You ALWAYS want a defensive stopper

You have to have a man whom you can put on the other team's most dangerous scorer and keep him under control, at least. If you can't do that, you can never force the other team into Plan B, and Plan B generally does not work as well as Plan A, or it would be Plan A. If you can force them into Plan B, you have a good chance to win, but without a defensive stopper you usually cannot get them into Plan B.


John Fowler