Shaun Wright-Phillips

Whenever I got the ball, just run.

I didn't think too much about it.

Anyone got in front of me, I just believed I could just get past them.

So I just did it, basically.

Yeah, I think he kind of, in a way at the time, got pressured into playing me.

Because when he first took over after Joel Royal, he...

wouldn't play me because he said I was too small to defend from corners.

But he wanted me to play as an attacker, but as the back post, didn't think I was that good at header and diddy.

So we went into wing backs and then we played with like three centre backs and then it kind of transitioned from the wing back into the winger role.

Yeah, against Ukraine, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, it was quite weird because the City fans would always, at the time it was happening, the City fans would always be cheering and like, get him on, why isn't he playing?

And then after that step, we kind of built a good relationship, me and Keegan.

It worked out perfectly in the wingback role.

It was new for me because I never thought I was ever going to be defending like the way I did.

But I found it a bit easier because I was never had my back towards anybody.

So the pitcher was always like right in front of me, which obviously as a player, it helps because you see things a lot quicker without having to turn.

So after that, I just...

thought to myself right if a manager needs you to play somewhere don't moan about it just learn how to play it because you never know what's going to happen basically and did you learn how to play it did you work on it um yeah i actually um played there nearly for the whole year and i didn't find a problem and when i signed for chelsea at reading um i played right back now i don't think i would have been able to play right back if i hadn't have played right wing back before

Yeah, exactly that.