As suggested by FA - a thread for people to suggest valid utility players. However, I think it is important to remember two things.

Firstly that players such as midfielders who attack (such as Gerrard) are already covered by their stats i.e. midfielders with attacking emphasis or defensive emphasis in their stats, and the same goes for strikers who can play wide e.g. Bellamy.

Also that people remember we are not talking about players who get told to play somewhere by the manager because the team are desperate, but a player who can give a good account of themselves in more than one position. For those old enough to remember - Paul Madeley of Leeds was one of the originals, and at the time was often listed as such because there were hardly any utility players in the British game.

I'll start things off with a few suggestions:

Jamie Carragher of Liverpool - either CB or FB (he's played both left and right). He's not as good in all of these positions but is recognised as someone who can play either.

Gary Neville of Man. Utd. - either FB or CB (he spent much of the season before last covering as CB for Man. Utd. because Fergy kept buying strikers when he needed to by defenders!).

Joe Ledley of Cardiff - either CM or FB (he has played at LB for both Cardiff and Wales).

Possibly Michael Essien of Chelsea - he's a CM but spent much of last season at CB (but then he was pretty crap at it so perhaps he shouldn't count!).

Anyway, that should start the ball rolling.
Steve
Cardiff

-- Edited by Steve at 21:59, 2007-07-31