Ngl, Pep Guardiola is a positional genius. Nico O’Reilly is an academy kid who came up as a central midfielder/No.10 but this season Pep said nah and flipped him to left-back. Now he is City’s first-choice LB and absolutely bossing it. 🔥 A 21-year-old homegrown star locking down that role. O’Reilly’s not just “filling in” , he’s thriving. Defending high lines, overlapping, cutting inside, delivering crosses and chipping in with goals + assists. That’s the Pep effect. Michael Carrick is pulling a similar masterstroke with Patrick Dorgu. Dorgu arrived as a left wing-back/full-back, looked solid but nothing special under the previous system. Carrick moved him further forward to left winger in his system and he’s been UNREAL. Goals, work-rate, threat you name it. Gary Neville even said it on Sky: “Dorgu looked average as a wing-back, but as a winger he’s a completely different player.” Athleticism + end product, a nightmare for full-backs. Carrick saw the potential and unlocked it. Just like Pep did with O’Reilly. Football’s not just about signing superstars, it’s about coaches who see what others don’t. --- *Football news by OddsFlow — AI predictions, verified and timestamped*