Aaron Hickey

Hickey has played left back, right back, wing back and even central midfield without ever looking like a makeshift option in any of them, which says something about how well he reads a game rather than simply running hard within it. Coaches trust him with more attacking freedom than a typical full back gets, because his positioning rarely leaves a gap behind him whenever he pushes forward into space.

The question with Hickey is physical rather than tactical. A serious injury kept him out for a huge stretch of matches, and players who lose that much time do not always return with the same sharpness they once had. Watch how often he gets forward into the same overlapping positions that made him so effective before the injury, because that tells you far more about his recovery than anything a manager might say in public.