Former England and Premier League goalkeeper Paul Robinson has questioned Thomas Tuchel ’s decision to play Chelsea defender Reece James at centre-back, labelling the decision as “strange”. It comes following the England international’s return from injury, playing in a back three rather than his usual wing-back role.
Discussing the choice of the manager, Robinson told Football Insider: “It is a strange one because he gives you so much going forward. What he gives you in regards to his delivery, dribbling and range of passing far outweighs what you get from him at centre-half.
“The only rationale I can think of is that Tuchel possibly doesn’t think Azpilicueta is physical enough to be a centre-half in that game. There was going to be an aerial threat from Palace [in the FA Cup semi-final] and maybe Tuchel took that into consideration.
