i was surprised to see maurinho use essien as a right back 4 the second time.the first was against barca in the champs lg and then this one against man u what is happening to his rightbacks?essien has always performed better than the rightback anytime he is asked to play that role. against barca ,he launched the attack that resulted in drogba's goal.against manu ,he won the corner that resulted in the goal.anytime maurinho does this it works for him so he describes essien as multi functional.my fear however is that he will end up converting that boy into a defender like he did to geremi.i think it is about time we signed a new rightback. geremi ,ferreira and boularhouz are jus not living to expectation.wat do u suggest?

Essien is just a very good all round footballer- not necessarily a right back but technically and tactically proficient enough to play anywhere.

To be fair to the other guys none of them are right backs- Geremi is a midfielder/wingback and the other two have made it known that they prefer to play centre-back.