>>149731507>you can't give the "best player in the world" award to a right back, it's just not rightYeah well, a DM got it for the first last year, and defenders barely get the recognition they deserve, let alone when it's one that has stats closing on a literal winger, so why can't it be the case this year, unironically I'd like him to have it just because he's a defender, not even because out of some kind of patriotism, its just an underrepresented position, and his case this year support it.
>>149733583They were always important, just not as offensive minded, fast, or winger adjacent, they have been for a while now.
The entirety of the team matters for it to function as a unit, regardless of individual playing style.