, excellent dribbler and excellent crosser of the ball.
Buying alves to put him on the RW will be a huge and costly mistake! To maximize his strength you need to play him on the right back because what he does is fantastic there.
He plays on the wing at times, too, if I am not mistaken. Sort of like how we use Riise. Hinkel plays right back when this happens.