He's specialist in the sense that his professional career to date, however short, has been at left back. But the more I see him, the more I feel he would thrive as a wing back in a 5. I don't think he's been helped by the changes at LCB last year so here's hoping Findlay can really mentor him.Is Steve Seddon a specialist Left Back though? I'm not making a snide remark about the use of the term 'specialist' - it's a genuine question.
He's only 24, has had multiple loans at three clubs in L1/L2, a handful of appearances for Brum in The Championship and a season with us (his only full season of professional football with one club).
His suitability as a Left Back for us is questionable to say the least, and I believe he was deployed as a Wing-Back during his various spells at Wimbledon.
May well have been an out-and-out LB for the others, but only for half seasons at most and the only side that was any decent was the Pompey team we beat in the play-offs in 19/20. Even then, they seemed to play some sort of 4-2-3-1 as per the Kenny Jackett way - so did he get more protection? One of those '2' was typically Tom Naylor - if we had that calibre of player at CDM maybe that formation would work for us too?
The long and the short of it is that he's still relatively young, having only had one full season with one club (us) and has been used in a variety of formations, sometimes clearly not as a Left Back (and in others only when afforded the protection of 2x Holding/Defensive Midfielders).
Perhaps he isn't a Left Back after all?
To his credit, he never ever gives up. The boy runs all day long regardless of how the game is going and he offers a lot in possession with a pretty decent left foot. But it is hard to ignore the fact every team we play at the moment picks that side as a way to get at us. Regardless, we need more bodies back there because whether it be injury or lack of form, we can't change it.