LW is the only spot I can see for Poku in the staring lineup. Vieira wants his wings to cut in, so I don;t think a true sideline type winger is what he is looking for.
Even though it's still early, I think it's crystal clear that Vieira sees Poku as a central midfielder all the way, and one of his best three midfielders. I highly, highly doubt Poku plays anywhere but central midfield.
This is the list of players that have played wing since Vieira has been setting the lineup:
McNamara (LW v Puerto Rico)
Shelton (RW v Puerto Rico; RW v OKC)
Taylor (RW v FGCU; RW v OKC)
Agyiri (RW v FGCU)
Sane (LW v FGCU)
Ballouchy (LW v FGCU; LW v OKC)
Matarrita (LW v OKC)
I think most people on this board are comfortable with either Shelton, Taylor, or both as a potential starter at RW.
On the left side, we've seen two trialists, Ballouchy (also played some at CM), McNamara (also played some at CM), and Matarrita (also played some at LB).
To me, I think the question is whether you go with Matarrita at LW right away, or keep him at LB and have McNamara fill in as a LW until Harrison is healthy and earns the job. If we go with the latter plan, that seems like a real weak spot in our lineup.
I'll say one more time that I'm pretty sure Vieira has settled on what position most of our starters play and won't force guys out of position just to play the 4-3-3. So to me, I'm more interested in when he'll try a different formation and what that would look like. I think he's more likely to conclude that a 4-3-3 is not our best formation by the end of preseason rather than force it.
