Peter Taylor: Wingers and full-backs working together

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Winger turned manager Peter Taylor on the importance of having your wide players on the same page

The relationship between a winger and his full-back is always a complicated one; with one brought up to torment the other, it's hardly a recipe for perfect harmony.

But when on the same wavelength, the two can form a deadly effective double-act - just ask David Beckham and Gary Neville. 

As a former wide-man himself, current Bahrain manager Peter Taylor understands the importance of forming an understanding with the player behind you. 

"It's not always about the manager and coach talking to players; I think it's players talking to players," Taylor told FourFourTwo Performance.

Here is the England under-20 head coach talking about how this in turn will open more avenues to you, the winger. 

Also see:
Peter Taylor: Getting the best out of wingers
Peter Taylor: Defending for wingers
Peter Taylor: selecting a captain
Peter Taylor's three top tips for young players
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Huw Davies

Huw was on the FourFourTwo staff from 2009 to 2015, ultimately as the magazine's Managing Editor, before becoming a freelancer and moving to Wales. As a writer, editor and tragic statto, he still contributes regularly to FFT in print and online, though as a match-going #WalesAway fan, he left a small chunk of his brain on one of many bus journeys across France in 2016.