Eddie Howe recently spoke about how the success of his back four made life difficult to make any major changes to his defensive rearguard.
United have looked so good at the back at times, fans even produced a banner of Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schar, Sven Botman and Dan Burn all celebrating together after a victory in the early part of the season. That's not bad going for a team who had to effectively switch a centre-back to left-back as far back as the first handful of games.
With eight games to go, Howe must decide whether to stick or twist at the back. The most pressing decision appears to be the return to full fitness of Matt Targett.
